Hanging Out with a Midcentury Modern Tapestry
JS sent me a 1980’s Polish handwoven and artist designed midcentury modern tapestry titled “Na Stoku,” meaning “On Slope.” At fifty-four by fifty inch. She wonders about the wool craft …
Reflecting on a Concave Mirror
JR sent me a find from a shed in Victorville, a vintage glass parabolic concave mirror framed in a crude wood box at fourteen inch diameter. What did people use …
Small Town Big Art Part One
Janey Cohen, and David and Valerie Powdrell talk about a stunning new coffee table book entitled Small Town Big Art: 100 Artists of Carpinteria scheduled for release this fall. Proceeds …
9 Tips to Simplify Your Home and Life
For my birthday month, I decided to simplify my home, and my life for my next year. I canvased experts and amassed a guide. I thought MY list might help …
Thunder Mug Not For Bathroom Use
LY, a quite proper frequent reader, surprised me. He sent a recent purchase of a thunder mug. Educated in Britain, I remembered the term for the chamber pot as the …
Santa Bárbara Mission & Rick Reeves
Executive Director Monica Orozco and Community Development Director Suzy Plott talk about the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library. Then guitarist and teacher Rick Reeves discusses Star Jasmine Music’s JAMS.
I FINALLY Researched Antonio Stagnoli
Antonio Stagnoli painted this midcentury modern piece that hung in my dining room for thirty-three years. Don’t remember where I found it, probably a thrift store. I never looked up …
Ghent Altarpieces, Wave Women & Women in Surfing
First Bart J.C. Devolder talks about his Art Matters Lecture, “Restoration/Revelation: The Conservation Treatment of the ‘Ghent Altarpiece’,” for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (via Zoom) Thursday, August 5 …
Shedding Light on an Oil Lamp
CS sent me a recent find at the wonderful Destined for Grace Thrift Store in Goleta. A 19th century Nautical Oil lamp that somebody electrified. The story of her lamp …
Sue Eisaguirre & Betsy Blanchard Chess
First Sue Eisaguirre talks about NatureTrack which will soon accept field trip reservations for the 2021-22 school year. Then Betsy Blanchard Chess discusses her new memoir Daughter of the Land, …