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Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara — For the Love of Art

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“Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.” – Alfred Sisley

We wish you and yours a month filled with friendship, love, and healing  – MCASB
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Artist Spotlight:
Edgar Jahir Trujillo
Edgar Jahir Trujillo is an architect, researcher, and artist based in Oaxaca, Mexico. Three of his mixed-media paintings are featured in our current exhibition Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Art on view through April 27th at MCASB. His principal medium for his paintings and sculptural artworks is cochineal. He considers his practice as coexisting with the ancient red pigment and dyestuff, and intended to excite visual pleasure, disrupt conventional reflections on nature, while celebrating an equitable global ecology.

Paint at Paseo
Thursday, February 6

Come join us to celebrate love and friendship inside Peppermint Parlor in Paseo Nuevo with a free painting workshop with the artist Helen Yanez (IG: @Yanezs_art) an artist and illustrator based on Santa Maria, her work serves as a tribute to her Mexican, Purépecha, and Indigenous heritage. Let Helen guide you through a 90-minute acrylic painting experience suitable for all ages and skill levels, inspiring creativity along the way. All necessary materials like canvases, paints, aprons, and brushes will be supplied.

HeART Heals
Sunday, February 9
As we recover as a community from the major fires in LA, and as we remember the Thomas Fire and the Montecito Debris Flow, MCASB in partnership with Paseo Nuevo, and many organizations and individuals, will host a free intergenerational and family-friendly event on the Arts Terrace and throughout Paseo Nuevo on Sunday, February 9th from 11 am-2 pm. There will be opportunities to come together as a community around the healing power of art, art making, and learning about how we can all participate in building our future together.

Event-goers will have the opportunity to take part in many different activities, highlights include a guided painting workshop, art kit making stations, and Collecting Art to Change Lives: Art Collecting 101 – a conversation with arts industry leaders with insights and encouragement for collecting art now to support our LA arts community as it heals and rebuilds.
HeART Heals Information
We are uplifting two grassroots fundraising and recovery efforts that are doing great work.

The Grief and Hope Fund was created to help artists and art workers who have lost their homes, jobs, and studios as a result of the fires in LA.
The Palisades Fire Domestic Workers Funds‘ mission is to provide DIRECT AID to domestic workers who have lost their jobs due to the Palisades fire.

Meet & Greet with Daniel Hernandez
Wednesday, February 12

MCASB and Chicano Culture SB are proud to present an exclusive Meet & Greet with Mexican-American Journalist and Author, Daniel Hernandez. Well known for his work as a former Mexico bureau chief for VICE news, his book, Down & Delirious in Mexico City (2011), revitalizing LA TACO and current food editor for LA TIMES. Hernandez’s work spans topics such as the food, politics, and culture, and has been featured in outlets like The Guardian, BBC News, and Art in America.

Join us for an engaging evening discussion moderated by Artist & Activist, Michael Montenegro widely known as Chicano Culture SB! Special thanks to LA TACO, the Riviera Beach House, Bibi Ji, Rascal’s Vegan, Licores Perros, and Val-Mar Records.
RSVP HERE!

MCASB Visits Los Angeles
February 19-22
Frieze Los Angeles 2025 is happening! This year’s art fair features more than 100 galleries from more than 20 countries.

You are invited to join MCASB staff and board for a four day a la carte itinerary including VIP access for museum supporters. In addition to a curator led tour of Frieze, we will visit artist studios, critically acclaimed museum exhibitions, galleries, and collections.

On Friday, February 21, MCASB will celebrate the 10th anniversary of L.A. artist David Horvitz’s Nobody Owns The Beach project (originally commissioned by MCASB) with a pop up to benefit MCASB and the annual MCASB party at the Culver Hotel.

Please email development@mcasantabarbara.org for more details and to register.

Exhibitions On View
H??ng Ngô: Core Memory at MCASB Satellite at the Riviera Beach House is on view until March 25, 2025
We look forward to seeing you at the museum!
¡Esperamos verlx pronto en el museo!Questions/preguntas: hello@mcasantabarbara.org

Help us ensure a successful 2025 today. Please consider making a donation online here or contact us at development@mcsantabarbara.org. Thank you!

¡Ayúdenos hoy en garantizar un 2025 exitoso! Por favor considere en hacer una donación en línea aquí o escríbanos a development@mcsantabarbara.org. ¡Muchas Gracias!

We welcome everyone at our events. Please contact
dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org for your access needs or special requests.

Todxs son bienvenidxs a nuestros eventos. Por favor póngase en contacto con dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org para notificarnos de alguna acomodación de discapacidad o solicitud en particular.
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