SANTA BARBARA — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara to present SCHOLAR TALK | WILLIAM D. HYDER: EARTH’S PIGMENTS – NATURE’S PALETTE, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara.
FREE
What makes red, white, and black so special? What are the first pigments artists have used? How did they expand their palette to include yellow, orange, green, and blue? William Hyder, Research Associate, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, will speak about the use of natural pigments spanning from prehistoric art – with an emphasis on the Chumash – to today’s contemporary art practices.
William Hyder is a retired UC Santa Cruz administrator with MAs in Political Science and Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara.
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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https://www.mcasantabarbara.org/event/scholar-talk-william-d-hyder-earths-pigments-natures-palette/?event_date=2020-02-05