What’s a Genre Painting?
BH owns an Italian watercolor genre painting featuring a classic genre style figuration. A buxom peasant girl wearing a very loose blouse listens to a man who leads a burro. …
Auction, Museum, and Art World
Elizabeth Stewart offers a review of the auction, museum, and art worlds.
Legendary Lobero Polearms
The audience waiting on the steps of the Lobero Theatre on Sunday night December 9, 1957, consisted of hip jazz lovers, some from the College Jazz Club, sponsors of the …
Lobero Theatre Historian, Brett Hodges
Unofficial Lobero Theatre historian Brett Hodges talks about documenting 18,000 performances.
William Lionel Wyllie Leading Maritime Artist
TG sent me a lovely etching of Scarborough Harbor in England circa 1920 at thirteen by five inches. She asked if I know the artist. I do. The artist is …
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 …