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California Calling at S.B. Museum of Art
Show Embodies Golden State: Bright Colors, Big Dreams
Fun and rebellious, absurd and pretty, exhibit running through December 20 embodies the Golden State. Read story.
Video Installation Art at SBMA
Diana Thater: Butterflies and Other People Reviewed
Video installation artist Diana Thater has taken up two adjacent galleries at SBMA with a pair of complex, meditative pieces involving tigers and Monarch butterflies. The show runs through January 31, 2010. Read story.
Rod Lathim Exhibits Assemblage Art
Reinventions Shows Theater Artist as Sculptor
In a new show at Art Resources, the renowned Santa Barbara theater artist shows a new side of his creativity. Read story.
CAF Call For Entries ’08-’09 Exhibition
Echo of the Whole Includes Work by Allebe, Dotson, Galanti, and Garcia
The honorees in this year’s CAF Call For Entries exhibition are Adrienne Allebe, Stephanie Dotson, Tera Galanti, and Servando Garcia. Read story.
MAD About Sergio at the Ojai Valley Museum
Famed Cartoonist Sergio Aragonés Gets a Fun Retrospective in his Honor
The famed cartoonist is currently being honored with a fun retrospective show in Ojai. Read story.
Storylines: Narrative Works from the Permanent Collection at UAM
UCSB’s University Art Museum Shows Narrative Art from Permanent Collection through September 27
UCSB’s University Art Museum dips into several of its important collections for this wide-ranging show of narrative art. Read story.
Edgar Ewing: The Later Works at Sullivan Goss Through September 27
Paintings and Sculpture by the California Modernist
Santa Barbara gallery exhibits paintings and sculpture by the esteemed California modernist. Read story.
Works by Ralph Auf der Heide at Channing Peake Gallery
Colorful, Whimsical Show Runs Through September 18
Santa Barbara artist’s naïve paintings appeal to all ages with their playful charm and local color. Read story.
Dreamtigers: Students Think Big in Group Show
UCSB MFA Exhibition at CAF
Five students demonstrate their ability to “think big” in a group show that runs through July 10. Read story.
Text & Image at Artamo Gallery
Group Show Runs Through June 28
Group show explores the relationship between word and image, and runs through June 28. Read story.
Photos of the American West at Brooks Institute’s Gallery 27
Two Faculty Members Exhibit Chasing Time: Pursuing the Shadows of Light and Strangers Along U.S. Highway 395
Faculty members Chris Broughton and Eliot Crowley exhibit their work in Chasing Time: Pursuing the Shadows of Light and Strangers Along U.S. Highway 395. and Strangers Along U.S. Highway 395 Read story.
Views and Visions: Interior Space at Westmont College’s Reynolds Gallery
Juried Group Show Runs Through June 26
Juried group show runs through June 26. Read story.
L.A. Noir at Sullivan Goss
Exhibition Shows Influence of Visual Art on Film Genre
Exhibition shows the influence of visual art on the film genre. Read story.
Lost & Found: Collage and Assemblage at the Elverhøj Museum
Exhibition Makes the Drive to Solvang Well Worth the Trip
Exhibition features the work of Tony Askew, Susan Tibbles, and Dug Uyesaka—makes the drive to Solvang well worth the trip. Read story.
Playing with Clay
Concurrent Ceramic Art Exhibitions at CAF and Sullivan Goss
Martha Sadler explores the plasticity of ceramic art at two downtown galleries. Read story.
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