I LOVE Art Deco Clocks

Art Deco clocks are special to me. My mom recently passed “out of human time” and into the next realm at the age of 96. She collected clocks, especially those …

Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery

Guest host art historian and storyteller Brigette Ginter talks with owner Fanny Seimandi of the new Seimandi & Leprieur contemporary art gallery in downtown Santa Barbara.  Watch Video

Lady’s Stirrups Silver or Not?

PS asked about a pair of silver stirrups, necessary for riding a horse. Imagine a time before cars in our world, and we rode horses—or they pulled us. For thousands …

Redwoods of the Sea

Photographer Ralph A. Clevenger and Curator Emily Falke discuss the Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through January …

Common American Washboard

Why did people use washbats, a washboard, washbox, washing dollies, peggylegs, possers, posssticks, dollypegs, peggy, maiden, plunger, ponches, and punchers? They used these to wash clothes with or without a …

BIG Changes in the Art World

2019: what a year! The art and design world CHANGED that year, and we thought it had changed forever. More of us want to forget the year 2019 because important …