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.
Our Family’s Boston Sharpener
Few illustrious tourist attractions in Ohio rank higher than the Reverend Paul Johnson’s Pencil Sharpener Museum located in the middle of the State. The reverend’s wife donated it after he …
Cuarteto Latinoamericano and LCCCA Fifth Anniversary
First Saúl Bitrán discusses Cuarteto Latinoamericano string quartet which performs at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Sunday, November 10, 2 pm. Then Daniel Landman talks about the La Cumbre …
Pair of Standing Nodding Magots
A plump grotesque porcelain figure in the Asian style, the head nods, hands bob up and down, tongue lolls in the smiling mouth. We call this a nodding magot, a …
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Actors Casey J. Adler and Regina Fernandez talk about Ensemble Theatre Company‘s production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors through Sunday, October 27.