Tag: Santa Barbara Museum of Art

March 16 — SBMA to present ‘What You Become in Flight: A Conversation with Ellen O’Connell Whittet (via Zoom)’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “What You Become in Flight: A Conversation with Ellen O’Connell Whittet (via Zoom)” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 16.

In this searingly raw and graceful first book, author Ellen O’Connell Whittet explores both the joy of learning to jump and the safety of landing. Sorrow, violence, love, fear, hunger, and pain run through this memoir that critics have called “enthralling,” “poignant,” and “exquisite.” Join the author for a conversation that opens out the personal to the universal questions of self-worth, the desire to disappear, the loss and reclamation of our own voice, and what it feels like to look at a body and see a story.

April 1 — SBMA to present ‘The Art of Agnes Martin: Between the Lines of the Catalogue Raisonné Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom)’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “The Art of Agnes Martin: Between the Lines of the Catalogue Raisonné Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom)” with Tiffany Bell, Independent Scholar, NY at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 1.

April 30 — Three Perspectives on Contemporary Painting: A Conversation with Suzanne Hudson, Math Bass, and Christina Quarles (via Zoom)

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“Three Perspectives on Contemporary Painting:
A Conversation with Suzanne Hudson, Math Bass, and Christina Quarles (via Zoom)” will be presented from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 30 by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, sponsored in part by The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

In her forthcoming book Contemporary Painting (Thames and Hudson, April 2021), Los Angeles-based art historian and critic Suzanne Hudson considers painting as a vibrant and sometimes contentious critic of a dynamic global society. Two esteemed painters, Math Bass and Christina Quarles, who are discussed in Hudson’s book, join the author in a conversation about painting. This event is moderated by curators from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

May 6 — SBMA’s FREE Art Matters Lecture Revisits “One Life: Marian Anderson” on May 6

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With each of her performances, the Philadelphia-born contralto Marian Anderson (1897–1993) tested limits and broke boundaries. She is best remembered for her gripping recital on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in April 1939, when some 75,000 people gathered to witness her sing. On account of her race, Anderson had been prohibited from performing at the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall and other venues in Washington, D.C. The concert on the National Mall, therefore, became a watershed moment in the struggle against segregationist policies and discrimination.

July 1 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present ‘Terms of Endearment: Social Parameters of Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s American Success’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Terms of Endearment: Social Parameters of Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s American Success” as part of its Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 1

Featuring Bert Winther-Tamaki, Professor of Visual Studies, UC Irvine

Aug. 5 — SBMA to present Arts Matters Lecture via Zoom) Restoration/Revelation: The Conservation Treatment of the ‘Ghent Altarpiece’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present its Arts Matters Lecture via Zoom) Restoration/Revelation: The Conservation Treatment of the “Ghent Altarpiece” with Bart J.C. Devolder, Chief Conservator, Princeton University Museum of Art at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5.

Sept. 2 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) Ashes to Dust: American Art and the Dreadful Thirties with Justin Wolff, Professor of Art History, University of Maine

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present the Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) “Ashes to Dust: American Art and the Dreadful Thirties” with Justin Wolff, Professor of Art History, University of Maine at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

Sept. 12 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Talk To Me: T.C. Boyle’ Virtual experience via Zoom

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Talk To Me: T.C. Boyle” Virtual experience via Zoom at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12.

Bestselling author and Santa Barbara’s own idiosyncratic muse, T.C. Boyle returns to celebrate the Museum’s grand reopening and read from his lively and thought-provoking new novel Talk To Me. With an intoxicating mix of humor and profundity, Boyle explores a world where people can really talk to animals as he turns to the questions few of us admit to wondering about. What does it mean to be human? Is fully communicating with another being possible? Can one fully know a person or animal?

Oct. 7 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Enigmatic Architecture: R. M. Schindler’s Los Angeles’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Enigmatic Architecture: R. M. Schindler’s Los Angeles” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St.

The event its an Art Matters Lecture with Todd Cronan, Associate Professor of Art History, Emory University.

Oct. 9 — Grammy-winner Ted Nash leads SBCC composers in concert at Museum of Art

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Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Ted Nash will lead a group of Santa Barbara City College musicians in a concert of original music on the front terrace of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m. The pieces are all inspired by or are musical interpretations of works of art from the museum’s collection.

The concert, “Ted Nash: The Sound of Art,” will share the creative accomplishments made by the SBCC New World Jazz Ensemble during a workshop held in September. As part of his two-week stay as a Santa Barbara Museum of Art Artist in Residence, Nash led the group through a unique composition process using works of art as inspirations for new musical compositions.

Oct. 14 — SBMA to present ‘Controlling the Narrative: Both/And Parallel Stories (via Zoom)’

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In a conversation and reading, Emily Rapp Black, award-winning author of Poster Child: A Memoir and The Still Point of the Turning World, a New York Times bestseller, explores art and disability in her most recent book Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg. With elegance, tenderness, and zero sentimentality, she deconstructs the mythologies of words like bravery and resilience and recognizes in Kahlo a twin at the art of creating to silence pain. Joining her is colleague Alex Espinoza, Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at UC Riverside and author of novels Still Water Saints and The Five Acts of Diego Léon, and the recent nonfiction bookCruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime.

Oct. 20 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Curator-led Walkthrough of SBMA exhibition ‘In the Meanwhile’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present the Curator-led Walkthrough of SBMA exhibition “In the Meanwhile” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Exhibition curator and ArtCenter College of Design Senior Curator Julie Joyce focuses on the multiplicity of histories and stories to be captured in works by Nigel Cooke, Noah Davis, Vernon Fisher, Charles Garabedian, Tom Knechtel, Jeni Spota, and others.

Oct. 24 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Día de los Muertos Art Activities & Student and Community Altar Display

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For the 32nd year, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a display of altars created by students in SBMA’s outreach programs and community groups. Día de los Muertos inspired art activities for all ages will be offered on the Front Terrace. Community altars also on display on Saturday, October 23 (with Museum admission).

Nov. 2 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present reading and book signing by Author Mary Tonetti Dorra’s ‘Two Lives on Four Continents: A Double Memoir’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present reading and book signing by Author Mary Tonetti Dorra’s “Two Lives on Four Continents: A Double Memoir” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.

During this intimate reading and book signing, author Mary Tonetti Dorra shares her personal experience and gives a reading from her upcoming book Two Lives on Four Continents: A Double Memoir. This work tells the story of how Mary and her husband Henri Dorra, two people from different worlds, found each other and created a unified life. Against the sweeping history of the 20th century, readers will travel from Alexandria, Egypt to Washington DC, and from Fort Worth Texas to Central and South America and Italy as they follow the exciting lives of Mary and Henri Dorra.

Nov. 4 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Keith Haring in 3-D: Graffiti and Beyond’

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present “Keith Haring in 3-D: Graffiti and Beyond” Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) with Lowery Stokes Sims, independent curator and cultural analyst.

Nov. 6 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Community-based Practice in Cultural Heritage Conservation: The Kamehameha I Sculpture of Hawai’i’

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Community-based Practice in Cultural Heritage Conservation: The Kamehameha I Sculpture of Hawai’i’ from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6.

In this presentation, Dr. Glen Wharton discusses his three-year collaboration with residents in a semi-rural Hawaiian community to research the material and social history of the Kamehameha I sculpture on the Big Island, leading to a community decision about whether to gold leaf or paint it.

Dec. 2 — SBMA to present ‘Power and Metals: Regalia of the Moche of Ancient Perú’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present “Power and Metals: Regalia of the Moche of Ancient Perú” — Art Matters Lecture with Alicia Boswell, Assistant Professor, History of Art and Architecture, UCSB at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art announces upcoming exhibits, events from March through May

by Community Contributor • February 24, 2020 • Comments Off

1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 am – 5 pm, Free Thursday Evening 5 – 8 pm 805.963.4364 www.sbma.net Enjoy half-price admission! Exhibition Openings Nathlie Provosty, Council, Untitled (16-38), 2016. Watercolor on paper, diptych.…

Santa Barbara Museum of Art — It’s Going to Be a Super Weekend…

by Community Contributor • January 30, 2020 • Comments Off

Put on your party hat (or make your own!) during the Museum’s 10th Birthday Bash on Saturday, February 1, 2020. MORE INFO / PURCHASE TICKETS Weave together Valentine’s Day gifts and collaborate on a community artwork during Free Family Day…