SAVE THE DATES!
Wed, Feb. 15th Brown Bag Arts Lunch
Santa
Barbara County Administration Bldg.
105
E. Anapamu St.
4th floor Supervisors Conference Room
noon-1:30pm
6th
Annual Poetry Out Loud County Competition
Santa
Barbara County Administration Bldg.
105
E. Anapamu St.
4th
floor Board of Supervisors Hearing Room
5-7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 27th 7th
Annual Arts Symposium
8:30
am –3pm
Location
TBD
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I've
initiated the Short Talks Series at my gallery. First talk was
last week; Marie Schoeff spoke about her newest work and demonstrated her trace
drawing technique. We had a great group; convivial evening and short!
Next on the schedule will be Tony Askew, former Chair of the Art
Department and Reynolds Gallery at Westmont College. Tony will continue
the theme of exploring printmaking techniques and present his own work.
This will be Thursday, January 26th 6-7pm (short! is the idea). All
welcome. The Short Talks Series will always be on Thursdays, after work
from 6-7.
Jane
Deering Gallery
128
E. Canon Perdido Street
805-966-3334
A T K I N S O N G A L L E R
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E R S I S T E N C E
Hugh
Margerum Reckoner 2012 oil/canvas
42” x 42”
Philip Argent
Jerrold Burchman
Jane Callister Dan Connally
Julia Ford Rollin Fortier
Mary Heebner Hugh Margerum
Harry Reese Joan Tanner
January 23 – February 16, 2012
Reception: Friday January 27, 5-7pm
Lecture:
Dr. Joy Kunz, SBCC art department, will speak on abstraction
Wednesday,
February 8, 4:30 Art Department, room H111
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A N T A B A R A R B A R A C I T Y C O L L E G E
UCR/California Museum of Photography presents:
Ethan Turpin
Stereocollision
Curated by Leigh Gleason
January 14 - April 14, 2012
Opening Reception: February 18, 6-9pm
http://cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ethan-turpin/
To make the “Stereocollision” series, Santa
Barbara artist Ethan Turpin digitally mixes images appropriated from antique 3D
stereo cards to present intimate visual spaces where histories are compressed.
Over the years, Turpin has been visiting UC Riverside/California Museum of
Photography’s vast Keystone-Mast stereographic archive as one major source for
his raw material from which to make his digital mash-ups. The “Minor Miracle”
set of wall-mounted pieces draw on the magic and weight of religious themes,
using the classic double hump stereographic format on the scale of medieval
diptychs. Viewers experience a 3D vision as they observe composite scenes of
both natural disaster and spiritual harmony.
In his new series, “Stereocollision: The Gilded Garden”, Ethan Turpin
contemplates the ecological legacy of the second Industrial Revolution (roughly
1870-1930), when stereo photography was a mass medium. In scenes with
mysterious causalities, Turpin visualizes karmic debt from the adventure and
bounty of the period. By weaving fact and fiction, documentary and artifice,
Turpin explores an intersection between optical and societal perceptions.
Organized by UCR California Museum of Photography, and curated by Leigh
Gleason, Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography.
Hours: 12 - 5, Tuesday - Saturday
UCR/California Museum of Photography
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
https://www.facebook.com/events/203840203043756
Ethan Turpin
http://ethanturpin.com
“Kane Farahani McMaster”
at the harbor
village Gallery
Nan Kane (CSUCI), Shabnam Farahani
(Ventura College) and Hanna McMaster (Moorpark College) have a few things in
common: they are artists, they are pursuing art degrees, and they are winners
from Buenaventura Art Association’s “Collegiate Competition Exhibit” from
2011. One of their prizes, in addition
to scholarship money and free membership to Buenaventura Art Association is a
show, paid for by Buenaventura Art Association at the Harbor Village Gallery.
Their exhibit, “Kane Farahani McMaster” will be at the Harbor Village Gallery from February 8 through March
5, 2012 with their artist reception on Friday, February 10 from 5 – 8pm.
The
Harbor Village Gallery is located at 1591 Spinnaker Dr. in the Ventura Harbor
Village next to the Main Lawn. Open every day except Tuesday from 12 to 5
pm. For more information, call the
gallery at 805-644-2750 or visit their either website at www.harborvillagegallery.com or
www.buenaventuragallery.org.
Rex
Kochel’s “Eclectic Adventure Continues” at
Buenaventura Gallery in
January
Rex Kochel’s “Eclectic Adventure
Continues” will be at the Buenaventura Gallery from January 31 – Feb. 25 with
an opening reception on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 4 – 7 pm. Kochel’s
“Eclectic Adventure” includes watercolors, watercolor/collage and some mixed
media pieces as well as several drawings.
When asked exactly what “Eclectic
Adventure Continues” means, Kochel laughed and commented, “People have wondered
if the same artist painted all these paintings because they look so
different…it truly is an eclectic adventure.” Kochel continued, “Of
course, it can also refer to the fact that a number of the paintings were drawn
without looking at the paper: a blind continuous line. This definitely
creates interesting details and unusual shapes.” Kochel's interests and
approach continues to evolve, as patrons will notice in his exhibit. His
eclectic approach and appreciation of diverse styles will no doubt continue
throughout his career.
Kochel's evolution as an artist began
late in life. As a high school and college athlete (he attended Oregon
State University on a basketball scholarship) it was nearly impossible to
include art into his course of study. He was well into his 30's when he
first enrolled in an art class at Ventura College. Several years later,
at the urging of the administration at Ventura High School, Rex agreed to head
the Girls' Basketball Program if his teaching assignment included teaching art
classes. From that beginning, Rex eventually became a full time art
instructor at the high school. Upon retirement in 2004 Rex was
commissioned by Remax in Ventura to provide painting (54 in all) for their new
office building. In 2005 Rex was juried into the Ojai Studio Artists.
The Buenaventura Gallery is located at
700 E. Santa Clara St. in downtown Ventura. Hours are Tuesday through Friday
from 12 to 5 pm and Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. For more information,
call the gallery at 805-648-1235 or visit their website at www.BuenaventuraGallery.org.
Buenaventura
Gallery - Harbor Village Gallery
Two
Great Galleries: One Great Association
Buenaventura
Art Association
805.648.1235
Ventura
County artists in all stages of development, united to exhibit and sell art.
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An
AIDS patient in Thailand crouches in a hospice run by Buddhist monks
Photo Credit: Michael Robertson
Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Art Exhibition and Open House
Michael Robertson’s Photo Stories of the Human Condition
Join Hospice of Santa Barbara for its
next art exhibition open house to enjoy wine, refreshments and the photography
of Michael Robertson. Robertson is a documentary photographer with a focus on
the human condition. He has travelled the world with his camera in tow to
document people’s difficulties, their rituals, their work and their
celebrations. Robertson’s exhibit at Hospice of Santa Barbara will feature
black and white photographs of Bangladeshi laborers, Voodoo practitioners in
Haiti, lumberjacks at work in Romania, child laborers in Egypt, rickshaw
wallahs in India and AIDS patients living in a hospice in Thailand. The exhibit
will also feature color portraits of children from around the globe.
Robertson will donate a portion of the proceeds from his art sales to Hospice
of Santa Barbara, Inc.
Open House Date:
Wednesday, January 25th
Time: 5:30 p.m. -7 p.m.
Location: Leigh Block
Gallery at Hospice of Santa Barbara, 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite #100,
Santa Barbara
Michael Robertson’s photography will remain in the Leigh Block Gallery
through mid-April 2012
For more information, please call Hospice of Santa Barbara at (805) 563-8820 or
visit www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org.
Museum
of Ventura County
100 East Main Street,
Ventura, CA 93001
For more images or
information, contact Susan Gerrard, Director of Marketing
(805) 653-0323 ext
306 marketing@venturamuseum.org
New George Stuart Historical Figure® to Join Museum’s Renaissance
& Reformation Exhibit –Unveiling at March 6 Monologue
A newly created historical figure by
artist and historian George
Stuart will join Renaissance and
Reformation: George Stuart Historical
Figures®, on
exhibit at the Museum of Ventura County from February 7 through May 20. The
figure of Machiavelli will be added after its March 6 unveiling at the first of
three accompanying George Stuart monologues held at 3:00 p.m. The other
monologues are April 3 and May 1.
The
¼ life-size sculptural figures are renowned for their expressiveness and
intricately detailed costumes. Among the 28 on exhibit are Lucrezia and Cesare
Borgia, Lorenzo de Medici, Popes Alexander VI
and Leo X, Martin Luther, John Calvin, St. Ignatius de Loyola, Teresa of Avila,
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Mary Stuart. A life-size
costume of Juan Borgia, created by Robert Lamarche of Ojai, will be included as
well. The exhibition covers the 15 and 16th centuries, which brought
remarkable change to Europe, including the Renaissance flowering of the arts
and sciences, the religious Reformation, and competition among its rulers to
control not only their continent, but the New World.
The
three Tuesday monologues by artist and historian George Stuart are at the new
time of 3:00 p.m. The High Renaissance is March 6,
Christendom
Divided on April 3, and The Wars of Religion on May 1. At the March 6 monologue,
the figure of Machiavelli will be unveiled to join the exhibition. Admission to
each monologue is $15 for general public, $10 for museum members. Pre-paid
reservations for all three monologues are discounted by $5 (general public $40
for all three monologues, museum members $25). For reservations call (805) 653.0323
x 7.
The Museum of Ventura County is located
at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org
or call 805-653-0323.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S 36
2O11
With the
start of this new year, I find myself looking back at the recent past.
In 2006,
I sold my systems consulting business to concentrate on public art. Five
years later, after building a dedicated studio to facilitate my experimentation
with glass, metal, wood and stone, I’ve done some interesting and diverse
projects: a few years of high-end architectural fabrication (custom gates,
doors, lighting and functional sculptures), 7 public art commissions, 2 museum
shows, and exhibits in juried gallery shows in both Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles. Last year was especially busy for me with 6 major commissions.
The year literally flew by - I still can’t believe it is now 2012.
I am
very excited about this year, which starts off with “AMERICAN GLASS WORKS,” a
contemporary art glass show at the Ojai Valley Museum.
The
remainder of the year I will concentrate on a wonderful commission at the Santa
Barbara Airport and developing several new and exciting works, including a
series of kinetic glass and metal sculptures.
I want
to thank all of you who have encouraged me on this journey. I have learned a
great deal and I’m very excited about the future.
Details
on the Ojai Museum show are below. Michele and her team have put together a
great exhibit – well worth a look.
Wishing
you all a fabulous 2012!
-
Douglas Lochner
“American
Glass Works” Opens at Ojai Valley Museum January 19 through April 1, 2012
The
first exhibition at the Ojai Valley Museum in 2012 highlights the museum’s
Libbey Glass Collection juxtaposed with contemporary glass works by seven
regional artists: Brian Berman, Teal Rowe, Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
(Ojai); Doug Lochner (Oak View); Robert Eyberg, Helle Scharling-Todd, Michael
Zelcer (Ventura). In addition, a private collection of antique American glass
will be on view in an adjacent gallery.
“American
Glass Works” is an original exhibition organized and curated by Museum Director
Michele Pracy and supported by the Exhibitions Committee of the Ojai Valley
Museum. It is the first time in 44 years the museum has mounted an exhibition
of glass works. The show pays homage to Edward Drummond Libbey,
turn-of-the-century industrial glass mogul and Ojai developer. It also heralds
the excellence of studio glass currently created by selected Ventura County
artists.
The
museum is located at 130 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA. Admission: free for
current 2012 members, adults - $4.00, students - 18 and under - $1.00, children
6-18 - $1.00 and children 5 and under free. Gallery Hours are Tuesday -
Saturday 10 to 4 pm; Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Tours are available by appointment.
WILDLING ART MUSEUM
America’s Wilderness in Art
WHO: Wildling Art Museum
WHAT: Wildling Spring Photography Competition on the
subject of “Birds”
DEADLINE: April 1, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: 2928 San Marcos, Los Olivos, 805-688-1082, www.wildlingmuseum.org
Wildling Art Museum Spring Photography
Competition on the subject of “Birds”
Los Olivos, CA ~ The Wildling Art Museum, located in Los Olivos, California, invites
all permanent residents of California, eighteen years or older, to participate
in its 2012 spring photography competition on the subject of “birds” in nature.
The Wildling will be accepting entrants until April 1, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. The
museum is looking for quality photographs that explore all aspects of the life
of birds in their natural habitat, keeping in mind the mission of the Wildling
Art Museum, which is to use art to inspire people to better appreciate
nature and wilderness and become more active in its conservation for future
generations to enjoy. Creativity in the interpretation of birds in nature is
encouraged! There is an entry fee of $10 per submission and entries are limited
to five per person. An award of $250 will go to first, second place will
receive $100, and third place will receive $50. Photographs will be judged by a
panel of experts which will include Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography at
the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Marc Muench, a third generation professional
photographer; and Wildling Executive Director Stacey Otte. Chosen selections
will be on display in the Barbara Goodall Education Center gallery May 23
through July 1, 2012.
For further
information, rules, and entry forms you may consult the Museum’s website www.wildlingmuseum.org
or call 805-688-1082. The Wildling Art Museum is located at 2928 San Marcos
Avenue in Los Olivos (next to the Corner House Coffee). Open Wednesday through
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PO Box 907, Los Olivos, CA 93441
2928 San Marcos Avenue, Los Olivos
We connect people to
the wonders of the wilderness through great art.
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2012 Kids Draw
Architecture Sketch Session at the Santa Barbara Bowl
February 11 from
1-3 pm, 1122 North Milpas Street
The Architectural
Foundation is pleased to announce the first of our annual Kids Draw
Architecture sketch sessions for 2012. On Saturday, February 11, KDA will
visit the Santa Barbara Bowl for the first time ever. Originally built in
1936 as a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project,
the Santa Barbara Bowl has recently undergone renovations that transformed it
into a state of the art concert venue, while
retaining its natural and historic character.
The sketch session
is free and drawing materials will be provided. The award-winning Kids Draw
Architecture program was developed by the Architectural Foundation of Santa
Barbara to enrich our community’s awareness of the built environment.
Young people are encouraged to sketch our architectural landmarks, guided by
local architects and artists. All are welcome to participate!
Celebrating a
tradition of over twenty years, the Kids Draw Architecture program brings
together professional architects and artists to sketch significant buildings
with Santa Barbara County youth. The 2012 Kids Draw Architecture
calendars featuring the children’s drawings and KDA T-shirts will be available
for purchase. Please call 805-965-6307 for further information.
Architectural
Foundation of Santa Barbara
229 East Victoria
Street
Santa Barbara,
CA 93101
805-965-6307
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STATE STREET BALLET’S WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE
SECRET GARDEN” TO OFFER RIVETING FUSION OF DYNAMIC VISUALS, CUTTING EDGE
CHOREOGRAPHY AND ORIGINAL CINEMATIC SCORE
Choreographer Josie Walsh and
composer Paul Rivera, Jr. incorporate video technology to create stunning
visual landscape as they bring beloved novel to life.
On February 25 and 26, audiences at The
Granada Theatre will witness a balletic masterpiece of surrealism and
enchantment when State Street Ballet debuts an original ballet inspired by
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s famous novel, The
Secret Garden. Created by Los
Angeles-based artistic team of Josie Walsh and Paul Rivera, Jr., well-known
for their edgy style, the classic story has been transformed into a modern-day
ballet for all ages with an assist from local videographer David Bazemore. The Secret Garden will feature a cast of
18 dancers with SSB lead dancers Season
Winquest as Mary Lennox and Ryan
Camou as Colin Craven. For
performance times and tickets call (805) 899-2222 or order online: www.granadasb.org.
About the Video Animations:
David
Bazemore, Santa Barbara’s foremost professional performing arts photographer
and videographer is creating video and animated projections for The Secret
Garden. His dynamic and atmospheric computer graphics will fill the full width
of the stage and will be meticulously integrated with the choreography, music
and costumes to create a fully-immersive and thrilling theatrical experience.
Some of the animations include a visually-exciting sequence of trains;
panoramas moving through the great manor’s interior and grounds; an animated
robin showing Mary the secret garden; and hundreds of plants and flowers
blooming as the garden comes to life.
The Secret Garden story:
A
heart-warming story of loss, dreams, hope and the search for happiness that
transcends generations, The Secret Garden
is about a young girl, Mary Lennox, who is sent to live at her uncle’s manor
house on the Moors of England after her parents fall victim to a cholera
epidemic in India. As she explores the
grounds of the somber estate, she discovers a secret garden that has been
locked and neglected. Mary’s broken heart begins to heal as she restores the
garden and opportunities for renewal open to her.
Performance Information:
All
performances are at The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street, Santa Barbara.
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, Feb.
26 at 2:00 pm.
Tickets from $28-$53, with discounts for students and seniors. Children under
12 are $18. For tickets call (805) 899-2222 or order online: www.granadasb.org
About Josie Walsh, Choreography:
Josie is
native of Los Angeles and former professional dancer with the Joffrey Ballet,
Zurich Ballet and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Josie choreographed for the Zurich
Opera and moved on to several freelance projects throughout Europe. Upon her
return to Los Angeles she integrated this vast background into the commercial
world.
Choreography Credits Include:
“YAHOO”
national commercial, CBS “The Cleaner”, Walt Disney’s feature of “Tinker Bell“,
MGM movie premiere Bullet Proof Monk, CBS sitcom “That’s Life”, Red Bull
Formula One Industrial, Pilgrim Rock Opera, “Transmutation” Los Angeles Ballet,
“Luminate” Luminario Ballet, “Deconstructed” Harvard Ballet, “Taming of the
Shrew” Aeolian Ballet, LA Music Awards, Paul Mitchell Industrial, Queen Mary
Live, Focus Fish Flying Circus, Project Angel Food, Zurich Opera, MyoKyo™ full
length Renegade Rock Ballet productions: Garden of Reason, Image-Nation, Gone
with the Whim, Avalon, & Carnivinyl.
Walsh founded
MYOKYO
Renegade Rock Ballets in 2000. She is the director, producer and choreographer
for the company, creating an eclectic style of inter-disciplinary cooperation.
Her company utilizes aerial ballets and acrobatics; circus and martial
artistry, contemporary ballet, Hip Hop, live rock, and opera blends. MYOKYO™
dancers go from bare feet to pointe shoes to high flying aerial stunts in the
rafters. As an artist and teacher, Josie’s primary goal is to invoke, inspire
and compel from herself and her audience a more deeply realized meaning. Dance
represents the deepest freedom of expression in that it leaves nothing to hide
behind… nothing to obscure the naked truth that as a dancer you are the art.
Museum
of Ventura County
100 East Main Street,
Ventura, CA 93001
For more images or
information, contact Susan Gerrard, Director of Marketing
(805) 653-0323 ext
306 marketing@venturamuseum.org
Poignant Documentary about at the Larger-Than-Life World of
Holocaust Survivor and Yiddish Actress Zypora Spaisman
Discover the
funny, poignant, and larger-than-life world of Holocaust survivor and actress
Zypora Spaisman, when the Museum of Ventura County presents “Yiddish Theater: A
Love Story,” a documentary screening on Thursday, February 9, at 6:30 p.m. A
question and answer session with filmmaker/producer Ravit Markus follows.
Admission is $10, museum members $5, and includes entry to all museum galleries
beforehand.
The documentary
was shot in real time, during a crucial week when the 84-year-old Spaisman’s
theater company was struggling for financial survival despite its excellent
critical reviews. The film includes scenes with many of the last remaining
stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world,
including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many
more. “Yiddish Theater: A Love Story” has been screened at the Jerusalem and
the Santa Barbara International Film Festivals, among others.
Spaisman was an
actress on the Yiddish stage from an early age in her native Poland. When the
Nazis invaded Poland, she and her husband fled toward Russia, but were later
sent to a Soviet labor camp. Spaisman used her midwife training to deliver more
than 1,000 babies born there. After the war she learned she was the only one in
her family to escape death. She continued as an actress, and once in New York,
became an important force in the fight to keep Yiddish theater viable in
America. She had a long association with the Folksbiene, the nation’s oldest
Yiddish speaking theater, where she was executive producer before she left to
start her own company, Yiddish Public Theater. During her career, Spaisman
won
an Obie Award, a Drama Desk award, and a New York City People’s Choice Award.
The Museum of Ventura County is located
at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday. Admission to the exhibitions is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1
children 6-17, members and children under 6 are free. For more museum
information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323.
Casa
Esperanza’s Opening Nights, Opening Hearts - Film Festival Kick-Off Event
Cocktail
Party & Silent Auction
Thursday,
January 26, 2012
Join
Casa Esperanza and Community Kitchen for the official kick off party for the 27th
Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The 2012 Opening Night,
Opening Hearts “A Filmanthropic Event” cocktail party pays tribute to the most
memorable movies of all time. The event takes place at Petros Café
(former location of Café Buenos Aires) and features tasty menu sampling and an
outstanding silent auction. Tap your toes to the live medley of the most
memorable movie theme songs, performed by acclaimed local musical theater
performer Emily Jewel and pianist Mandee Sikich. This year, tickets
include admission to the SBIFF opening night film, Lawrence Kasdan’s “Darling
Companion”, just across the street and over the red carpet at the Arlington.
Proceeds benefit Casa Esperanza and the Community Kitchen, which feeds over 650
meals a day to the hungry and homeless in Santa Barbara, many of whom would
otherwise go hungry.
Date & Time:
Thursday, January 26th, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location:
Petros Café, 1316 State St., Santa
Barbara, CA 93101
Cost: $150
Tickets: call Rob
Grayson 805-884-0123 or online at www.openingnight2012.eventbrite.com or www.casa-esperanza.org
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New Work Sat, Jan 28 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre Édouard Lock, Artistic Director and
Choreographer Édouard
Lock’s newest creation has been ravishing sold-out audiences throughout its
European tour. Marking the 30th anniversary of La La La Human
Steps, Lock’s new piece places ballet technique in service to a precise,
feverishly paced gestural language and invents an incredibly complex ballet
performed by 11 virtuoso dancers. The narration deconstructs the famous Dido
and Aeneas and Orpheus and Eurydice, two tragic love
stories; the two operas are transmuted here into a single seamless ode. The
music, by Gavin Bryars, is performed live by a quartet, evoking the
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Celebrating 50 Years Wed, Feb 1 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall Deriving its name from the venerable music venue located in the
heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Preservation Hall Jazz Band embodies a
joyful, timeless spirit that is steeped in tradition. Under the auspices of
director Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, PHJB commands a
deep reverence as the internationally recognized torchbearer of an enduring
genre. Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or for the King of Thailand, for
50 years, its mission is to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New
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Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the
People, 1830, oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris |
On Delacroix's Liberty On the Barricades Thursday,
February 16, 5:30 – 6:30pm Eugène
Delacroix (1798-1863) welcomed the July Revolution of 1830, but was very
happy that with the accession to the throne of Louis Philippe d'Orleans the
political situation was stabilized again. He showed no political sympathy for
the advocates of a republic, who wanted to continue the revolution, or for
the craftsmen and laborers who had surely hoped for more to come out of their
victorious struggle in the streets of Paris than a new dynasty. With his
monumental Liberty Leading the People (or Liberty on the Barricades)
Delacroix created a painting that should become the image of revolution par
excellence. What we are dealing with here is a surprising situation: the
citizen feared revolution while the artist celebrated its sublime beauty.
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SINGLE EVENTS
Opera
Santa Barbara Presents
OPERA ON THE GO:
MOZART THE REVOLUTIONARY
Simon
Williams explores the many aspects of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro - from
the subversive to the sublime. Opera on the Go is a series of talks exploring
the world of opera. The talks delve into history, composers, voice types,
training and other questions which give the audience a deeper understanding
about opera.
Wednesday,
February 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Santa
Barbara Historical Museum
Santa
Barbara Symphony Presents “Rhapsody in Blue”
Saturday,
February 11th, 2012; 8 pm
Sunday, February 12th, 2012; 3 pm
Terrence Wilson, Piano Soloist
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Chris
& Dave Brubeck: Ansel Adams: America [a multimedia event]
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2
Ansel Adams: America, a symphonic tribute to this cherished photographer, is a
masterpiece that fully integrates sweeping melodies with a 102 striking images
of or by Ansel Adams, composed by Chris Brubeck and his father, Jazz icon
Dave Brubeck.
Also
enjoy Grammy-nominated recording artist and piano soloist, Terrence Wilson,
performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue -- an embodiment of the Jazz
Age's upbeat lyricism and dance-driven energy written in 1924 that became one
of the most popular of all American concert works.
Charles
Ives’ second symphony premiered by Leonard Bernstein to rapturous applause in a
1951 New York Philharmonic concert, and marks an exciting highlight in American
symphonic literature.
Date/Time:
Saturday, February 11th, 2012; 8 pm
Sunday, February 12th, 2012; 3 pm
Location:
The Granada Theatre 1214 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cost:
$27-$125
All
Santa Barbara Symphony season concerts take place at The Granada Theatre. Each
concert includes a pre-concert lecture, “Music Behind the Music” beginning one
hour before the concert.
To purchase 2011-2012 Season subscriptions or our "Flex 4-concert
series" package, call the Santa Barbara Symphony Office at (805) 898-9386.
Single tickets and subscriptions are also available online at www.thesymphony.org.
Discounted student tickets are available for $10 with valid student ID.
UCSB Arts &
Lectures presents the beloved musical ambassadors of Ireland, The Chieftains
with Paddy Moloney and special guests, in the first U.S. date of their 50th
anniversary tour, “Voice of Ages,” at The Granada Theatre
Performance:
The Chieftains with Paddy Moloney and special guests
“Voice of Ages” 50th
anniversary tour 2012
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
End Date:
Friday, February 17
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the
beloved musical ambassadors of Ireland, The Chieftains with Paddy Moloney
and special guests, performing in their 50th anniversary tour,
“Voice of Ages,” Friday, February 17 at 8 PM at The Granada Theatre, 1214 State
St. The Santa Barbara concert kicks off the U.S. leg of The Chieftains’
tour.
During their last visit to Santa
Barbara, the traditional Irish band dazzled audiences by featuring Ry Cooder as
a guest performer. How will they outdo themselves this time? Surprises are in
store… The six-time Grammy Award winners
celebrate 50 years as Ireland’s “inadvertent prophets of the world-music boom”
(Rolling Stone) in a concert experience filled with grace, humor,
exceptional musicianship and the pageantry of visiting dancers and pipe bands.
Led by founder Paddy Moloney, the cultural icons and boundary-pushers, they’ll
be playing hits from their new album, “Voice of Ages,” in a style as
exhilarating as it is definitive.
Admission
to The Chieftains is $35 to $55 for the general public and $19 for UCSB
students with a current student ID.
(A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket
price.)
For tickets or more information, call 805-893-3535 or
purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
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UCSB Arts &
Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum
at UCSB present
Alice
Neel and Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow,
a double feature
of documentaries on unconventional artists,
in the ART |
ARCHITECTURE ON FILM series
Films:
Alice Neel and Over
Your Cities Grass Will Grow (double
feature)
Series:
ART | ARCHITECTURE ON FILM
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
End Date:
Sunday, February 19
UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Art, Design &
Architecture Museum at UCSB present Alice
Neel and
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, two documentary films
about unconventional artists on Sunday, February 19 at 1 PM and 3 PM
respectively at the Pollock Theater, UCSB’s new state-of-the-art cinema. The
double feature is part of ART | ARCHITECTURE ON FILM,
a new film series examining the lives and creative genius of artists,
designers and architects.
Directed by her grandson
Andrew Neel, the
documentary Alice
Neel is a searing film about the
influential, troubled American painter and the struggles she faced as a woman,
single mother and artist who defied convention. A hugely talented painter whose
unflinching portraits captured the essence of her subjects, Neel sacrificed
nearly everything for her art – even to the
detriment of her children. At a time when Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art
ruled the day (and portraiture was considered passé), Alice Neel was largely ignored by the art world until the 1960s and ’70s,
when she was embraced by the counterculture and its heroes, including Andy
Warhol.
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow is a
mesmerizing portrait of German artist Anselm Kiefer, who has transformed a vast, derelict industrial space in southern France into
a dreamlike city, housing his paintings and elaborate installations, including
underground tunnels and towers. Film magazine Sight & Sound called
the movie a “ravishing, hypnotic record of the work of Anselm Kiefer,” while The
Guardian (U.K.) awarded it four stars, as “a deeply serious meditation on
artistic practice and expression.” The film was the official selection for the
Cannes, Toronto and Rotterdam international film festivals.
A daily pass to see one or both films is
$10 for the general public and $5 for UCSB students with a current student ID.
Admission includes a complimentary wine and cheese reception during the
intermission for those ages 21 and older. For tickets
or more information, call 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
UCSB Arts &
Lectures presents acclaimed creativity expert and education innovator Sir Ken
Robinson in a compelling talk titled Out of Our Minds - Learning to Be
Creative at UCSB Campbell Hall
Lecture:
Sir Ken
Robinson
Title:
Out of Our Minds
- Learning to Be Creative
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
End Date:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
UCSB
Arts & Lectures presents acclaimed creativity expert and education
innovator Sir Ken Robinson in a compelling talk titled Out of Our Minds -
Learning to Be Creative on Tuesday, February 21 at 8 PM at UCSB
Campbell Hall. The lecture is part of Arts &
Lectures’ Innovation Matters series.
Sir Ken
Robinson, is renowned for his radical ideas on education reform and innovation
in the classroom. His humorous and insightful talks at the prestigious TED
Conferences have been seen by some 200 million people in more than 150
countries. Drawing from his groundbreaking book, Out of Our Minds: Learning
to Be Creative, Robinson urges schools and colleges everywhere to focus on
cultivating creativity and acknowledging multiple types of intelligences.
In exploring
questions like: Why is it essential to promote creativity? Is everyone creative
or just a selective few? Robinson argues for drastic shifts in how we educate
all students to meet the extraordinary challenges of the 21st century. His 2009 book The
Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything was a New York
Times best-seller and has been translated into 21 languages.
Admission
to Sir Ken Robinson is $20 for the general public and $10 for UCSB students
with a current student ID, as well as youths 18 and under. For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts
& Lectures at 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
0BPublic Service Announcement
UCSB Arts &
Lectures and the UCSB College of Creative Studies present poet Jane Hirshfield
in An Evening of Poetry at UCSB Campbell Hall
Reading:
Jane Hirshfield
Title:
An Evening of
Poetry
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
End Date:
Thursday, February 16
UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB
College of Creative Studies present award-winning poet
and essayist Jane Hirshfield in An Evening of Poetry on
Thursday, February 16 at 8 PM at UCSB Campbell Hall. Hirshfield will serve
as Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the UCSB College of Creative Studies during
a one-week residency at the university.
Hirshfield elegantly speaks to the core
issues of existence in her poetry — desire and loss, impermanence and beauty,
and our multi-faceted connections with others. An intimate, profound and
generous master of her art, the former Guggenheim Fellow has written six
collections of poetry. In her most recent collection, Come, Thief
(August 2011), Hirshfield displays “a poetic voice that
combines both equanimity and a quiet passion,” writes The Washington Post.
Called “sensuously philosophical” by
poet Rosanna Warren, Hirshfield’s poetry has been compared to Mary Oliver and
Kay Ryan for her spare and simple lines, recurring nature motifs and moments of
the numinous.
Admission
to Jane Hirshfield’s reading is $15 for the general public and FREE for UCSB
students with a current student ID, as well as youths 18 and younger. For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts
& Lectures at 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
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UCSB Arts &
Lectures, Whole Foods Market – Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara
Independent present S.B. Sandwich Showdown, a Top Chef-inspired
culinary competition featuring local sandwich makers
Cooking
Competition:
S.B. Sandwich Showdown
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
End Date:
Friday, February 3
UCSB Arts & Lectures,
Whole Foods Market – Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Independent present
the S.B. Sandwich Showdown on Friday, February 3 from 4 to 5:15 PM
at Whole Foods Market – Santa Barbara, 3761 State St.
Watch two pro
sandwich slingers (Three Pickles and the Savoy Cafe & Deli) and one
amateur/home cook face off in a sandwich-making competition inspired by the
Emmy-winning Bravo TV show Top Chef and lead judge Tom Colicchio, who
owns a ’wichcraft chain of gourmet sandwich shops. The winner will receive a
$250 Whole Foods Market shopping spree and other prizes.
Admission to the
S.B. Sandwich Showdown is FREE. Colicchio will give a
talk Wednesday, February 22 at 8 PM at UCSB Campbell Hall. For more information, call 805-893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
UCSB Arts &
Lectures presents Top Chef’s influential head judge and James Beard
Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio in An Evening with Tom Colicchio at
UCSB Campbell Hall;
Food Truck Feast
before the talk
Lecture:
An
Evening with Tom Colicchio
For Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
End Date:
Wednesday, February 22
UCSB Arts &
Lectures presents the Santa Barbara debut of Top Chef’s
influential head judge and James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio in An
Evening with Tom Colicchio Wednesday, February 22 at 8 PM at
UCSB Campbell Hall.
Come early to
eat! Before Colicchio’s talk, The Burger Bus, O Street Truck
and Sweet Arleen’s
(a gourmet cupcake truck from Westlake Village and two-time champion of the
Food Network’s Cupcake Wars), will be parked in the drop-off loop near
Campbell Hall beginning at 6:30 PM for a Food Truck Feast.
Tom Colicchio is
one of the culinary world’s most celebrated figures. As lead judge on Top
Chef, Bravo TV’s competitive cooking reality show, he serves as the final
arbiter of taste, a no-nonsense opinion-giver and respected mentor to the
“cheftestants” vying for the title of Top Chef. Now in its ninth season, the
Emmy-winning show is considered must-see viewing by millions of food lovers.
A self-taught
cook, Colicchio is chef-owner of New York City’s celebrated Gramercy Tavern and
Craft, dubbed “a vision of food heaven” by The New York Times, among
other restaurants. In 2010, he won the highly coveted James Beard Award for
Outstanding Chef, one of the most prestigious culinary honors in the U.S.
Previously, he snagged four other James Beard awards, including Best Chef New
York.
Admission
to An Evening with Tom Colicchio is $35 to $50 for the general public
and $20 for UCSB students with a current student ID.
For tickets or more information, call 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
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January 23 Center Stage Open House
A New Year Full Of New Possibilities! Find
out what it means for you! The new year brings great new
possibilities to Center Stage Theater. Join us for an open house to
learn about the exciting upgrades to our seating configurations, available
staging platforms and lighting equipment. We will also be introducing
our new Rental Subsidy Fund. There will be a brief presentation at
7:15, but stop by anytime between 6:00 and 8:00 and see our new toys.
Light refreshments will be served. TIMES: Monday, January 23, 6:00 to
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