The Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the hire of Ana Briz as Assistant Director ...

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This year, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum marks 25 years of preserving the maritime heritage of the Santa Barbara Channel.

Dario Robleto, a Texas-based conceptual artist, who fuses and confuses layers of history, culture, and the natural order of the cosmos, will talk about ...

Isaac Weintraub, local golf professional and member of the Santa Cruz High School Athletic Hall of Fame, has embraced a ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

A Californian Visual Language” at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum explores how artists use text to challenge ...

In its 40th year, the Museum of Sonoma County welcomed new Executive Director Karen Wise, who left Los Angeles Jan. 17 amid a ...

A temporary exhibit featuring a little-known 1940s American art movement is nearing the end of its run at the Heard Museum in ...

Here’s a round-up of the newly-opened and soon-to-open restaurants, hotels, attractions and more, proving why now is the time ...

Tumbleweed Art Collective: This artisan boutique displays local artwork, hosts various classes and offers studio space; open ...