Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble. Photo credit Ian Byers-Gamber.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “1st Thursday at SBMA” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Family 1st Thursday
Museum Teaching Artists will help you experiment with ink on gold, fan-shaped paper as you compose your own poem in Chinese characters, inspired by the exhibition Bamboo, Rocks, and Old Trees: Chinese Calligraphy and Literati Painting.
SBMA’s Family Resource Center
Free
6 – 7 pm
1st Thursday Performance in Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble
Enjoy collectively created music and performances by avant-garde and traditional musicians, new age practitioners, and surprise guest artists on a handmade carillon.
Museum galleries
Free
5 – 8 pm
Enjoy exhibitions on view:
Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble
Out of Storage and into the Light: Sculptures That Tell Stories
Kehinde Wiley: Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan
Bamboo, Rocks, and Old Trees: Chinese Calligraphy and Literati Painting