I suppose it is only natural that we go weeks without a big art event in town and then you have 20 in one week. This particular week is one of the latter, with the following two events on Wednesday. Then a great big holiday 1st Thursday the next day (more on that to come soon). And then Friday is Brad Nack’s annual Reindeer Show at Roy (more to come on that as well). Might I make a plea to those in control for spreading things out throughout the month, I’m just saying… I’d really like to make it to attend all these events (just look at these pots!), but a guy can only do so much.

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ECAA AND CABANA HOME ANNOUNCES AN EXHIBITION OF NOTED POTTER:  Adam Silverman: New Pots November 30, 2011 to January 14, 2012    Artist Talk and Opening Reception to follow: This Wednesday, November 30 6-8pm CABANA HOME Santa Barbara, CA 93101 111 Santa Barbara Street 805-962-0200 Cabana Home, in collaboration with Edward Cella Art + Architecture, announces a solo exhibition for noted contemporary Los Angeles based potter, Adam Silverman. The exhibition presents a new collection of hand thrown pots with explosive, experimental glazes that epitomizes Silverman’s distinctive aesthetic connecting ancient and modern sensibilities. The deceptively and modestly, self-described potter is widely recognized for his experimental glazes that are developed and refined through a series of extensive tests. Each pot is enveloped by richly glazed textures of ashy scars and mottled lava-like surfaces. In some cases, Silverman grinds down their surfaces to expose the bubbles and lacy patterns underneath revealing the chemical process of fire reacting to the minerality of the glazes and clay. This new body of work engages the viewer through an experimental journey of process and time, trekking through traditional and personal, improvisational techniques that are a counterpoint with the vessel’s highly considered, modernist inspired silhouettes. Each work bridges the past and present simultaneously in one artefact. Trained as an architect, Silverman is currently the studio director of Heath Ceramics, a 62 year old California maker of dinnerware and tile. Just this fall alone, Silverman was engaged by the Santa Monica Museum of Art to design the installation for the retrospective of iconic Ojai resident and ceramicist, Beatrice Wood: Career Woman. Additionally, Silverman was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to create a limited edition, commemorative vessel celebrating the museum’s Pacific Standard Time exhibition California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way.” Stoneware Pot, #1, 2011, Stoneware, 12 x 6 inches

Photo Credit: Katrina Dickson HOURS:  Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM CONTACT:  Steve Thompson   (805) 962-0200 steve@cabanahome.com Edward Cella   (323) 525-0053 director@edwardcella.com For images, please contact Edward Cella at: director@edwardcella.com

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5×5 Invitational

Westmont Museum of Art

November 30 – December 16, 2011
Reception Wednesday, November 30, 4-6 p.m.
Online auction opens at 4 p.m. November 30 and closes at 5 p.m. December 16, Pacific Standard Time

Nearly 400 artists have created unique works for this exhibition, each measuring 5” square. Participating artists come from as far away as New York and as close as Santa Barbara. We think you will be excited to see the variety and creativity these artists present.
This exhibition is a fundraiser for the Westmont Museum of Art and sales will help to support upcoming exhibitions in the gallery. All work will be displayed in our gallery and will be posted online beginning November 30th.
Sales of work will be conducted online through this website – stay tuned for more information.

The opening reception is from 4-6pm on November 30th at the Westmont Museum of Art. We hope to see you there!

Participating Artists as of November 16, 2011
Sylvia Abualy, J.W. Adkins, Kaarin Aggeler, Lynn Aldrich, Terry Allen, Janet Allinger, Wesley Anderegg, Cam Anderson, Scott Anderson, Mari Andrews, Allison Arendsee, Charles Arnoldi , Tony Askew, Jamee Aubrey, Bonnie Baas, Don Bachardy, Bela Bacsi, Donald Baechler, John Baldessari, Celeste Baross, Peter Bartczak, Rayne Beaudoin, Bonnie Beedles, Mary Lee Bendolph, Jim Bess, Sherry Bevan, Jack Bianchi, Clovis Blackwell, Karl Blasius, Patricia Borgman, Jennifer Boswell, Eva Bovenzi, Sandra Bowden, T.C. Boyle, Hilary Brace, Donald Bradford, Robert Brady, Mike Brady, Will Brady, Christine Brennan, Joy Brenneman, Carol Brighton, Sally Brogden , Ada Pullini Brown , Christopher Brown , Phoebe Brunner , John Budicin, Carol Burnett, Kent Anderson Butler, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Rose Cabat, Cheryl Calleri, Pat Calonne, Carol Carbine, John Carlander, David Carlson, Squeak Carnwath, Dylan Carr, Theresa Carter, Erika Carter, William Catling, Steven Childs, Suzan Dougall Christenson , Christo , Dorothy Churchill-Johnson , Christopher Clother, Katherine Clyne, Dilyn Clyne, Nance Cole, Kate Connell, Stephanie Cooney, Carlos Cordova, Marguerite Costigan, Bonnie Loyd Crane , James Daichendt , Lloyd Dallett, James Daly, Bill Dalziel, Duane Dammeyer, Llyod Dangle, Donald Davis, Rick Delanty, Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso , Carole Demachkie, James Denmark , Bill Dewey, Sue Dirksen, TJ Dixon, James Dow , Jerimiah Dube, Charlie Duke , Rae Dunn, Michael Dvortcsak, Marion Eisenmann, Linda Ekstrom, James Elston, Mark English , Cass Ensberg, Melinda Esparza, Ian Everard, Sonya Fairbanks, Avery Falkner , Jim Felland, Alan Firestone, Keith Fishman, Peggy Fletcher, Julia Ford, Wayne Forte , Amy Fox, Tom Francis , Scott Fraser, Nancy Freeman, Bryan Freeny, Mary Freericks, Ron Freese, Gajin Fujita, Virginia Furmanski, Monica Furmanski, Valori Fussell, Anthony Galvan III, Helen K. Garber, Catherine Gee, Dan Gheno, Sheila Ghidini, Judy Gibbs, Nancy Gifford, Diane Giles, Milton Glaser, John Glick , Loree Gold, Carla Golembe, Barbara Goll, Sandra Goodenough, Dane Goodman, Jerry Goodman , Penelope Gottlieb, George Goyer, Jim Granito, Mark Steven Greenfield, Anna Griffin, Margaret Griffith, Debra Joy Groesser, Robert K. Gronendyke, Joan Gunther, Marry Addison Hackett, James Haggerty, Linda Haggerty, Kimberly Hahn, Jason Hall, Bay Hallowell, Thekla Hammond, Holli Harmon, Jeremy Harper, Carla Harris, Dotty Hawthorne, Mary Heebner, Willy Heeks, Bill Hendricks, Matthew Hilbish, Victoria Furst Hines, Beth Hird, Ruth Ellen Hoag, Diana Hobson, Eric Hochberg, David Holt , Carolyn Hubbs , Joseph Hughes, Ray Hunter, Mary Ijichi, Mary Ince, Barbara Irvine, William Ishmael, Michael Jameson , Sue Janossy, Nathan Jarvis, Sterling Jenkins, David Jensen, Nancy Jensen , Geoffrey Dean Jensen, Ken Jewesson, Martha Ensign Johnson, Ben Johnson, Donald Jolley, Evelyn Justesen, Pam Kaganoff, Robin Kandel, Suzette Keegan, Gary Kelley, Colleen Kelly, Jim Kelly, Tom Kerr, Yessy Kazali Kim, Monica Kinney, Marjorie Kinney, Kitty Klaidman, Karla Klarin, Kate Doordan Klavan, Michael Kline, Sheryl Knight , James Kochalka , Philip Koplin, Marilee Krause, Carol Ladewig, Therése Lahaie, Paul Lariviere, Rod Lathim , Marrianne Lettieri, Helen Ann Licht , David Ligare, Terry Lockman, Christine Loizeaux, Louise Lopina, Martha Inman Lorch, Sara Lytle, Kim MacConnel, Richard Macias, Warren MacKenzie, Nancy MacKenzie, Laurie MacMillan, Tina Malonis , Robert Mangold, Cree Mann, Eric March, Hugh Margerum, Saritha Margon, Luigia Martelloni, Jerry P. Martin, Taka Maruno , Bob Mask, Sharon Matthews, Eleanor Matthews , Whitney Mattila , Godfrey Mawema , Liz Maxwell, Steve McAfee, Debra McKillop, Carla Meberg, Chris Messner, Ron Meyers, Tom Michali , Sherrill Miller, Emily Mollhagen, Inés Monguió, Marcia Morehart, Steve Morrison , Ed Moses, John Moses, Mooneen Mourad, Bonnie Muench, Kyle Muench, Anthony Mullen, Janice Muller , Aline Mure, Jan Murphy, Brad Nack, Margaret Nadeau, Dawn Nakashima , John Nava, Mike Neal , Gillen & Neale, James Nelson, Kadir Nelson, Max Neufeldt, Judy Neunuebel, Greg Newbold , Jerilynne Nibbe, Loren Nibbe, Judy Nienow, Warner Nienow, Judy Nilsen , Rachel Christine Nowicki, Moto Okawa, Ellen L. Orlando, Edward Carlo Pacio, Gary Palmer, Liga Pang, Barbara Parmet, Nicole Pate , C.F. Payne, Gina Pearlin, Aage Pedersen, Joan Perlman, Don Petersen , Joel Phillips , Shirley Pittman, Julie Pointer, Patricia Post, Ted Prescott, Astrid Preston, Keith Puccinelli, Lori Putnam, Peg Quinn, George Radon, Leta Ramos, Mel Ramos , Barri Ramoy, Douglass Rankin, Harry Reese, Sandra Reese, Miles Regis, Lucas Reiner, Robert A. Richert, Ines Roberts, Emmanuelle Rohrlich, Joan Rosenberg-Dent , Amy Rueffert, Katie King Rumford, Chris Rupp, Linda Saccoccio, Gwen Samuels, Susan Savage, Jan Schachter, Adrea Scheidler, Herb Schnabel , Shanon Schock, Marie Schoeff, Denise Schryver, Stacey Schuett, Francis Scorzelli, David Scott, Mari Seder, Rosanne Seitz, Carol Selter, Chuck Senties, Shelter Serra, Jeff Sewell, Josh Shelton, Steve Shelton, Elijah Shelton, David Shelton, Jeff Shelton, Elizabeth Sher, Leslie Lewis Sigler, Peter Sis, Dragana Skrepnik, Alexis Smith , Joe Sola, Barry Spacks, Ginny Speirs, Garrett Speirs, Judy Spiegel, Lisbeth Springer, Chris Staley, Mark Alan Stamaty, Mary Stanley, Teri Starkweather, Virginia Stawiecki, Rebecca Stebbins, Gretel Stephens, Joshua J. Stewart, Elaine Stewart, Randall Stout, Roni Stretch, Marlene Struss, Joel Sturdivant Sr., Jane Sun, Joe Suzuki, Matcha Suzuki, Eva Svitek, Joan Tanner, Herb Tews, Susan Tibbles, Patty Tierney, Sandra Tollefson, Sylvia Torres, Anne Troutman, Iren Eerren Tsaturyan, Ann Tubbs, Ezra Tucker, Regina Tumasella, Andrea U’ren, Carrie Ungerman, Dug Uyesaka, James VanArsdale, Bob VanBreda, Jacqueline Vanderlaan, Christy Venable, Iben G. Vestergaard, Cydette Vikander, Jerome Walford, Lawrence Wallin , Karyn Walsh, Patti Warashina, Eric D. Ward, Nina deCreeft Ward, Kristin Weaver , Marnie Weber, Jack Weimer, Kurt Weiser, Allison Wells, Kurt Wenner, Dave Wheeler, Roe Anne White, Dorene White, Moníca Wíesblott, Sara Wilcox, Richard Wilke, C.P. Willer, Sofia Williams, Joyce Wilson, Paige Wilson, Lyn Winter, Roger Winter, Sister Helen Wolkerstorfer, Steven Wolkoff, Nathan Woods, Peter Worsley, Deborah Alston Wroblewski, Dan Young, Jody Zellen, Siu Zimmerman, Don Zimmerman, Michele Zuzalek

Oh My God! That is a ridiculously long list of artist…

Now there’s a post title that should get some attention…

This event is so exciting I almost didn’t want to post about it for fear of hurting my chances of getting some artwork by a great artist without breaking the bank. Seriously though, I would never do that. Art from Scrap is too wonderful an organization to hold back from helping them raise some money. And clearly I am not alone in thinking this, the list of artists who have signed up for this event range from national and international stars such as Yoko Ono (seriously?!?), and Jeff Bridges; local superstars like Penelope Gottlieb, Ann Diener and John Nava; old favorites from the Haley Collective like Yoskay Yamamoto,  J. Shea9, Tanner Goldbeck, and Larry Mills; and up-and-comers like Inga Guzyte and Zack Paul. It would not be a stretch to say that nearly everyone I have ever written about on this blog will be part of this show. And then there are all the other great artists that I haven’t mentioned.

The deal is that you don’t know who has done each piece until you drop the $200 bucks to buy it. So it pays to do your homework if you want something by a particular artist. For $100 bucks you can get in the door at 6:30 to get first pick, or wait until 7pm and get in for $20. But if you are at all interested in any of these artists it would be silly to wait until 7. Getting a piece of art for $300 bucks from any of these artists is a steal, and you’re helping Art From Scrap to boot.

All the info is listed below, but if you haven’t checked out the artist list you can find it here.  And make a note that this show is not at Art From Scrap. It will be at the Brooks Institute’s Gallery 27 at 27 West Cota St.

See you there.

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One Night Stand is a benefit in support of Art From Scrap, a leading environmental education and art organization, now in its 20^th year ofencouraging creative expression in the arts and promoting a greater understanding of environmental issues.

This art exhibition will be up for one night only - Saturday August 20, 2011 - at Gallery 27, a professional art gallery affiliated with Brooks Institute in downtown Santa Barbara. Contemporary artists from around the country are being personally invited to contribute artwork in all mediums.

Watch the Artist list grow! 

The element of surprise is essential to One Night Stand. The artist’s name will only be revealed after the artwork is purchased. Sophisticated art patrons and first time collectors will trust their instincts as they hunt for works of art that both intrigue and excite their sensibilities. Once selected, each work of art will be purchased for $200.

While this may be your first One Night Stand we guarantee you will feel great the next morning, knowing that your generosity helped support environmental education and the arts ….
and Art From Scrap will have the utmost respect for you! 

www.artfromscrap.org

Click Here to make your Reservations - Early Entry (6:30) $100;  General Entry(7:00) $20

Calling all (b)artists!

This Saturday at Muddy Waters the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative will be holding the first of many “belly to belly” events. These events are designed to get people together to make connections and foster future resource sharing and collaborations… they are also supposed to be a blast.

I have been heavily involved with the planning of this event, so I can give my personal assurance that this will be a good time. It may also be an opportunity to get a very unique work of art by an artist whose work you’ve admired for years but couldn’t easily afford.

In the afternoon people are invited to come to Muddy Waters to work on their Bar Napkin masterpieces. Starting at 4pm the napkins will be put on display for a silent auction that will begin at 5:30 and end at 7:30. The proceeds from this auction will go to the SBAC’s direct-to-artist grant program.

There are already more than 100 people who have confirmed their attendance on the event’s Facebook page. I know that there are a wide range of artists (not all of whom are visual artists) that will be contributing napkins to the event, some of whom are very well known in town. However, we encourage everyone to take part.

I also happen to know that some extremely awesome SBAC t-shirts will make their world premiere at the event. These t-shirts will be sold for $20 (also to benefit the SBAC), so make sure to stop by an ATM before you come because Muddy Waters doesn’t take plastic.

We are also looking for any donations of supplies to help out with the event:

We are looking for white bar napkins, golf pencils, and art supplies for Saturday. We’d rather recycle or use what’s out there than buy more.

If you have access to any of these things please contact me at: nathan@sbartsblog.com

Also, if you would like to contribute to the event but can’t make it on Saturday, feel free to work on a napkin in advance and bring it (or have it delivered) to Muddy Waters on Saturday.

Here is a partial list of the artists whose napkins you can expect to see at the silent auction (I’ll update this list as more artists confirm).

Hugh Margerum                      http://www.hughmargerum.com/
Vanae Rivera                           http://www.maryandthemachine.com/
Bob DeBris                               http://www.bobdebris.com/
Jane Callister                           http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/janec/
Keith Puccinelli                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcHtBffHGqA
Penelope Gottlieb                    http://www.penelopegottlieb.com/
Dane Goodman                       http://www.sbcc.edu/art/website/index.php?page=faculty&contact=25
David Starkey                          http://www.vimeo.com/5294834
Bob Mask                                 http://www.west.net/~bobsart/
Elizabeth Folk                          http://www.elizabethfolk.com/
Jim Connolly                            http://www.jimconnollymusic.com/
Sheryl Schroeder                     http://www.schroederville.com/
Anna Abbey                              http://www.myspace.com/radannabbey
Clay Bodine                              http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Dominique Reboul                  http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Ben Anderson                          http://www.benjaminanderson.com/
Sean Anderson                        http://www.seananderson.com/
Jimmy Bell                               http://www.jimmybellart.com/

UPDATE:

Colin Gardner (Chair, UCSB Art Department)   http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/content/colin-gardner
Ann Diener                              http://www.anndienerart.com/
Jeff Shelton                              http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/

UPDATE #2

Molly Hahn                              http://mollycules.com/
Kimberly Hahn                       http://www.kimberlyhahn.com
James Van Arsdale              http://www.jamesvanarsdale.com/
Ken Bortolazzo                      http://www.sullivangoss.com/bortolazzo_ken/
Joe LaCorte                            http://www.josephlacorte.com/
Robert Redfield                    http://www.redfieldpictures.com/

If you are an artist who wants people to know that you’ll be at the event, just post your name in a comment on this post.