Our Summer Rooted in Community:
Arte del Pueblo & Three Solo Shows

More than 200 local artists, three powerful solo exhibitions, and a community that keeps showing up.

? ARTE DEL PUEBLO 2026 RECAP

Arte del Pueblo brought together an extraordinary number of Central Coast artists, no theme, no jurors, no gatekeepers, just art and the community that makes it. Santa Barbara’s creative range filled the Main Gallery, new voices and longtime working artists, together.

We want to say thank you. To every artist who submitted new work, to every visitor who walked through and lingered, and to a community that keeps proving this museum belongs to all of you.

Arte del Pueblo 2026 

Artists:

A. Elliott, Adriana Huerta, adriana la artista, Adrian_dannyart, Aiden Khuiphum, Ali, Alicia Sanchez, Alison Andersson, Alexsondra, Amy Juric, Andrew Garcia, Andrew Roy, Angeles GF, Ann Allen, Ann Hefferman, Annie Mitchell, Antonia Gonzalez, Andie Adler, Arlene Stepputat, Arran Harvey, Ava Demmon, Barbara Cronin Hershberg, Barbara Flanagan, Barbara Parmet, Bart Woolery, Bea, Beca Piascik, Brian Baker, Bubby Vernon, Caitlin Benson, Carlos Rodriguez Alcocer, Carolyn Johnson, Casson Demmon, Celina Amaya, Chanti Medina, Chary Goodwin-Sesay, Cheryl Pereira Kilpelainen, Chiara Cristiona Corbo, Christian Ramirez, Cristina Farias, Citlally (see-tla-lee), Colleen M. Kelly, Corina Guerra, Cynthia Martin, Daiva Diana, Dane (ish) Svenrou, Danuta Bennett, David Alejandro M. & Cezar Cozianu, DC McGuire, Deja Hsu, Deirdre Stietzel, Demi Boelsterli, Dug Uyesaka, E. Elliott, Elena Berdnikova, Elizabeth Lerena, Emilio Vega Carreño, Erica Miller, Eric Cloutier, Faith Keating, Fatima Romero, Fred Lehto, G.O. Elliott, Gabe Donovan, Gail Pine, Grace “The Soul Grace” Vega, Heather NB Frazier, Helen Yanez, Iben Vestergaard, I. Maeno, Irene Ramirez, Ita-Ink, J. T. Turner, Jack N. Mohr, Jackie Moore, Jackie the Artist, Jacqui Lagana, James Badham, James Van Arsdale, Javier Nuchita, Jennifer Houston-Zarate, Jesica, Jess Rock, Jesus Nunez, Jhoan Rivera, Jill Sattler, Jim Martin, João Pedro Oliveira, John Khus, José Galván Martínez, Jose Soriano, Joyce Wilson, Juana Martinez, Judith Geiger, Junior, Karen Lee, karlsson/larsen design, Kara Burton, Karolayn Reyes, Kassandra Zamundo, Kate Becerra, Kate Chute, Kate Connell, Kate Eden, Katie Gerpheide / Sunshine Ceramics, Kathy Leader, Kathy Mills, Kat Tagorda, Keanu Christiansen, Kelly Ann Mitchell, Kelly Bold Cottrell, Keri Clement, Kevin Samuels, Kiki Van Arsdale, Kim Hoppe, Kimberly Hahn, Krystal Vander Ark, L. Liebe, Lee Anne Dollison, Light, Lily, Linda Hanten, Lisa Howard, LSRswayed, Luis Angel Pérez, Lynn Dow, Maeva, Marc Goldman, Maria Adela Diaz, Maria Paredes, Marlin, Martha Alicia Cruz Jimenez, Mark Greif, Mark Mangaser Savage, Max Anghera, Mayah Pico, meiya sidney ???, Meg Ricks, Melinda Mettler, Michelle Arconti, Miguel Contreras, Miriam Slater, Misa Art, Mishell, M. Giovanna Angherà, Moments in Spray, Muduzax, Nancy Camacho Vazquez, Nelson Rivera, Nicola Paul, Olga Bologo, Olguin Tapia Heredia, Pali X-Mano, Pam Kaganoff, Pamela Benham, Parker Graham, Patricia Heller, Patricia Kellerman, Patrick McGinnis, Paul Longanbach, Paulo P. Lima Ph.D., Peter Honig, PYRO_VIBE, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Raven Wylde, Rebecca Blakley and Mabel Blakley, Rich Kaplan, Rich Wilkie, Rick Stitch, Trane Hulbert, Lucy Seaberg & Clare Carey, Ruby S., Ruben Alvarado Jr., Samantha Wilkinson, Sasha Huckoby, Shannon Miller, Sharon Whelan, Sian R Harris, Simone DuMong, Sofia Castillo, Sofia Hernandez, Stacy Reyes, Stefanie Bales, Sue Perry, Sue Slater, Sunshine Protsman, Surayah Martel, Susan Lord, SVA, Tami Rodrig, Tao Antrim, Thomas Ridenour, Tim Mullins, Tina Scopacasa, Tracy Kuo, Vero Sanchez, Victoria Baker, Wasabi, Wayne Velte, Wendy Brewer, Yaeli Dukler, ysr, Yuliya Greben, Z-310, ?? GoldenJin.

Norton Gallery
Tama Takahashi
Memories of Barbed Wire: Resilience in the Japanese American Community

tvsantabarbara: A panel at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara brought together three panelists to speak with artist Tama Takahashi about resilience in the Japanese American community.

Classroom Gallery
Christina McPhee
Diagramming Sentences 

Charles Bloom Foundation Gallery
Dannah Mari Hidalgo
My Mom Is My Dog’s Favorite Person

Hidalgo, a Filipina-American artist raised in Oahu and now an MFA graduate of UCSB, built this show around what she calls “double image” two narratives coexisting on a single surface, pulling the viewer between them. Her recent work turns toward the domestic: the quiet, often invisible labor passed down between mothers and daughters, and the tension between duty and selfhood.

The result is work that holds humor and severity, tenderness and assertion, all at once.

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