Expect something special in art and culture on the first Thursday of every month!
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814 State Street,
Beautiful oil paintings, some dating back to the 1800's, grace our fine jewelry store downstairs and our new vintage costume jewelry and dress boutique upstairs. Obtained from a private collection these gorgeous European and American paintings carry with them the air and elegance of an age gone by. Wine, beer and refreshments will be served.
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229 East Victoria Street
Celebrating a solo exhibition of photographs by David Holt entitled New Perspectives. Working from a contemporary surrealist point of view, David Holt creates digital photographs that combine diverse images from the natural world with human forms and architectural elements. Join us for a festive reception with the artist.
In “New Perspectives” Holt combines and manipulates diverse representational images to create unique compositions. Scenes from the natural world, including seascapes, mountains and skies illuminated by a full moon, provide settings for figurative elements. In other works, architectural spaces defined by graceful arches, windows, doorways and staircases construct backgrounds for dream like sequences. Working from a contemporary surrealist point of view, David Holt includes specific references to paintings by famous artists such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, while presenting new perceptions of familiar objects. His earlier technique involved making many exposures on one sheet of film, utilizing textures and subtle layers of light. Today the artist uses a computer for the registration and blending process, digitally re-working his photographs to create the final prints. In Holt’s words, his goal is “…to create a simple communion with reality. The use of multiple exposures allows me to de-familiarize a subject just enough to see it in a new manner. I change reality, but don’t lose it. In fact, I change it, to find it.” After receiving a BA in creative writing, David Holt returned to school to study photography at the Art Center College of Design, graduating with honors. He subsequently launched a successful career in advertising photography in Los Angeles, working on a variety of projects including book covers, album covers, annual reports, automobiles, and cosmetics. Returning to the Art Center College of Design as a faculty member, he taught advanced students for 12 years. Since retiring in 2002, Holt has focused exclusively on fine art. He has received thirteen awards from the Santa Barbara Art Association including five Juror’s Choice awards, and 1st Place from the Festival of Art and Jazz.
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11 West Anapamu Street
MOON & SIN & MOHR — BLACK & WHITE
A three person show with works based on black and white: acrylic paintings by Michael Moon and Jack N. Mohr; ink paintings on paper by Suha Sin with elements of pigmented powdered stone; and an excerpt of Jack N. Mohr’s “Bound” series of white wall ceramics with black lace and rubber. Champagne and chocolate will be served.
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27 East Cota Street
Gallery 27 is proud to present Terrance Reimer’s photo series on the Central Valley titled Third California, which visually documents the region of California that extends from the suburbs of greater Los Angeles to the northern Sierra foothills. Reimer, a transplant from the Midwest, was transfixed by the diverse cultural geography of this new land. His images capture fleeting representations of the American Dream in what seem like poetic qualities of light. www.facebook.com/brooksgallery27
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105 East Anapamu Street, 1st floor of the County Administration Building
What Many are Called: Poets Respond to the Berkus Collection Selections: City Poet Laureate Paul J. Willis will host a poetry reading of new works inspired by current Channing Peake Gallery exhibition. The reading begins at 5:30pm in the Planning Commission Hearing Gallery adjacent to the Gallery and will include poems by seven Santa Barbara based poets including Kristin George, Ellen Kelley, Lois Klein, David Starkey, Paul Willis, George Yatchisin and Chryss Yost.
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1528 State Street,
Sharon Schock: A Solo Exhibition
Opening reception for Sharon Schock, presenting small, vibrant and joyful oil paintings by this young artist who is fascinated by the way light hits her subject matter and turns the ordinary scene into a dramatic one. Her unique and personal views of Santa Barbara's waterfront and cityscapes, along with her charming still-life, reflect her inspiration and appreciation to live in our beautiful town. Artist will be present. Wine served and live music.
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1114 State Street located at # 8 La Arcada Court.
M. Helsenrott Hochhauser, calls her exhibition Sculptural Forms with all white sculptural shapes created to reveal their dramatic interaction between light and shadow. Featured artists include Linda Nelson, Thomas Mann, Jeff Campbell, and Tiger Huang on the mezzanine and Linda Nelson and Jenny Zur on the main floor.
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27 East de le Guerra Street,
Featuring figurative sculpture by Edward Glauder and a wide variety of paintings and fine prints by early California artist. We also offer antiques and estate jewelry.
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1114 State Street #26, in La Arcada Court,
Featuring Chris Chapman who is member of the OAK Group of Santa Barbara based landscape painters, Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and Honorary Lifetime Member of the Santa Barbara Art Association. For ten years, Chris managed Gallery 113. Chris and painter husband John happily share the artist’s life with many painting adventures. From 2001 to 2005, they co-managed Arroyo Hondo Preserve on the Gaviota Coast for The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. A longtime popular art instructor with Adult Education, Chris retired a year ago to go deeper into her own art. “My most essential art supply is a positive attitude. Nature is the source, and my personal heroes also inspire me -- to paint from life, experiment, keep reaching, and keep it simple. Painting is prayer in action." Music by Leslee Sipress.
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653 Paseo Nuevo, Upper Arts Terrace,
Forum Lounge: Peter Glantz, Being Impossible Influential Theater and film director Peter Glantz presents his multi-media solo performance, Being Impossible. With original unreleased music by Baltimore musicians Twig Harper and Dan Deacon, Glantz performs an ongoing, ever-changing show, featuring pure love, humor, colorful videos, and interstellar travel about a student’s journey to the sun. On both stage and screen, Peter has a signature whimsical visual style that combines a total commitment to fun and capturing the spirit and truth of the subject, story, or song.
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136 East de la Guerra Street,
Featuring an exhibition highlighting recent gifts, our collecting focus and our community’s support. Treasures: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collections features artwork by noted California artists such as John Edward Borein, Carl Oscar Borg, John Marshall Gamble, Alexander Harmer and John Nelson Marble, along with the work of more contemporary local artists such as Ray Strong and Richard Schloss and sculpture by acclaimed local artist Frances Rich. Visitors will also see a wide array of objects, from an early hand-carved carousel horse by Gustav Dentzel, to a rare 18th century Italian bench owned by Mexican Commander of Alta California, Mariano G. Vallejo. Treasures will run through January 2012. Stop by for wine, music and activities for guests of all ages.
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1130 State Street,
Family 1st Thursday
Bring the whole family to enjoy 1st Thursday together in SBMA’s Family Resource Center, located across from the Museum Café on the Lower Level.
Painted Paper Collages
Play with the power of color by assembling dynamic compositions from blocks of vividly painted paper inspired by Hans Hoffman’s Simplex Munditis, 1962. Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Location: SBMA’s Family Resource Center
Free Film for 1st Thursdays
Thursday, November 3, 5:30 pm
Paris: The Luminous Years: Towards the Making of the Modern
Also on view: Pablo Picasso, Man with a Pipe, 1911. Oil on canvas. In the collection of the Kimbell Art Museum, © 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. ©MegaVision
Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912Featuring paintings and prints conceived by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso during one of the most prolific and intensely experimental exchanges in the history of art which demonstrates the visual point and counterpoint that fed into the invention of the revolutionary art form now known as Analytic Cubism.
Anish Kapoor: Turning the World Inside Out and Selected Abstraction, 1940s-90s In the mid-1990s, Kapoor began working with cast metal, the result being works like Turning the World Inside Out. An organic sphere cast in stainless steel and then highly polished, this work is a synthesis of Kapoor’s Western European education.
Selected Abstraction, 1940s–90s presents a diverse range of paintings from local and the Museum’s collections that stem from, but are not necessarily the most common, names found in the orthodox history of Abstract Expressionism. Artists include Helen Frankenthaler, Clinton Hill, Hans Hofmann, John Millei, Ed Moses, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Kenzo Okada, Richards Ruben, John Seery, Mark Tobey, Jack Tworkov, and Ulfert Wilke.
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40 E. Anapamu Street,
A biennial exhibit featuring a variety of fiber art works created by Guild members. The works are representations of the growing interest and versatility of fiber arts including weaving, basketry, needlework, wearable art, quilting, surface design and more. Join us for the reception on the first Thursday of November from 5:00 to 8:00pm, and meet the artists who will demonstrate some of their techniques. This year’s show is dedicated to the memory of Guild member Lucilla Warren whose many talents, interests and expertise in fiber arts, literature, human development and evolution were an inspiration. Her generous nature will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Exhibit will run through Nov. 28 and is open during regular library hours.
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7 & 11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460Featuring Nicole Strasburg: islands valleys home. This exhibition showcases her talent in capturing both the sea and the land, on islands and at home. Strasburg focuses on the Channel Islands, especially Santa Cruz Island and experiments with her brushstroke as way to portray the blowing of wind through tall grasses or capturing the steady rippling of the ocean water. Also on view: Angela Perko, Nell Brooker Mayhew: Delicate Resilience and The Winter Salon.
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740 State Street, Suite 1,
African Weaver Nest by Liz Brady and 20% of sales donated to Girls Inc. New work by all Project Artist, Donna Ayscough, Liz Brady, Erika Carter, Theresa Carter, Lloyd Dallett, Ashley Dart, Lisa Pedersen, Virginia McCracken, Susan Tibbles
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113 West Ortega Street,
Featuring Ken Rosenthal in Retrospective. Rosenthal approaches his craft with a sense of nostalgia and beauty as his images reflect real and imagined memories. This show has been extended until December 10th.
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813 Anacapa Street,
Join us this week for 1st Thursday at Au Bon Climat where we are offering wines by the glass paired with a display of local artists’ paintings.
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1103-A State Street,
San Francisco gallerist & artist Shmulik Krampf's hand blown-glass installation will feature a mind-bending array of organic forms, shapes & colors. The show will feature lighted wall pieces, ceiling fixtures & cabinet pieces recent collaboration with Venetian Master Pino Signoretto, and Uri Tzaig, conceptual thinker. ART OF WRITING: Celebrating their 250th Anniversary, the fine writing instruments of Faber-Castell will be on featured. Curated by MONLLEO GALLERIES Wine tasting by Carina Cellars to benefit Breast Cancer Resource Center. Travis Loughridge Flamenco Guitarist.
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23 East Canon Perdido Street,
Stunning local paintings by the Mesa Studio Artists, which will preview their 8th Annual tour, Artist reception, Harold Kono at the piano, light refreshments, engaging conversations.
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31 West Carrillo Street,
Shirley Cleere works in watercolor on canvas finding inspiration from her home in upstate New York. My work is all realistically representative of children, and things in nature that impress me with their beauty or individually. Works include florals native to Upstate New York, as well as paintings portraying children in their natural state and landscapes of the Finger Lakes area.
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1114 State Street #22, in La Arcada Court,
Local non-profit, Africa Schools of Kenya, presents their hand-beaded jewelry collection made by the Maasai women in Kenya, East Africa. All proceeds from the sale of this jewelry goes directly back to these women, providing a necessary income for a village of over 800 Maasai people. This enables them to send their children to school, while creating a brighter future for generations to come. Africa Schools of Kenya is dedicated to enriching the lives of Maasai students at Esiteti Primary School, and its surrounding community, through education, economic initiatives, and cross-cultural exchange programs.
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625 Chapala Street,
Join Jodi House for an exhibition of artwork by children The Purple Crayon. At The Purple Crayon, the focus is on a process oriented art experience. While providing instruction in the use of art materials and techniques, our teachers guide students through the creative process in an effort to elicit and support each student’s individual style of visual expression. Enjoy live music by J. Peter Boles, wine from Enterprise Fish Company, and a collection of works by local artists. Purchases support brain injury survivors and their families
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813 Anacapa Street,
Becca Binimovich is a local Santa Barbara artist who primarily paints on panels of wood, hand-selected for their unique grain patterns. Her semi-abstract works are designed for relaxation and reflection, with conscious attention to the mood they evoke.
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516 State Street,
Complimentary appetizers. Wine 5.00
Artist Craig Takahashi "Aluminate Your Life" Working at an aluminum fabrication plant, Craig was inspired to make aluminum a viable, exciting new medium. There is a feeling of depth and dimention that you don't get on canvas.Open Late.
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909 State Street,
Proud to feature a collection of our favorite artists, including new works by Matti Berglund and Tami Snow as well as artwork by Benjamin Anderson, Lily Lambert, Rod Lathim and Lauretta Lowell. Come and see what we have in store.
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1200 State Street,
Sandra Clermont expresses her love of surfing and the ocean lifestyle in a variety of vividly colored oil paintings of local & imaginary scenes. Live music by acoustic, singer/songwriter, Natalie Haskins who will be displaying her unique style of country, folk & blues. Ventura Surf Brewery will also be there to share their latest creations of a liquid kind.
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634 Anacapa Street,
Visit Santa Barbara Forge + Iron's shop in the historic Craviotto Bros. Ironworking building and meet the production staff, see a live forging demonstration, enjoy home brewed beer and see the paintings of Los Angeles-based artist Kim Reese.
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134 East Canon Perdido Street,
Join us for local, live music with guitarist Andrew Jackson and surprise guest? Artists Kevin Gleason and Chris Potter's art will still be on display... wine tasting showcasing Consilience Syrah and more. The best place to start or finish out your evening."
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15 East Anapamu Street,
The Book Den will be celebrating the work of a local photographer and a local writer. The first is The Splendor of Cuba, with photography by travel photographer Brent Winebrenner. Published by Rizzoli, it covers not the faded present of Havanna, but the glorious houses which still survive as they looked before the revolution. And second we have a new novel by well-known Santa Barbara poet Melinda Palacio. Ocotillo Dreams is published by Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue.
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1212 State Street,
Local artist Josue Solis will have his very first public exhbition at The Marquee. Utilizing oils and acylic on canvas, Josue's paintings blend dreams, imagination and illusion in a pastiche of abstact imagery.
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731 De La Guerra Plaza -
Tattoo gallery meet and greet featuring well known tattoo artist, Phillip Rendon, displaying his finished body artwork on his personal clients. Come enjoy live music, appetizers, and a full bar in the name of art!
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1226 State Street,
Celebrating health-conscious baking as a global project Sweet Hearts Bakery & Have a Heart for Rwanda, owned and operated by Laura Waters, will promise to stimulate the palate and excite the eye! Come enjoy healthy organic deserts while listening to live music. Savory foods will be donated by the pastry chef, Brittany Gleason through her catering company Taste and See. Beautiful, one-of-a-kind jewelry, unique heart bags and other handmade items will be on display crafted by the women of Rwanda and their supporters. 100% of the profits go to feed starving orphan children of Rwanda.
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