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“Black Memorabilia” explores the world of racist material, both antique and newly produced, that propagates demeaning representations of African Americans. From industrial China to the rural South to Brooklyn, the film shines a light on those who reproduce, consume and reclaim these items, from banks to Mammy kitchenware, confederate flags, Nazi insignia and other ephemera. Cal Lutheran’s art galleries, Center for Cultural Engagement and Inclusion, and Pearson Library are sponsoring access to this film. To request your free access code, click here. For more information, visit rollandgallery.callutheran.edu contact Rachel Schmid at rtschmid@calltutheran.edu or 805-493-3697.

Please join us at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) on October 23, 2021 from 6 - 8 pm as we celebrate the opening of Drifters, a solo exhibition of LA-based artist Rosha Yaghmai curated by Alexandra Terry, Chief Curator. Rosha Yaghmai (b. 1978, Santa Monica, CA, USA) lives and works in Los Angeles. Through a sculptural practice that melds industrial and craft processes, Yaghmai’s work utilizes these provocations to alter the familiar. Yaghmai was the subject of a solo exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco in January 2019. She was also included in the 2018 iteration of Made in LA at the Hammer Museum. Rosha Yaghmi: Drifters at MCASB is on view from Saturday, October 23, 2021 to Sunday, January 9, 2022.

Join us in the galleries with art historian and curator Susan M. Anderson for an in-depth look at CMATO’s new exhibition, GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956, on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00 PM.

The exhibition features nearly 50 paintings from the Gardena High School Art Collection, often cited as one of the nation’s greatest collections of early 20th century California art. Anderson, a former curator at the Laguna Art Museum, is a specialist in 20th century American art, with a focus on the art of California. Admission is free for museum members and $15 for non-members. Visit www.cmato.org to register.

Wednesday series: May 4, 11, and 25 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Museum of Ventura County Join other artists for a series of three drawing sessions with nude and clothed models at the Museum. Every experience level is welcome. Organized by artists Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown. Chairs and easels will be provided; artists must bring their own supplies. 10-35 participants per class. Registration required by April 29. Minimum of 10 participants required. Class will be confirmed on April 30. Fee for all three sessions: $50 for MVC members and students. $65 for non-members.

Studio Channel Islands Arts Center (SCIART), a non-profit dedicated to bringing together art, artists and community, will host their annual Collectors Choice fundraising event, 6 to 9 p.m, March 26. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to take an original artwork home with them, valuing up to $1000, on the final day of the Collectors Choice exhibition, which will be on display March 5 through March 26.

Full of entertainment, this event supports Studio Channel Islands in delivering its mission of providing art education programs in the schools and the community, as well as programs focused on helping with dementia and stroke patients.

With 7 studio albums, 3 more with various artists, 1 as a duo and 6 independently, C-KAN has built one of the most solid careers in the Spanish-language rap scene in Latin America. José Luis Maldonado better known as C-KAN was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1987. After the death of his father, when he was 12 years old, he grew up in a strong social environment surrounded by violence and crime, but always under the tutelage of his grandmother who continued to raise this young man.

The Lompoc-Vandenberg Branch of the American Association of University Women will host a forum for the candidates running for the two at-large offices, the City of Lompoc Mayor and the Lompoc Unified School Board, on Thursday, September 29 6:00 pm-8:00 pm at the Lompoc City Council Chamber.

The forum will be in person (100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc) and on TAP TV Channel 23, and via Zoom. There is no cost to attend but registration (whether attending in person or via Zoom) is required at AAUW https://lompocvandenberg-ca.aauw.net/. The first 50 people to register will win a $10 gift card to a local business. The forum is sponsored by the Fund for Santa Barbara.

Just in time for the holidays! Create handmade cards, gift tags, and postcards in this fun Art From Scrap workshop for adults with Simon Keifer and Rebecca Zendejas.

Learn how to collage found materials to make original designs. Then type your holiday greetings on vintage typewriters to add personal messages to your creations. Your ticket includes all materials for the workshops and two hours of instruction.

Instead of buying new, make original cards and gift tags out of reuse materials. Start your eco friendly holiday season off with us on Friday, December 2nd from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, upstairs in the Art From Scrap Workshop. See you there!

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award
Honoring Visionary Mycologist Paul Stamets &
Award-winning Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
Friday, June 17, 6:30-9pm, 2022
TICKETS $20, $40, & $100

Location: Lobero Theatre
33 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Tickets on Sale Now: Lobero Ticket Office
805-963-0761, Lobero.com

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Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network as we celebrate our second annual Eco Hero Award honoring visionary mycologist Paul Stamets and award-winning cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg.

The Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award honors those individuals who have committed themselves to work in service of the planet and its inhabitants for more than thirty years, with actual solutions and concrete ways forward that benefit many, often on a global scale, while demonstrating pathways forward for future generations.

Both Paul Stamets and Louie Schwartzberg will join us to receive the award, Paul live via Zoom, with Louie live in theater. They will share their experiences—what inspired them, how they made their projects happen, and what challenges they faced along the way—with time for the audience to ask questions, especially encouraging youth attending to interact.

Film clips from their collaboration on joint projects, including the amazing Fantastic Fungi film will be shown, and also clips from Louie Schwartzberg’s most recent film, Gratitude Revealed will also be shared with the audience.

Paul Stamets is a preeminent mycologist in the United States and an award-winning author, researcher, and renowned speaker, sharing with the public the unusual and profound connection between humans and mushrooms. He is an entrepreneur and founder of Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned, environmentally-friendly company, and has authored many books including, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Heal the World, and Fantastic Fungi, written in collaboration with the Fantastic Fungi film.

Louie Schwartzberg is an American director, producer, and cinematographer, recognized as a pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography, and visual artist known for breaking down barriers of perception and taking viewers on journeys of time and scale. For more than forty years, with his studio Moving Art his passion has been telling stories through film that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, most recently with the conscious shifting film Fantastic Fungi where once again he makes the invisible visible for his audiences.

The event takes place at the Lobero Theatre on Friday, June 17, from 6:30 pm – 9 pm, tickets on sale at the Lobero Ticket office (fees apply), 805-963-0761; Lobero.com (current COVID-19 mandates for public theaters are listed on the Lobero website). For more information, www.sbpermaculture.org; margie@sbpermaculture.org.
A Community Event Hosted by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
www.sbpermaculture.org

“After the Fires: Recovering California's Wild Spaces”: Virtual Symposium Addresses Impacts of Recent Wildfires and How to Aid in Recovery of Plants and Animals, Build Resilience, and More Dr. Carla D’Antonio Honored and Keynote Speaker at Ninth Annual Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Conservation Symposium on March 5 How California has addressed the impacts of the wildfires that have scorched the Golden State’s wildlands in recent years – and what more can be done – is the subject of the ninth annual Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Conservation Symposium entitled “After the Fires: Recovering California’s Wild Spaces.”

The public is invited to attend this virtual event, held Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., which features scientists, biologists, and land managers from the Central Coast and beyond. “The focus is on how we can get engaged to help California wildlands recover after fire,” said the Garden’s Director of Conservation, Denise Knapp, Ph.D. “Diverse native vegetation is essential for providing slope stabilization, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, and other benefits that we rely on. We can all help to make sure our wildlands don’t turn into big bare patches or seas of weeds.” This year's keynote speaker is Carla D'Antonio, Ph.D., the 2022 recipient of the Garden’s Pritzlaff Conservation Award, who addresses “When and Why Would We Need Post-Fire Restoration.” Eight other speakers present topics including impacts on plant and animals, approaches to habitat restoration, regional efforts to build resilience, and more. The symposium concludes with an audience Q & A with all the panelists and discussion of what we can all do next. (See schedule and program below.) “We selected Dr. D’Antonio for the Pritzlaff Conservation Award for her top-notch science, inspiring teaching and mentorship, and dedicated conservation leadership,” said Knapp. “Her forward-thinking approach to ecology has integrated ecological theory with practical and on-the-ground conservation, habitat management, and restoration.” Speakers come from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB); U.S. Forest Service; National Park Service, Reed College (Portland, Oregon); South Coast Habitat Restoration (Carpinteria); and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Specific topics include post-fire impacts on steelhead trout habitat, resilience of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, use of mapping to inform restoration and engage the public, native and invasive plant responses and management actions, shrubland habitat restoration, and building resilience in our communities. For a complete schedule, visit www.sbbg.org/classes-events/lectures-symposia/ninth-annual-santa-barbara-botanic-garden-conservation-symposium. The annual Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Conservation Symposium, established in 2012, addresses topics that are critical to environmental conservation in the region, as well as nationally and internationally. It returns after a one-year gap in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.