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 …
How Four Artists MADE It
Four career artists, Patricia Heller, Holly Hungett, Elizabeth Flanagan, and Carol North Dixon, talk about how they MADE it.
Silver Stirrups Helped Spread Culture
RF collects unique pieces of South American silver. He sent these photos of a pair of ceremonial lady’s silver stirrups, very tiny, and a solid sterling cuff bracelet. At four-and-a-half …
Kiddo and Patty Hearst, Carrie:The Musical, Mermaids
Actor Claire Waterhouse and playwright/director Claudia Hoag McGarry talk about the latest performance of Kiddo and Patty Hearst. Justin Baldridge introduces his students involved in Carrie:The Musical at Santa Barbara …
Meisterwerke of German Art Raises Questions
For years FR lugged around a pair of old, twenty-pound books, Meisterwerke of German Art by Carl Thonet Jutsum, 1883-4. He wonders if the collection of art pictured in these …
Brendan Briggs, NFT Artist
Artist Brendan Briggs explains the NFT format. Watch Video
Donating or Selling China and Crystal
“ELIZABETH!! Where do I sell vintage China and crystal?” Well, the market doesn’t want MUCH of that stuff, but SOME folks out there do. There’s actually something for everyone. It …
Raise a Toast to this Ale Mug
PT sent me a VERY old cider or ale mug, which dates from (I believe) before 1820. In those days, what happened all around this large vessel? What did it …
La LoCA Milonga with El Cachivache Orkesta
Alejandra Folguera talks about bringing La LoCA Milonga to Santa Barbara, and Vito Venturino and Pacha Mendes of the popular tango group El Cachivache Orkesta discuss their performance at At …
William Shinn Not Worried About Outcome
PS owns a fabulous modernist thirteen by ten inch art pottery vase by Santa Maria potter William “Bill” Shinn (1932-2011). Did a native American ceremonial breastplate inspire this vase? The …