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Santa Barbara Printmakers, 17th Annual Juried Exhibition A Century of Success: Santa Barbara City College 6 x 6: A Photographic Exploration |
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Artist Call For Entries Juried Exhibition |
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES Art in the Parks, Call for Entries (DEADLINE EXTENDED) List of County Parks The Creative Community: Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative from The Santa Barbara Channels on Vimeo. Join host David Starkey as he interviews Rod Hare and Ginny Brush from the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative in a discussion about the future of the arts in Santa Barbara and how community based collaboration is benefiting the arts community. Join host David Starkey for a one on one interview with Rod Hare and Ginny Brush on this edition of The Creative Community. Taped on 1.20.10 |
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Santa Barbara Printmakers, 17th Annual Juried Exhibition November 23, 2009 - May 28, 2010 A century of Success: Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara Printmakers - Call for Entries The Santa Barbara Printmaker’s 17th Annual Juried Exhibition embarks upon an exciting new venture in cooperation with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the County Art in Public Places Committee, bringing to the Santa Barbara community the opportunity to view and learn about fine art printmaking. All artists throughout California have an opportunity to submit up to three works to be juried for an upcoming exhibition, May 24 through September 17, 2010, at Channing Peake Gallery, in the County Administration Building, 105 Anapamu St, 1st floor, Santa Barbara, CA. Exhibitors may receive possible cash prizes. Tim Schiffer, the Executive Director of the Museum of Ventura County will select work representing the best examples of both traditional and innovative printmaking techniques. The 17th Annual Juried Exhibition will open on 1st Thursday, June 3rd. All California artists will hand deliver work to the Channing Peake Gallery for jurying on Saturday May 22nd, and may register between 9:30 and 11:30am. However, pre-registration is strongly advised. Santa Barbara Printmakers is offering a $5. discount for entrants who pre-register by May 19, 2010. To obtain an email form, with all guidelines and fees, send a request to sbprintmakers@yahoo.com. Download Call for Entries Don Zimmerman, interim president of Santa Barbara Printmakers said, “This is a wonderful opportunity to acquaint the public with the beauty and craft of the fine art print in its many forms as well as affording the opportunity for printmakers, both local and statewide, to display their work in a beautiful and accessible venue.” |
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Santa Barbara Airport ‘Call for artists’ SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is seeking artists to create and apply design elements to be incorporated in the structure of the new Airline Terminal. A request for proposals was released on December 18, 2009 as a ‘Call for Artists’ in three categories: 1) stenciling of wooden ceiling beams; 2) wrought iron embellishments for interior railings; and 3) floor medallion design and installation in the rotunda of Terminal’s north entrance. These opportunities are part of the Airport’s Public Art Program. The finished works will be viewed by over 2,000 people daily. As an important community gateway, SBA is committed to providing a venue for public art that enriches the visitors experience and reflects the history and culture of the region. The SBA Public Art Program has four major components:
To launch the new Art Program, murals created by local students will be installed on the construction fence around the Airline Terminal building site in 2010.
Please visit www.flysba.com to download the ‘Call for Artists’ Request for Proposals. Questions regarding the RFP may be directed to Rita Ferri, Visual Arts Coordinator, Santa Barbara Arts Commission, ferri@co.santa-barbara.ca.us – subject: Airport Public Art RFP. Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is a self-supporting enterprise owned and operated by the |
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Jardin de las Granadas – Jenchi Wu Exhibition The Jardin de las Granadas is a unique collaboration with the City and County of Santa Barbara, the Redevelopment Agency and the Downtown Organization. It began when opportunities for the temporary display of sculpture were envisioned as part of this passive park and sculpture pads were included in the Katie O’Reilly Roger’s landscape design in front of the Las Granadas housing project in the heart of the Cultural Arts District. The Jardin is located on Anapamu Street, between state and Anacapa Streets. The upcoming Jardin exhibition, April 26 - October 22, 2010, features the ceramic forms of muted earthy tones, titled Sentimental Sentinels, of artist Jenchi Wu. Ms. Wu currently teaches ceramics at Ventura and Oxnard Colleges. She has a Master of Arts degree from California State University Los Angeles and has been teaching art and ceramics since 2005. A recent solo exhibition of her work, Reconnect, was shown at The Gallery at Moorpark Community College and she has been featured in over sixteen group exhibitions throughout California. Ms Wu commented, “It's an incredible honor to have been selected for this installation at the Jardin de las Granadas. I have always had an affinity for the beautiful city of Santa Barbara and am continuously enriched and inspired by its culture, architecture and art.” The Ribbon-Cutting ceremony with Mayor Helene Schneider, other officials, and the general public will take place on 1st Thursday, May 6th at 5:00pm. Central to the role of ceramics as a contemporary art form is the thought process one instills in their work – whether it is a functional vessel or a conceptual art installation. Her work challenges and provokes one to look at ceramics in a different way. What began as traditionally coiled vessels were deliberately abstracted into closed forms with gaping holes. This provides the viewer a rare look inside the form. Sentimental Sentinels endeavors to demonstrate how external forces such as inertia and gravity affect the medium, as well how the work affects the environment and the very space it occupies. This exhibition is the direct result of the Santa Barbara community’s vision and commitment to placing public art in the heart of the Cultural Arts District with cooperation of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Barbara, the County Arts Commission, and the Downtown Organization. The sculpture installation, Sentimental Sentinels, by Jenchi Wu, the brochure, and the on-site signage are funded by Santa Barbara Beautiful. For more information contact www.sbartscommission.org. Mayor Helene Schneider, Councilmembers Frank Hotchkiss and Grant House, Santa Barbara Beautiful members, County Arts Commission staff, the general public and members of Jenchi Wu’s family celebrated the opening of Jenchi Wu’s sculpture installation, Sentimental Sentinels at Jardin de las Granadas on 1st Thursday, May 6, 2010 with a ribbon-cutting dedication. To see photos of the event by photographer Mitchel Wu follow the link at: http://mitchelwuphotography.blogspot.com/2010/05/sentimental-sentinels-ribbon-cutting.html |
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Dos Pueblos High School Student Named Winner in Arts Commission’s Annual Santa Barbara County “Poetry Out Loud” ContestKelly Nakashima wins local competition that emphasizes language skill and public speaking; advances to the state finals in Sacramento on Monday, March 15th. Kelly Nakashima, a Freshman at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta took first place in the Santa Barbara County “Poetry Out Loud” competition on February 1st. Kelly was one of thousands of students across the state to participate in the national recitation contest, a program run by the California Arts Council in the state and started by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to engage high-school students in the presentation of poetry through memorization and performance. Kelly advances to the California state finals in Sacramento on March 15, 2010. At stake are hundreds of dollars on the state competition level and thousands at the national finals of Poetry Out Loud. Twenty-two high school students competed in last night’s County-wide Competition held at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room on the fourth floor of the County Administration Building in Santa Barbara. Perie Longo, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emeritus served as emcee for the evening and a stellar panel of judges included Barry Spacks, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emeritus, and published poets Sojourner Kincaid-Rolle, Chryss Yost, and Carol DeCanio. “In a world of emails, IMing, texting, sound bites and blips it was glorious fun to spend an evening reveling in the spoken word and the literary contributions of American poets,” said Ginny Brush, Executive Director of the County Arts Commission. “Young people interested in rap and slam contests can be surprisingly interested in classical poetry when it’s presented through the Poetry Out Loud competition,” said Muriel Johnson, Director of the California Arts Council. “We’ve seen students from all backgrounds and academic levels embrace this program wholeheartedly. It can change their lives.” Spencer Klavan, a senior at Laguna Blanca was last year’s Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud winner. Spencer went on to win at the State finals in Sacramento and represented California at the National Poetry Out Loud competition in Washington D.C. last April. The Poetry Out Loud program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry: recitation and performance. Poetry Out Loud competitions start in the classroom, then at the school, region, state, and national finals, similar to the structure of the spelling bee. The national initiative is part of an attempt to bring literary arts to students, a critical need in U.S. schools, according to a 2004 NEA report Reading at Risk that found a dramatic decline in literary reading, especially among younger readers. For more information on other programs of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission visit www.sbartscommission.org. General information on Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Competitions can be found at www.cac.ca.gov and www.poetryoutloud.org. Reporters interested in more information about the statewide program may contact California Arts Council communications director Mary Beth Barber at mbarber@caartscouncil.com or 916-322-6588. |
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Storefront Gallery Project exhibition The Storefront Gallery Pilot Project announces the artists selected for its last round of art installed in eight storefront windows along State Street in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Cultural District. In keeping with the theme of October’s Epicure SB: A Month to Savor Santa Barbara, the County Arts Commission invited all artists to submit up to three digital images, for window display consideration, that celebrate food. The individual interpretation of that theme was up to each artist, but a broad spectrum of creative, playful, beautiful or eye-arresting food-friendly fotos were requested. Each digital image chosen was enlarged and installed by the Arts Commission to be visible from storefront windows in time for 1st Thursday, October 1, 2009. Carol M. Taylor, County Art in Public Places Committee Member for the County Arts Commission and Arts Educator, and Art Korngiebel, former Chef and Produce Broker for Produce Available were the jurors for the exhibition. As you walk along State Street you’ll pass 401 State Street which features a vibrant image of “Orange Peels” by Gerald Aspen; 403 State has the “Menudo” image of a colorful painted restaurant advertisement by Bob deBris; on 27B E. De La Guerra take a little jog over to the Downtown Organization office and see the luscious cakes offered up in a photograph, titled “Cuba” by Nell Campbell,915 State features the whimsical “Garlic Man” by Kate Connell, and “Eye” by the late Tom Huston; 1223 State features a photographic image of an oil painting by Ray Cirerol, titled “Freedom to Have”(Homage to Norman Rockwell's “Freedom from Want”, 1233 State showcases two exuberant wine related photos, Champagne Blue by Ian McKaig and Wine #2 by Roger Dawson. The Storefront Gallery Pilot Project is a collaboration with the County Arts Commission, the Downtown Organization, the City Redevelopment Agency and the Santa Barbara business community. The Arts Commission administers the project, coordinating all curatorial, production, promotion and the installation and de-installation aspects of the program. Exhibition concepts are reviewed by the City Arts Advisory, Visual Art in Public Places Committees and Arts Commission staff. "The Storefront Gallery Project provides a great opportunity to add additional exhibition sites for our regional artists and curators to showcase their work in a very public, highly visible setting. Temporary art installed in vacant storefronts along State Street will add to the lively atmosphere of the Historic Cultural Arts and Old Town Districts and expand visibility beyond the 1st Thursday cultural nights Downtown," says Ginny Brush, Executive Director of the County Arts Commission.
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Artists Unite to Fight Effects of the Economic Downturn September 21, 7-9pm The Candidates and the Arts: A Candidates Forum - Marjorie Luke Theatre, Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, Moderator: David Starkey The economy got you down? What do artistic types do about it? America’s nonprofit arts have been hit as hard, if not harder, than other areas of the community by the economic downturn. With ticket sales falling and contributions through foundations and grant support dwindling, how can the arts be sustained in Santa Barbara? That was the challenge put before an ad hoc volunteer committee assembled under the guidance of Ginny Brush, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Meeting every other week for two years, this group of artists, arts administrators, local business people and community leaders looked at a variety of plans and potential solutions that might keep the arts alive. The conclusions reached by the committee and the formation of the new Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative (SBAC) were announced at the Santa Barbara County Arts Symposium in April in the form of a Strategic Plan. It is a plan that borrows from several different historic models. “Basically, we are saying it is time for all artists and arts lovers to join together as collaborators, and begin supporting each other” said Roderick Hare, chairman of the SBAC advisory board. “Working together, the arts in Santa Barbara will be stronger than any one artist working alone.” “As the regional arts agency, the County Arts Commission is dedicated to promoting and preserving Santa Barbara’s vibrant art and culture and especially providing support for those area artists that live, create and perform here”, states Commission Executive Director Ginny Brush. “One of the goals of this year’s Arts Symposium was to provide information and working sessions for individuals and organizations to brainstorm, share ideas on new ways to collaborate to sustain the arts community while adjusting to dramatic shifts in demographics, technology and the economy.” All involved in the formation of the SBAC agreed that the problems all artists are facing in this environment can be a strong catalyst for change. “There are resources we should be sharing. There is cooperative marketing that would help all of us save money” said Albert Ihde, Producing Director of SBT: The Santa Barbara Theatre “Will the current economic crisis turn the tide and bring us all together?” The SBAC is a new, nonprofit association of artists, arts workers, and arts lovers from all disciplines (performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, etc) united to sustain the arts in Santa Barbara County. Working in collaboration, this dedicated group plans to provide:
Ian Smith, President of the CAF Board of Directors and another member of the SBAC Advisory Board says “We’re inviting everyone who cares about the arts in Santa Barbara to come and learn more about this important effort.” The SBAC believes that our community needs to find new ways to fully sustain the arts in any economic environment. Financial support is critical but it needs to be raised from new and innovative sources. We cannot continue to go to the same well. We need to develop and grow new audiences for all forms of art. And we need to find ways to share valuable resources. While there are currently no plans to charge dues for membership by artists and arts workers, the SBAC supports the “give what you can, do what you can” approach to generating support for the Collaborative. The organizational structure of the SBAC will be collaborative as well. Active members will vote for representatives to serve on a Members Council. This council will oversee other committees that will plan and execute the work of the Collaborative. “We encourage everyone interested in following up on the conversation started at the Arts Symposium to come to this meeting and get engaged in this grassroots effort, invites Ginny Brush and members of the Arts Collaborative Advisory Committee. For additional information, please go to Facebook and check out the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative fan page or call Ginny Brush, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission at (805) 568-3992. |
PODCAST Local Arts Organizations look at How to Cope with Economic Crisis The state budget crisis, and the nation's economic slump are affecting everything from education to public safety. Also impacted is the local arts community. We hear from local arts leaders about their concerns, and some possible solutions. By Lance Orosco, KCLU News, Monday, April 20, 2009. |
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