Warming Up Under a Coverlet
JU sent me an American Jacquard coverlet from the 1840s when almost all rural households owned one of these blankets. Quilts took a long time to make, and NOT from …
Sculptor Rebecca Davis and Her Students
Sculptor, artist, and professor Rebecca Davis joins her students, Sarita King, Eugene Galles, and Francesca Perrell-Parsons, in talking about their Sculpture class at SBCC. Watch Video
Saint Barbara Patron of Gunners
I begin my story of a 20th century two-foot long porcelain plaque of Saint Barbara, owned by JS, with this poem celebrating our city’s patron Saint, written in 1922 by …
The Rhythmic Arts Project Benefit Concert
The Rhythmic Arts Project founder and CEO Eddie Tuduri, vocalist Táta Vega, and vocalist and percussionist Carl Graves talk about TRAP benefit concert at the Lobero Theatre on on Saturday, …
American Brilliant Cut Glass Only a Fad?
It all began in 1876 with a rich dinner party hostess who viewed the Centennial Exhibition in Pennsylvania. There American glass blowers and cutters exhibited exquisite American Brilliant Cut Glass. …
Avalon Labs Painting Conservation
Head Conservator Oriana Montemurro, Owner Andrew Jacobs, and Laboratory Operations Manager Danielle Masters talk about Avalon Labs which assists with painting conservation, framing, collection care, inventory, art transportation, and insurance …
The Book of Form and Emptiness
Have YOU experienced the phenomenon of psychometry? This is the ability to sense the ownership, relevance, and history of an object by TOUCH. If so, I want to hear from …
Baking: A Competitive Sport
HG owns a beautiful bronze medal, finished with French blue enamel, from the Institute International de la Boulangerie. A five-pointed star hangs from a blue enameled crown which hangs from …
UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Interim Director Silvia Perea and new Director Gabriel Ritter talk about UCSB’S Art, Design & Architecture Museum. Watch Video
Firefighter Medal with Deep Meaning
JR owns a vintage (1910-1920) firefighter brass medal, composed of a pin bar in the shape of an elongated bugle. A miniature fireman’s helmet accurately rendered dangles from it. They …