Barye’s Camel Reproduction
PP owns a twenty-inch plaster cast of a dromedary (Arabian) camel ‘after’ (reproduced from) a sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875), the great bronze artist/animalier of the mid-19th century. Sculpture of …
Fashion Fatale: The Human Obsession with Feathers
Director of Exhibits Melinda (Mel) Morgan Stowell and Director of Marketing & Communications Stephanie Evers Armstrong from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History join Adela Lua Lisanti, Collections Manager …
Rejuvenate with Japanese Singing Bowls
Post election we need deep relaxation, pain relief, digestive help, cure for migraines, repaired immune system, elimination of toxins (too much wine), and better concentration. I thought this the time …
Claudia Hoag McGarry’s Original Works Staged Reading Festival and Chella Courington
First Claudia Hoag McGarry, Victoria Charters, Lynelle Paulick, Elizabeth U. Flanagan, Vandana Khare, and Peter Rojas discuss the Original Works Staged Reading Festival at Center Stage Theater on Sunday, November …
Tradition, history, power, and beauty of Kifwebe Mask
The word Kifwebe means “mask” for the people of the Congo River basin, the Luba and Songye tribes. High-ranking, ruling elite men in a tribal secret brotherhood called Bwadi Bwa …
Off Register: Santa Barbara Art Book & Print Fair
Kestrel Tseng, Garrett Gerstenberger, Owen Jenkins, and Des Alaniz discuss the first Off Register: Santa Barbara Art Book & Print Fair Saturday, Nov 16, 11am–6pm at Community Arts Workshop. Watch …
Basket in the Wounaan Tradition
HH owns a lovely ten inch tall Panamanian basket made by indigenous Darien Rainforest artists in the Wounaan tradition. You see a lifelike bat design woven into the fibers. I …
Parallel Stories: Breaking the Cycle/Rewriting the Story
Artist Narsiso Martinez and writer Alex Espinoza talk about Parallel Stories: Breaking the Cycle/Rewriting the Story at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Sunday, November 17, 2:30 pm. Watch Video
Decanter With a Special Shape
JE owns an elegant Art Deco green glass decanter trimmed with gold leaf with an eleven inch clear glass stopper. It likely originated in Italy or Czechoslovakia in the 1930s …
Michael Towbes Library Plaza Grand Opening
Lauren Trujillo, Director at Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation, and co-chairs Janet Garufis and Jim Jackson, talk about the Michael Towbes Library Plaza Grand Opening.