Posted by cafpress on: Mon 31st Oct, 2011

Saturday, November 5, noon - 1 pm

Canary Hotel, Valley Room

The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and New Noise Music Foundation present a discussion of access and free speech in the contemporary media landscape. With panelists Kodwo Eshun, writer/theorist; Lee Montgomery, Neighborhood Public Radio; Ted Coe, KCSB; Marko Peljhan, Arctic Perspective Initiative; Daniel Perlin, artist/sound designer; and Michael Trigilio, Neighborhood Public Radio. Moderated by Elizabeth Lovero, Wireless curator. Hosted at the Canary Hotel's Valley Room in conjunction with the New Noise Music Conference. The Canary Hotel is located at 31 West Carrillo, Santa Barbara, CA  93101.

CAF MEMBERS: BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD AND RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION TO THE NEW NOISE CONFERENCE (A $30 VALUE)!  For questions regarding the smART Salon or CAF MEMBER admission, please email education@sbcaf.org or call (805) 966-5373 x103. Not a CAF MEMBER? Join Today.

Please visit: http://www.newnoisesb.org/ for more information on the New Noise Music Conference or http://www.newnoisesb.org/buy-a-badge/ to purchase a New Noise Music Conference Badge.

Image: Neighborhood Public Radio, Park Park Revolution, 2011, Site-specific performance MOCA, Los Angeles , CA. Photo: Mark Woodworth

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Posted by cafpress on: Tue 11th Oct, 2011

Friday, October 14, 7 pm

“Information overload leads to pattern recognition” Marshall McLuhan

Harry Reese will be speaking on his recent work and ideas, highlighting particular visual, conceptual, and perceptual patterns that appear in or accompany the various projects he has made or participated in over the last three decades.

Harry Reese is a Professor in the Department of Art and the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Associate Dean of the College of Creative Studies. In partnership with his wife Sandra Liddell Reese, he publishes limited edition books and prints for their Turkey Press & Edition Reese imprints. He has received grants and significant recognition from a number of organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. ADMISSION IS 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 pays tribute to artists who live and work in the Santa Barbara area.

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Posted by cafpress on: Tue 27th Sep, 2011

Monday, October 3, 7pm

Interested in getting your art exhibited in a gallery or museum setting, and want to know what to expect when working with a curator?  Join us to learn what curators look for when choosing an exhibiting artist, and hear from professional artists and curators themselves.  Moderated by Miki Garcia, Head Curator at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, the panel will include Heather Jeno Silva, curator of the Forum Lounge performance series and assistant director of the UCSB Arts & Lectures series; Alejandro Casazi, UCSB professor, artist, and curator of PLATFORM; and Warren Schultheis, artist and curator of the annual SUPER SANTA BARBARA show.  If you are an art student or a self taught artist and you would like to be exhibiting, this event is not to be missed!

ADMISSION IS FREE

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 3rd Jun, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 7 pm
smART Talks: Betsy Gallery, Mosaic Images and Demonstration
Combining classical handmade Italian glass smalti and 24 karat gold tesserae with recycled porcelain, ceramics and found objects, Betsy Gallery’s contemporary mosaics give new meaning to this ancient craft. The incorporation of noble materials and historical, psychological, and literary references transform what was once considered a craft into art of the highest caliber. Betsy’s formal training began at the Art Institute in Chicago, and her mosaic studies have taken her to Mexico, Spain and Italy.

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 pays tribute to artists who live and work in the Santa Barbara area.
ADMISSION IS FREE

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Posted by cafpress on: Mon 21st Mar, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 4 pm

The Independent’s own Charles Donelan moderates a not-to-be-missed panel discussion, which will explore the themes addressed in the exhibition Eating Apples in Paradise. Join us to examine the complexities of our beautiful town with guests from a diverse cross section of the community.  Our panel representatives will be Shannon Brooks, Director of Communication for the Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau, Geoff Green, Executive Director of the Fund for Santa Barbara, Professor Wade Graham, landscape designer, historian and author, Ben Romo, Executive Director of Partners in Education and Professor Jeremy White, architect and architectural historian.  Following the panel discussion, a short documentary film, entitled Hot Tubs and directed by Gabe Roseen, will be screened. Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Independent.
FREE

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 8th Oct, 2010

In conversation with Daniel Dove, Peter Rostovsky, Charlotta Westergren, and Paul Winstanley, moderated by Colin Gardner

In May 2010, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith re-affirmed, "Few modern myths about art have been as persistent or as annoying as the so-called death of painting." With this reputation, painters continue to grapple with their roles in the context of contemporary artistic practice.  This Fall, Santa Barbara embraces the medium of painting, featuring four prominent painters in exhibition venues around town.  Daniel Dove is the subject of a one person exhibition, Daniel Dove, at Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC), November 5 - December 10; Peter Rostovsky's and Paul Winstanley's work will be on view in Parallax, October 23 - December 19 at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF); and Charlotta Westergren will be exhibiting new work in Run to Ground, in CAF's Bloom Project gallery, October 23 - December 19. Join Dove, Rostovsky, Westergren, and Winstanley, with moderator Colin Gardner to discuss painting in the 21st century.

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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 4th Jun, 2010

FRI. JUN. 11, 7 PM

smART Talks: Dug Uyesaka

Uyesaka is an instructor of visual and performing arts at the Laguna Blanca School. His most recent exhibition was an assemblage art piece compiled with original photography with Dan Levin and Bob Debris at Santa Barbara’s Art From Scrap gallery on February 6, 2010. Uyesaka works closely with various other artists while primarily exhibiting in Santa Barbara. FREE

Photo: Guided By Voices, 2007, Carbon filament lightbulb, garden tool (found objects), 19 x 7 in.

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 5th Mar, 2010

The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and City 2.0 present a rare conversation between curator and artist. Executive Director of CAF, Miki Garcia sat down with artist Sanford Biggers to discuss his work, thoughts about art, and take questions sent in by the public.  Sanford Biggers:  Moon Medicine opens on Saturday, March 6 at 7 PM and closes May 2, 2010.  Stop by to see the exhibition at CAF located at the Paseo Nuevo Mall Upper Arts Terrace.

Sanford Biggers Interview from City Two on Vimeo.

Sanford Biggers Interview/Conversation with Miki Garcia.

brought to you by City2 and CAF

CAF would like to thank Warren Schultheis and Kimberly Hahn.

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Posted by cafpress on: Mon 22nd Feb, 2010

Join CAF at the Kids Expo at La Cumbre Plaza, Saturday, March 6th, 9 AM- 1PM.  Bring your family to join in on the fun: coloring books, information about upcoming events and exhibitions, and more.

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