Creative Repurposing
2022!! After the holidays, you have more stuff, no doubt. Because of the pandemic, and the global supply chain shortage, I rethought buying ‘new’ this past season. I either bought …
Native American Points…HELP!
LS inherited a small collection of Native American points and tools. He believes them Southwestern in origin. This is not my area of expertise so this article serves as a …
Santa Barbara Office of Arts and Culture
Executive Director Sarah York Rubin and Board Member Abaseh Mirvali talk about the happenings at the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture.
Fussing Over Forks
Furca (Latin: Pitchfork), the original name of the common table fork, originated at least 4,500 years. Forks marked civilization and “class” since then. I learned much in Giovanni Rebora’s book …
Tales From the Art Crypt
Elizabeth Stewart discusses the hottest topics around current events happening in the art world, both big and small.
Warming Up Under a Coverlet
JU sent me an American Jacquard coverlet from the 1840s when almost all rural households owned one of these blankets. Quilts took a long time to make, and NOT from …
Sculptor Rebecca Davis and Her Students
Sculptor, artist, and professor Rebecca Davis joins her students, Sarita King, Eugene Galles, and Francesca Perrell-Parsons, in talking about their Sculpture class at SBCC. Watch Video
Saint Barbara Patron of Gunners
I begin my story of a 20th century two-foot long porcelain plaque of Saint Barbara, owned by JS, with this poem celebrating our city’s patron Saint, written in 1922 by …
The Rhythmic Arts Project Benefit Concert
The Rhythmic Arts Project founder and CEO Eddie Tuduri, vocalist Táta Vega, and vocalist and percussionist Carl Graves talk about TRAP benefit concert at the Lobero Theatre on on Saturday, …
American Brilliant Cut Glass Only a Fad?
It all began in 1876 with a rich dinner party hostess who viewed the Centennial Exhibition in Pennsylvania. There American glass blowers and cutters exhibited exquisite American Brilliant Cut Glass. …