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Aug 29, 2024 | independent.com | Caitlin Scialla |Josef Woodard |Samantha Durbin |Tyler Hayden

"Tree Creating Itself" by Carolyn Hubbs | Photo: Courtesy The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is welcoming a new artist and exhibition into its quaint Victorian home. ABSTRACTED by Carolyn Hubbs — featuring a selection of abstract paintings based on her plein air sketches done in the Santa Barbara area — will be on display at the Architectural Foundation Gallery through November 2.

Aug 26, 2024 | independent.com | Josef Woodard |Samantha Durbin |Roger Durling |Tyler Hayden

This Labor Day Weekend, Santa Barbara will transform into a living gallery, as artists open their doors to the public for the 23rd annual Santa Barbara Studio Artists (SBSA) Open Studio Tour. From August 30 to September 2, art aficionados will have the unique opportunity to engage directly with Santa Barbara’s star artists and view up close the exceptional works that define the Santa Barbara art scene.

Aug 19, 2024 | independent.com | Samantha Durbin |Roger Durling |Caitlin Scialla |Rebecca Horrigan

In an odd but pointed way, the new exhibition In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA eagerly seeks to invalidate and disprove a Gertrude Stein quote, strategically placed at the entrance to the show. Almost a century ago, in an age before modern art and museum culture had found a way to get along, Stein said, “You can be a museum or you can be modern, but you can’t be both.” Oh, no, you didn’t, say the institutional forces that be at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Aug 5, 2024 | independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg |Josef Woodard |Samantha Durbin |Ryan Cruz

Sun Kil Moon | Interview + Show Review The Folk Guitarist and Singer-Songwriter Talks Creating His Sound, Cool Boxer Names, and Subjective Lyric Meanings By Kat Sophia Mon Aug 05, 2024 | 10:13am Add to Favorites Sun Kil Moon | Photo: Courtesy I first heard of Sun Kil Moon from my younger brother. He showed me “Sí, Paloma.” I was hit immediately with a wave of warmth, laid over me like a freshly laundered blanket, as the soft, acoustic sounds surrounded me from all angles. It was the kind of...

Aug 3, 2024 | independent.com | Josef Woodard |Samantha Durbin |Ryan Cruz |Nick Welsh

Music to Lift the Spirit Youth Choruses From Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and Young People’s Chorus of New York City Unite for an Upbeat Show at the Marjorie Luke Theatre By Leslie Dinaberg Fri Aug 02, 2024 | 10:22pm Add to Favorites YPC performs a piece by Engelbert Humperdinck from 'Hansel and Gretel' | Photo: Zach Mendez The power of music to bring people together was on terrific display Sunday night when the budding artists of the Music Academy’s Sing! Chorus — comprised of...