Scottish Snuff Mull Born in 1817
KM sent me a pretty little Scottish snuff mull, engraved Sheffield Silver Mounts, 1817. Large at over three inches, they sat on a table or sideboard to serve “all” who …
Fourth Annual NatureTrack Film Festival
Filmmakers Chris Smead, Luis Palomino Benítez, and Brian Kelley talk about the NatureTrack Film Festival, October 17-31, 2021.
Reflecting on the History of Mirrors
Before the 17th century people without incredible money who wanted to know what they looked like, stared in a pool of water. The idea of mirrors, so ubiquitous today, was …
Artists and Their Dogs & A Visual History of Walking Sticks and Canes
First Creative Director Kerrie Smith and Photographer Barbara Parmet discuss their book, Santa Barbara Artists and Their Dogs. Then Anthony Moss talks about his book, A Visual History of Walking …
Mad Men Riviera Cocktail Set
GR’s midcentury cocktail set sits on a stand made in the 1960’s by The Riviera Company called the “Royal Crown” barware set. The idea of themed, Royalty for example, cocktail …
Public Art Today
Public artist Douglas Lochner, creator of Tiny Libraries on State and other projects, joins Executive Director Sarah York Rubin and Board Member Robert F Adams from the Santa Barbara County …
Encyclopedia Britannica A Slice of History
JP owns 29,000 pages of a major book. Yes, the Encyclopedia Britannica, the famed Eleventh Edition (1910-1911), the BEST encyclopedia EVER. He found it at Goodwill! Let me explain why …
La LoCA Milonga with Hugo Satorreand Winnie Cheung
Alejandra Folguera talks about bringing La LoCA Milonga to Santa Barbara, and Latin Grammy nominee Hugo Satorre, who plays the Bandoneon, and Winnie Cheung, who plays Keyboards, discuss their performance …
How to Decipher an Artist Signature
I want to show you how I decipher a artist difficult signature on a work. I’ll use a work I found at a local thrift store as illustration. I found …
Unity Shoppe Estate Sale
Pat Hitchcock and Cynthia Hooper from the Santa Barbara Unity Shoppe talk about the Estate Sale benefiting the Barbara Tellefson Fund and Unity Shoppe’s mission on Saturday & Sunday, September …