Posted by cafpress on: Wed 29th Sep, 2010

Friday, October 15, 7 pm

smART Talks: Ken Bortolazzo

Bortolazzo, a Santa Barbara native, discovered an early passion for complex puzzles, which evolved through his interest in Minimalism, Op Art, and Kinetic sculpture towards a body of work called optikinetics—kinetic sculptures in stainless steel. From his studio in Santa Barbara, Bortolazzo has developed a national reputation in contemporary sculpture, which is an invitation to examine the dichotomy between object and nature, and to ultimately explore the possibilities that dwell within that vision. He is represented by Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara. FREE

The smART Talks program serves to increase awareness of local artists through a series of three talks a year by local artists about their work, careers, and creative process. The series, begun in 1996, was created in honor of Helen Rosenberg, mother of Susan Rose, and grandmother of Julie Weiner, and honors artists who live and work in the Santa Barbara area.

Image: Ken Bortolazzo, HEXAD (SMALL), 1988, Stainless steel, 11 x 12 x 12 in.

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 10th Sep, 2010

Friday September 24 7 pm 

F.A.T/LAB Choreographed Culinary Performance

Don't miss out on an amazing opportunity to be part of a collaborative project with current Call For Entries artist, Alejandro Casazi! Casazi’s body of work comprises a diverse range of media (including printmaking, installation, sculpture, video, sound, photography, and works on paper) and may be described as an effort to understand the elemental experiences of human beings (breathing, heartbeat, taste, etc.). Often, the artist’s final product is achieved through collaboration with experts in fields outside the visual arts. F.A.T/LAB (Food, Art, and Technology) is a collective, made up of Alejandro Casazi (Visual Artist), Joel Chapman (Principal Chef), and Christopher Jette (Music Composer), that creates performative culinary experiences. Their work harmonizes sensory experiences (The Visual, The Sound, The Taste) in a carefully choreographed project that highlights the basic human activity of eating.  Guests will engage in this “maximalist” dinner event, where an overstimulation of the senses will collide with every dish, taste, sound, and visual element. The installation, on view August 07 – October 03, 2010 as part of  Call For Entries 2010, is a staging area for the dinner but also contains photographs, sound, and video projections to be included during the performance. Tickets to attend are $300/person and can be purchased through check or by phone 805-966-5373 x 105. Ticket price directly funds the artists' efforts. Please include your name, address, phone, email, and allergies to specific ingredients or intolerances in the mail or message with payment. Seating is very limited, so reserve your spot(s) and don't miss out!  Visit: http://www.fatlabcollective.com/ to learn more about the collective and this one-of-a-kind project. 

Special thanks to: Municipal Winemakers, Santa Barbara, CA

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 10th Sep, 2010

CAF has great opportunities for artists. Take it to the next level with Portfolio Review Week, Artist Survival Strategies Seminar, and Call For Entries 2011.  Learn more about these offerings at: http://www.sbcaf.org

Create The Scene. To take advantage of member's only opportunities and discounts, consider joining today: http://www.sbcaf.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SBCAF&Category_Code=MEM

Porfolio Review Week is only open to CAF members and space is limited. Reserve your slot today!
September 28 - October 1, by appointment
Artists, schedule a time to have your artwork reviewed! CAF offers a one-on-one 20-minute review with o...ur Executive Director, Miki Garcia, to discuss your work, refine your portfolio, and bring your career to the next level! Please bring an artist's statement, bio/resume, and images in CD/DVD/Zip Drive formatted to be viewed on a Mac Computer or on your own laptop. You may also bring in original artwork at your own discretion depending on size and number of works. Reservations are required to curator@sbcaf.org or 805-966-5373 x105. MEMBERS ONLY - FREE.

Artists' Survival Strategies Seminar
Saturday October 2, 10 am - 12 pm
This informative seminar helps artists with issues regarding their career. CAF Executive Director, ...Miki Garcia, will offer insights on professionalism, portfolio development, preparing for studio visits, exhibition and public art application processes, gallery representation, grant writing, marketing, and administration to help get your art career on track! Space is limited, RSVP to to curator@sbcaf.org or 805-966-5373 x105. MEMBERS, FREE; GENERAL ADMISSION, $15

Call For Entries' deadline for submission is October 8, 2010. Submit your online application today to be considered for next year's Call For Entries exhibition!
Call For Entries (CF...E) is an annual juried exhibition that encourages artists from the local community to produce newly commissioned work. CFE is open to visual artists of all mediums currently living and/or working in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties. Applicants may not be closely affiliated with CAF or have participated in a past CFE exhibition. Learn more at:http://www.sbcaf.org/exhibitions/opportun.htm

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Posted by cafpress on: Thu 2nd Sep, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 7 pm

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, FREE

Explore your senses with sonicSENSE’s multimedia performance and Mylar Corridor. 

Barney Haynes and Jennifer Parker’s sonicSENSE fuses the creative possibilities of computers with traditional visual art processes to generate a unique space for sharing, questioning, and experiencing avante-garde art. Haynes and Parker will use live internet data to track light, sound, and air pollution and combine it with video projection, sub-sonic transducers, speaker film, web cams, biometric readers, and performance to create a full-sensory sound art installation. Where a typical viewer might have an emotional or visual reaction to a work of art, sonicSENSE endeavors to capture this chemistry on a more literal level with voluntary interactive biometrics. In addition, the audience may walk through sonicSENSE’s vibrating and mirror-like Mylar Corridor to experience visual and sound bending distortions.

This performance also takes place at the same time as a sonicSENSE installation at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies and represents Forum Lounge’s collaborative possibilities, with the community. 

Barney Haynes is an Artist and Professor in the M.F.A. Program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco/Oakland,CA. Jennifer Parker is a Sculptor and Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA.

About the Forum Lounge Series: Forum Lounge is a series of free, unique, performance-based events, ranging from the theatrical to the avant-garde that are normally found only in large metropolitan venues, and that reflect CAF’s mission to sustain and encourage the artistic process by presenting art in the form of exceptional music, dance, video, and other multi-media to our community.

Support for Forum Lounge is generously provided by: Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Winery, and the Santa Barbara Independent. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

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