Visual Arts
Art Lovers!
The County Art Commission’s
Channing Peake Gallery at 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, in
collaboration with the Downtown Organization and neighboring art venues, is
excited to present 1st Thursday, an evening of art and
culture in Downtown Santa Barbara. On the first Thursday of every month,
participating downtown galleries will stay open in the evening to offer free
access to art in a fun and social environment. The
next 1st Thursday will
be Thursday, July 5th. Plan on joining all the fun…
Enjoy an evening
of culture by strolling the Historic Arts District’s 30-plus participating
venues. These venues will offer special programming such as artists’
receptions, music, demonstrations, lectures, wine tastings, and of course, an
array of artwork. As you wander between galleries, take in the live musical
performances and interactive exhibits outside on State Street.
Printmakers: 19th
Annual Juried Exhibition, will be open from 5-8pm and offer an exciting,
evening with award-winning printmakers. Participating will be: Karen Brown, David Graves, Karen Schroeder
and Sara McCook-Woodburn.
In addition,
printmaking “Docents” will be on hand to explain any questions you may have
about the many printmaking techniques employed by today's printmakers. Wander
around, ask questions, and see even more magical prints.
In addition
to visiting our venue, be sure to explore the other participating
venues. Listings of the specific programming offered at each gallery and
descriptions of all public performances and interactive exhibits are available
at www.santabarbaradowntown.com.
Make the Historic Arts District the place to be on Thursday nights! Mark your
calendars and join us Downtown for 1st Thursday on July 5th. Visit www.sbartscommission.org
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summer’nstuff recent
work by
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july
5 – september 5, 2012
opening
reception – first thursday, july 5th, 5 – 8pm
The
Project-Fine Art Zone
740 state street, suite #1
(de la guerra plaza)
santa barbara, ca 93101
theproject-fineartzone.com
805.895.7759
gallery hours: thursday,
friday, saturday: 11am – 6pm
sunday: 12 – 6pm
The Project-Fine Art Zone is
a collaborative non-profit art gallery owned and operated by nine local female
artists.
The gallery benefits GIRLS
INC. of greater Santa Barbara by donating 20% of all sales to their
organization, Girls Helping Girls.
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Archive sale and benefit at Marcia
Burtt Studio
July 6–22, 2012
A special sale to benefit the
Environmental Defense Center. Great prices to benefit a great cause.
Featuring paintings and prints by
Marcia Burtt, Anne Ward, Michael Ferguson, Marilee Krause and Patricia
Doyle.
For more information please contact
cynthia@marciaburtt.com
MARCIA BURTT STUDIO
517 Laguna, Santa Barbara, CA
93101
805 962-5588
www.artlacuna.com
HOURS 1-5 Thursday through Sunday
Attached:
Marcia Burtt, "Ebb Tide,"
10x18 inches, acrylic
Marilee Krause, “Cliff Top,” w/c
& pastel, 6.5×13.5 inches
Opening Reception
Sunday, July 5, 5-8 pm
as part of Santa Barbara's 1st
Thursday
Art at the JCC is hosting a juried art
show for the Santa Barbara Art Association (SBAA). Paintings in a mix of media
and genres will be submitted by SBAA members to be judged for excellence. Those
chosen will exhibit at the Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center Gallery July
5-Sept. 25, 2012. Judges include Frank Goss, owner and operates
Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery.
Artist and collector Eli Luria launched Art
at the JCC in 1999 to provide high-caliber, strongly-themed exhibits for
the Santa Barbara community. The exhibit openings often feature gallery talks
and panels with artists, curators and collectors that draw lively crowds.
The Santa Barbara Art Association’s first
exhibition was in June 1952 at the Faulkner Gallery’s reopening after the war.
Started by a few of the local artists with the mission to present free art
shows and encourage art in the community, they have sponsored over 500 shows at
venues around town with a rich diversity of art in various media. SBAA now has
545 members, including painters, printmakers, mixed media artists, sculptors,
ceramists, fused glass makers, and jewelers. SBAA is celebrating its 60th
anniversary this year.
At the Bronfman Family Jewish Community
Center,
524 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, 93101
805-957-1115 www.jewishsantabarbara.org
Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of
Greater Santa Barbara
Gallery Hours Monday-Thursday 9-5; Friday 9-3:30
Please call to make sure the art gallery is open as we sometimes host private
events in that room.
http://www.jewishsantabarbara.org/artatthejcc.aspx
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1) Artwork selected for Santa Barbara Mayor's Office
Juried by Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative
Opening Reception: July 5th, 5 - 6 pm
showing July 5 through October 5, 2012
Featuring: Bacon Wallet multimedia by Thomas Neale
view online: http://www.thomasnealestudio.com/
2) SBAA Show at the Jewish Community Center in Santa
Barbara
Juror: Frank Goss, Sullivan Goss Gallery
Opening Reception: July 5th, 2 - 4 pm
showing July 5 through September 27, 2012
Featuring: Dancing in Venice oil on canvas by Thomas
Neale
If you can make it, see you there!
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3rd Annual From Dusk ‘til Drawn:
24-Hour Drawing Rally
Community
Event and Fundraiser: Friday, July 20, 6 pm - Saturday, July 21, 6 pm
Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum - FREE TO DRAW with
registration by July 6
Artist
Reception: Sunday, July 22, 4-6 pm
Sign up today and register to draw with artists of all ages.
Artists may draw for any length of time throughout the 24 hours. Prior
registration is required to draw.
CAF is pulling an
all-nighter for this 3rd annual, 24-hour drawing marathon. Artists work
side-by-side with dabblers, providing a rare drawing laboratory for creating,
participating in a community-wide art experience. Draw next to local
contemporary art luminaries such as Phillip Argent,
Jane Callister, Penelope Gottlieb, and
Keith Puccinelli as well as students, community leaders, and
others! All drawings will be sold to the public at one of four price
levels ($25, $75, $150, and $300 plus tax) and proceeds will be
divided among the participants and CAF. Drawing is broadly interpreted and
artists of all disciplines, skill levels, and ages are encouraged to join us.
Celebrate the event with an artist reception and take advantage of the
opportunity to purchase remaining artwork on Sunday, July 22, 4-6 pm.
Prospective drawers may sign up for any length of time throughout the 24 hours
and must contact Nicole Biergiel at admin@sbcaf.org to register by July
6. For more information visit sbcaf.org or call: (805) 966-5373 x102.
Event
Committee: Bryan Berge, Nicole Biergiel, Karla Blancas, Adrian Catao, Amy
Funahashi, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Brett Harrison, Sophie
Leddick, Stevie Mason, Warren Schultheis, Johnny Troyna, and Portia Van
Wingerden
Support
for this event is provided by Casa Magazine, City 2.0, The Daily Sound, DJ
Color Map, The Graphic Vendor, The Handle Bar, Montecito Messenger, Renaud's
Patisserie & Bistro, Santa Barbara
Independent, Santa Barbara News-Press, and Trader Joe’s.
Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
p: (805)
966-5373 f: (805)
962-1421 sbcaf@sbcaf.org sbcaf.org
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“Ancient Greek Architecture in Sicily”
A Lecture by Dr.
Allan Langdale
Friday, July 13,
2012 at 7:00 pm
Architectural
Foundation of Santa Barbara
The Architectural
Foundation of Santa Barbara is pleased to announce a lecture by art and
architectural historian Allan Langdale, Ph.D. on Friday, July 13 at 7:00
pm. Professor Langdale will present an illustrated talk on “Ancient Greek
Architecture in Sicily”. There will be a suggested donation of $10.00 at
the door.
This lecture will
survey the remarkable architectural legacy of the ancient Greeks on the island
of Sicily. People may be surprised to know that many of the best preserved
Greek temples are in Sicily rather than in what is today the country of Greece.
We'll visit such sites as Syracusa, Agrigento, Segesta, and Selinunte, and
examine Greek temple building and quarrying techniques as practiced by the
ancients.
Allan Langdale
teaches art history at UC Santa Cruz and works as a guide and lecturer on
Zegrahm Expeditions small ship cruises in the Adriatic, the Black Sea, the
Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. He is an expert
on the colonial architecture of the Venetians and of the art and architecture
of Cyprus. He has recently published an archaeological and architectural
guidebook to the region of northern Cyprus. He is also the writer and
co-director of the award-winning architectural documentary film 'The Stones of
Famagusta: the Story of a Forgotten City'.
The Architectural
Foundation is located in the historic Acheson House at the corner of Garden and
East Victoria Streets in Santa Barbara, with the entrance on Garden
Street.
Pictured is the
cathedral of St. Lucia in Ortigia, Sicily, incorporating the ruins of the 5th
century BCE Temple of Athena.
Additional images
are available upon request. Press Contact: Nancy Clare Caponi.
Architectural
Foundation of Santa Barbara
229 East Victoria
Street
Entrance on Garden
Street
Santa Barbara,
CA 93101
805-965-6307
Marc Normand
Gelinas East Coast l West Coast: Architectural Watercolors
July 16 - August
31, 2012 at Architectural Foundation Gallery
Artist Reception: Friday, July 20, 5-7
pm
1st Thursday Reception:
August 2, 5-8 pm
The Architectural Foundation of Santa
Barbara is proud to present “East Coast l West Coast: Architectural
Watercolors” by Marc Normand Gelinas, on display from July 16 to August
31. You are invited to attend a festive opening reception for the artist
on Friday, July 20 from 5-7 pm, hosted by Merryl Brown Events.
With a contemporary take on a
traditional subject, Marc Normand Gelinas reveals the beauty of historic
residential architecture through his luminous watercolors. Working on
full half-sheets of watercolor paper, he presents unusual angles and viewpoints
of buildings. In certain works, deep shadows convey a sense of isolation
experienced by the dwelling’s inhabitants. However, the artist’s innate
talent for classicism imbues these compositions with a serene beauty.
Gelinas gracefully controls the watercolor medium with an impressive technique
and incredible accuracy. He captures the specific time of day through
shadows and reflections, with exquisite moodiness. Telephone wires strung
between buildings symbolize communication with the outside world. In some cases
scaffolding reveals the need to repair these aging edifices. Focusing on
the upper front stories of residential architecture, these structures have a
strong presence that implies a narrative for the occupants. Gelinas draws
connections between the East Coast and the West Coast through his personal
exploration of similar architectural styles found in both regions.
An interior designer by profession,
Marc Normand Gelinas grew up in an artistic family. At the age of 17, the
American Watercolor Society displayed one of his paintings and he has been a
watercolorist ever since. The artist studied with Bob Pomfret, a student of
John Pike, and the maritime painter Daniel Gelinas was his great uncle. Gelinas
is an honors graduate of the acclaimed Pratt institute in New York City, where
he earned a BFA in Interior Design.
The Architectural Foundation Gallery is
located in the historic Acheson House at the corner of Garden and East Victoria
Streets in Santa Barbara, with an entrance on Garden Street. Gallery
hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9 am to 2 pm, or by appointment.
Additional images are available upon request. Please call 805-965-6307
for more information. We look forward to seeing you!
Architectural Foundation
229 East Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-965-6307
Museum
of Ventura County
100 East Main Street,
Ventura, CA 93001
Museum Throws “Arty Party” For Its Westside ArtWalk
Featured Artists: Dianne Bennett &
Studio Channel Islands Art Center
Join
a free “Arty Party” at the Museum of Ventura County, to celebrate their
selected ArtWalk artists Dianne Bennett and the Studio Channel Islands Art
Center. The party is on Saturday, July 21 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with live music
by Gypsy Death Star and We Govern We.
No host bar is available.
During
Ventura’s free Westside ArtWalk on Saturday July 21 from noon to 8:00 p.m. and
Sunday, July 22 from noon to 5:00 p.m., meet resident artists of Studio Channel
Islands Art Center during their special exhibition and sale in the museum
pavilion and plaza. Among those participating are Rich Brimer, Pat Richards
Dodds, Karin Geiger, Carol Henry, Tracy Jones,
Maggie Kildee, Shelly Moore, Lucia Grossberger Morales, Sherron Sheppard, Judy
Winard, and Marion Wood.
Visitors
will also meet Dianne Bennett at the museum during ArtWalk weekend. Her
exhibition, One Time, One Place: Retablos by Dianne Bennett, continues
until August 19.
Go
to www.studiochannelislands.org for information
about Studio Channel Islands Art Center; for museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call
805-653-0323. The all-volunteer Westside ArtWalk is a weekend of coordinated
exhibits, sales, artist demonstrations and events at galleries, studios, and
other venues. To learn more, go to www.westsideartwalk.org for details.
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What Are Your Possessions Worth?
Find Out At Museum’s
Appraisal Day On August 14!
You’d never part with your
grandmother’s necklace, but do you secretly want to know what it’s worth? Have
you downsized and now have no room for your great garage sale finds? Then come
to the Museum of Ventura County’s Appraisal Day on Tuesday, August 14, where you can get a verbal auction estimate of worth
from the experts at Bonhams & Butterfields. The event hours are 10:00 a.m.
to noon, and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the museum’s Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion, 100 East Main Street in
downtown Ventura.
The cost is $10
per item for non-members and $5 for members (memberships will be available for
purchase at the door). There is a limit of 5 items per person, although a china
piece representing a set is considered one item. First come, first served; no
appointments are available. There is usually a wait outside, so it is advised
to bring a hat or sunscreen.
Estimates are given in the following categories only: Asian art; books and manuscripts;
California, American & European paintings; furniture & decorative art;
fine jewelry & timepieces; and fine prints. For further information contact
Robin Woodworth, Director of Development at (805) 653-0323 ex 309, or development@venturamuseum.org.
Proceeds from this event will support the Museum’s education and family
programs, and special acquisitions.
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FILM
UCSB Arts &
Lectures and the
present
A FREE Summer Movie
Series
Robots! Space Aliens!
Body Snatchers!
Classic Science
Fiction Films on the 1950s
Wednesdays at 7:30 pm
in UCSB Campbell Hall
&
Fridays at 8:30 pm
under the stars at the
click here for info.
and to see trailers: https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Films.aspx
FREE film screenings begin Friday,
July 6 and run consecutive Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at UCSB Campbell Hall
and Fridays at 8:30 p.m. outside under the
stars at the
Get ready for spooky pod people, giant
man-eating ants, alien invasions and more! No one will be spared from the
chills (and chuckles) elicited by these eight treasured movies, which have
inspired countless filmmakers and spawned numerous remakes.
FILM
LINEUP:
The
Day the Earth Stood Still
Fri.,
July 6 /
8:30 p.m. / outside at the
(Note:
No Wednesday UCSB screening due to July 4 holiday.)
An
alien accompanied by a large robot lands on Earth to warn humans about the
consequences of their violent ways and increasingly destructive technology.
Brilliantly acted and as timely as ever. (Robert Wise, 1951, 92 minutes)
The
Thing from Another World
Wed.,
July 11 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri.,
July 13 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
Arctic
researchers discover a huge, frozen space creature inside a UFO that has
crash-landed, then fight for their lives after it emerges from icy captivity.
One of the best sci-fi thrillers of ’50s. (Christian Nyby, 1951, 87 minutes)
It
Came from Outer Space
Wed.,
July 18 /
7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri.,
July 20 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
No
one believes an amateur astronomer’s spaceship sighting until people in the
desert town of
The
War of the Worlds
Wed.,
July 25 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell
Hall
Fri.,
July 27 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
This
Oscar-winning screen adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel tells the tale
of a devastating alien attack on Earth. How will the human race be saved when
even atomic bombs fail to deter the Martian invaders? (Byron Haskin, 1953, 103
minutes)
Them!
Wed.,
August 1 /
7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall ONLY
(Note:
No Friday screening due to Old Spanish Days Fiesta event at the Courthouse.)
An
atomic test in the desert spawns a nest of giant radioactive ants and federal
agents are sent to destroy the deadly colony in the sewers of
Invasion
of the Body Snatchers
Wed.,
August 8 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell
Hall
Fri.,
August 10 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
Conformity
and paranoia mix in this chilling classic film about a small-town doctor who
begins to suspect that his patients may be alien duplicates. One of the most
resonant and highly imitated films of the sci-fi genre.
(Don Siegel, 1956, 81 minutes)
Forbidden
Planet
Wed.,
August 15 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri.,
August 17 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
A
starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet’s colony only to find
two survivors and a deadly secret. Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest
and starring Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis and featuring Robby the Robot.
(Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956, 98 minutes)
The
Incredible Shrinking Man
Wed.,
August 22 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri.,
August 24 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the
When
businessman Scott Carey begins to shrink after being engulfed in a mysterious
cloud of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
(Jack Arnold, 1957, 81 minutes)
ROBOTS! SPACE ALIENS! BODY SNATCHERS!
Science Fiction Film Classics of the 1950s is presented by
UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara
County Arts Commission, Santa Barbara County Park Foundation
and the Community Services Department of
Santa Barbara County. The series is sponsored by the Santa Barbara
Independent, CASA and KCSB 91.9 FM. Films at UCSB are presented
with support from the UCSB Summer Cultural and Enrichment Program and the Freshman Summer Start Program.
Admission to all film screenings is
FREE. For more information, call UCSB Arts
& Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or the SB
lynda.com
is the 2012-13 season sponsor of UCSB Arts & Lectures
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FLYING A STUDIO
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Celebrate the
100th anniversary of Saturday, July
7 Tickets General
Admission: $20, Students with ID: $10. For
information about Group Discounts contact LeeAnne French: lfrench@carseywolf.ucsb.edu.
Program Details
The program
will include the screening of several "firsts" for
An audience
Q&A will follow the program. A wine and cheese reception co-sponsored by
the UCSB History Associates and the UCSB Affiliates will be hosted in the
Michael Douglas Lobby at the conclusion of the event. Flying A Studio
memorabilia from the UC Santa Barbara Special Collections will be on display
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Film Stills from The
Improbable Journey of Berta Benz |
The Improbable Journey of Berta Benz Sunday,
July 8, 3 pm In
conjunction with the current exhibition Behind the Wheel,
join us for a test preview of a richly detailed 3D animated short film about
Berta Benz, a woman who, in 1888, defied the rules and opened the road for
the future by taking her family on a wild ride that not only rescues them
from disaster, but ushers in the bold new era of motorized cars. (15 min.) Mary
Craig Auditorium
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Santa
Barbara to Celebrate July 4th with 50th Annual Parade and
Concert
Santa
Barbara, California – June 18, 2012 – The all-volunteer Spirit of ’76
Association will share a major milestone with Santa Barbara residents and
guests this year as it presents its 50th annual 4th
of July Parade. The theme of this year’s parade is “The Gift of Individual
Liberty.” The events of the day will celebrate Liberty and its place in
the heart of America.
“Liberty
is the essential quality of a free person who is dependent upon no other,” says
Paul Lamberton, President of Spirit of ‘76. “A founding principle of the
American Revolution is that every man and woman is to be as free as possible
from external control over his or her life and property. Our nation’s history
contains many shining examples of those who struggled to increase our Liberty,
those who used their Liberty toward great achievements, and those who defend
our Liberty.”
The parade will take place on Wednesday
July 4, 2012. The grand march begins at 1:00 p.m. at Micheltorena Street and
proceeds down State Street to Old Town Santa Barbara, concluding at Cota
Street. Potential participants are invited to contact Spirit of ‘76 at Spirit_1776@yahoo.com.
Later that day, Spirit of ’76 and
Santa Barbara Music Events will present the annual Independence Day Concert at
the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens. The concert will take place after
the parade (Wednesday July 4th), at 4:00 p.m.. It will be open to
the public and there will be no admission charge. The Santa Barbara County
Historic Courthouse is at the corner of Anacapa Street and Anapamu Street.
Bring chairs, blankets and a picnic dinner.
Classical concert pianist Bryan Tari
will be the Event Director and Coordinator of all musical
acts in the 4th of July concert. Tari has performed on stages, television, and
radio throughout the world, including at the opening ceremonies of the 1984
Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
“We are
very excited to have Bryan Tari directing the concert this year,” Lamberton
said. “He is a highly respected Santa Barbara artist who will help make this
beloved annual event more memorable than ever.” The event, a long-running
favorite of locals and visitors, will once again fill the Sunken Gardens with the sounds
of traditional music celebrating America’s Independence Day.
It will feature prominent musicians from the community, including artists from
The Music Academy of the West.
The
public is invited to visit http://spiritof76sb.org/
for more information about this year’s 4th of July celebration as
details evolve. Spirit of `76 is a non-profit organization. The group is
non-partisan and non-political.
Contact:
Paul
Lamberton
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Greetings! Music and art join up to make a happy summer!
Hope you can share in the toe-tapping fun on July 4th, in the Santa Ynez
Valley! A stunning Rotary fireworks display follows the free Santa Ynez
Valley Master Chorale afternoon concert as night falls and the starry sky
hosts thousands of colorful sparks!!! Ciao, Catalina & Chris
Los Prietos Boys Camp youth designs artist Peace Chair.
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Santa Barbara, the American
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THEATER
The Ojai Art Center
Literary Branch
presents
Paulette Mahurin
offering selections from her new novel
THE PERSECUTION OF
MILDRED DUNLAP
read by
Leslie Paxton
Saturday, July 7th at 2:00 PM
Like many Ojai residents, Paulette Mahurin is an animal
lover.
Two months after arriving in Ojai with her husband,
Terry, 15 years ago, she rescued a dog that had ticks. One of those ticks bit
Mahurin and gave her Lyme disease.
“It was terrible,” Mahurin recalls. “It caused chronic
fatigue and damaged my heart valves. I was exhausted all the time. But it
afforded me the chance to write.”
Forced into retirement from her career as a nurse practitioner, Mahurin
rediscovered her passion for writing. As she began to feel better, she signed
on to Deb Norton’s “Freeing the Writer” course and found the inspiration to
begin writing a novel.
Now, six years later, she’s completed and published her first book, titled “The
Persecution of Mildred Dunlap.”
The historical novel is set in 1895 in a small Nevada
mining town and tells the story of a lesbian couple and the impact they felt
when news of Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment in London reached them over the
telegraph lines.
Wilde was sentenced to two years hard labor after it was revealed that he was
having sex with another man. Mahurin returns to the theme of Wilde’s
imprisonment throughout the novel.
“It’s a chronicle of hatred and prejudice with all its unintended and
devastating consequences, and how love and friendship bring strength and
healing,” Mahurin noted. The story developed from a writing prompt in Norton’s
class where students take an old photograph and develop a mystery around it.
Norton called Mahurin’s first novel “surefooted and unflinching.”
“Compassionate and confident, Mahurin allows Mildred’s story to burn through on
the page with all its inherent outrage and tenacious, abiding love,” Norton
wrote. “Here is a character we can champion — flawed, striving, surviving — and
fully embrace in her awkward, beautiful navigation of a world that resists her
in every way.”
Mahurin has also received glowing reviews from other locals, including William
Fox, Ph.D., Debbie Godfrey and Helen Allen and Lynne Doherty of the Lavender
Livingroom Newsletter. The novel will also be featured in an upcoming article
in Nurseweek, the nation’s largest nursing industry magazine, Mahurin said.
Released in March, the novel has been selling at Made in Ojai and at the Best
of VC Marketplace in Santa Paula. It is also available on Amazon.com in
paperback and as a digital Kindle download.
All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to support the Ojai Art Center, Mahurin
said.
"This
is a deceptively simple, powerful book with an unusual plot about everyday
people creating both evil and great good through their actions. It's
about integrity vs. conformity and the need for tolerance of others'
differences spun out realistically in a small Western town. The struggle
to be allowed to live and let live as a discreet gay couple when social
disapproval can destroy your world is one of fear, courage and love."
--Cathy Bautista,
Amazon.com
"If you need to question your values, read this
book! The author captures the intolerance and hypocrisy of a 1895 Nevada
town, and its transcendence in time through tolerance and understanding.
The angst and pain that two women feel daily, living 'the lie' of their
lesbian relationship, and the prejudice they must endure, is unconscionable.
I was moved to tears by their struggle in the face of the conflicted
values that continue to dominate our "modern" society."
--William K. Fox, PhD, Professor of Zoology
A Reception Follows
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Suggested Donation: $5
Ojai
Center for the Arts
113 South Montgomery Street
For more information about the Literary
Branch, please call (805) 649-4000 or go to
www.ojaiartcenter.org/literary
Museum
of Ventura County
100 East Main Street,
Ventura, CA 93001
Saving the
Island Fox
Hear Wildlife
Biologist Describe How Recovery Program Works
Wildlife
biologist Tim Coonan has led Channel Islands
National Park’s successful recovery program for the endangered island foxes since 1999. Hear his
presentation “Saving the Island Fox” on Thursday, July 26 at 6:00 p.m. at the
Museum of Ventura County. Admission to the lecture is $5 for the general
public, free for members, and includes entry to all exhibit galleries until
8:00 p.m. To RSVP call 805-653-0323 x 7.
Threatened with extinction
by non-native predators and diseases, the endangered island fox has for a
number of years been the object of intense recovery methods such as captive
breeding and reintroduction. Coonan details in his presentation just how and
why fox populations on almost all the Channel Islands have now recovered to
pre-decline levels.
Coonan has
studied island foxes for 20 years, and in 2010 he co-authored a book on their
decline and recovery. Coonan is also currently president of the board of
trustees of the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy. Prior to his present work at
Channel Islands National Park, he was at Death Valley National Park, where he
studied bighorn sheep and desert pupfish.
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.
The first Sundays of every month are free general admission for the public. For
more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org
or call 805-653-0323.
ARTIST
OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR
ALL ARTISTS
The
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission presents Figure
Fragments: The Part as the Whole, an exhibition guest curated by Priscilla Bender-Shore. The group
exhibition opens on September 6, 2012, 1st
Thursday, and continues until January
18, 2013 at the Channing Peake Gallery in
Figure Fragments will include
the work of artists who investigate figurative elements. “It is no surprise
that the figure, in some form, has reemerged as a challenging and viable motif,
after a long hiatus of some 30+ years,” said curator, Priscilla Bender-Shore.
The
Arts Commission invites artists to submit work that encompasses the idea of
figurative fragments, whether in the classical traditional sense or a
contemporary treatment, utilizing all mediums. We encourage not just hands or
feet but knees, thighs, hearts, along and/or with parts combined. Serious,
witty, ironic or humorous treatments will all be considered. Tri-county artists
are encouraged to apply as well as artists throughout
Send
up to ten 300 dpi images on a disk, with a corresponding sheet of information,
including contact information with: email address, web site address, titles,
sizes of work, and dates. No disk will be returned.
Mail
your disk, to be received no later than August 3, 2012 to: Rita Ferri, Curator of Collections,
Sappi Fine Paper North America Seeks
Entries for Ideas That Matter Design Grant Program
Sappi Fine Paper North America has announced a call for entries for Ideas that
Matter, an annual grant program that provides monetary support to produce the
creative ideas of designers working for social good. Sappi established the
Ideas that Matter program to recognize and support designers who donate their
time and talent to create communications materials for a wide range of
charitable activities.
Deadline: 07-20-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/sappi-fine-paper-north-america-seeks-entries-for-ideas-that-matter-design-grant-program-2/
Ovation and Americans for the Arts Announces Launch of Grant Program for
Innovative Arts-Focused Community Revitalization Projects
As part of its effort to recognize the role artists play in revitalizing their
communities, Ovation television network has partnered with Americans for the
Arts to launch a national grant program, innOVATION. Inspired by the
community-revitalization effort documented in the network's recent original series
Motor City Rising, the innOVATION Grant Program is designed to highlight
similar stories of arts-focused, neighborhood-renewal initiatives in the United
States and provide support to model projects.
Deadline: 07-31-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/ovation-and-americans-for-the-arts-announces-launch-of-grant-program-for-innovative-arts-focused-community-revitalization-projects/
Cal Humanities Announces Guidelines for Community Stories Grants Program
A program of Cal Humanities, Community Stories (previously the California Story
Fund) is a competitive grants program designed to support story-based public
humanities projects that collect, preserve, interpret, and share the stories of
California communities, past and present. Community Stories funds projects that
focus on the collection and sharing of real stories of California's communities.
Deadline: 08-01-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/cal-humanities-announces-guidelines-for-community-stories-grants-program/
Artist Call: From Dusk 'til Drawn: 24-Hour Drawing Rally
Register to draw! Join us at CAF and draw for any period of time throughout the
24 hours beginning on Friday, July 20 at 6pm. Free and open to all ages!
Working artists will draw side-by-side with dabblers and future artists,
providing a unique laboratory for sharing, creating, and participating in a
community art experience. All drawings will be sold to the public and proceeds
will be divided among the drawers and CAF. There will be a closing reception to
celebrate the artists' efforts and show off the remaining artwork on Sunday,
July 22, 4-6 pm.
Deadline: 07-06-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/artist-call-from-dusk-%E2%80%98til-drawn-24-hour-drawing-rally/
City of Point Arena Public Art Project
The Arts Council of Mendocino county and the City of Point Arena invite artists
to submit design proposals for Public art commission on Hwy 1. Visual artists
are invited to submit design proposals for a Public Art commission for the City
of Point Arena, CA by the deadline of July 23, 2012. A total of $12,000 -
$15,000 (all-inclusive) is available. Up to three awards will be granted.
Selected artwork will benefit from significant exposure on Highway 1.
Deadline: 07-23-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/artist-call-city-of-point-arena-public-art-project/
Environmental Humanities Publishing
Opportunity
Humanities for the Environment
In case you missed our first post about the new journal, Environmental
Humanities, this is a reminder about a great publishing opportunity. The
journal's first issue will be published this November, and submissions are
currently being accepted at their website. Environmental Humanities will be
open-access, made freely available online. This journal will focus on
interdisciplinary research of the environment, bringing together the humanities
with both the natural and social sciences.
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/ucira-artist-jesikah-maria-ross-discusses-the-restorerestory-project-at-uc-davis/
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Interventions:
Brian Bress Multimedia works by
this critically acclaimed emerging artist have been described as inventive,
humorous, and "discomfitingly complex." This installation—the
artist's first solo museum exhibition in the western United States—features a
selection of five video portraits. Using flat-screen monitors encased in
frames, these works appear to be conventional photographs or even paintings,
each depicting one or more figures rendered abstract through the use of masks
and costumes. As these strange figures subtly and slowly move at a nearly
imperceptible pace, they create a sense of surprise and perhaps even unease
for the viewer. Combined with vague visual references to imagery found in
modern art, these works are familiar yet strange simultaneously, which adds
to their associations with the uncanny. Strategically placed throughout the
Museum, they address not only the viewer, but also the works and concepts
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Scene on the
Street: Doug Busch Busch's large format
black and white photographs, taken with a 20 x 24 camera that the artist
designed and built himself, are images of great subtlety and irony. Through a
combination of Busch's photographic sensibility and his impeccable technique,
the ordinary is raised to a monumental scale. The street scenes presented in
this exhibition open our eyes to the beauty and subtlety of the everyday.
Ranging in scale from 8x20" to 20x24", the images are Busch's
attempt to "record reality more accurately than I can actually see
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Portrayal/Betrayal The experiences of
the photographer, sitter, and viewer often collude and sometimes collide in
the creation of photographic meaning. At its start, the portrait involves a
shifting negotiation from behind the camera to the front of the camera. Yet,
despite both the message the photographer aims to portray and the image the
sitter chooses to betray, the true control resides with the viewer, who
ultimately interprets the photograph. This exhibition
explores the endlessly interesting terrain of the portrait in over 100
photographs from the Museum's permanent collection that reveals an infinite
range of human complexities and contradictory states of heart and mind. It is
presented in nine different themes, including basic portraiture (such as
Clarence Sinclair Bull's Greta Garbo in "Mata Hari", 1931),
environmental (such as Morris Camhi's Young Man with Union Brochure,
Farmworkers, 1972), documentary (such as Irving Penn's Balloon Seller,
Paris (Marchande de Ballons, Paris), 1950), constructed portraits (such
as Harry Callahan's Collages, ca. 1956), and artists themselves (such
as Dan Budnick's Portrait of Jasper Johns at Leo Castelli's Gallery,
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Van Gogh to Munch:
European Masterworks from the Armand Hammer Foundation and Sarah Campbell
Blaffer Foundation Key works from the
Armand Hammer Foundation and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation have been
reinstalled in the Museum's Preston Morton Gallery, which are generously on
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Behind the Wheel On December 12,
1925, the world's first motel opened just north of Santa Barbara. At that
time, the Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo sat along the nascent two-lane
highway, the "101," and charged $1.25 a night for a bungalow with
attached garage. The era of automobiles as status symbols had begun; for it
was only those with cruise-worthy cars that would stop at the Motel Inn on
their way between LA and San Francisco. Today, Southern California is still a
car culture. This exhibition will examine the enduring love affair between
Southern Californians and their automobiles. Chosen primarily from SBMA's permanent
collection, these photographs explore the psychological place of the car in
Southern California life. Whether in celebration, investigation, or
incrimination, all of the photographs depict those unique mental states that
can only be produced behind the wheel.
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Scenery, Story,
Spirit: American Painting and Sculpture from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Between the 1830s
and the end of the First World War, American art came into its own. From the
majestic Hudson River School paintings of Thomas Cole, John Kensett, and
Albert Bierstadt to the gritty urban realism of Robert Henri and John Sloan,
this presentation draws on the rich holdings of American paintings and
sculptures in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Organized by
guest curator Peter John Brownlee, this selection highlights the maturation
of a distinctly American idiom, one informed by international currents and
engaged with capturing the fluxes of modern life. Masterpieces of landscape,
genre, still-life, and portraiture, punctuated by a selection of sculptures,
trace an evolution in style from an art driven by the mandates of westward
expansion to one animated by experimentation. In both idealized and
naturalistically rendered landscapes, in scenes of everyday life, or
meticulously detailed images of everyday objects, the presentation also
narrates an important chapter in American cultural history that witnessed the
Civil War and its aftermath, the expansion of national boundaries and the
closing of the western frontier, and the transformations wrought by the
emergence of new technologies at the dawn of the 20th century.
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July 5; August 2, 5 – 8 pm In July and August, enjoy the Portrayal/Betrayal
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In conjunction with
the Portrayal/Betrayal exhibition, create your own self-portrait using
Twitter! From July 2 to 13, submit a six-word, self-portrait message via
twitter with the hashtag #SBMA6, and our Teaching Artists will create
a sketched "portrait" based on your text. Written and sketched
portraits will be featured on the Museum website at www.sbma.net/portrayalbetrayal. |
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Susan Moore, fashion
designer and colorist, and Mary Jane Pappas, acclaimed kitchen and bath
designer, have partnered to launch a line of eyewear and corresponding
accessories called Eyemusement. The longtime friends saw a need for reading
glasses that were colorful, sophisticated, witty, affordable, well-made,
and—most importantly—that would make women and men in the burgeoning Baby
Boomer market feel attractive. Museum Store |
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Dana
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Dignity is a collection of
iconic photographs by Dana Gluckstein that honors Indigenous Peoples
worldwide and celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Amnesty International, the
Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. Gluckstein, whether
photographing a Haitian healer or a San Bushman elder, succeeds in distilling
the universality of experience that links us all without diminishing the
dignity of the individual. The publication includes more than 90 of
Gluckstein's black-and-white duotone portraits, made over three decades. Museum Store |
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Global
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At a crossroads in
her career, Linda Hackett visited Kenya and 2008 and the Global Girls brand
was born. After meeting many impoverished women, many living with HIV/AIDS,
who were making stylish, handcrafted sandals, she knew promoting such a
product could promote empowerment and much-needed economic sustainability. Museum Store |
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An intimate
60-minute concert features Music Academy of the West Fellows performing at the
Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Mary Craig
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Borneo/Sri
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Join us for
demonstrations of traditional Iban ikat weaving, music, dancing, an art
project on the front steps, and a fashion show highlighting the many
exquisite, handmade textiles available for purchase. Museum Store |
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August
Events Macduff
Everton Book Signing: Modern Maya Facing
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Bring the whole
family and enjoy 1st Thursday together in SBMA's Family Resource Center
located across from the Museum Café on the Lower Level. Museum Teaching
Artists will assist families in creating special exhibition-based art
projects. Afterwards, enjoy selected galleries until 8pm. Thursday, July 5, 5:30 – 7:30
pm Thursday, August 2, 5:30 –
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Visitors of all ages
are welcome to participate in this hands-on workshop with SBMA Teaching
Artists on the Museum's front steps. Each month explore a different medium,
including clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, and paper, and gain
inspiration from works of art in the Museum's permanent collection or special
exhibitions. July 8 August 12 For more information
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At ArtVenture Camps
children spend their day immersed in hands-on art making, cultural history,
and creative problem solving. All camps include a visit to the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art to learn about and be inspired by original works of art. The
Museum's exceptional team of Teaching Artists includes painters and
sculptors, a children's book illustrator, a ceramicists, a graphic designer
and an art historian who are all experienced art educators. |
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Legendary Rajasthan
and the Taj Mahal
Please contact 884.6436 or visit www.sbma.net/travel
for more information about the SBMA travel program. |
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