Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara will reopen this month to provide contemporary art and community-focused programming — as it has done since its beginnings as the Contemporary Arts Forum in the 1970s. We invite everyone to take part in MCASB and our collective project of critical thinking, cultural literacy, risk-taking, and discovery.

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El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Bárbara reabrirá este mes para ofrecer arte contemporáneo y programación centrada en la comunidad, como lo ha hecho desde sus inicios como Foro de Arte Contemporáneo en la década de 1970. Invitamos a todos a participar en MCASB y nuestro proyecto colectivo de pensamiento crítico, conocimiento cultural, toma de riesgos y descubrimiento.

In gratitude, MCASB Board of Trustees: 
Adriana Arriaga, Dalia Garcia, Lila Glasoe Francese, Arturo Heredia Soto, Debra Herrick, Frederick Janka, and Vanessa Wallace-Gonzales

Thanks to The Santa Barbara Independent for being the first to share our news. Click here to read more.

Opening the Doors to Wonder 
Featuring:
Cameron Patricia Downey, David Horvitz, and Spenser Jaimes

A Free Community Open House Event
Sunday, January 22, 2023, 12–4pm
MCASB, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara

Exhibitions on view will include the West Coast debut of Hymn of Dust by Minneapolis based Cameron Patricia Downey with collaborators: Ize Commers, M Jamison, and Cooper Felien.

Also on view will be Connected By Water a documentary by Spenser Jaimes, a Santa Barbara filmmaker with Šmuwi?-Chumash heritage which debuted at the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

A new benefit limited edition artwork — a neon by Los Angeles based artist David Horvitz — will be shown in MCASB’s window box. The commissioned piece Seaea is an edition of five with two artist proofs. Proceeds will be split between the museum and the artist.

You’re Invited!

Currently a volunteer-run space (until a new executive director has been hired), MCASB invites you to consider volunteering.

First volunteer orientation:
Saturday, January 21, 12–4pm
New and past volunteers welcome!

For more information, contact hello@mcasantabarbara.com.