Scrimshaw Honored Prince of Wales
This pair of mated horns engraved with iconography of Australia showcases the scrimshaw technique. Forty years ago in an antique shop, the somewhat sad face of the Prince of Wales …
Coastal Moments
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Executive Director Greg Gorga, Curator Emily Falke, and artist Thomas Van Stein talk about the Coastal Moments exhibit on display, June 13 – August 18. Watch …
What’s a Genre Painting?
BH owns an Italian watercolor genre painting featuring a classic genre style figuration. A buxom peasant girl wearing a very loose blouse listens to a man who leads a burro. …
Auction, Museum, and Art World
Elizabeth Stewart offers a review of the auction, museum, and art worlds.
Legendary Lobero Polearms
The audience waiting on the steps of the Lobero Theatre on Sunday night December 9, 1957, consisted of hip jazz lovers, some from the College Jazz Club, sponsors of the …
Lobero Theatre Historian, Brett Hodges
Unofficial Lobero Theatre historian Brett Hodges talks about documenting 18,000 performances.
William Lionel Wyllie Leading Maritime Artist
TG sent me a lovely etching of Scarborough Harbor in England circa 1920 at thirteen by five inches. She asked if I know the artist. I do. The artist is …
Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance
Director and choreographer Ninette Paloma and performer Kara Le talk about the Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance.
What To Do With Fine Porcelain Dinnerware
What should I do with my fine porcelain dinnerware? I hear this question weekly. The market for ceramics softened across the board due in part to the lack of young …
American Quilt Saga
SB owns a red and white American quilt which belonged to her great-grandmother. Created in the late 19th century it shows the star pattern known as the shooting star, the …