MISSION STATEMENT
Formed in 1977, the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission is a 15 member County Commission appointed by the County Board of Supervisors, with three members from each of the five supervisorial districts who make recommendations to the Board on cultural arts policy. The Arts Commission serves as an umbrella for county arts projects, assists communities in raising funds for art programs and provides technical assistance and coordination to arts organizations, artists and local government. The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission is the regional cultural development agency, a State and Local Partner of the California Arts Council and manager of the County Percent for Art Program. The Arts Commission meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month, at 1:30 p.m., at locations throughout the county. Department Spotlight Video

WHAT WE DO
The County Arts Commission is involved with numerous city, county and state-wide initiatives on an ongoing basis. For a list of key arts commission projects for the 2008-2009 year, click here.

STAFF
Ginny Brush, Executive Director
Rita Ferri, Visual Arts Coord./Curator of Collections
Linda Gardy, Departmental Analyst
Todd Anderson, Arts Preparator
Donald Davis, Arts Preparator
Bob Debris, Arts Preparator
Bob Dycus, Arts Preparator
Colin Gray, Arts Preparator
Lucy O’Brien, Recorder

ARTS COMMISSIONERS
1st District: Luis Moreno, Amanda McIntyre, Jana Zimmer
2nd District: Barbara Burger (Chair), Holly Unruh, Dug Uyesaka
3rd District: Catherine Boyer, Joan Davidson, K.C. Thompson
4th District: Karen Evangelista, Brenda French, Cherie Peake
5th District: Michael Dawson, John Hood, Diane Stevenett

ARTS ADVISORY
Phyllis de Picciotto, Chair
Suzanne Fairly-Green, Vice-Chair
Roman Baratiak
Darian Bleecher
Michael Humphrey
Judy Nilsen
Frank Hotchkiss (City Council Liaison)