Muddy Waters hosts  the 8th Annual Noches de los Muertos Art Show  with a reception  on October 2nd  at 7pm .

This Day of the Dead inspired artshow  and exhibit , curated by Traci Lynn with assistance from Andi Garcia, will feature art from Santa Barbara’s local favorite and  works from Los Angeles and San Francisco guest artists.

Artists include :
: Brett Hess, FrankieBabylon DarkArtist, Vanae Rivera, Von Munster, Derek Harrison, Juan Solis Jen Smith-Mckee, Nicolas Caesar, Krissi Sandvik, Kim Klem, BoRo Fine Plush  Christopher Umana, Lauren Veach, Silvia Larroc, Tamara Wade,  Kristin Abhayada Dwan, J.MUNIZ , Evan Ames, Matt Trottino ( Cali Green ), Nome1

There will be a community celebratory alter to honor past loved ones and/or lost legends.
You are invited Bring an artifacts and an offering to honor past loved legends

A raffle of original art work will be held to benefit Heart2Hand youth art fund.

Music will be provided by  Darkling.
Art Showing until November 11, 2010
Food , BEER , FUN .. AMAZING ART

I can not wait to see you there !!

Contact : 805.966.9328 for more details
Andi Garcia 805.637.2521
Santa Barbara , Ca 93101

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It has been a crazy week so my usual monthly First Thursday preview is a bit behind this month. However, there is a ton of great shows to see tonight and I want to make sure to highlight some of them so you can make sure to add them to your itinerary. First of all, the Artamo Gallery, CASA Magazine, The Health Gallery and Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery are accepting food donations for Art Helps, a benefit for the Unity Shoppe. This month’s request is for jars of peanut butter. If you bring in a jar of peanut butter you will get a sweet Art Helps button and will receive 10% off a purchase from that gallery. Make sure to pack a jar of peanut butter with you when you head out tonight. Even if you don’t purchase anything, it will help support less fortunate Santa Barbara families.

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The two art shows that I want to highlight start with tonight both begin at 7pm so they would be great places to check out after you’ve made your regular rounds. First off, blog regular Jimmy Bell has a show opening up at Cali Green on West Ortega, just off of State Street. Bell uses a variety of techniques like splatter, scribble and folds to incorporate randomness and chance into his creative process, letting each piece unfold from the outcome of the initial result. Just within the last year you may have seen some of his work  at Red’s, Elsie’s, Blackbird, Fishnet or the Street Murals projec on Mason and Helena Streets. He must be one of the hardest working young artists in town, so make sure to show him your support by stopping by.

The second “Must See” of the night will happen at the Contemporary Arts Forum, also at 7 o’clock. As part of their Forum Lounge series Daniel Barrow will present “Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry”. Barrow comes to us from Winnipeg and was featured in the 2009 Time Based Art Festival in Portland, OR.  He uses obsolete technology like old-school overhead projectors to weave a tale through “manual” animation. It is sure to be an interesting lo-fi event.

Regardless of where you end up tonight, if you see anything that you absolutely loved, make sure to come back to the blog and post your comment to tell us all about it.