In Conversation | Genevieve Gaignard and Alexandra Terry
Part One | Wednesday, July 8 | 5-6:30 PM EST (2-3:30 PM PST) Part Two | Wednesday, July 15 | 5-6:30 PM EST (2-3:30 PM PST) *To register for both events click hereJoin us for a 2-part virtual conversation with artist Genevieve Gaignard and MCASB Curator Alexandra Terry to learn more about MCASB’s current exhibition Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In.In the first session, Genevieve and Alexandra will discuss the logistics of making an exhibition from inception to opening. They will share insights from the early stages of planning through to the physical installation of Genevieve’s exhibition.
The second part of the series will delve into the specifics of Outside Looking In, which opened at MCASB on March 5, 2020, examining the context of the selected works included as well as the intention of the exhibition.
These virtual conversations are free and open to the public. To register for both events please click here, or email Veronica Preciado, veronica.preciado@mcla.edu. This series is organized by Erica Wall, Director, Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Left Image: Genevieve Gaignard, Photo by Scott Rudd. Right Image: Alexandra Terry
Outside Looking In in the Independent!
Click here to read a review of our current exhibition from the Independent’s Arts Editor Charles Donelan.
Love Letters by Cassandra C. Jones unveiled at Paseo Nuevo
We are thrilled to announce MCASB’s first public art collaboration with Santa Barbara’s Paseo Nuevo! Intended as a love letter to Santa Barbara, Cassandra C. Jones’ 600-tile mural Love Letters is inspired by the local heritage, architecture, and surroundings which are known to draw from Spanish and Mexican influences. Thirty-six unique compositions, each one a vibrant work of art comprised of collaged photographs printed on ceramic tile, come together to create a larger kaleidoscopic image spanning two walls in Paseo Nuevo’s lower north court entrance.
Jones, an Ojai-based artist, states: “like stringing words together to compose a love letter, I weave and layer potent objects in such a way to express affection for the Central California Coast, and this place that I call home.”
To celebrate the launch of Love Letters Paseo Nuevo is conducting a contest entitled “Love Letters to Santa Barbara”. For more information, and to enter the contest, visit the Paseo Nuevo website.
Visit Love Letters today by taking the stairs located in front of Sephora, in Paseo Nuevo’s north court, down to the lower level!
Left Image: Cassandra C. Jones in her studio, 2020, Photo by Marc Alt
Right Image: Love Letters, 2020, 600 ceramic tiles, Installation View @ Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center
Learn more about Cassandra C. Jones!
Check out this video which was a part of the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Spring 2020 Arts Colloquium.
Jones speaks more about her artistic practice beginning with her MFA at Carnegie Mellon University through to her most recent public art installation Love Letters.
In recognition of artists’ essential social contributions, the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission will award up to twenty $500 stipends to local artists who have created work in response to this unprecedented time.
This call is open to practicing artists and cultural practitioners across disciplines, including but not limited to landscape arts, literary arts, visual arts, performing arts, culinary arts, and traditional cultural practice. Applicants must be 18 or older and county residents. Submissions are due by August 3, 2020.
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