Area Meeting – Community Arts Workshop

Contact Details:
Phone: 805-730-0418
Email: adrienne@artscollaborative.org
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**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Tue, Feb 11 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wed, Feb 12 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thu, Feb 13 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Address (map)
631 Garden Street
Venue (website)
S.B. Community Arts Workshop
Area Meeting returns monthly to the CAW in 2025. Curated by Patrick Melroy, the event will serve as a rally point for the creatives in our community. An excuse for us to be in the same place, a place which will inspire the right kind of imaginative friction. The first part of the evening will showcase a presenting artist and will set the tone for the night, lighting the question furnace in the minds of the attendees. After a social break fueled by snacks, invited artists will present work in a supportive crit-style environment.
Area Meeting is for anyone who has ever read a wall placard at a gallery and found themselves with more questions than answers. Area Meeting is for the artist who needs to hear from other artists about the struggle, about the broken tools, the constant haunting of a studio space by specters of doubt and conflict as they battle to be heard through their work.
The first Area Meeting presents Alex Lucas, Professor of Print and Publication in the Department of Art at UCSB, giving a place-in-time snapshot of his practice. Alex will show images of work and discuss the intricacies, struggles, and successes of his practice.
For more information contact Adrienne De Guevara at adrienne@artscollaborative.org.
To reserve your ticket, go to https://www.simpletix.com/e/area-meeting-tickets-200324. Ticket proceeds go toward artist honorariums and snacks.
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Alex Lukas was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Cambridge. He is currently a Professor of Print and Publication in the Department of Art at the University of California Santa Barbara. With a wide range of influences, Lukas’ practice is focused on the intersections of place and human activity, narrative, and history. His fieldwork, research, and production reframe the incidental and the monumental through intricate publication series, sculptures, drawings, prints, audio collages, and experimental curatorial platforms. Read More.
Patrick Melroy is a professional artist who works out of his studio MISC Workshop on Gutierrez St in downtown Santa Barbara. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from UCSB as well as a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Melroy makes art which most often exists as interactive sculpture and site-specific interactions. Read More.