I seem to have been so busy lately that I have been slow to get organized for this month’s Art Crawl. Because of this, I’m going to publish the exact same map that I used for last month’s Art Crawl, but I’ll also reserve the right to make some last minute deviations of our route. One of the challenges in organizing the Art Crawl is that many of the places I want to hit the most are also the farthest apart and for some people that is just too far to walk. So I do my best to balance these factors and encourage people to wear comfortable shoes. OH… and try to eat before you come. 1st Thursday happens right at dinner time and you can find yourself famished before get to see the place you’ve been waiting for all night.  The last few month’s we’ve had a really great turn out, and I’ve met some really great people… not to mention seen some pretty great art.

The Art Crawl begins at 5:45 sharp, however, if you know you’re going to be late you can follow our progress on Twitter.

Maybe we’ll see a movie star?

click on the image above for a larger map

Happy New Year, one and all. I hope you all had a great holiday season and are ready to get the new year started. We are going to start 2012 off with a less frantic version of the monthly 1st Thursday Art Crawl. This should allow us to take a bit more time at each location and soak in the art more thoroughly. We will end the night at the studio of one of Santa Barbara’s most talented young painters, Derek Harrison. After missing his studio last month because of a miss-communication, we are back on track for this month. It should be a great night, and I hoping to see another big crowd join us for the evening.

You can find a map of the proposed itinerary below. The Art Crawl starts PROMPTLY at 5:45, so if you can’t make it at the beginning, use the map to track us down. I also usually update our location live on twitter.

See you on Thursday!

Click on the image below for a larger, printable version of the map.

After a hiatus from the Downtown Organizations’s 1st Thursday last month, I’m back for the last Art Crawl of the year and this is going to be an extra special event. First of all, I am going to focus on many of the venues that have previously been neglected for one reason or another. We will start on the southern-most part of the festivities and will work our way up to a last stop at one of my favorite local artist’s studio near the Arlington theater. This means that we’ll be doing a bit more walking than usual, so make sure to eat before you come and wear comfortable shoes. It also mean that we will stop at fewer places than usual so we have time to take in these new places.

Joining us for at least part of the evening will be a group of revelers from Repeal Day Santa Barbara. Monday December 5th is the anniversary of the day that prohibition was repealed. They have some big festivities planned for the entire weekend and they start the whole shebang off with the Art Crawl.

I’ve posted a map of the tentative itinerary below. Click on the map to see an enlarged version. If you want to join us, make sure to be at Wall Space Gallery before 6pm. We will leave there promptly to make sure we have time to get everywhere.

Finally, the Art Crawl has a new site on Meetup.com. Check it out. I wasn’t familiar with it until recently, but it ends up being a pretty great online site for organizing in person events.

I hope to see you on Thursday!

The second of the three Funk Zone events this Saturday brings us the return of AMASS, brought to you by the good people behind Stateside Magazine.  This year they’ll be blocking off two blocks on Mason and Helena for artists, bands, DJs, and …wait for it…  Fire spinners! One of the highlights of the event, in my humble opinion, is getting to see many of the artists in action painting murals right before your eyes. It is an interesting insight into their creative process.  I learned long ago that I should leave drawing and painting to those with talent, so it is a really amazing experience to see people demonstrate a skill I so completely lack.

This event is not related to the Arts Fund/Cabana Home tag team that is happening simultaneously (more on this tomorrow), but it is only a few blocks away, so you’d be crazy not to hit all three. You’ll get a really great sampling of the diversity of our local arts scene.

The fun starts at 2pm and goes late. Details below.

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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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