First of all, I wanted to extend a personal congratulations to the ambitious young artists who put together the Young Folks Art Show this weekend. If you didn’t see this beautifully utilized space, you really missed something special. The show was located in a bit of an out of the way location just of the corner of Chapala and Micheltorrena, in what appears from the front to be a fairly non-discript single story house with lots of windows. The space, however, was much larger and much more conducive to showing art than one could have imagined. Once inside you were free to wander around the many multileveled rooms, which lead to a surprisingly large open room in the back with tons of natural light-perfect for showing art. Each of these rooms had been beautifully hung with paintings, constructs, and photos, amongst other artistic works. The house has apparently been up for rent for some time, and these industrious young folks worked out a deal to rent the space just for the weekend. A win-win for the artists and the owners and I’d like to salute them both for their intestinal fortitude. For more information on the artists that put this show together see my previous post.
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In other exciting news, blog-favorite Jimmy Bell will be having a show at Muddy Waters in June. As a build up for this show, Jimmy has released his first limited edition print. They are an edition of 25, archival giclee prints. The print itself is 12×7 inches and matted to 14×11 inches and you can have your very own for just $25. Click on the image to the right to check out Jimmy’s website where you can order a print. Make sure to keep this show on your radar, and I’ll post the details as the opening reception approaches.
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Finally, urban clothing boutique, Fuzion, recently made the move from upper to lower State Street and can now be found between Figueroa and Anapamu Streets in a deceivingly large space. I found myself drawn into the store by some very nice photographs hanging on the walls. Eventually, I found my way downstairs to what could accurately be called a cavernous space populated by a couple of sofas and some very cool graffiti art scattered here and there on the walls. The room was still in a period of transition while I was there and the potential of the space had not been realized, but that potential is HUGE. Between this space and the AG2 space that just opened up behind the French Press on the corner of Figueroa and State, this block has all of the sudden become a focal point of Santa Barbara’s New Art scene. Make sure to stop by Fuzion to check out this space.