Posted by cafpress on: Fri 4th May, 2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 6:30-8 pm

Exhibition on view: May 20 – July 8, 2012

Main Gallery : UCSB MFA 2012 Exhibition: Headgear for Tony presents fresh talent from the Fine Art graduate department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The work of MFA recipients Tim Brown, Jared Flores, Emily Halbardier, Bessie Kunath, Jae Hee Lee, Nick Loewen, Ruby Osorio, Rimas Simaitis, and Van Tran is shaped by their experiences in the UCSB Department of Art’s graduate program, which emphasizes interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to art-making and the utilization of campus resources. The artists also engage in programs outside the required MFA curriculum to both expand their interdisciplinary scope and supplement their own artistic focus, interests, and goals. Co-organized by Laurel Beckman, Professor and Graduate Program Chair, Department of Art at UCSB, and Karla Blancas, CAF Curatorial Associate, the exhibition presents the artists’ unique perspectives composed of diverse mediums and viewpoints.

Special thanks to: Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara, CA; Montecito Messenger; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA; UCSB Arts Research Initiative, Santa Barbara, CA; UCSB Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Santa Barbara, CA; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

Bloom Projects: Susanna Vapnek, Sundowner

Inspired by the 2008 Tea Fire, Susanna Vapnek’s paintings tap into the intensity of shared community experience with emotive, apocalyptic representations of the Santa Barbara fire season. The exhibition is titled Sundowner, a reference to dangerous and uncontrollable hot winds that descend from the mountains to the sea fueling fires into raging infernos. Her Southern California landscapes expose the fluidity, energy, and dark side of a region often viewed as an eternal paradise.

New York-based Susanna Vapnek received a BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, and a MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. A painter and collage artist, as well as documentary filmmaker, Vapnek spends time in Santa Barbara, CA.

Special thanks to: Andrea Lang Fund; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY; Susan E. Bower Exhibition Fund; Brush & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara, CA; Montecito Messenger; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 13th Apr, 2012

Thursday, May 3
5 pm Happy Hour: Wine provided by La Tour Wine Merchant and music by
Warbler Records & Goods

7 pm Performance

 

LA-based trio WIFE, created by artists Jasmine Albuquerque, Kristen Leahy, and Nina McNeely perform their multi-media piece God Daughter. In three parts—using original choreography, projected images, and music—God Daughter tells a story of female relationships, of metamorphosis, and of the transcendence of the human form. Influenced by Chris Cunningham, Jim Henson, and Kathy Rose, the members of WIFE work together to create a singular feminine persona that is beautiful, bold, and at times very dark. WIFE's inspiration is derived from myth, folklore, archetypes, and the subtleties of everyday human behavior.


Special thanks to: Endever Music Productions, Santa Barbara, CA; the Franciscan Inn, Santa Barbara, CA; KCSB, Santa Barbara, CA; La Tour Wine Merchant, Santa Barbara, CA; National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; Santa Barbara Independent; and Warbler Records & Goods, Santa Barbara, CA.

Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.


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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 6th Apr, 2012

Saturday, April 21, 6 PM

Video and public space artist Laurel Beckman gives a lecture at CAF on her work as an artist and professor. Beckman’s art is an investigation of perceptual phenomena, language, the built environment, and affect. By working with and nurturing eccentric public spaces such as digital billboards and gas pump TV screens, Laurel Beckman highlights perception and public display while attending to themes at the crossroads of consciousness, social conditions, meta-physics, and science. Employing a wide range of media and distribution strategies, her sanctioned and unsanctioned projects often enlist commercial and civic spaces in efforts to contribute meaningfully to the cultural landscape. Beckman is a professor of Digital Media, Experimental Video/Animation, and Public Space Arts at the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

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.

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Posted by cafpress on: Fri 23rd Mar, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 7 pm
Pre-performance Happy Hour, 5 pm

Suddenly Summer Somewhere is a duet that follows the relationship between two performers, Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass, who embody quirky, fallible, and familiar characters. This whimsical dance theater piece is set to live recordings of the Rat Pack and blends deadpan comedy, space-devouring choreography, and awkwardly strenuous partnering. Barnes’ work slips between comedy and tragedy as the performers struggle along their journey together.

Monica Bill Barnes & Co. will be performing at Center Stage Theater at 7 pm. We invite you to arrive early and join us for a pre-performance Happy Hour starting at 5 pm at CAF, featuring La Tour Wine, music by Warbler Records, and an opportunity to peruse the exhibition Flights from Wonder.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: Endever Music Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, La Tour Wine, the National Endowment for the Arts, Santa Barbara Independent, Therese Schweidler, and Warbler Records. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday. 

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Posted by cafpress on: Wed 14th Mar, 2012

Friday, March 16, 6 pm

In accordance with the exhibition Flights from Wonder, CAF presents a panel discussion that examines the roles of childhood and parenting in the 21st century. Esteemed panelists include Gopal Krishnmurthi, coordinator of the Krishnmurti Teaching Academy; Ellen Stoddard, director of the Lou Grant Parent Child workshop in Carpenteria; Don MacMannis, Clinical Director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara; Carolyn Kaster, teacher at the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara; and moderated by Charles Donelan, Arts Editor of the Santa Barbara Independent.

Join CAF as these pioneering professionals share their diverse expertise and experience, providing an opportunity to broaden and strengthen our understanding of childhood and parenting today.

For questions regarding the smART Salons, please email education@sbcaf.org or call (805) 966-5373 x103.

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Special thanks to ParentClick, Santa Barbara, CA and Santa Barbara Independent.

Posted by cafpress on: Fri 17th Feb, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 5-7 pm

CAF and Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara host an open house celebrating their exciting collaboration.  A tour of the gallery hotel begins 5:30 pm with remarks by CAF Executive Director Miki Garcia. 

Explore newly renovated rooms and common spaces designed by Santa Barbara’s own AB Design Studios, Inc., as well as the hotel’s first exhibition in CAF’s satellite space, Open House.

Kunin Wines will be pouring their award-winning offerings.  Leave a business card and enter a raffle for a chance to win a free hotel stay, CAF membership, and Kunin Wines tasting.

CAF Satellite @ Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara
121 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 966-6586

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Presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

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Posted by cafpress on: Thu 2nd Feb, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8-11 pm

This year CAF’s ultra-cool benefit party turns it up a notch! Introducing New York City’s Grey Area Pop-up Shop featuring a highly curated selection of artist-designed objects that can’t be found anywhere else in town! Featured in W Magazine, Refinery 29, the New York Times, and at the Bass Museum during Art Basel Miami Beach, Grey Area’s Pop-up Shop offers fashionable, high-end items by artists and designers such as Will Cotton, Piero Golia, Barbara Kruger, Yoshitomo Nara, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, and Rob Wynne. Now, these are available in Santa Barbara at CAF’s late-night benefit extravaganza. Inspired by the romance and sophistication of the holiday, this fundraiser for the arts offers an extraordinary collection of fine wine and luxury lifestyle auction lots. Proceeds go to CAF’s acclaimed exhibitions and programs, which are brought to the public free of charge! At the party, you can indulge your vices with sweets guaranteed to tantalize, sensational cocktails, art direction by Kat Trajano, and loving grooves by Playback’s DJ Tucker Bodine.

Exclusively for men with discerning tastes, CAF's Valentine's Benefit Auction & Party introduces an all-new, Gentlemen's Lounge, featuring whisky pours by local artist and spirits connoisseur Macduff Everton, beer from The Brewhouse, and auction lots of specialty Santa Ynez and Napa Valley wines, sailing trips, hand-crafted leather goods, and local club memberships!

Just in:  Valentine's Benefit Auction & Party attendees, who purchase an 8th Santa Barbara Million Dollar Home Raffle ticket while at the Valentine's event, will be entered into an exclusive instant win raffle for a beach cruiser artfully painted by local artist Vanae Rivera.

VIP*, $125 (pre-sale)/$135 per person. *An exclusive VIP Champagne Preview at 7:30 pm, and open-bar privileges.

General Admission, $75 (pre-sale)/$85 per person.

For tickets, call (805) 966-5373 or visit our website sbcaf.org. Pre-sale purchases receive $10 off/ticket.

Co-chairs: Jacquelyn Klein-Brown, Eileen Rasmussen, and Nancy Wall;

Honorary Committee: Elisabeth Fowler, Lila Francese, Mike Healy, Cyndee Howard, Barry and Jill Kitnick, John Kochis, Stevie Mason, Bibi Moezzi, Shamim M. Momin, Marc and Laurie Recordon, Michael Trambert, and Geof and Laura Wyatt.

Sponsors: Alchemy Arts Center, Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards, American Laser Center, Andersen's, Arigato Sushi Bar, Artiste Winery, Aveda, The Bar Method, Bikram Yoga Santa Barbara, Josh and Suzanne Blumer, Blush, Tucker Bodine, Brander Vineyard, Brewer-Clifton, The Brewhouse, Bridlewood Estate Winery, Cabana Home, Casa Magazine, C'est Cheese, Chaucer's Bookstore, Coco De Mer, Consilience Wines, Cos Bar, Curtis Winery, The Daily Sound, Daniel Gehrs Wines, Design Within Reach, Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Sterling Vineyards, Drishti, Eva Alexander-Gutierrez, Inc., Candyce Eoff, Ferguson-Ettinger Architects, Inc., Fiddlehead Cellars, Fit Buddha, Four Seasons Resort-The Biltmore, Foxen Winery, Emilee Garfield, Michael and Nancy Gifford, Carolyn Glasoe and Chris Bailey, Goorin Bros. Hat Shop, Granada Theatre, The Grapeseed Company, Grey Area, Erin Griffin, Hollister Brewing Company, Ibiza Hair Salon, Imagine, Imagine Wine, Jane Restaurant, Nina Lafuente, Land and Sea Tours, Lobero Theatre Foundation, Lotus Boutique, The Lower Lodge, Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards, Malia Mills, MakeSmith, Mishay Salon and Spa, Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, Montecito Messenger, Noelle Burg, Occhiali Fine Eyewear, Ojai Home, Olio e Limone Ristorante & Olio Pizzeria, Opera Santa Barbara, Pacific Plastic Surgery, Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, Pine Ridge Vineyards, Michael and Lorie Porter, Purrmission Lingerie, Restaurant Mimosa, RND Vodka, San Ysidro Ranch, Sanguis Wines, Santa Barbara Airbus, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, Saxum Vineyards, Sea Smoke Cellars, Shine Blow Dry Bar, Simpson House Inn, Straight Up Cocktail Service, Telegraph Brewing Company, Tres Hermanas Winery, Touch, Michael Trambert, Tropicali, UCSB Arts and Lectures,Tony and Nancy Wall, Warbler Records & Goods, Charlotta Westergren, Via Maestra 42, and Yoga Soup.

Posted by cafpress on: Mon 30th Jan, 2012

Opening Reception on Saturday, February 25, 6:30-8pm 
Exhibitions on View: February 26 - April 22

Main Gallery: Flights from Wonder: Christopher Chiappa, Liz Craft, Martha Friedman, FriendsWithYou, Jon Pylypchuk, Carolyn Salas, Mindy Shapero, Shinique Smith, and Phoebe Washburn

"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder." -Albert Einstein

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." -Albert Einstein


Religious leaders, intellectuals, and scientists such as Honoré de Balzac, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, and Marcel Proust, espoused a practice of perceiving art and science through a child’s perspective—straightforward, devoid of pretense, and unflinching in its outlook—to invigorate the imagination. Their philosophy encourages us as adults to cast aside preconceived notions and approach the world from this unfettered child’s point of view, so that we may broaden our world view, and stimulate our minds, allowing for greater degrees of discovery, curiosity, compassion, and wonder.

Inspired by this perspective, Flights from Wonder transforms CAF into a series of engaging, hands-on, interactive installations that heighten the synergy between artists and audience, and challenge all ages to re-imagine their relationship to art. The exhibition explores alternate ways to experience art by posing questions such as: How do children react and relate to the art of our time? How do we experience contemporary art? What new awareness can we acquire from children? Featuring an internationally recognized group of artists including Christopher Chiappa, Liz Craft, Martha Friedman, FriendsWithYou, Jon Pylypchuk, Carolyn Salas, Mindy Shapero, Shinique Smith, and Phoebe Washburn, Flights from Wonder empowers audiences to think, play, and create, and rejects the myth that contemporary art is mystifying or elitist, demonstrating instead that art is an enriching and stimulating part of the human experience.

Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY, Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara, CA; Robert Johnson, Santa Barbara, CA; Jon and Lillian Lovelace, Santa Barbara, CA; Montecito Messenger; ParentClick, Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; and X-TRA, Los Angeles, CA.



Bloom Projects: Afruz Amighi, Suspended City

Suspended City explores the often ignored and unmonumental architecture of poverty and desperation. A growing landscape of refugee camps, and their make shift tents, dot the borders of the Middle East. In Amighi's work these structures manifest as large graphite drawings, hovering in space, in a realm of permanent dislocation.  Above the drawings an installation mimicking the night sky hangs.  The stars are arranged in the Kufic Arabic script spelling out the Quranic surah for solace.
Afruz Amighi was born in Tehran, Iran and lives and works in New York. Amighi received a B.A. in Political Science at Barnard College and a M.F.A. from New York University in 2007. She has completed a residency program at the School of Visual Arts in New York and was selected for the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art Emerge Program in collaboration with Creative Capital (2006). Amighi will create an on-site sculptural installation at CAF based on her series of tapestry-like work inspired by Persian rugs.



Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY, Susan E. Bower Exhibition Fund, Santa Barbara, CA; Brush & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA;  The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara, CA; Montecito Messenger; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

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Posted by cafpress on: Thu 29th Dec, 2011

Thursday, February 2, 7 pm

San Francisco-based, integrated media artist and director Christine Marie breaks new ground in her performance Multiplying Spectacles. Based on the history of mirrors, her large-scale projected shadow theater performance is accompanied by a live score, incorporating video effects and 3D stereoscopic shadow work. Being intrinsically tied to ancient art forms, and metaphysical explorations of light, she creates images that invite one to remember a sense of being beyond the rational mind, where historic figures, dream sequences, and present day mix with thought processes and memory.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, Andrea Lang Fund, Daniel Clark, Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler.  Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

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Posted by cafpress on: Sun 27th Nov, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 7 pm

Founded in 2006, casebolt and smith are a Los Angeles-based theater duo that skirt the proverbial line between the profound and the absurd, often siding with humor and irreverence. O(h) evolves from demonstrations of what they can, can’t, and won’t do into intricate movement phrases layered with pop culture references.  Speaking directly to the audience while dancing and sometimes singing, they offer honest insights into their limitations as a duet company and their fear of becoming unoriginal. The result is a fast-paced, complex and hilarious glimpse into the minds and pants of casebolt and smith.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, Andrea Lang Fund, Daniel Clark, Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler.  Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday. 

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Posted by cafpress on: Mon 14th Nov, 2011

Friday, November 18, 7 pm

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

The artist Stephanie Dotson will be speaking on the conceptual territory of printmaking echoed in non-print work.

Stephanie Dotson subverts the narratives inherent in her processes with a mad arsenal of working techniques to create a new patois where opposing realities parallel narratives from her own life.

Solo exhibitions of her work include the Three Walls Gallery in Chicago, Vox Populii in Philadelphia, and Trace Gallery in Athens, GA. She has completed several artist residencies including the Bemis Center in 2004 and has received full Joan Mitchell fellowships to residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in 2007 and the Atlantic Center for the Arts In 2010. Dotson is presently Chair of the art department at the Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, CA, where she lives and works in her studio. Stephanie studied poster and print arts in Havana, Cuba as a student in 2006, where she plans to return in Summer 2010 as the director of her printmaking study abroad program.

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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: Mon 14th Nov, 2011

ON VIEW FROM November 6, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Wireless: Francis Baudevin, Matthew Beiderman and Marko Peljhan, Dove Bradshaw, Nathan Carter, Tyler Coburn,  Aaron S. Davidson and Melissa Dubbin, Ellie Ga, Nicolas Lobo, Neighborhood Public Radio, Daniel Perlin, Roman Signer, and Jim Toth. Curated by Elizabeth Lovero

In honor of community radio station KCSB’s 50th anniversary, CAF presents Wireless, an exhibition featuring an international roster of artists exploring themes of radio transmission and communications. KCSB is a leader in non-commercial FM radio and the resurgent free-form format in the U.S. KCSB 91.9 FM is run by the Associated Students of the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. Wireless at CAF showcases artists residing in New York, Berlin, London, and Santa Barbara whose work is similarly concerned with the conveyance of ideas, memories, and objects across distances long and short. Former KCSB DJ and CAF Assistant Curator, NY-based curator Elizabeth Lovero brings together diverse mediums, such as sculptural installations, painting, video, photography, and sound, by artists Francis Baudevin, Dove Bradshaw, Nathan Carter, Tyler Coburn, Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson, Ellie Ga, Nicolas Lobo, Neighborhood Public Radio, Marko Peljhan and Matthew Beiderman, Daniel Perlin, Roman Signer, and Jim Toth. Wireless addresses pertinent issues in the radio community by showing works that champion individuality, mirror the spirit of decentralization and diversity in ownership and programming, explore community and low-power radio stations, and challenge the corporate broadcasting formulas.

In addition, Jim Toth’s new sculptural speaker installation will carry the KCSB stream 24/7 at CAF and the UCSB MultiCultural Center will screen Magic Radio, a film about the democratic power of radio in Niger, on November 16, 6 pm at the MCC Theatre. Admission to exhibition and the above listed associated events is free.

Elizabeth Lovero is a curator and writer, who is currently pursuing an M.A. in Art History at Hunter College, New York, NY.

Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY; Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; KCSB 91.9 FM, Santa Barbara, CA; New Noise Music Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA; The Presidio Motel, Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; UCSB MultiCultural Center, Santa Barbara, CA; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

Bloom Projects: Kathleen Yorba, Sequence

Kathleen Yorba is a mixed-media artist, her interests are the study of her Latina genealogy, the idea of organic memory and the inner workings of what is fondly called the three-pound enigma (brain). Yorba delights in the novelty of discovery while furthering her ongoing exploration of memory and identity. Delicate materials and artistic brevity encourage rumination on “the illusive characteristics of memory,” and inspiration drawn from the observation of a beehive’s life cycle reflects the search for internal meaning in the world outside.

Kathleen Yorba is originally from La Junta, CO and currently lives and works in Arroyo Grande, CA. She received her M.F.A. from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA and her B.A. from the University La Verne, La Verne, CA.  Yorba was selected for the Jentel Artist Residency Program in 2010. Most recently she has shown in exhibitions at the Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA, Studio 5216, Los Angeles, CA, and 825 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY; Susan E. Bower Exhibition Fund, Santa Barbara, CA; Brush & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

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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: Thu 27th Oct, 2011

Friday, November 4, noon - 1 pm at Storke Plaza, UCSB

Join us on Friday Nov. 4th, 12p-1p when KCSB, Neighborhood Public Radio and YOU will occupy your FM dial with Picnic Revolution, an INTERACTIVE radio-art installation in Storke Plaza on the UCSB Campus.

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Neighborhood Public Radio will use looping broadcast streams and analog synthesizers to generate a live sound composition that will be broadcast on a low power FM frequency. Your battery operated radios will be our amplification for a quadrophonic mix of sound swirling around the square.

Participate in real-time and add your voice (or other sounds) to the mix by calling our 800-number from your cell phone and Occupy the Airwaves with us!

Join us from 12pm-1pm in Storke Plaza and bring a radio and portable phone if you can. We need you to add your voice to this participatory, community art project. Make your own media!

That's Friday November 4th from 12-1 at Storke Plaza.

Come early to grab a good spot!

KCSB 91.9 FM presents Neighborhood Public Radio, in collaboration with Free Karate of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the communities of UC Santa Barbara & beyond!

Picnic Revolution is part of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum's Wireless art exhibition honoring KCSB's 50 Years of People-Powered Radio.

CAF’s exhibition Wireless is a collaboration between KCSB 91.9 FM, New Noise Music Foundation, and Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum on the occasion of KCSB’s 50th anniversary and the New Noise Digital Music Conference & Festival 2011. Visit sbcaf.org, kcsb.org, and newnoisesb.com for more information.

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: Fri 21st Oct, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 7 pm

Influential theater and film director Peter Glantz presents his multi-media solo performance, Being Impossible. With original unreleased music by Baltimore musicians Twig Harper and Dan Deacon, Glantz performs an ongoing, ever-changing show, featuring pure love, humor, colorful videos, and interstellar travel about a student’s journey to the sun. On both stage and screen, Peter has a signature whimsical visual style that combines a total commitment to fun and capturing the spirit and truth of the subject, story, or song.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, Andrea Lang Fund, Daniel Clark, Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery,and Therese Schweidler. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

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Teaser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VoUaRqgiVI

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