THE
SECRET GARDEN AT
THE GRANADA THEATRE
Saturday, February 25, at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 PM
Music by Paul Rivera Jr.
Choreography
by Josie Walsh
Featuring the
videography of David Bazemore
Choreography
by Josie Walsh, State Street Ballet’s The
Secret Garden is a masterpiece of enchantment complete with dynamic
visuals, cutting-edge choreography and luscious, shape-shifting costumes, set
to an original cinematic score by Paul Rivera Jr. Thoughtful and heart-warming, The Secret Garden tells a story of loss,
dreams, hope, and the search for happiness that transcends generations. Inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett’s famous
novel, imaginative staging transforms this classic story into a modern-day
ballet for all ages.
To add to the
dynamic effect of this ballet, David Bazemore, Santa Barbara foremost
performing arts photographer and videographer, has created video and video
animations including a very striking sequence of trains; motion through the
great manor interior and it's grounds; an animated robin showing Mary in the
Secret Garden and hundreds of plants & flowers blooming as the secret
garden comes to life. It will be very dynamic and an integral part of the show,
providing the look and feel of the production.
About State Street
Ballet
State Street Ballet was founded in
1994 by Rodney and Allison Gustafson. With at least three productions each
season in Santa Barbara, State Street Ballet has also toured throughout the
United States, as well as internationally to Taiwan and China.
Rodney Gustafson was formerly with
Geneva Ballet, Cleveland Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He went on to
receive his B.S. from University of Arizona, and his M.B.A from Antioch
University. State Street Ballet is known for its innovative choreography
and unique style.
Tickets: The Granada
Box Office / 805.899.2222 / www.granadasb.org
1216 State Street, Santa Barbara
Tickets are priced from $28 to
$53, with discounts for students and seniors.
Children under 12 are $18
For Group sales, contact the
ballet office 805-563-3262 ext 105. For
more details visit www.statestreetballet.com
Other
Events surrounding this Production:
State
Street Ballet will also do 3 mini-performances at the Santa Barbara
and Goleta
Libraries February 7 through February 9 as part of our commitment to find new
and
innovative ways to connect with our audiences. The literary value of
The Secret Garden makes a wonderful opportunity to
collaborate with our
local
libraries.
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Santa Barbara Revels
hosts its fifth annual...
Monday,
March 19th
6:00
to 8:00pm
Welcome Spring and
celebrate the Vernal Equinox with music-making and merriment. Sing
along to familiar sea shanties, Irish favorites, and folk classics,
led by our incomparable Revels songleader Ken Ryals with
keyboard accompaniment by Anna Abby.
  
Dargan’s
Irish Pub & Restaurant
18
East Ortega Street
Santa Barbara
Tickets
available at the door.
Adults
$15 - Children $10
Admission includes a songbook,
a beverage, and a terrific time!
Convenient parking is in Santa
Barbara Parking Lot #10,
and street parking can be found within walking
distance.
Pub Sing will be held in
Dargan's MAIN ROOM.
Visit
our website!
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LISTING:
Arts/Vocal Workshop for kids
FACT SHEET & SCHEDULE
WHO: Santa Barbara Children’s Chorus
WHAT: Rock
Cappella Workshop for children ages 8–14
Featuring UCSB’s VocalMotion
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 25 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Unitarian Society, Jefferson Hall
1535 Santa
Barbara St., S.B. 93101
COST:
$5 for pre-registered attendees; $10
for walk-ins
Fees will
be collected at event
Space is limited to 30
students ~ Register Early!
INFO: (805) 512-9840 or log on and register
sbchildrenschorus.com
Join SBCC and the women of UCSB’s VocalMotion a cappella choir in a three-hour workshop and learn the
beauty, basics and joy of a cappella singing. Workshop will be led by SBCC
Chorus Director, Erin Bonski.
www.sbchildrenschorus.com www.mcfaddenpr.com
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World
Tour returns to the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara on Monday, Feb. 27 and
Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 pm.
11 great films. Over 1,400 tickets already sold.
Here’s
the link to online tickets for:
Mon,
Feb. 27: https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2281
Tue,
Feb. 28: https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2282
or
simply order over the phone from the UCSB Arts & Lectures Ticket Office –
805-893-3535. Ticket Office hours are Mon-Fri 10 am to 5 pm and on Sat
from 12 noon to 4 pm.
Here’s
the schedule:
UCSB Arts
& Lectures
Day 1
presents
Program Length – 2 hours, 5 minutes
Best of the 36th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Monday, February 27 / Arlington Theatre /
7:30 p.m.
All.I.Can – The Short
Cut
(World Tour Edit)
Best Feature Length
Mountain Film, sponsored by the Town of Banff
Canada, 2011, 11 minutes / Directed by Dave Mossop and
Eric Crossland
Stunning time-lapse sequences, creative visuals, great skiers, and deep
powder are highlights of this excerpt from the award-winning feature film that
looks at snow sports and the environment.
Blue Obsession
USA, 2011, 11 minutes / Directed by Alan Gordon and
Jordan Halland
The beautiful and ever-changing icefalls of Alaskan
glaciers provide a stunning setting for some unusual ice climbing adventures.
Hanuman Airlines
USA, 2011, 26 minutes / Directed by Hamilton Pevec
Two Nepali adventurers channel the Hindu God of Wind on their mission to
launch a paraglider from Mount Everest’s summit and travel to an ocean they
have never seen.
Cold
Grand Prize, sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op
Best Film on Climbing, sponsored by Alpine Club of
Canada
USA, 2011, 19 minutes / Directed by Anson Fogel
Experience Gasherbrum II in the middle of a deep, dark
winter as seen from the raw, honest perspective of alpinist Cory Richard’s
camera. This film deftly captures the interwoven roles of pain, fear, and doubt
– and reveals a harrowing descent that amplifies the climbers’ isolation and
exposure.
intermission
C.A.R.C.A.
Canada, 2011, 8 minutes / Directed by Adam Bailey
One man’s quest to revolutionize the world of animal avalanche rescue.
Deepsea Under The Pole
France, 2010, 53 minutes / Directed by Thierry Robert
An intrepid crew of scientists and explorers takes the ultimate plunge –
scuba-diving beneath the North Pole in temperatures so low that a special
heating device is required in their diving suits. Over a two-month period, they
overcome incredible obstacles to give us a rare kaleidoscopic glimpse of the
ice from below, and the luminescent sea creatures they encounter.
Day 2
Program Length – 2 hours, 9 minutes
Best of the 36th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Tuesday, February 28 / Arlington Theatre /
7:30 p.m.
Reel Rock: Origins – Obe & Ashima
USA, 2011, 23 minutes / Directed by Josh Lowell
There’s a nine-year-old girl from New York City taking the bouldering world
by storm, and her name is Ashima Shiraishi. Guided by her coach and former
bouldering star Obe Carrion, this tiny master is crushing competitions and
raising the bar for her peers. A trip to the bouldering mecca of Hueco Tanks
provides a glimpse of the past for Obe and the start of amazing new adventures
for Ashima.
Ski Bums Never Die
Canada, 2011, 4 minutes / Directed by Eric Crosland
What does it take to be a ski bum? An unending dedication to powder skiing?
The ability to do anything in your ski boots? A lifelong quest for deep snow?
Find out with this unusual and inspiring band of skiers in the Kootenay region
of British Columbia.
On the Trail of Genghis Khan – The Last
Frontier
People’s Choice Award, sponsored by V.I.O.
Australia, 2011, 46 minutes / Directed by Tim Cope
On an epic journey of truly historic proportions,
Australian Tim Cope, his band of horses, and his dog Tigon travel overland
10,000 km from Mongolia to Hungary, following the footsteps of legendary
warrior and nomad Genghis Khan. Cope visits distant parts of the world rarely
seen, places on the cusp of modernity yet proud of nomadic traditions. The
Last Frontier captures the culmination of his stunning three-year journey,
the crossing of the Carpathian Mountains.
intermission
Kadoma
Best Film – Exploration and Adventure, sponsored by
Nemo
USA, 2011, 42 minutes / Directed by Ben Stookesbury
“Kadoma” is the nickname for Hendri Coetzee, a legendary South African
kayaker who is known for exploring some of Africa’s wildest rivers. In December
2010, American pro kayakers Chris Korbulic and Ben Stookesbury followed Coetzee
into the Democratic Republic of Congo for a first descent of the dangerous
Lukuga River. Seven weeks into the expedition, tragedy struck.
The Freedom Chair
Best Film – Mountain Sports, sponsored by Live Out
There
Canada, 2011, 15
minutes / Directed by Mike Douglas
Josh Dueck was an
aspiring skier and coach until a ski accident in 2004 changed his life for
good. Despite his comeback and success in the world of competitive sit-skiing,
he wasn't content. Josh's dream is to tackle the backcountry and the steepest
and wildest mountains in the world – and with his infectious outlook, he may
just catch his dream.
The
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is presented by National Geographic,
The North Face and Parks Canada and is sponsored by Deuter, Outdoor Research,
PrimaLoft, Central Asia Institute, Tom’s of Maine and Therm-a-Rest with support
from MSR, Fernie Alpine Resort, Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee, and World
Expeditions.
Each
night - $14 general admission and $11 UCSB students & youth 18 and under /
call 805-893-3535
An
Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price.
For
tickets or more information, call the UCSB Arts & Lectures Ticket Office at
805-893-3535.
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SHOWTIME!!
Volunteer Prep Day
-- PREPARING THE INVITATIONS --
Please join us and help us WRITE, STUFF, FOLD, ADDRESS,
STAMP, STAPLE, and GLUE! We
are putting together invitations for
SBDI's Event-Of-The-Year 2012!
Where: 1330 State St.
SB CA 93101 (Corner of Sola and State. Enter through back parking
lot off of Sola St.)
When: Saturday, February 25th from
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Why: Please come for any amount of
time. Your help is important to us. It's fun to meet families from the
different SBDI schools!
Questions: Call Rosalina at
245-0794
Thank You!
SBDI is
supported by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation,
California Arts Council, NEA, and Santa Barbara Arts Commission.
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Santa Barbara Dance Institute
1330 State Street, Suite 207
Santa Barbara, California 93101
+1 (805) 245-0794
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The
Arts Mentorship Program and SB Dance Arts Present
Configuration
Featuring
repertory from the Student Dance Companies
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March 3, 9, and 10 at 7pm and March
4 and 10 at 2pm
Center Stage Theater
Tickets $17 General –$50 VIP Patron-
$10 Student Matinees
Summary Facts:
- Configuration
is the annual performance showcasing repertory from the SB Dance Arts and
Arts Mentorship Program student companies and due to the success in past
years, a second weekend of performances have been added!
- This is our 14th
annual Configuration and our 11th year at Center Stage Theatre.
- The show
includes performances in Jazz, Hip Hop, and Contemporary.
- These
pre-professional companies are comprised of dancers ages 10-18 who train
weekly in jazz and ballet, participate in weekly rehearsals, and sign
contracts just like a working dance company.
- The show
includes original works by professional choreographers and six student
works that are up for our annual Student Choreography Award and cash prize
furnished by Beds 4 U to be presented by Salud Carbajal opening night.
- Proceeds of
the show benefit the Arts Mentorship Program Dance Companies.
- The Arts
Mentorship Program also provides low income students the funds to dance at
local studios and affordable rehearsal space to local artists.
- For tickets,
contact the Center Stage Box Office at (805)963-0408 or go to www.centerstagetheater.org
- For more
information, contact Santa Barbara Dance Arts visit www.sbdancearts.com and for
information on the Arts Mentorship Program visit www.ampsb.org
Santa Barbara, CA –
After three years of selling out four shows, we are thrilled to offer FIVE
performances over two weekends of the beloved annual dance concert,
Configuration. Configuration is presented by SB Dance Arts and the Arts
Mentorship program and features the repertory from their Student
Companies. Dance Arts is under the direction of Steven
Lovelace and Alana Tillim and is celebrating its 15th year of dance
in Santa Barbara. Tillim and Lovelace founded the Arts Mentorship Program
(AMP) to umbrella the pre-professional Dance Companies and provide scholarships
and affordable rehearsal space to local artists. Just last year AMP
served over 1,200 artists and youth.
The Company mission
is to provide a pre-professional experience for young dancers under the
guidance of mentors. The young dancers have 6-10 hours of required
classes each week depending on their age and level and they have a mandatory
rehearsal where they learn their repertory. The culmination of this work is
Configuration at Center Stage Theatre. What makes the show so special is that
it includes student choreography. The students all must take a workshop where
they receive a University level syllabus and are mentored by local
professionals who include alumni from Alvin Ailey II and those who currently
work in film and television. The pieces are then adjudicated and
developed under the careful guidance of the directors. The culmination of
this process is the debut of their work at Configuration and the coveted $250
Student Choreography Award to be presented opening night by Salud Carbajal.
This year’s student
choreography includes an anthropomorphic look at birds as choreographers
Aryanna Aronson (16), Emily Stokes (15), and Maddy Rotman (13) have transformed
themselves into majestic winged creatures in a stunning contemporary
piece. Senior choreographer Hayley Kay (17) has set a powerful, tribal
number that she says is ‘like Lord of the Flies with girls.”
New choreographer
Larry Daniels, a recent graduate of UCSB set a poignant piece on the Axis Dance
Company that tackles the topic of bullying. The piece juxtaposes anger,
sorrow, and healing in this powerful work of art.
Other highlights of
the show are a high energy tribute to Madonna. While the iconic Super Bowl
performance by Madonna has brought her into the consciousness of these young
ladies, it was fun for choreographers to introduce them to old classics like
Vogue and Material girl. The tribute also includes a beautiful instrumental
interpretation of Like a Prayer where the girls float across the stage in white
tutus and a finale that mashes up the work of Madonna and the often compared,
Lady Gaga.
Over the years this
show has gained public interest and is a treat for dancers and dance lovers
alike. The quality of the work, artistry and athleticism demonstrated by
these young artists is astounding. For parents and students alike, it is their
favorite weekend of the year because of the energy and love that comes from the
front and back of the house! If you love dance, this is a fun show for
the whole family to enjoy!
For more
information on Santa Barbara Dance Arts or the Arts Mentorship Program call
(805) 966-5299 or go to www.sbdanecarts.com or www.ampsb.org
To purchase tickets
for Configuration, contact the Center Stage Box Office at (805) 963-0408 or
visit www.centerstagetheater.org
AMP is a 501c3
non-profit organization.
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Don't miss this rare local
performance of
BOXTALES Theatre Company's
JAMBO WATOTO
Tales and Rhythms of Africa
to benefit Peabody
Charter School!
Tonight!
February 22nd
at 6:30pm!
Peabody Charter School Auditorium.
Tickets at the door, $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
Check out this event on
Facebook!
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Boxtales Theatre Company's
Jambo Watoto!
This show is a loving homage to the rich and wonderful
cultures of Africa featuring stories and traditional rhythms from many
different regions including:
How Kwaku Ananse Gained a Kingdom of Knowledge from a
Kernel of Corn (Ghana, West Africa)
The Lion's Whisker (Ethiopia)
The Hunter and the Crocodile (Donso,
West Africa)
Jambo Watoto features traditional rhythms like The
Czar, Adoonde, and Mandjiani played on bells, djimbe and djoon djoon drums.
Incredible masks (made by Lindsay Rust) and energetic movement
(choreographed by world renowned theatre director Eva Magyar) accent
this wonderful collection of stories.
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We'll See you there!
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BOXTALES' mission is to bring myths and folktales from
around the world to young audiences using masks, movement, music, and
storytelling. Our aim is to fire imaginations, inspire creativity,
strengthen cultural pride, encourage tolerance, and engage young people
in the excitement and immediacy of live performance.
Learn more about our company and our work at www.boxtales.org
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This Saturday,
February 25th Santa Barbara Shrine Making Workshop at Beth's
Garden Studio
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Saturday,
February 25
at my Garden
Studio on the Westside in Santa Barbara
We have 5
spaces left in a wonderful group that has come together
for this beautiful day of releasing, creating and self
discovery.
10AM - 4
PM Cost is $85, materials fee is $40 which
includes my
Portals to Peace shrine making kit, paints and embellishments.
See you here!
Please
email Beth at bethamine@cox.net to reserve your space
and receive your paypal link. 569-0596
Private
sessions are also now available for more in depth personal
guidance and support for all life's changes. Please email
me for all workshop requests and registration. bethamine@cox.net
Testimonials:
This shrine
making experience gave me a tangible beautiful representation of the
most vulnerable and yet resilient and powerful force that is truly
the essence of me. This experience opened up my eyes to what truly is
inside of me. It made me understand that I am a precious guardian of
heaven. That I have the power to accept this beautiful elemental
energy that is who I am and it made me feel proud, beautiful and so
utterly grateful. I can't ever repay what this course revealed to me.
It is priceless awesomeness lead by the most giving and precious soul
that is Beth Amine. R. D.
Last weekend,
I had one of the most satisfying adventures of my artistic life,
participating in one of Beth's shrine-making workshops. It was a
glorious, fun day- timeless in the sense of being totally present and
absorbed in my project, and yet the hours sped by in a flash.By the
end of the day, each of us had created a unique piece, with much laughter, deep sharing and warmth to take home along
with our masterpieces. It was, for me, the beginning of a new
adventure in making personal, beautiful art... discovering a
delightful, new creative passion. Thank you, Beth, for a most
satisfying and empowering day. Can't wait until your next
workshop! S.V.
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 Verdi’s ‘Ernani’ at Hahn Hall!
Four extraordinary singers star in Verdi’s early gem.
American soprano Angela Meade, whose victory in the Met’s National Council
Auditions was chronicled in the 2008 documentary film The Audition,
takes on the role of the noblewoman Elvira in her first Live in HD
appearance. Marcello
Giordani is her mismatched lover, the noble bandit Ernani. Tickets are
available online!
Saturday & Sunday, February 25 & 26
9:55 AM & 6 PM, February 25; 2 pm, February 26
Tickets: $27
High-Definition Screenings in Hahn Hall!
All-Star Cast
Also joining the “uncommonly
gifted” Ms. Meade are Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who adds a new role to his
distinguished repertory as Don Carlo, a royal suitor for Elvira’s hand, and
Ferruccio Furlanetto as da Silva, a wealthy relative with his own
designs on the young beauty. Marco Armiliato, who led the Met premiere
performances of Anna Bolena earlier this season, conducts
Verdi’s thrilling drama of passion, power, and honor, seen in Pier Luigi
Samaritani’s lavish production. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato hosts the
transmission.
Free campus parking
available.
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Lot's going on, activate and plug in.
 2011 Client Gratitude Party: First off, special thanks to ALL of our
2011 LoaTree clients. We love your work and love working with you.
We had a nice night at Soho giving thanks for all of you at our 2011
Gratitude Party. We all unleashed our inner painter on this giant
canvas under the enthusiastic guidance of Whitney
Castro...thanks Whitney!
New Client
Profile: UCSB Plastic Pollution Coalition
 The UCSB Plastic Pollution Coalition is a diverse group of
campus based organizations working to reduce or eliminate single use
plastics.
LoaTree is working with UCSB-PPC on strategic planning and
building a campaign to begin eliminating the use of plastic bags at UCSB in
2012.
Follow them on Facebook and join the fun.
New Client Profile: Vibrant Earth Juices
We are happy to join forces with Jill Latham and her Vibrant
Earth Juices. Jill's secures almost all local organic produce, uses a
state-of-the-art juice press and guides people through juice fasting to
clean and clear their body.
If you are interested in a 3-day juice fast, we'll be
announcing a special shortly that offers a limited number of you 15% off
her normal rate. Send us an email to roots@loatree.com and we'll send you
the details. Please give her a follow on Facebook. You'll also see these
fresh juices as mixers at the upcoming LoaTree Lounge at Soho..yum.
LoaTree is providing social media and marketing consultation.
March
10 – 11, Edible Institute in Santa Barbara
 Edible
Communities presents Edible Institute a weekend of talks,
presentations, and local food & wine tastings by some of the local food
movement's most influential thinkers, writers, and producers. March 10-11,
2012, Santa Barbara, CA. Check out
the lineup and get your tickets.
LoaTree is a proud sponsor
of this event.
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Save
the Date: Tuesday, March 18th 2012 LoaTree Lounge & Green
Drinks Benefit for Santa Barbara Earth Day.
 Please join LoaTree
Presents as we host the 2nd Annual
Green Drinks/LoaTree
Lounge
at
SOhO Restaurant and Music Venue in a benefit for the Community
Environmental Council’s annual Earth Day Celebration!
Performances
include:
Special
menu and drinks served all night. Tickets $15 pre-sale or $20 at
the door. We look forward to seeing you in the
Lounge!
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Community Environmental Council
Presents: Santa Barbara Earth Day April 21 & 22
LoaTree
is again working for Santa Barbara Earth Day in 2012. This year’s event is being held on April
21 & 22 at Alameda Park. This
year’s theme is 'Mobilize for the Earth' following the national
Earth Day theme.
Earth
Day presenter Community Environmental Council
has already put out the call for exhibitors, bands, volunteers and
demos. Sign up early.
For
more information, please go to sbearthday.org or send us a note at roots@loatree.com
and we’ll plug you in!
Tidbits & Links:
We are getting more deeply
involved with Soho Restaurant & Music Club. We first
helped introduce Soho's local, sustainable food menu
and now we are working on their overall communication strategy and customer
experience. Help out this treasured cultural institution sending any
feedback or suggestions to roots@loatree.com.
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Moby Duck tours south coast
libraries: The UCSB Reads Program which brought the NY
Times bestseller "Moby Duck" to UCSB, is now bringing it to the
community via their 'Community Conversations' program. Conversations
are being held throughout libraries on the South Coast. Moby Duck is
the true story of "28,000 bath toys lost at sea, and the beachcombers,
oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools, including the author, who
went and found them."
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How
Do you Sea Plastic? Photo Contest
Join the
Coastal Fund in their mission to integrate UCSB students with the
environment by showing us how you SEA plastic. Not just sunsets, be
creative!
Submit
pictures that best represent plastic pollution in the environment for a
chance to win a unique collection of ECO-prizes. E-mail all
submissions by March 16th at midnight. Please
e-mail your photo submissions to CoastalFundoutreach@gmail.com. For detailed
rules: http://coastalfund.as.ucsb.edu/
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Music!
This Thursday
catch eco-conscious hip hoppers the Luminaries at Soho on Thursday,
February 23rd. Check this hittin' video
called "Free Energy."
The Goodland will open.
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Movies!
Greenlit the Movie, March 6th
at UCSB..FREE. Can Hollywood really go green?
Check out this funny and interesting movie about the trials and
tribulations of taking a Hollywood film ‘green.’ Official selection
at SXSW! Check the trailer.
LoaTree is a
sponsor of this event.
That's all
for now!
Keep rockin'
Dave, Eric,
Ted, Chad, and the LoaTree team.
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Museum of
Ventura County
100 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001
www.venturamuseum.org
For more or larger images or more information, contact
Susan Gerrard,
Director of
Marketing (805) 653-0323 ext 306 marketing@venturamuseum.org
The Pre-Columbian World: Hear Luis
Perez Bring Their Music, Dance & Ritual Alive
Museum Lecture and
Demonstration Sunday, March 11
Music composer and artist Luis Perez
sheds light on the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica and demonstrates the sounds
their actual musical instruments make, when he presents The Pre-Columbian
World of Music, Dance & Ritual, at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at
the Museum of Ventura County.
The museum is presently showing his
related exhibitions Music before
Columbus: The Collection of Luis Perez, and The White
Instruments: Recent Creations by Luis Perez. The lecture is $5 for the general public, free for museum members,
and includes admission to all museum galleries. To RSVP, call 805-653-0323 x7.
Perez has devoted most of his adult
life to the research of Pre-Columbian music and mythology, the collection of
archaeological artifacts and the study of living musical traditions in Mexico,
where he was born and raised. After musical studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, he traveled
extensively throughout Mexico, researching Pre-Columbian music and the living
musical traditions of indigenous cultures there.
In his early twenties, Perez began to
incorporate Pre-Columbian and ethnographic wind and percussion instruments into
his contemporary compositions. His first solo album, “En el Ombligo de la Luna” (In the Navel of the Moon),
was picked this year by the Museo Diego Rivera of Mexico City as one of the 25
most influential experimental albums released in Mexico over the last three
decades. He has since recorded two more solo albums, “Tales of Astral
Travelers” and “Santuario de Mariposas” (Sanctuary of Butterflies). In
addition, Perez has contributed to over twenty music albums and composes music
for television, film, theater, and dance performances.
In 2008, he and his wife Mary Perez-Gibbons opened the Vita Art Center in Ventura,
where they hold art classes for children and adults, host art exhibitions, and
where he teaches workshops on musical instrument construction. Perez continues
to lecture world wide on Pre-Columbian music and mythology, and is writing a
book on wind and percussion instruments native to Mexico.
Museum of Ventura County
Agriculture Museum
www.venturamuseum.org
For more images or information, contact Susan Gerrard, Director of
Marketing
(805) 653-0323 ext 306 marketing@venturamuseum.org
Horace Bristol’s Compelling 1930s
Photographs On Exhibition At Agriculture Museum
Free Reception & Film – Sunday March 4
More than two dozen images by famed
LIFE Magazine photojournalist Horace Bristol are on exhibition March 3 through
May 20 at the Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula. Horace
Bristol Photographs: Selections From the 1930s features not only work from
his best known Grapes of Wrath series, but other selections from the
1930s period, including such diverse images as a never before exhibited aerial
photograph of a Santa Paula orange orchard, and a migrant child pitting
apricots. The exhibition is in the Agriculture Museum’s Reiter Affiliated
Companies Visitors Center and Calavo Hall.
The public is invited on Sunday March
4 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. to a free reception for both the Bristol exhibit
and Putting Down Roots: Ventura County’s Immigrant Farmers 1800-1910.
“The Plow That Broke the Plains,” a 1936 documentary about Dust Bowl farm
practices, is screening at both 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. in Limoneira Hall.
Born in 1908, Bristol spent time
during his teens in Santa Paula and as a young man established his first
commercial studio there. During the Depression, Bristol traveled with John
Steinbeck through the California migrant camps. His resulting black and white
photographs documenting the human toll of the Dust Bowl displacement were
published in LIFE magazine in the early 1940s. Bristol’s total body of work was
extensive and varied, covering such subjects as World War II, Asia, famous
personalities, and the architecture of American industry. Many of the negatives
were later burned and the photographs that remained were largely forgotten
until 1985, when Bristol showed them to his son 12 years before his death in
Ojai, where he had retired. The Agriculture Museum’s exhibit presents
photographs from the Museum of Ventura County Collection and from the Horace
and Masako Bristol Estate.
The Museum of Ventura County’s
Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula,
California, in their historic downtown, near the Depot and next to the railroad
tracks. Hours are 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3
seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for
children ages 5 and younger. On first Sundays of the month, general
admission is always free. For more information, go to www.venturamuseum.org
or call (805) 525-3100.
Santa Barbara Youth Symphony to Perform at the Santa Barbara
Zoo
Santa Barbara Symphony
Young musicians from the Santa Barbara Youth
Symphony, Junior Strings and Strings Workshop will perform an all-ages concert
featuring a variety of music from Schifrin’s score of Mission Impossible,
Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Sibelius’ Finlandia,
and much more. This is the only concert of the year where all three Youth
Symphony Program participants will perform together on one stage. The
concert is free with Zoo admission ticket, and advance ticket purchase is not
required.
Following the concert, attendees can try out instruments used in the
performance at the “Instrument Petting Zoo,” which will be hosted by the Santa
Barbara Symphony’s Music Van.
Date:
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Time:
Concert: 2 p.m.; Santa Barbara Zoo hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive,
Santa Barbara
Cost:
Concert free with Zoo admission: General admission is $14 for adults,
$10 for children 2-12 and seniors 65+, and children under 2
free. Parking is $6.
Santa Barbara Symphony Presents “Latin Passion”
Santa Barbara
Symphony
Saturday, March 17, 2012 and Sunday, March 18, 2012
Derived from
the famous ballet “The Three-Cornered Hat”, this orchestral suite brings
thrilling Andalusian folk music to the stage. Experience Bizet's Carmen
Suite in a great arrangement for percussion and strings by Russian composer
Rodion Shchedrin, as well as Daugherty’s colorful violin concerto led by
dynamic young guest conductor, Carlos Miguel Prieto, and featuring rising
violin star, Alexandre Da Costa. Moncayo’s Huapango is an arrangement
for orchestra inspired by the popular dance music of the Gulf of Mexico region
and a thrilling conclusion to the concert.
Prieto serves
in four music directorships, including Mexico’s most important orchestra, the
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, in his native country, and also in the
re-emerging Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, where he leads the
cultural renewal of ravaged New Orleans. A graduate of both Harvard and
Princeton Universities, Mr. Prieto has conducted over 50 world premieres of
works by Mexican and American composers.
Award-winning
violinist Alexandre Da Costa was recognized by age nine as a musical prodigy
for his astonishing musical abilities. He continues to perform with prestigious
orchestras including the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre
Symphonique de Montreal, and the Vienna Symphony.
Date & Time: Saturday, March
17th at 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 18th at 3:00 pm Matinee
Pre-concert lecture, “Music Behind the Music,” begins one hour before each
performance
Location: The Granada
Theatre, 1214 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cost: $25-$95
March
Sponsors: Concert Sponsor: Mosher Foundation; Artist Sponsor: Mary
Beth Larkin and Chris Lancashire; Programming Sponsors: John A.
Rodriguez, II; Media Sponsor: Santa Barbara News-Press
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 and the UCSB Library present UCSB/Santa Barbara Reads author
Donovan Hohn, who will discuss his book Moby-Duck at UCSB Campbell Hall
Lecture:
UCSB/Santa Barbara Reads author Donovan Hohn
Title:
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and the
Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the
Author, Who Went in Search of Them
For Information: 805-893-3535;
www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Date:
Monday, March 5
UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB
Library present UCSB/Santa Barbara Reads author Donovan Hohn, who will
discuss his national best-selling book, Moby-Duck: The True Story of
28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and the Beachcombers, Oceanographers,
Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them.
The free event will take place Monday, March 5 at 8 PM at UCSB
Campbell Hall.
When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of
the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would
interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers and read up on
Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in
too far and they carry you away.
Hohn’s accidental odyssey pulls him
into the secretive worlds of shipping conglomerates and Chinese toy factories,
the daring work of Arctic researchers and the lunatic risks of maverick sailors.
Hailed as “adventurous, inquisitive and brightly illuminating” by The New
York Times, Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea
and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy and some of the
worst weather imaginable.
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents
“restless genius,” visionary inventor and New York Times best-selling
author Raymond Kurzweil in an illustrated public lecture, Innovation in an
Era of Accelerating Technologies, at UCSB Campbell Hall
Lecture:
Raymond Kurzweil
Title:
Innovation in an Era of Accelerating Technologies
For
Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Tuesday, March 6
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents an
illustrated public lecture by one of the leading inventors of our time, Raymond
Kurzweil, the “restless genius” who gave voice to our phones with his
text-to-speech technology – and a visionary futurist with a remarkable 25-year
track record of accurate predictions. Kurzweil is best known for his
controversial book The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.
The New York Times
best-selling author will discuss Innovation in an Era of Accelerating
Technologies, on Tuesday, March 6 at 8 PM at UCSB Campbell
Hall. The lecture is part of Arts & Lectures’ Innovation Matters series and
will
be followed by a book signing.
Recently featured as one of the tech
pioneers in Best Buy’s Super Bowl commercial, Ray Kurzweil is a National
Inventor Hall of Fame inductee. His ideas and inventions, like the Kurzweil
music synthesizer and flat-bed scanner, have been touted by legions of fans,
from Stevie Wonder to William Shatner. Dubbed “the ultimate thinking machine”
by Forbes magazine, he is the subject of the 2009 film Transcendent
Man, which explores his prediction of a future where man merges with
machine, a point in time he calls “The Singularity.” Bill Gates claims Kurzweil
is “the best in the world at predicting the future.” Kurzweil is
also the author of The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed
Human Intelligence.
Admission to Raymond Kurzweil’s
lecture is $25 for the general public and $10 for UCSB students with a current
student ID and youths 18 and under. For tickets or more information, call 805-893-3535 or
purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents
Grammy-winning slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr. and Masters of Hawaiian
Music at UCSB Campbell Hall in a concert showcasing the authentic sounds of
Hawai‘i
Performance:
George Kahumoku Jr. and Masters of Hawaiian Music
For
Tickets:
805-893-3535; www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Thursday, March 8
UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Grammy-winning
slack key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr. and Masters of Hawaiian Music
performing Thursday, March 8 at 8 PM at UCSB Campbell Hall in a concert
showcasing the authentic sounds of Hawai‘i.
Island Renaissance man George Kahumoku
Jr. – whose songs are featured in the hit George Clooney film The Descendants – is
renowned for masterfully capturing the real down-home spirit of Hawai‘i on his
jumbo 12-string guitar. His new solo instrumental album, Wao Akua (The
Forest of the Gods), inspired by a walk in a Hawaiian forest, was
nominated for a 2012 Grammy.
Kahumoku will be joined on stage by slack key
guitarist, composer and singer Dennis Kamakahi; revered Hawaiian singer (and National Endowment
of the Arts Folk Heritage Fellowship recipient) Uncle Richard Ho‘opi‘i and steel
guitarist Bobby Black.
Kahumoku and his fellow slack key
artists won a 2006 Grammy Award for Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar,
vol. 1: Live in Concert from Maui. A live recording from Kahumoku’s
weekly show – the prestigious Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert
Series at Napili Kai Beach Resort on Maui – the album engendered many
successful sequels. Out of these concerts and several subsequent Grammy-winning
recordings, the Masters of Hawaiian Music tour was born.
Admission to George Kahumoku Jr. and
Masters of Hawaiian Music is $35 for the general public and $15 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.
UCSB Arts
& Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Art, Design & Architecture
Museum at UCSB present a triple feature on outsider artists –
In a Dream,
Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui
and The Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives in
Djenne –
in the ART |
ARCHITECTURE ON FILM series
Films:
In a Dream
Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui and
The Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives in Djenne
Includes
appearance by filmmaker Susan Vogel
Series:
ART
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For Tickets: 805-893-3535; www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
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Date: Sunday, March 11
UCSB Arts & Lectures, the
Carsey-Wolf Center and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSB
present a triple film feature focused on extraordinarily gifted outsider
artists on Sunday, March 11 at the Pollock Theater, UCSB’s new
state-of-the-art cinema.
The documentaries include In a Dream, Jeremiah
Zagar’s award-winning portrait of his eccentric mosaic artist father, at 1 PM, followed at 3 PM
by a pairing of films by Susan Vogel, Fold Crumple Crush: The Art
of El Anatsui and The Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives
in Djenne. Filmmaker Susan Vogel will be in attendance to introduce
her films and answer questions afterwards.
Winner of the South By Southwest Film
Festival’s Emerging Visions Audience Award, In a Dream takes a
fascinating look at Isaiah Zagar, an eccentric, tormented artist, who has
covered 50,000 square feet of concrete with mirrors and tile mosaics in a
bohemian neighborhood of South Philadelphia. His brilliant and beautiful works
of art chronicle his love for his wife and subtly hint at the darker corners of
his incredible imagination. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls it
“stunning, deeply personal. In a Dream captures a family imploding.
Their lives are laid bare, in broken bits, like the ceramic that Isaiah uses
for his art, and they come together with sadness and beauty, rage and insight.”
Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El
Anatsui and The Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives in
Djenne are a pair of documentaries by art historian and
anthropologist Susan Vogel. Hailed as “engaging,
informative and sensitive” by Intelligent Life (an imprint of The
Economist), the first tells
the powerful, remarkably personal story of acclaimed African artist El Anatsui,
who converts used bottle tops into huge, opulent wall hangings. The second examines
an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali through the story of a mason
and the secret knowledge he inherited from his family of masons. Writes
TreeHugger.com of the film: “One gets a true sense of love and craft combined
with a love for the creative and integrative possibilities of earth.” Susan Vogel’s appearance has been made possible by The
Friends of Africa in Santa Barbara.
The triple feature is part of ART | ARCHITECTURE
ON FILM, a new film series examining the lives and creative genius of
artists, designers and architects.
EXTENDED RUNS
University of California, Santa
Barbara Department of Theater & Dance Presents
TARTUFFE
By Moličre, directed by Tom Whitaker. Tartuffe
is Moličre's most famous comedy. The play is set in the home of the wealthy
Monsieur Orgon--into whose household the imposter Tartuffe has insinuated
himself, posing as Orgon's spiritual guide and moral censor. Tartuffe attempts
to marry Orgon's daughter, seduce his wife, and steal his estate. Will Tartuffe
be exposed before his machinations succeed? The department's productions are
not targeted to children.
Tuesday, February 21 through Friday,
February 24 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Theater (no late
seating)
http://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu
The
Department of Theater and Dance is located amidst some of the newest facilities
on campus, including a well-lit parking structure (Lot 22) close to performance
venues. Visit the departmental website - www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu - for
directions and information about attending events at UCSB.
Ensemble Theatre Company Presents
THE 39 STEPS
Adaptation by Patrick Barlow, A
Madcap Farce. The Tony Award-winning hit Broadway comedy where hilarity meets
Alfred Hitchcock. A cast of 4 plays over 140 characters in this fast-paced
farce that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Hitchcock.
Thursday, February 2 through Sunday,
February 26, Tuesday thru Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sundays 2 & 7PM
Alhecama Theatre
ITM Collective Presents
DANNSAIR
Explore the emotions of Traditional
Irish Music This Thursday Night at Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant – 18 E.
Ortega This Sunday Night at The James Joyce – 513 State Street Both
Performances are Free.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
www.dannsair.com
SINGLE EVENTS
UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents
JULIA FISCHER, VIOLIN
Santa Barbara Debut with Milana Chernyavska, piano.
Gramophone Artist of the Year. Don’t miss the solo violin
recital of the season! Only California appearance. German violinist Julia Fischer is one of the great young
musicians of the 21st century regularly praised for her technical mastery and
illuminating interpretations of classical repertoire. She is a former Gramophone Artist
of the Year and BBC Magazine Best Newcomer, among numerous other accolades. Now in her
mid-20s, Fischer is recognized worldwide for possessing a talent of uncommon
ability and “a remarkably sweet tone” (The New
York Times).
Note New Program:
W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat
Major, K. 454
Schubert:
Rondeau brillant for Violin and Piano in B minor, op. 70, D. 895
Debussy:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor (1917)
Saint-Saëns:
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor, op. 75
Thursday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m.
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 805-893-3535
https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2133
Jazz at the Lobero presents
REGINA CARTER’S “REVERSE THREAD”
From the varied schools of classical music conservatories and R&B,
this inventive violinist explores new territories as she blends world
influences into the vocabulary of straight ahead jazz. Her sophisticated
technique and lush tone took the jazz world by surprise; and through her
albums, incessant touring and various guest appearances and collaborations,
Regina has developed into a distinctly diverse musical personality. She
has toured throughout the world, was the first jazz artist and African-American
to play Niccolo Paganini’s famed Guarneri “Cannon” violin, has been featured
with several symphony orchestras and performed with artists as diverse as
Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Billy Joel, Kenny Barron and Mary J. Blige.
Friday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m.
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com/calendar/index.php?display=event&id=693&returnto=list
Elements
Theatre Collective & Out of the Box Theatre Company Presents
"THE
MONOLOGUE" AUDITION WORKSHOP
Led by Sara
Rademacher with assistance from Artistic Directors Emily Jewell and Samantha
Eve, this workshop will include one-on-one monologue coaching, discussion of
character types, and do's and don'ts of auditioning from the people behind the
table. You will learn about choosing the right monologue, what to expect when
you walk in the room, and what is expected from you. You'll also get the rare
and beneficial experience of watching other actors work and be worked. Come
prepared with two contrasting monologues of no more than 90
seconds. Be ready to dig deep and leave confident.
Saturday,
February 25 at 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Anacapa
School, 814 Santa Barbara St.
A T K I N S O N G A L L E R Y
THE CAN(N)ON ART
STUDIOS
February 24 –
March 23, 2012
ELIZABETH
FOLK SAUL GRAY-HILDENBRAND
KIMBERLY HAHN
ZACARIAS PAUL
STEVE SORIA
JAMES VAN ARSDALE
Opening
Reception: Friday, February 24, 5–7pm
Artists Panel
Discussion: Wednesday, March 14, 4:30pm
Gallery
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10–7pm
Friday–Saturday, 10–4pm
Bring in your art work.
Christi Westerhouse, master framer, will take you
through the many possibilities for framing your work.
So many possibilities to consider . . . .
Join us on 1st Thursday . March 1st . 6-8pm
Refreshments will be served
Architectural Foundation of Santa
Barbara
Bay Hallowell “Chakra Chimes: Recent
Monoprints” March 2 to April 13, 2012
Opening Reception Friday, March 2,
5-7 pm
1st Thursday Reception,
April 5, 5-8 pm
The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is
pleased to announce a new exhibition by Bay Hallowell, entitled “Chakra Chimes:
Recent Monotypes.” You are invited to attend a festive opening
reception with the artist on Friday, March 2nd from 5-7 pm. A
1st Thursday reception will be held on April 5th from 5-8
pm, in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization.
Bay Hallowell will present a series of twenty
colorful monoprints inspired by the chakras. Each monoprint is a unique,
layered composition of vibrant colors and shapes. According to medieval
texts from India, the chakras are seven energy centers located at various
points on the spine, each associated with a particular color and sound.
As visual equivalents of their invisible, shifting energies, some monoprints
focus on one or two chakras, while others combine as many as six or
seven. As a longtime student of yoga, meditating and musing on the chakras
was a starting point for Hallowell’s explorations of shape, color, symmetry and
asymmetry. These beautiful monoprints are built up over time, using
oil-based inks and hand-cut plastic shapes on Plexiglas plates, and are printed
on Rives BFK paper.
For thirty-two years, Hallowell created, taught, and
supervised gallery, studio, and outreach programs at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art and The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA. She has also taught
in colleges and universities, written publications for museums and schools, and
worked as an art museum consultant. As a student of painting and
art criticism at Bennington College in Vermont, Hallowell studied with Jules
Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, and Clement Greenberg. More recently, Siu
Zimmerman introduced the artist to monoprint techniques at Santa Barbara City
College’s Adult Education Program.
The Architectural Foundation is located in the
historic Acheson House at the corner of Garden and East Victoria Streets.
The Garden Street gallery entrance is accessible by ramp. Gallery hours
are Tuesday through Friday from 9 am to 2 pm, and by appointment. We look
forward to seeing you!
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara
229 East Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-965-6307
www.afsb.org
www.bayhallowell.com
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Focus on the Masters Artist Spotlight Interview Series Resumes on
Tuesdays
An Evening with
Joseph Sohm and Roger Kellaway
With a guest appearance by Alan
and Marilyn Bergman
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 6
to 7:30 p.m.
The Comedy Club at The Harbor
1559 Spinnaker Drive, Suite
205, Ventura
For more information click:
www.VisionsOfAmerica.com
http://www.rogerkellaway.com/
www.AlanAndMarilynBergman.com
Sponsored by: Paula Spellman
Ongoing Sponsors: Dennis
Mitchell at I Capelli Salon, Passion
Flowers,
Carla
Cable at
A
Secret Place Salon and Day Spa and The
Comedy Club at the Harbor
Focus on the Masters popular Artists Spotlight Interview Series
resumes with a new venue and extraordinary premier event. On February 28,
FOTM founder Donna Granata will interview both Roger Kellaway, Grammy
winning musician, and America's Photo-historian, Joseph Sohm, separately
and together. Internationally renowned jazz pianist and composer, Roger
Kellaway has recorded numerous CDs and has written for film, television (All
in the Family), and theatrical productions. Sohm and Kellaway
collaborated on Visions of America, an orchestral multimedia
portrait of Democracy. Joseph Sohm's guiding vision for this
collaborative effort is a single question: "How do you photograph
democracy?" This question fueled Sohm's epic journey across all
fifty states in search for America's beauty, its vastness, and the icons
that have inspired millions. Sohm's recently published award winning
book, also entitled Visions of America, is indeed awe-inspiring
and will be reprinted by Readers Digest in 2012. His images have
been published more than 100,000 times in the worldwide media through his
agents Getty Images and Corbis.
In
May 2012 the Boston Pops kicks off its 2012 concert season with Visions
of America. The theme continues throughout the season as the Pops
celebrates many of America's greatest musical traditions, featuring
Joseph Sohm's striking images from all 50 states. The season's theme
culminates in Visions of America Photo Symphony Concert for America,a
multi-media composition created by Joseph Sohm, Oscar-nominated Roger
Kellaway, Oscar winning songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and
narrated by Clint Eastwood. The concerts feature vocal performances by
Grammy winning Patti Austin and Tony winning, Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Books
and CDs will be available the night of the event with sales benefiting
FOTM’s arts educational programming.
$10 General Admission - $5 Students and Senior
Free to FOTM members, Brooks Students and faculty
RSVP at 805.653.2501 or by emailing Mary.Galbraith@FocusOnTheMasters.com
An elegant and celebratory AfterGLOW
fundraising dinner will take place at The Comedy Club immediately
following this first interview of the 2012 season. A special cameo appearance by Academy Award winning
songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman will highlight the festivities and
will be reserved for AfterGLOW guests only. The
highlight of the evening will be a short performance with Alan Bergman
and Roger Kellaway. The dinner is $20 for FOTM members, $30 for
non-members. There will be a no-host bar. Prepaid
reservations are essential and required prior to February 24 for the
AfterGLOW. Purchase tickets online at www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or calling
805.653.2501 for reservations or more information.
To learn more about the Artist Spotlight Interview Series
click here.
For membership and FOTM information click here.
To
contribute or sponsor an artist please click here.
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Hello
Art Lovers;
Question:
What’s up in March besides St. Patty’s Day? (OK...in addition to St.
Patty’s Day?)
Answer:
Tin Birds....Yup. Tin Birds. You get to make them with Sue Sattler,
mixed media artist. Spend the day, make tin birds, have lunch in the
middle. Laugh it up.
Saturday, March 24. 9am-3pm. Sue brings the tin and the tools. You bring
the “Let’s do this!” $95 Check out the picture. So cute.
AND
THEN THERE’S.......
“A
Bit of Los Alamos” on March 10th from 3-5pm.
Opening Reception for an art show that features 17 Los Alamos artists in
various art genres.
Includes
live music and wine tastings by Casa Dumetz and Bedford Winery right here at
The C gallery. No charge. Open to the public.
See
what’s happening in Los Alamos. It’s poppin’, hoppin’
boppin’...let’s go shoppin’.....please ....stop me. Come see for
yourself on March 10th, a Saturday from 3-5pm.
Invite
attached.
The
C Gallery
466
Bell Street
PO
Box 907
Los
Alamos, CA 93440
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"INSTALLATIONS"
An
Open Call for Artists Interested in Installing
One-off
Artworks Indoors and Outdoors
Your
opportunity to exhibit in one of the largest and most visible art
venues in Ventura County! Thousands of people pass through the space
every weekday!
About
the Show
Typically
shows at the Atrium Gallery are based on a specific theme. There is
no theme for this show. The Arts Council is seeking
ideas from artists who would like to create special
one-off works for specific locations within the Gallery and in the
grounds outside the Gallery.
While
work could be installed on the normal exhibition walls, the Council
is looking for work that could also occupy other niches within the
Gallery and work areas of the Ventura County Hall of Administration
(HOA) and in the outdoor areas surrounding the HOA. We have not tried this before and so it is a
giant EXPERIMENT (that the County will have to agree to after
seeing the proposals).
The
Council has (with the County's approval) installed a full-sized bear
sculpture in the landscaping; swans in the working fountain at the
building entrance; hung tapestries from balcony railings, and
suspended jellyfish from mid-air skyhooks. So, the unexpected is
possible.
The
show is not until August 22nd, but we are asking for drawings,
illustrations, photo-shopped images, etc. by April 6th to gauge the
level of interest in this project. If we do not have enough interest,
we will schedule a more conventional competitive show.
If
you have the faintest interest in this project contact Todd Collart
(Gallery Coordinator) immediately to discuss the project and to
arrange for a site tour.
Contact
Todd or (805) 644-2923.
Key
Exhibit Dates
*
Contact Gallery Coordinator Immediately if interested
*
On-site tours and discussions will be held throughout March based on
interest and convenient meeting times
*
Submit initial proposals to the Gallery Coordinator by Friday, April
6, 2012 5:00pm (If emailing images, please make small files). This
date is used to determine the number of serious proposals.
Submissions after the deadline will be considered when feasible
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Want to help bring arts and arts
education to California communities and schools?
Contribute to the Arts Council Fund on your annual state tax return! Look
for the Arts Council Fund in the “contributions” section. Thousands of
children and millions of Californians can benefit from arts education and
local arts through the state’s arts agency. Help get the word out by
including ads promoting this program on your website, e-newsletters and
printed event program. Electronic art is available at http://www.cac.ca.gov/getinvolved/taxcheckoff.php
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