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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 Santa Barbara, CA.
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 California.
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, Santa
Barbara County Arts Commission, P.O. Box 2369, Santa Barbara, CA 93120
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 Ventura County Arts Council Visual Arts Committee
CALL TO ARTISTS
"MULTIPLES"
DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSIONS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
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"MULTIPLES"
Diptychs, Triptychs, and More
A Juried Competition with Cash Awards
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
Theme - This show will feature works
that come in two, threes, and longer series of thematically linked
images. Any medium is welcomed from fiber to photographs. Consider
free-standing panels.
Updated Submission of Images
& Related Info
Submissions are handled via email .
You may submit as many images as you wish WITHOUT CHARGE. You will be
directed to submit entry information on an Excel file, along with a
jpeg image of each submission
(max 5" in either direction,
300dpi).
Label each image with: artist name,
title, medium, size.
Jurying & Judging Artwork
The Arts Council Visual Arts Committee
will jury the work submitted and notify artists which pieces are
accepted for this show.
A separate judge will select
prize-winners where cash prizes are awarded.
New Procedure for Entry Form & Fees
A signed Entry/Release Form and entry
fees will be collected when accepted artwork is brought to the Gallery.
You may download this form in advance.
Entry fees will ONLY be charged for
work that is accepted for the show.
Key Exhibit Dates
CD or Email images received at VCAC Office
No photos or slides
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012 - 5:00pm
Submissions after the deadline will be
considered when feasible
Acceptance Notification via Email
Friday, August 17, 2012
Art Bring-in to the Atrium
Gallery
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
(Ideally after 10:00am and before
5:30pm)
Exhibition opens
Friday,
August 24, 2012
Reception & Awards Ceremony
Friday, September 7, 2012
5:30 - 7:00pm
Art Pick-up
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
($10/wk charge for work not picked up)
(Ideally in the morning after 10:00am)
Artwork may NOT be removed before this
date,
unless permitted by VCAC
Click Here for CALL TO
ARTISTS
Contact us
E-mail
Phone (805) 658-2213
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High
Desert Test Sites 2013: Now Accepting Proposals
HDTS 2013, the ninth program in a series of free ranging and ever
evolving contemporary art events, will expand our range and depth to
take in everything from Joshua Tree, California to Albuquerque, New
Mexico. The event will take place over an entire week, October 12 - 19,
2013, during which artists and audience alike traverse the desolate
desert roads and explore the hidden gems, both old and new, between
Joshua Tree and Albuquerque.
Projects can take place at any site either in or between Joshua
Tree and Albuquerque.
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/high-desert-test-sites-2013-now-accepting-proposals/
Americans for the Arts - Innovation Grant Program
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.
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. The program invites mayors,
county executives, and other elected community leaders to endorse the
most inspiring arts-related community-revitalization efforts in their
city.
Deadline: 07-31-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/americans-for-the-arts-innovation-grant-program/
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - Grants
Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums,
artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate
innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts.
Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational
activities directly related to these areas.
Deadlines: 09-01-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/andy-warhol-foundation-for-the-visual-arts-grants/
College Art Association - Professional-Development Fellowships in
the Visual Arts and Art History
College Art Association's Professional-Development Fellowships support
promising artists and art historians who are enrolled in MFA and PhD
programs nationwide. Fellows are honored with $5,000 grants to help
them with various aspects of their work, whether it be for job-search
expenses or purchasing materials for the studio.
Deadline: 10-01-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/college-art-association-professional-development-fellowships-in-the-visual-arts-and-art-history/
National Endowment for the Arts - Jazz Masters Fellowship --
Nominations Accepted
The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship is the
highest honor that our nation bestows upon a jazz musician. Each year
since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of
living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the
advancement of jazz. The Arts Endowment will honor musicians who
represent a range of styles and instruments. In addition, one
fellowship -- the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz
Advocacy -- will be given to an individual who has made major
contributions to the appreciation, knowledge, and advancement of the
American jazz art form.
Deadline: 10-01-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/national-endowment-for-the-arts-jazz-masters-fellowship-nominations-accepted/
Association of Performing Arts Presenters - Cultural Exchange Fund
-- International Travel Subsidy Program
The Cultural Exchange Fund (CEF) is a travel subsidy program supported
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist U.S. based presenting
professionals and their organizations and companies in building
partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists,
companies and their collaborators and to experience the work of artists
from around the world in its cultural context.
Deadline: 11-16-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/association-of-performing-arts-presenters-cultural-exchange-fund-international-travel-subsidy-program/
United States Artists - USA Fellow Grants (Information Only)
United States Artists (USA) exists to nurture, support, and strengthen
the work of America´s finest living artists. Through this program, the
foundation supports a diverse array of visual, literary, performing,
design, media, and crafts and traditional artists. The first three
years of the USA Fellows program will be considered a pilot phase.
During that time, USA will distribute 150 unrestricted fellowship
grants of $50,000 each to artists across the United States.
Deadline: None
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/united-states-artists-usa-fellow-grants-information-only/
Job Opening: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION
The Levitt Pavilion Pasadena (LPP) is looking for a new executive director.
The LPP is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 to offer 50 free
concerts each summer in historic Memorial Park in the City of Pasadena.
The Executive Director oversees the operational, financial, and
administrative management of LPP. The candidate must understand the
Levitts mission and appeal, the diverse makeup of our community, and
the transformative power of the music at our venue. The candidate would
ideally be a music lover, in order to passionately promote the
organization and its impact in the community.
Deadline: 08-15-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/executive-director-position/
Job Opening: Assistant Program Coordinator
Position starts immediately. Work in a creative environment at midsize
non-profit art's education organization. Assistant Program Coordinator
duties include, but are not limited to: plan and facilitate meetings
with site and artist; establish time tables for program implementation,
workshops and performances; perform site visits and maintain
familiarity with workshop progress and activity; recruit artists,
maintain working knowledge of the California State Standards for the
Arts, and design lesson plans.
Deadline: ASAP
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/assistant-program-coordinator/
Job
Opening: Curator of Exhibitions at UCR California Museum of Photography
The
Curator of the UCR/California Museum of Photography, working closely
and under the supervision of ARTSblock’s Executive Director will
initiate, research, budget, produce and supervise the museum’s
exhibition program. Curatorial responsibilities include involvement in
the selection, conceptualization, management, interpretation and coordination
of UCR/CMP exhibition activities from inception through final
installation. This position has the responsibility to ensure the
artistic and conceptual integrity for all UCR/CMP exhibitions in order
to maintain the institution’s leadership and world-wide presence in the
field of photography and related media. In all these activities the
Curator will work closely with ARTSblock’s Executive Director, the CMP
Faculty Advisory Committee, and other curatorial and administrative
staff members.
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/job-opening-for-curator-of-exhibitions-at-ucr-california-museum-of-photography/
Performing Diaspora 2013
CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora is a festival, residency program,
commissioning program, and symposium featuring dance, music, theater,
media and interdisciplinary artists who are using traditional forms as
a basis for experimentation and innovation. Created in partnership with
several local and statewide organizations, Performing Diaspora is a
two-year initiative challenging artists and audiences to explore the
evocative questions associated with this work.
Deadline: 09-10-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/artist-call-performing-diaspora-2013/
The 2013 San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster Competition
Media Arts Center San Diego will be presenting the 20th Annual San
Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), March 7-17, 2013. This prestigious
and internationally recognized festival celebrates films and videos by
Latinos and/or about the Latino experience, screening over 150 works
from across Latin America and throughout the United States. For the
third year in a row, the Festival is putting a call out to artists and
graphic designers for its annual poster artwork.
Deadline: 10-05-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/artist-call-the-2013-san-diego-latino-film-festival-poster-competition/
Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations Invite Applications for 2012
Playwright Commissioning Awards
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the William and Flora
Hewlett Foundation have announced the 2012 Playwright Commissioning
Awards program, a $300,000 fund for the creation and production of new
plays by California playwrights. Grants of $50,000 will be awarded to
Bay Area nonprofits which commission and premiere new works that
encourage the creative endeavors and professional development of
promising California playwrights. The resulting works must have their
world premieres in Bay Area public performances between June 2013 and
June 2015.
Deadline: 08-30-2012
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/gerbode-and-hewlett-foundations-invite-applications-for-2012-playwright-commissioning-awards/
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Thursday,
August 2
Forum
Lounge: Emily Lacy, 99 Times
5 pm Happy Hour: Featuring wine by Zaca Mesa Winery
& Vineyards and music by Warbler Records & Goods
7 pm Performance
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Emily
Lacey, 99 Times, 2012, Sound and multi-media performance,
Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Jonathan Silberman
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Blending folk
and electronic influences, artist and musician Emily Lacy's
performance draws on the cultural energy and public convergences
generated from recent global protest movements. Interested in the
pattern of factors that come together to make meaning for a listener,
Lacy mixes aesthetics of prepared song with improvised vocals, and
orchestrates mysterious costuming, altered instruments, painted
amplifiers to create an audible environment that plays with the idea
of social mythology.
ADMISSION IS
FREE
Support
for Forum Lounge 2012-2013 is generously provided by:
  
  
Forum Lounge is presented in association with:
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Saturday, August 4, 6:30-8 pm
Opening Reception
Join us for the opening of Mario
Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection and Bloom Projects: Annie
Lapin, History =ing
Exhibition on view: August 5 -
September 30, 2012
Main Gallery: Mario Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection
The exhibition Mario Ybarra Jr.:
The Tío Collection is a museological tribute to the artist's
family (tío
means uncle in Spanish) featuring
objects and artifacts collected by Ybarra Jr.'s five paternal uncles,
one maternal uncle, and several uncles-in-law.
Bloom Projects: Annie Lapin, History =ing
Annie Lapin's artworks frequently mine
from a wide swath of art historical references and search for an
intersection where image and memory become another material that the
viewer experiences as non-verbally as paint and canvas.
more
ADMISSION IS FREE
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Sandra Torres
Thursday, August 9, 6 pm
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Sandra Torres, Soup Bowl, 2011-2012, Altered
slipcast porcelain, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the Artist
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Originally trained as an architect,
Ojai-based artist Sandra Torres began her ceramic education in Mexico
City in 2002, under the wing of a master ceramist. She continued her
education in three different studios in Southern California, and
traveled to China to learn about traditional clay techniques. After
an apprenticeship in Belgium and a residency in Hungary, Torres
embraced the process of slip casting and began her use of porcelain. more
The smART Talks program serves
to increase awareness of local artists through a series of three
talks a year by local artists about their work, careers, and creative
processes. The series, begun in 1996, was created in honor of Helen
Rosenberg, mother of Susan Rose, and grandmother of Julie Weiner, and
honors artists who live and work in the Santa Barbara area.
ADMISSION IS FREE
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November 8-11
CAF Loves SF
Reserve your spot now to experience San Francisco as never before!
Join CAF's Executive Director Miki Garcia on this exclusive trip that
affords you the opportunity to participate in guided walk-throughs of
top art museums with curators, visits to artists' studios, private
gallery receptions, and tours of important private collections. CAF
has specially paired these contemporary art outings with the city's
finest food and wine, completing the VIP cultural experience!
Don't miss this occasion!
Dates: November 8-11, 2012
Space is limited!
Reserve your place now by contacting
Karla Blancas at curator@sbcaf.org or (805)
966-5373 x105.
Open to CAF Members only. Not a member? Call CAF today or sign
up online at sbcaf.org.
Proceeds directly benefit programs and
exhibitions at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.
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April 1-10, 2013
CAF Loves Brazil & Argentina
Save the date for an exclusive, art-filled trip to Brazil and
Argentina! A Master's in Latin American Art informs CAF Executive
Director Miki Garcia's VIP tour of South America's most important
contemporary art museums, artists’ studios, and private collections.
Just in time for SP-Arte (Brazil's largest art fair), we'll travel to
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires.
Organized by Art Quest International, this first-class tour will also
provide the finest culinary delights and fine wines Brazil and
Argentina have to offer!
Dates: April 1-10, 2013
Space is limited!
Reserve your place now by contacting Karla Blancas at curator@sbcaf.org or (805)
966-5373 x105.
Open to CAF Members only. Not a member? Call CAF
today or sign up online at sbcaf.org.
Proceeds directly benefit programs and exhibitions at Santa
Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.
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Jon
Pylypchuk,
the time to explode is now, 2012, Bronze,
4 1/8 in.,
Edition of 30
Commissioned
by Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Courtesy the Artist and
International Art Objects
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Did you know?
Flights from Wonder artist, Jon Pylypchuk will be showing
at the upcoming Sydney biennial! the time to explode is now by
this highly collectible artist displays Pylypchuk's characteristic
style, combining the cuddly and the pathetic. At just over 4"
tall, and made of solid bronze, this high-quality artwork is a
wonderful addition to any collection, or makes a great gift. These
sculptures are selling quickly! Get yours today! Edition of 30.
more
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2012 Summer Juried
Show
OPENING
RECEPTION
Saturday, August
4, 3-5pm
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Superkitty in
Chernobyl
, 2011
oil on canvas,
24" x24" by Jill Pabich
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August
1-September 1, 2012
Congratulations to
all the winners:
CLICK HERE for a
sneak peek of the exhibition
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Patricia Aaron-Greenwood Village, CO
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Jason Lascu - Nashville, TN
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Shiva Aliabadi - Pasadena, CA
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Laurie McCormick - Los Angeles, CA
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David Andersen - Salem, OR
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Kendra McKlosky - Emigrant, MT
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Janelle Anderson - Denver, CO
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Althea Murphy-Price - Knoxville, TN
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Tessie Barrera-Scharaga - Denver, CO
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Cedar Nordbye - Memphis, TN
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Sohyung Choi - Sacramento, CA
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Jill Pabich - Salem, MA
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Zach Collins - Minneapolis, MN
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Jeff Rau - Long Beach, CA
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Nicholas Coroneos - Santa Barbara, CA
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Jes Schrom - Ruston, LA
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Derek DeLuco - Brooklyn, CA
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K Lenore Siner - Jamaica Plain, MA
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Krista Elrick - Santa Fe, NM
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Damia Smith - Lawrence, KS
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Tomasz Fularski - Poland
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Judson Smith - Sebastpool, CA
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Lori Goodman - Eureka, CA
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William Solomon - Newbury Park, CA
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Hilary Gray - Seattle, WA
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Joshua Stringer - Salem, OR
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Marshall Harris - Fort Worth, TX
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David Titterington - Lawrence, KS
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Sandra Heard - Perrysburg, OH
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Cat U-Thasoonthorn - San Francisco, CA
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Megan Heuse - Simpsonville, SC
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James Volkert - Conway, AR
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Miranda Hudson - Vashon, WA
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Peggy Washburn - Seattle, WA
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Zac Jackson - Halethorpe, MD
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Jenny Wiener - Tavares, FL
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Philippe Jestin - San Francisco, CA
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Adam Winnie - Savannah, GA
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Terry Johnson - Eastsound, WA
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Matthew Woodford - Claremont, CA
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Chad Kipfer - Berkeley, CA
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Hiroko Yoshimoto - Ventura, CA
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There will
be no 5 x 5 x 5 performance
for this First
Friday
We will resume
in October 2012
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Sylvia White
Gallery
1783 East Main
Street
Ventura,
California 93001
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 11-5
805.643.8300
www.ARTADVICE.com
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Friday, August
3
5:00 - 7:30
p.m.
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Food Trucks attending!
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Join Us!
Saturday
August 11, 2012 – 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
A Benefit
for Art From Scrap
Tickets Now On Sale
CLICK HERE TO
PURCHASE TICKETS
What: 21st Anniversary fundraising event for Art From Scrap
When: Saturday August 11, 2012 5:30 - 9:30 pm
General Entry 7:00
Preview Early Entry 6:30
Where: Gallery 27 at Brooks Institute of Photography
27 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Cost: General Entry $25 before event/ $30 at the door
Preview Early Entry $100 before event/$125 at the door
For All Event Information: Click Here
To Purchase Tickets
CALL 805 884-0459 X 17
To Order On Line: Click Here
Artists who have accepted our
invitation for this year include:
Charles Arnoldi, Ann Hamilton, Eric Beltz, Ciel Bergman, Jeff Bridges, Gail
Pine, Rick Garcia, Penny Mast McCall,
David Florimbi, Mary Heebner, John
Nava, Nicole Strasburg, Robert Dycus, Nancy Monk, , Leslie Lewis Sigler,
Keith Fishman, Seyburn Zorthian and
many more.......
This Saturday is the Los Alamos Chair
Faire.....all kinds of chairs to buy, sell, or just look at. Music, Michael
Katz and Angela Lloyd storytelling, Musical chairs, Art demos with chairs,
Russell Smith’s “Air Assault” art show and Jackson Pollock-esque demonstration,
great Los Alamos food, and......
Come see the Lone Ranger’s Saddle used on Silver. It’ll be in the
Gentleman Farmer Antique shop, next to Ferrini Park. Check it out! See you
Saturday 11 –4 pm.
Free C/W garden concert with Ron Miller at day’s
end at 3:30 @ the Union Hotel. Benefits Olga Reed Elem . Connie http://www.thecgallery.com/chairfairemain.html
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Thursday, August 2nd, 5 to 8 PM
15 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-962-3321
www.bookden.com
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Poetry Reading
& Book Signing with
Lillian-Yvonne
Bertram
But
a Storm is Blowing
From Paradise
by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
(Red Hen Press, 2012)
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Straddling the lyrical and experimental, these
poems conjure and
connect the cosmological, the carnal, and the personal in a country
—and a universe—that is gobbling itself into oblivion
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Upcoming Summer
ArtVenture Camps
July 30 – August 17, 9
am – 3 pm
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 include painters and sculptors,
a children's book illustrator, a ceramicist, a graphic designer and an art
historian who are all experienced art educators.
Ages 5 - 12
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Art Tells Stories
July 30 – August 3
Everyone loves a good story. Find out how artists tell stories by exploring
the American collection in the Scenery, Story, Spirit
exhibition, and then create sculptures, paintings, and drawings that
include explore setting, character, and mood.
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The Secrets of Art
August 6 – 10
Look at the work of other artists to learn the "tricks of the
trade." Each day will be devoted to a different artist or technique
represented in the Museum's collection. By the end of the week, students
will have both a sketchbook that records their impressions of the artists
and a body of work that incorporates different media and themes.
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Unpacking Culture:
World Art
August 13 – 17
Explore the world and discover the art of the past by examining symbols and
tracking cultural clues. Participants will travel visually through
Mesoamerica, Egypt, Greece, and Asia to create sculpture, paintings, and
more.
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Click here to Register
Online
For more information
contact Rachael Krieps at 805.884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net.
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Santa Barbara Museum
of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
www.sbma.net
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THE AESTHETICA ART PRIZE: ONE MONTH TO GO!
Time is running out - if you would
like to take part in this fantastic event, and share your work with an
international audience, visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize
to enter today! And to keep up with
the latest news, why not follow us on Facebook or Twitter, and share this
message with your followers:
1 month to go to enter the Art
Prize @aestheticamag! Submit today and share your #art with an international
audience http://goo.gl/fV8HV
The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of
excellence and innovation in visual art across all disciplines and media.
Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the international arts and culture publication,
it is a fantastic opportunity for artists to boost their profile on the
international arts scene, regardless of age, experience or formal
qualifications: previous winners include Bernat Millet, shortlisted for the
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, and Julia Vogl, the winner of
this year’s Catlin Art Prize.
The winners of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2012 will
benefit from an incredible prize package. You may have already heard that as
well as up to Ł1000 in cash and editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine,
which has a readership of 100,000 people worldwide, we will also be holding a
public exhibition for the shortlisted entrants in Spring 2013! However, it is
with great pleasure that we would like to announce two additions to our prize
package that aim to support the artistic endeavour that makes the Prize such
a success even after the judging is over.
Courtesy of AWOL Studios, we
will be giving our overall winner 6 months’ studio rental* - a prize that
will help our winning artist to continue to develop their work in a dedicated
arts environment; and to help to cover materials, we have up to Ł250 in
vouchers from Lawrence Art Supplies!
There are two sections in the Aesthetica Art Prize:
the Student Prize, and the Main Prize. Once you have selected which one is
most appropriate, you need to select one of four categories which most
reflects your work:
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Painting &
Drawing
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Photographic &
Digital Art
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Three-Dimensional
Design & Sculpture
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Video, Installation
& Performance
Entry is Ł15 and the deadline for submissions is 31
August 2012, so don’t forget: there’s only ONE MONTH to go!
I do hope that you and your members at Santa Barbara
County Arts Commission will be interested in entering the Aesthetica Art
Prize, and look forward to seeing your work.
Very best regards
Helena
Helena Culliney
Marketing
Aesthetica Magazine
PO Box 371
York, YO23 1WL, UK
(+44) (0) 1904 629 137
www.aestheticamagazine.com
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Sullivan Goss
AN AMERICAN
GALLERY
www.sullivangoss.com
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NEW (AND CONTINUING)
EXHIBITIONS
AUGUST 2012
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WHAT'S NEW
It can't really be August, can it? Somehow, another 1st
THURSDAY is upon us, bringing with it the debut of LEON DABO:
TOUTES LES FLEURS - the gallery's debut of all of the
artist's long-hidden floral pastels. The exhibition will be accompanied by
a book, The Pastels of Leon Dabo, with contributions by Dr.
William Gerdts and Dr. Cody Hartley of the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. Copies will be available for sale at the opening. (You may have
read about it in the New York
Times?)
Speaking of books, the long-awaited In Search of the
Source: Paintings of the Nile and Beyond by Lockwood de Forest with an
essay by best-selling author Dr. Brian M. Fagan will also be debuted.
You will also get another chance to cool down and lighten up
with the balletic, stainless steel sculptures of KEN
BORTOLAZZO. Perhaps you read this new
review about his work?
Plus, we get our last month with THE AMERICAN
IMPRESSIONISTS - an exhibition of heavy-hitting paintings by
artists like Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, and Colin Campbell
Cooper, among others.
We will also continue SIDNEY
GORDIN: JUST PUT IT TOGETHER - an exhibition of abstract art
by an artist with work in the National Gallery, the Whitney, and the Art
Institute of Chicago - to name just a few.
Plus, there's the SPRING SALON... What more
could you ask for?
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RECEPTION:
1st THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012
FROM 5-8PM
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July 20 through
August 4
DIJO
presents
THE
VAGINA MONOLOGUES
DIJO
Productions is delighted to be bringing to the Santa Barbara stage
the highly acclaimed and award-winning play The Vagina
Monologues by Eve Ensler. This play is especially timely
given its recent performance on the Statehouse steps in Lansing, MI
by a state lawmaker, who was joined by the play's author.
Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown participated in the performance
along with other lawmakers and actresses after Republicans barred her
from speaking in the house because she used the word
"vagina" during debate over anti-abortion
legislation.
Jerry
Oshinsky and E. Bonnie Lewis will direct the production. The
cast features E. Bonnie Lewis, Carol Metcalf, Maia Mook, and Ivy
Vahanian. Kat Bruington-Garcia is the stage manager.
First
produced in 1998, The Vagina Monologues has been called
"probably the most important piece of political theater in the
last decade" and follows DIJO's recent productions of The
Exonerated, and Frost/Nixon.
Saturday
is Date Night: Buy One, Get One Free. Mention the Date Night
special when ordering through the box office and receive one free
ticket for each purchased ticket for a Saturday performance. This
offer is not available for online sales.
TIMES: Friday,
August 3, at 8:00 P.M.
Saturday, August 4,
at 3:00 P.M.
TICKETS: $20
general, $17 students and seniors, $17 groups of 10 or more
All
seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time
of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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more information Call (805)-963-0408 or
centerstagetheater.org
Click here to order tickets
online now!
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July
25 through August 5
DIJO
Presents
THE
ENGLISH BRIDE
by
Lucile Lichtblau
DIJO
Productions is delighted to be bringing to the Santa Barbara stage
the highly acclaimed and award-winning play The English Bride by
Lucile Lichtblau.
The
play is the recipient of the Susan Glaspell Prize and will have its
official world premiere at the Centenary Stage in New Jersey in
April, 2013. The work will also be performed in November of this year
at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia, PA as part of a "rolling world
premiere."
DIJO
is honored to be able to have the rights to perform a full production
of the piece as a Writers' Workshop. The English Bride is based on
true events, which events also gave rise to the question raised by
airport authorities-"Did you pack your own luggage?" In the
fictionalized version, playwright Lucile Lichtblau creates three
intriguing characters-an Englishwoman lonely for companionship as she
sees her life passing by; a terrorist whose confidence and charm
spark a love affair between he and the Englishwoman ; and a Mossad
agent on the trail of both, who believes no one and nothing can be
trusted.
Director
Ed Giron, who had the good fortune of working with the playwright in
an early reading of the work also plays Dov, the Mossad agent.
Eileen, the working class woman from Leeds and bride to be who is
eager for vindication is portrayed by Leslie Gangl. William Waxman
portrays Ali, the charming and manipulative terrorist.
Saturday
is Date Night: Buy One, Get One Free. Mention the Date
Night special when ordering through the box office and receive one
free ticket for each purchased ticket for a Saturday performance.
This offer is not available for online sales.
TIMES: Thursday, August 2, at 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 4, at 8:00
pm
Sunday, August 5, at 8:00 pm
TICKETS: $20
general, $17 students and seniors, $17 groups of 10 or more
All
seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time
of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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For
more information Call (805)-963-0408 or
centerstagetheater.org
Click here to order tickets
online now!
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August
5
MICHAEL MORGAN AND
UCSB DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & DANCE
presents
THE
ODYSSEY PROJECT 2012
Homer's Odyssey is
a compelling story of a hero's journey home. Michael
Morgan's The Odyssey Project that partners teens from Los
Prietos Boys Camp with UC students will be presented at Center Stage
on August 5. Together these two different cultures come together to
re-write the Odyssey of Homer using their own life stories.
Each member of the cast has been encouraged to develop their own
unique voice supported by a network of university and community
contributors including a mask maker, poet, storyteller, martial artist
and hip-hop choreographer. The project seeks to demonstrate how
artistic cooperation transcends class, racial and social barriers and
how art with rehabilitation serves as an alternative to incarceration
and penalty. The project is social change in action. It provides a
democratic blueprint, a level playing field between teens at risk and
UC students. Conception Media of Santa Barbara is currently filming a
documentary short on this experimental process. It will examine the
efficacy of this creative collaboration as a model for social justice
and life affirming transformation.
TIMES: Sunday,
August 5, at 2:00 P.M.
TICKETS: $20
suggested donation
The
performance will be followed by a Q&A with the participants.
Tickets
for this performance are not available online and must be purchased
through the Center Stage box office
The
producers of this performance reserve the right to refuse admittance
at the time of performance.
All
seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time
of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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For
more information Call (805)-963-0408 or
centerstagetheater.org
Click here to order tickets
online now!
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August
9
THE
ADDERLEY SCHOOL
presents
ADDERLEY
SUMMER WORKSHOP
TIMES: Thursday,
August 9, at 4:30, 6:00, and 7:30 pm
TICKETS: $20
general, $10 children 12 and under
All
seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time
of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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For
more information Call (805)-963-0408 or
centerstagetheater.org
Click here to order tickets
online now!
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August
10
GOLETA
SCHOOL OF BALLET
presents
WORKSHOP
PERFORMANCES
The Goleta School of Ballet Summer Intensive
students conclude their 5-week summer session with this selection of
workshop pieces.
TIMES: Friday,
August 10, at 8:00 pm
TICKETS: $15.00 general
All
seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time
of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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For
more information Call (805)-963-0408 or
centerstagetheater.org
Click here to order tickets
online now!
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Center Stage Theater
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Center Stage
Theater (CST) exists to provide a professional, affordable, and
accessible performing arts venue for Santa Barbara. Located in
the heart of the downtown arts and cultural district, Center Stage
encourages works that celebrate new artists and the cultural
diversity of our community. The theater strives to create an
environment where people of all ages and levels of expertise can
participate in a hands-on experience as artists, technicians and
audience members.
Center Stage Theater is funded in part by the Organizational
Development Grant Program using Funds provided by the City of Santa
Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission.
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Contact
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Nathan
Quinney
Center Stage Theater
805-963-8198
751 Paseo
Nuevo
Santa
Barbara, CA
centerstagetheater.org
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LOCATION AND
DIRECTIONS
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Center Stage
Theater is located in Paseo Nuevo Center, upstairs at the
intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets, Santa
Barbara, California.
Take Highway
101 to Carrillo Street, exit and turn toward the mountains (northbound
turns right, southbound turns left). Proceed to Chapala Street
(fourth light) and turn right. Proceed 1-1/2 blocks and turn left
into either of two entrances to Paseo Nuevo. Park near the elevator,
or proceed to roof-level parking.
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Museum
of Ventura County
100 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001
www.venturamuseum.org
Enjoy A Summer
Dinner & a “Mule” Movie!
Friday, August 17 at the Agriculture Museum
If you find mules irresistible, don’t miss Dinner and a Mule Movie at the Museum of
Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula on Friday, August 17. The
summer evening will begin with dinner at 6:00 p.m., followed by the first
Ventura County screening of Mula: The
Long-Eared Hero of the Old Spanish Trail, with an introduction by Santa Barbara filmmakers Susan Jensen and
Paul Singer. Dinner includes a
full taco bar with dessert and soft drinks; and popcorn with the movie. A no host bar is also available. Admission is
$20 for the general public and $10 for children under 12. Space is
limited; for reservations, call 805-525-3100.
The filmmakers will
introduce their movie at 6:45 p.m. It follows the story of the
California Mule Rush, when thieves plundered ranchos and missions, stealing
thousands of prized California mules to take over the Old Spanish Trail to sell
in Missouri. Learn why California mules were worth ten times the price of
horses at that time, and hear about these hard working animals from today’s
packers, breeders, traders and mule drivers. Filmed in California, Missouri and
Tennessee, the film is underscored with the music of award winning Dave Stamey
and Juni Fisher. Mula: The Long-Eared
Hero of the Old Spanish Trail is the seventh in J & S Productions’
Vaquero series.
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.
Nope! Just Chuck Testa
Presenting Taxidermy 101
at the Museum on August 16
Ojai Valley’s Chuck Testa attained unexpected cult status when an
offbeat advertisement for his taxidermist business went viral on YouTube. The
video with the catch line “Nope! Chuck Testa,” has had more than 12 million
views in less than a year. On Thursday, August 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of
Ventura County, Testa presents Taxidermy 101, explaining the process
used for museum mounts of fur-bearing animals. Admission is $5 and includes
entrance to all museum galleries until 8:00 p.m. For reservations, call
805-653-0323 x 7.
The talk sheds light on the
Museum of Ventura County’s current exhibition “Featured Creatures,” which includes
now rarely seen mounted animals and birds from their collection, some almost
100 years old.
Testa has mounted specimens for
the Channel Islands Visitors Center, the Ojai Valley Museum, and the Wheeler
Gorge Visitor Center, as well as other locations, where they are used to
educate visitors about local wildlife.
In his August 16 talk Testa
will discuss innovations such as manufactured molds, as well as the importance
of anatomical knowledge. He became interested in taxidermy in his mid-twenties
and largely taught himself with the help of only a few mentors. He opened Ojai Valley Taxidermy in 1987. Testa notes that today more
information is shared, with tutorials posted on line, including many by him.
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.
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Summer with
Santa Barbara Revels
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We had a terrific time at the
French Festival
in July! Our face painting and mask making
booth was a big success, and our singing and dance
performances were enthusiastically received by
our appreciative audiences.
 
SAVE
THE DATE!
The Christmas Revels:
An American Celebration of the Winter Solstice
Come
to Appalachia and the Deep South to savor the lively
spirituals, the soulful shape-note singing, and the pure forms
of beloved folk songs, story-telling, and dances found in the
rural hamlets and hidden mountain valleys of our country.
LOBERO THEATRE
December 15th & 16th
Tickets go on sale in mid-October at
(805) 963-0761 or lobero.com
JOIN
US AND BE JOYOUS!
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THE NEXT EUROPEAN DANCE COMPETITION SEASON
2013 IS READY! Easter Time in Spain, All Division - All Level are Welcome !
Hey Everybody, call for Dance Schools/Groups.
Dear participants, directors, choreographers,
dancers, performing arts educators, teachers & arts managers, THE NEXT
DANCE COMPETITIONS SEASON 2013 IS READY!
BARCELONA DANCE AWARD 2013 from the 28 march to
1 April during the Easter Spring Holidays
Where EVERYBODY is UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT!
Competition/Showcases for emerging &
established Dance Schools, Companies and Groups from all over the World!
SpringEasterTime is happening for you and
you're enjoying the great outdoors and our freedoms with your Dance
School/Group.
Everything is ready for a wonder dance planning
that can be booked on any date and at any location here in europe, in Barcelona
the next SpringEasterTime.
It's highly recommended for everybody, to
subscribe the Reg. Form and reserve your participation ASAP, due to high
affluence, so please hurry ut! once we have reached the max capacity of
registrations, it won't possible to
enroll any other applications.
Warm regards,
Just fill in the form, and you will receive
(free on charges) the new brochures and posters for the DANCE SEASON 2013!
please back to this organizer email:
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 Casa Dolores
Center
for the Study of the Popular Arts of Mexico
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First Thursday
Thursday, August 2, 5-8 pm
Celebrate
Fiesta on First Thursday with Casa Dolores! We will have a fun display of
colorful paper flower-making on State Street next to Marshall’s (900 State
Street in Santa Barbara). We invite everyone to come by our table and get
involved with the activities, or just say hello. Additionally, the Museum
will be open and we will be giving tours and serving refreshments.
This is a rare opportunity to visit the museum “after hours”! Free.
Interested in
volunteering for this event? Contact Rene at rene@casadolores.org or 805.963.1032.
Mercado Artesanal Latinamericano
Saturday, August 11, 9 am-2 pm
It’s time for our annual Latin American Arts and Crafts Sale that
we have for one day only at Casa Dolores! This is a great time to find
hand-made, one-of-a-kind treasures and gifts. This year’s Mercado features
hand-woven Zapotec rugs, Mata Ortiz pottery, Guatemalan and Chilean
jewelry, various Mexican and Bolivian arts and crafts, plants, home-made
tamales, and more! Don’t miss the opportunity to check out these unique
items and help support the Museum.
Gallery Tour
“Same Clay, Different Mold: Mexican
Women from the Permanent Collection”
Saturday, August 18, 2 pm
This will be
your last chance to take a special gallery tour of our popular exhibition,
“Same Clay, Different Mold: Mexican Women from the Permanent Collection.”
Curators René Marchington and Carolyn Merino Mullin will take you through
this fascinating show that is all about women and their images, cultural
roles, artistry, and work. Several pieces in the exhibit demonstrate women
as muses, while others will represent their history and importance to
Mexican society. The show concludes on Saturday, September 1st
with a closing reception from 1-3 pm.
Support us on Facebook
Please visit
and “like”
our Facebook page
where you can see the photos from our Children’s Summer Workshops. The
children just finished up 6 weeks of Mexican-inspired art activities, which
also included bilingual storytelling and cooking classes. Our Facebook page
also features photos from our other events such as our summer lecture
series, current and past exhibitions, Day of the Dead, and more.
Casa Dolores
1023 Bath Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.963.1032
www.casadolores.org
info@casadolores.org
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Newsletter
- August/September 2012
Features: Exhibition Opening | Exhibitions on View | Events | Kids and Families | Travel | Visit SBMA
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Members see all exhibitions for free... every day!
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Exhibition Opening
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Douglas Busch, (3) Generations, Denver Zoo, Denver CO,
1986. Silver chloride contact print. Courtesy of the Artist.
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Scene on the Street: Doug Busch
August
25 – December 2, 2012
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
it."
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 SBMA blog!
Visit us at blog.sbma.net for more
in-depth information on exhibitions, artist's profiles, and related
programming!
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Exhibitions on View
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Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, 1994. Gelatin silver
print with ink, ed. 11/50. SBMA, Gift of Arthur B. Steinman.
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Portrayal/Betrayal
June 2
– September 16, 2012
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,
environmental, documentary, constructed portraits, and artists themselves.
This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Lady Leslie
Ridley-Tree.
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Family 1st
Thursday
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Thursday, August
2, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
For more information click here.
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Facing Facts:
Panel Discussion
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Sunday, August
5, 2:30 pm
For more information click here.
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Studio Sunday on
the Front Steps
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Sunday, August
12, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
For more information click here.
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Keith Carter:
Artist Lecture
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Sunday,
September 9, 2:30 pm
For more information click here.
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 Exhibition catalogue available on our e-store
Click here for product
details.
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Brian Bress, Relatives (Devin, John, Jason, Lewis),
2012. High definition single-channel video (color), high definition monitor
and player, wall mount, framed, 24 min., 15 sec., loop. Collection of Gail
and Stanley Hollander.
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Interventions: Brian Bress
July 15
– September 30, 2012
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
already existing within its walls.
As an inventive form of portraiture, the works in this exhibition are also
meant to complement the major summer exhibition, Portrayal/Betrayal.
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Film Screening: Creative
Ideas for Every Season
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Thursday,
September 13, 5:30 pm
For more information click here.
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Pleasures of the Evening,
1875. Oil on canvas. Michael Armand Hammer and the Armand Hammer Foundation.
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Van Gogh to Munch: European
Masterworks from the Armand Hammer Foundation and Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Foundation
Ongoing
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
loan from these organizations for the next two years.
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Jane O'Neal, A & W Sunset California, 1974.
Cibachrome, edition 1/1. SBMA
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Behind the Wheel
May 5 –
August 12, 2012
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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Albert Bierstadt, Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1864.
Oil on canvas. SBMA, gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton collection.
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Scenery, Story, Spirit: American
Painting and Sculpture from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Ongoing
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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Events
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1st Thursday at SBMA
5 – 8 pm
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Thursdays,
August 2; September 6, 5 – 8 pm
In August and
September,
enjoy the Portrayal/Betrayal
exhibition.
For information on Family
1st Thursday activities, click here.
Free
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Music Academy of the West Concert
Series
Thursdays, August 2, 9, 2 pm
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An intimate
60-minute concert features Music Academy of the West Fellows performing at
the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Tickets are required. Complimentary tickets will be distributed on a
first-come, first-served basis beginning at 1:15 pm at SBMA's Park Entrance.
No advance ticket distribution.
Mary Craig
Auditorium
Free
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Macduff Everton Book Signing: Modern
Maya
Thursday, August 2, 5 – 8 pm
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Photographer Macduff
Everton has spent more than four decades living and working among the Maya.
His 1991 book on the modern Maya provided a superb photo-essay and
ethnographic record of the Maya during a time of critical change and
globalization. In this book, he masterfully updates his portrait of the
modern Maya, while investigating the effects of NAFTA, tourism, the
evangelical movement, world trade and maquiladoras, racism, sexism, and drugs
on Maya communities.
Museum Store
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Facing Facts:
Panel Discussion
Sunday, August 5, 2:30 pm
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Joyce Tenneson, Suzanne
in Contortion, 1990. Chromogenic print. SBMA, Gift of Arthur B. Steinman.
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Be a part of the
conversation as an eclectic mix of artists, critics, theorists, and writers
come together to share the when, where, and why of their favorite portrait
across time and place, and most favorite or least favorite image in Portrayal/Betrayal.
Panelists include artist, Tony de los Reyes; UCSB Professor of Critical
Theory and Integrative Studies, Colin Gardner; Writer and USC School of
Cinematic Art Adjunct Faculty, Nevin Schreiner; and UCSB Professor of Asian
American Studies, Sameer Pandya.
Mary
Craig Auditorium
Free for SBMA Members/Regular admission for Non-Members
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September
Events
For
more information on any of these events, click here.
Keith
Carter: Artist Lecture
Sunday, September 9, 2:30 pm
Film
Screening: Creative Ideas for Every Season
Thursday, September 13, 5:30 pm
Somers
Jewelry Trunk Show
Saturday, September 15, 12 – 5 pm
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Kids and Families
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Family 1st Thursday
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, August 2, 5:30 –
7:30 pm
From 2D to 3D Portraits: Portrayal/Betrayal
Turn shapes into forms by sculpting a portrait from a photograph inspired by
Steve Davis' Robert, Oakridge from the Captured Youth series.
Thursday, September 6, 5:30 –
7:30 pm
Pop-Up Landscapes
Construct majestic mountains, river banks, or castle ruins in 3-D after
famous painters' images of the natural world, inspired by landscapes
currently on view in the Museum's Ridley-Tree Gallery.
Family Resource
Center
Free
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Studio Sundays on the Front Steps
Sundays, August 12; September 9, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
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Right image: Morrie
Camhi, Young Man with Union Brochure from the series
"Farmworkers", 1972. Gelatin silver print. SBMA, Museum purchase
with funds provided by the Wallis Foundation.
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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.
August 12
Acrylic Tile: Morrie Camhi's Young Man with Union Brochure
Explore early animation techniques by painting portraits featured in the
exhibition Portrayal/Betrayal on acrylic tiles.
September 9
Cloth: Water Festival (Jal Vihar)
Create an image collage on cloth inspired by the work Water Festival (Jal
Vihar)―an early 20th-century Indian painting featuring the Hindu
deity Krishna.
For more information
click here.
Free
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Summer ArtVenture Camps
June 11 – August 17
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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.
Click here for more
information or to register online, or contact Rachael Krieps at 884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net.
ArtVenture
Camp: $215 Members/$250 Non-Members
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Travel
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Crystal Bridges
Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas 
Chicago, Illinois 
Korcula, Croatia 
Taj Mahal, Agra,
India
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SBMA presents a broad array of travel
opportunities that focus on art, architecture, archeology, and gardens and
they often include private visits, guest lecturers, and expert guides.
Tours that are currently open for reservations are as follows:
* Desperately Seeking Delacroix:
Paris and Provincial Museums with Eik Kahng, Assistant Director and Chief
Curator
October 14 – 23, 2012
* Insider's Chicago with Julie
Joyce, Curator of Contemporary Art
October 17 – 22, 2012
Insider's Perspective: Rome
October 24 – 31, 2012
North India: Legendary Rajasthan
and the Taj Mahal
January 25 – February 11, 2013
* In Pursuit of Quality: The
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art with Eik Kahng, Assistant Director and
Chief Curator
May 16 – 18, 2013
Sketches of Southern Spain
"Value Tour"
April 12 – 24, 2013
European Coastal Civilizations
aboard Le Borčal
April 24 – May 2, 2013
Splendors of Sicily with Nigel
McGilchrist
October 2 – 14, 2013
* Participation restricted to members of curatorial support groups
Click here to read
what travelers are saying about SBMA tours.
Click here for recaps
and photos of past SBMA tours.
Travel
is one of the many benefits of Museum membership
Click here for more
information
Please contact 884.6436 or visit www.sbma.net/travel
for more information about the SBMA travel program.
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a Member of SBMA and join the thousands of others who support our
world-class exhibitions and renowned public outreach programs, and make
art a part of their lives. As a Member, you will enjoy a wealth of
benefits at a great value!
Learn more about SBMA
Membership.
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SBMA
To find out more ways you can help the Museum continue to integrate art
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Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone:
805.963.4364
www.sbma.net
Museum
Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Closed Monday.
$9 adults; $6 seniors, students with ID, and children ages 6-17; free
for Members and children under 6.
Suggested admission Sunday
Museum Store Hours
Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm
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Dear
Friends of the California Arts Council,
As you
know, the California Arts Council is working hard to increase revenue to our
agency through our major funding generator, the Arts License Plate. And
you might recall that the Arts Council was at Sony Studios in late March to
launch the current phase of our statewide campaign – a campaign that has the
backing of dozens of prominent California artists, celebrities and others (our
"Arts Drivers") who leave their creative mark on our state.
You've been right with us over the
years as we've embarked on these Arts Plate sales efforts, and I extend my
heartfelt thanks to all of you who have done so much to help us promote the
plate. But we need to take our efforts to higher level. Our goal at the
Arts Council is nothing less than to bring back resources for the arts
commensurate with the creativity and innovation found in our great state, and
we're aiming to increase statewide arts funding to $40 million annually—around
a dollar per capita instead of the mere 12 cents per capita currently.
I know
you've received many emails and other notifications from the Arts Council and
that you are fully aware of the importance of the Arts Plate. But you are
unique. Our research indicates that while most people would pay a little extra
to support the arts, most Californians are still unaware of the importance of
the Arts Plate. We're asking for your continued assistance in getting our
message out.
We would
like to enlist you again to spread the word more broadly. Normal marketing
campaigns involved spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on prominent
placement – but the more we spend on marketing, the fewer dollars to be spent
on arts programming. Instead we've asked for pro bono major marketing
sponsorship, and we've gotten it from some big names like Clear Channel. You
might have seen the billboards in L.A., S.F. or Sacramento – Clear Channel has
donated all those placements, helping us with the campaign and freeing up
marketing funding to put into arts grants.
We know that for each of you as
individual organizations your outreach cannot compete with Clear Channel's …
but the arts field is not an army of one. We are an army of thousands of arts
organizations and advocates spread throughout California. If each organization
helped promote the Arts Plate just a little, our outreach and awareness of the
Arts Plate would be raised exponentially.
The Arts
Council has created a package of tools to help with outreach. There is a
download webpage with an e-signature block, web banner ads for your web pages,
and a series of full-page or half-page horizontal versions of color and b/w
print ads featuring the Arts Drivers which can be used in playbills, programs
and newsletters.
Here is a
link to that webpage: http://www.cac.ca.gov/download/download2.php
Placement
of these ads by you can provide the vital outreach needed for such a campaign
to succeed and for California arts funding to return to a reasonable level. If
these sizes aren't quite compatible or you need something special, please feel
free to reach out to me or my staff for assistance, especially Mary Beth Barber
at mbarber@cac.ca.gov
or 916-322-6588.
Thank you
for helping in any way you can – even if it just means taking a web badge or ad
and using it as your Facebook photo for a day or two. Every outreach effort
helps. And fair warning – this won't be the last time I contact you about this
campaign. We're planning an even larger sales effort later this year – changes
in ordering and sales that that will increase our monthly sales
significantly. More on these efforts in my next communication with you.
Thank you
for all you do to enrich California through the arts and thank you for being
part of the Million Plates Campaign.
Craig
Watson
Director
California
Arts Council
