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 …
Pipe Holder Made in Occupied Japan
What is this little wooden bird that stands about seven inches tall? His head comes off, and we see a deep scooped out area and a hole in its hindquarters. …
Local Treasures Exhibit at AFSB
Artists Dug Uyesaka, Nance Cole, and Bay Hallowell discuss the opening of the Local Treasures exhibition at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery, with a reception on Saturday, September …
Midcentury Modern Hungarian Vase
Don’t let this tall orange ceramics vase with black crazing fool you. It’s NOT Asian, but a Hungarian vase. Geza Gorka, born in 1894 in Slovakia, created this vase. He …
NEW LOOK of Art Events
My art lover clients feel lonely. They long for the ole ‘wine and cheese’ opportunity to socialize in front of artwork with strangers at a favorite gallery. Collectors and art …