Mark your calendars. Local assemblage artists, Dan Levin and Dug Uyesaka, have a show coming up this Thursday at [F R A M E]. I’ve posted all the details below.

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Fabrications by:
Dug Uyesaka & Dan Levin
a.k.a
DUDES DE ARTE

Reception:
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 / 6-9pm
(or see it by DECEMBER 19th)

Uyeska and Levin have been fabricating and exhibiting assemblage art independently for a few decades.
This exhibition is the follow-up to “D2”, their first two man show together in 2003 at FRAME.

[ F R A M E ]
901 De La Vina @ Canon Perdido
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: 805.957.1997
Hours: 9:30am to 5:30pm  Monday-Friday
11am to 4pm  Saturdays (FOR SHOW ONLY)

I just discovered this notice in my inbox from this blog’s good friend, Joe Shea. If you have a few moments tonight make sure to stop by Paul Cumes Fine Art, one of Santa Barbara’s newest galleries, located just across from the sunken gardens on Anapamu St.

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greetings……..

thanks for listening……..

It may be a bit chilly tonight, but don’t use this as an excuse to skip out on the opportunity to hit the street in search of great art. Below is my short list of spots that will be hosting the hip haps tonight.

The Granada will be hosting Karaoke Karoling tonight, letting visitors get into the holiday spirit with some seasonal favorites.I can only hope that it takes place on the stage and that it is as hilariously terrible as karaoke can be.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will also be open and is hosting “California Conversations” with Joe Goode and Joan Tanner at 5:30pm in the Mary Craig Auditorium. This is the last in the series of three conversations with artists featured in the wonderful California Calling exhibition. If you haven’t seen this two part exhibit, add it to your “must see” list tonight. It’s only up for a little while longer.

Local artists Erika Carter and Liz Brady have a show at the Frameworks and Caruso-Woods Gallery. Carter is a long time painter and gallery owner who specializes in small folkloric devotional paintings on tin or wood . Brady explores the different compositions of plant life under a microscope and unveils the diversity and beauty of these organic forms through her new  paintings. I love visiting this gallery, if for no other reason than it gives me the opportunity to wander around in the labyrinthine innards of  the El Paseo building.

At Caligreen the wonderful Andi Garcia has put together an intriguing  show of street art called “Concrete to Canvas”. The title says it all as graffiti artists will be putting their talents down on more traditional surfaces. Artists from all over the country will be represented and there will be live art and music created on the spot. Donations of warm coats and sweaters to be collected for Unity Shoppe  Live art piece will be auctioned off with proceeds to benefit Heart2Hand youth art scholarship.

The final spot I’d like to highlight is the Brooks Institute’s Gallery 27, which will have a juried show of student works. The exhibit consists mainly of fine art photography and many of the photographers will be there to discuss their work. This is a great spot to show and see art. It has a much more urban/industrial feel than anywhere else currently in Santa Barbara and while inside you could easily convince yourself you were in a larger, hipper artistic city.

I hope to see large crowds out on the street tonight. As always if you see anything that blows your mind, make sure to share it by posting your comments on the blog.

I’ve been a busy boy lately and apologize for the lack of updates to the blog. The news below from the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative is a wonderful development for local artists and art lovers. I’ve posted the announcement in full below. For those of you who are not yet familiar with the SBAC, make sure to check out their website and register as a member. There are big things coming from this group of people, and I will be working with them on some very exciting future projects that are still in development. Stay tuned for details.

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News

More Great News!  Santa Barbara Foundation supports SBAC Direct-to-Artist Grant Pilot Program!

In a very important step forward for the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, the Santa Barbara Foundation has added financial support for our inaugural Direct-to-Artist Grant Program.  We are deeply grateful to all the wonderful folks at the Foundation for listening, and for seeing the potential of collaboration and direct financial support to artists in these challenging economic times.

More details will be announced soon, but we will be awarding grants in at least four categories:  Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and New Media Arts.

A reminder that the grant application process will be conducted through our new website, so make sure you have registered.  Please go to www.sbartscollaborative.org and click on “Create an account.” MORE >>>

Web Member #200!

When we passed the 150 mark we wondered who would be our 200^th person to register on the website.  Welcome Stephanie Moret!  We emailed Stephanie to extend a special welcome and she tells us:

“I enjoy working with found materials and dabble in many crafts including mosaics, glass fusing, tile making, hand building, jewelry, and a variety of fiber arts.  Most recently, I’ve been involved with basket making.  I look forward to experiencing local artist’s creations through the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative!”

We’ve now reached 210 web members and climbing.  Wonder who’ll be #250? MORE >>>

Opportunities

Center for Cultural Innovation

The Investing in Artists program provides grants in two categories, for:  1) Artistic Equipment and Tools; and 2) Artistic Innovation.  Beginning in 2009, the grants program will contain significant guideline changes, including a new Artistic Innovation grants category, the rotation of application deadlines according to discipline-specific groupings, and the requirement of online application submissions only.  Round V is designated for Visual Arts, Craft and Literary Arts applicants only, and the deadline for submission of online applications is January 11, 2010.  MORE >>>

Santa Barbara Fires Mosaic Mural Project

Santa Barbara County Arts Commission’s Community Arts Grant Program has awarded artist Betsy Gallery grant funding to create a community participation mosaic mural commemorating survivors and first responders of the many fires that have affected our county. The artist invites community members who wish to participate in creating this mural to contribute artifacts that have been transformed by any of these fires.  MORE >>>

Calendar

Dia De los Muertos Exhibition

Art From Scrap Gallery

11.01.2009 – 11.28.2009

Heady Stuff: Compositions by Stephen Wilcox

Recipient of The Arts Fund’s 2008 Individual Artist Award in Music Composition

The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

11.20.2009  7.30PM  - 9.30PM

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Forum Topics

Poetry Speaks by khahn » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:26 pm A new website has launched that promises to be the itunes of Poetry, called Poetry Speaks: https://www.poetryspeaks.com/ Have you tried it? What do you think?

Santa Barbara Dance Institute (SBDI) seeks teachers by khahn » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:41 am Santa Barbara Dance Institute (SBDI) seeks teachers on an on-going basis.  Applicants interested in teaching for SBDI will be sent to the Teaching Excellence® Teacher Training in New Mexico or New York.

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Read more and post your own items at www.sbcollaborative.org!

I was so busy last week that I neglected to get the word out about a new show down in Carpinteria at the Anderson Art Collective. Sean Anderson has a show of works up that were done in or inspired by his humanitarian trips to Bolivia. The opening was last weekend, but if you are in Carpinteria or heading down that way, make sure to put this exhibit on your itinerary. As with all the shows that the Andersons put on, this sales from the show help to raise money for their various philanthropic interests.

To learn the specifics of the show, click here.

And to learn more about the Anderson’s arsenal of artistic projects, check out their homepage here.