Posted by cafpress on: Fri 21st Jan, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 8-11 pm
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum 14th Annual Valentine's Benefit Auction

Add a little heART to your Valentine’s Day and celebrate with the chicest, most avant-garde arts space in Santa Barbara, featuring art direction by Kat Trajano and loving grooves by DJ Jahi Sundance!

Brought to you as a late-night, benefit extravaganza inspired by the romance and sophistication of the holiday, this fundraiser for the arts offers high-end live and silent auction lots including exceptional wines, luxury items, and world-class artwork by internationally renowned artists!  Indulge your senses with the following pairings: fine wines & cocktails, delectable cheeses & chocolates, and hip music & dancing!

Black Label, $175 per person: Open-bar privileges and one free entry ticket for a chance to win a work of art by Ellsworth Kelly!

Red Label, $50 per person: Silent & Live Auctions, Cheeses, Chocolates & Cocktails, live DJ, and art raffle!

Tickets on sale now. For tickets, call 805.966.5373 or visit our website sbcaf.org.

As a special treat this year, don’t miss CAF’s raffle for a chance to win a work of art! Tickets will be sold at the event for $25. Winner does not have to be present to win!

All proceeds from our 14th Annual Valentine's Benefit Auction support CAF's highly acclaimed exhibitions and educational programs. 

Sponsors:  American Laser Centers, Arna Bee Photography, Chris Bailey and Carolyn Glasoe, Ralph and Jan Baxter,19 Blue, Josh and Suzanne Blumer, Boxing Kitten, Bridlewood Estate Winery, Buttonwood Farm Winery, Cabana Home, Nell Campbell, Casa Magazine, CMND-Z Clothing, Consilience, Chef Roberto Cortez, Cos Bar Montecito, Alejandro Diaz, Dining with Di, D.J. Jahi Sundance, Candyce Eoff, Kim Fisher, Michael and Nancy Gifford, Penelope Gottlieb, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Imagine, Imagine Wine, Jane Deering Gallery, Barry and Jill Kitnick, La Tour Wine Merchants, Lady E Photography, Lorraine Lim Catering, MAKE.SMITH, Mark and Catherine Montgomery, Municipal Winemakers, Natasha Boutique, Christine Nichols, Northern Trust, Occhiali Fine Eyewear, Jo O'Connell, Patrick Painter, Inc., Marco Pinter, Porch, Michael and Lorie Porter, Keith Puccinelli, Alex and Eileen Rasmussen, RND Vodka, Richard Ross, Peter Rostovsky, Richard Sanders and Ro Snell, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Santa Barbara News-Press, Danny Scott, Steven Sharpe, State Of Emergency, Straight Up Cocktail Service, Sunset Towers Hotel, Sunstone Vineyards and Winery, The Supply Room, Marc Swanson, Kat Trajano, Michael Trambert and Jacquelyn Klein-Brown, Touch, Chef Tam Trinh, Tony and Nancy Wall, Geof and Laura Wyatt, and Sam Zodeh and Yasmine Mohseni as of 02/11/11.

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 21st Jan, 2011

Thursday, February 3, 7 pm

Forum Lounge: Lucky Dragon

"Lucky Dragons" is a collaborative project facilitated by Los Angeles-based artists Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Lucky Dragons relies heavily on participation, openly engaging audiences and passersby in the creation of the artwork. An important aspect of "Lucky Dragons'" performance pieces is the publishing and distribution of multiples, in the form of books, recordings, and posters, low-cost and widely accessible to the public. With participation ranging from the intense intimacy of two people, to the public spectacle of several thousand people, to the internet's infinite capacity for exchange, at the heart of it all is playing together--building up social collectivities in both public and private spaces, and re-engaging, with wonder, the technologies that connect us.

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. 

FREE

Curator's Notes:

Forum Lounge is proud to present a performance by LA musical duo Lucky Dragons. While "musical" certainly best categorizes the ensemble's performance, it is not your traditional concert. By integrating live feedback from viewer interaction, Lucky Dragon's style can more appropriately be described as improvised collaboration with a multimedia twist. The result is a curious blend of electronic static complemented by musical overtones. It's at once robotic and melodic (which begs the question, do robots like music?). It's also an exercise in a democratic process of creation, where the viewer has as much control over the output as the musician. Lucky Dragons consists of Luke Fishbeck and Sarah Rara; however, for this peformance, Luke will be working with Santa Barbara-based programmer Pablo Colapinto. In addition to releasing an impressive number of albums (19) since their formation in 1999, the group has also performed at the Smell, Echo Curio, Dublab, MOCA and at the 2008 Whitney Biennial. 

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