Andrea Estrada

Jul 25, 2024 | independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg |Andrea Estrada |Josef Woodard |Mark Alvarado

Adrienne De Guevara defines herself as a sculptor, social practice artist, and public artist. Her first solo exhibit, entitled Mythography, opens this Saturday, July 27 at the Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop. The opening, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., is intended to be an interactive event that brings together attendees to engage with one another and discuss the art collaboratively. As an assemblage artist, De Guevara’s forté is creating art from various disparate objects.

Jul 8, 2024 | noozhawk.com | Andrea Estrada

What is a monument? What purpose does it serve? Whose story does it tell? And who gets to decide whether it should exist, and where? These are some of the questions Santa Barbara area school children considered as they participated in the Making of Monuments, a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP).

Feb 6, 2024 | news.ucsb.edu | Andrea Estrada

February 6, 2024 By some estimates, more than 180,000 people in California lack stable housing. It’s a pervasive issue, impacting virtually every community in the state — Santa Barbara County included — and stretching from one coast of the United States to the other.

Sep 6, 2023 | independent.com | Andrea Estrada

In a new book dedicated as a “love letter” to his grandchildren, “in the hope they might be willing and able to change their world,” acclaimed photographer Richard Ross shares 101 lessons for life gleaned over a decades-long career documenting the juvenile justice system in the United States.

Jul 26, 2023 | independent.com | Andrea Estrada

Music Academy’s Compeer Program Builds Memories and Melodies in MontecitoKeeping the Beat, with Heart: Supportive Program Brings Much More than Music to the CommunityBy Andrea Weir Estrada | July 27, 2023Read about Compeer program members Dennis Thompson, Lois Phillips and Music Academy fellow Sarah Bobrow here. Trumpet player Paul Armitage had never visited Santa Barbara before attending the Music Academy’s 2023 Summer Festival.