Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara — New and upcoming at MCASB!

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.

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!

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