The Arts Fund New Executive Director
Santa Barbara based The Arts Fund Board President Jamie Dufek introduces new Executive Director Ceilidh Birkhahn.
Quimper Figure a Product of Collaboration
SB sent me photos of a 19th century Quimper ceramic figure. It’s a relief-painted scullery maid, holding a gold-gilded metal cookpot, seated on a gold-gilded metal chair. Such an interesting …
Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Verónica Castillo-Muñoz, UCSB Associate Professor of History, discusses her lecture “Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” at the Alhecama Theater on Wednesday, April 24 …
Saints Painted by an Indigenous Peruvian
At a flea market JS purchased a small painting on canvas featuring two figures of saints. She never before saw such an unfortunate looking canine, and needed this work!! First, …
Salvador Dali’s 120th Birthday
Salvador Dali turns 120 years old this Spring. As his lithographs are one of the most appraised material, I present his most viewed work of art: the wrapping for the …
Art Nouveau Floor Lamp
JJ owns a wonderful goose-neck floor lamp, found at the Earl Warren flea market. The base is a naturalistic bronze with a round figure of a lily pad, models of …
Stars, Magic…Tango
Bassist/composer, and Founder of Los Tangueros del Oeste, Sascha Jacobsen joins Nomad Tango Executive Director Alejandra Folguera, and Buena Onda Empanadas restaurant owner Matias Requena Mackinlay talk about “Stars, Magic…Tango,” …
Ceramic Umbrella Stand of the Aesthetic Movement
Years ago RR inherited a tall ceramic umbrella stand shattered in a recent wildfire. She discovered two shards that, when put together like puzzle pieces, read RN 288102 and RN …
Tin Rocking Horse Hazardous But Adorable
RH sent me a children’s sit-on rocking tin horse that lived in his garage for years. He THINKS it belonged to his mom but he’s not sure. I believe this …
ICE BEAR Photographs by Ralph Clevenger
Executive Director Greg Gorga joins photographer Ralph Clevenger to discuss the ICE BEAR Photographs by Ralph Clevenger exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through May 31. Watch Video