Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance
Director and choreographer Ninette Paloma and performer Kara Le talk about the Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance.
What To Do With Fine Porcelain Dinnerware
What should I do with my fine porcelain dinnerware? I hear this question weekly. The market for ceramics softened across the board due in part to the lack of young …
American Quilt Saga
SB owns a red and white American quilt which belonged to her great-grandmother. Created in the late 19th century it shows the star pattern known as the shooting star, the …
OACT “ONE ACTS”
Anna Kotula, Lynn Van Emmerik, and Ashley Osler talk about Ojai Art Center Theater‘s production of One Acts.
Uncommon Yellow Steuben Glass
BL sent me a fabulous yellow Steuben glass set, a barware service designed and created in the late 1920s by Frederick Carder (1863-1963). He headed Steuben glass from 1903-1930. BL …
The Arts Fund New Executive Director
Santa Barbara based The Arts Fund Board President Jamie Dufek introduces new Executive Director Ceilidh Birkhahn.
Quimper Figure a Product of Collaboration
SB sent me photos of a 19th century Quimper ceramic figure. It’s a relief-painted scullery maid, holding a gold-gilded metal cookpot, seated on a gold-gilded metal chair. Such an interesting …
Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Verónica Castillo-Muñoz, UCSB Associate Professor of History, discusses her lecture “Women and Revolution: War, Violence, and Family Separations Across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” at the Alhecama Theater on Wednesday, April 24 …
Saints Painted by an Indigenous Peruvian
At a flea market JS purchased a small painting on canvas featuring two figures of saints. She never before saw such an unfortunate looking canine, and needed this work!! First, …
Salvador Dali’s 120th Birthday
Salvador Dali turns 120 years old this Spring. As his lithographs are one of the most appraised material, I present his most viewed work of art: the wrapping for the …