The Oak Group announced it will use proceeds from its 35th anniversary exhibition, Circle of Compassion, to benefit the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, a nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating sick, orphaned, and injured birds, reptiles, and small mammals in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The exhibit, at the Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery, is scheduled to remain on display through May 28. The show is also available to view online at three different websites, oakgroup.org, sbwcn.org, and santabarbarafineart.com.
Circle of Compassion features a variety of artworks from several members of the Oak Group. The participating artists are Meredith Brooks Abbott, Whitney Brooks Abbott, Marcia Burtt, Chris Chapman, Bill Dewey, Michael Drury, Rick Garcia, Carrie Givens, Kevin Gleason, Whitney Brooks Hansen, Jeremy Harper, Ray Hunter, John Iwerks, Larry Iwerks, Manny Lopez, William Mitchell, Linda Mutti (whose work is pictured above), Rob Robinson, Ann Sanders, Rick Schloss, Skip Smith, Arturo Tello, Thomas Van Stein, Sarah Vedder, John Wullbrandt, Karen Foster, John Comer, Michael Enriquez, and Donald Archer.
For additional info on the exhibit, call the Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery directly at (805) 845-4270. The gallery is located at 1321 State St., Santa Barbara.
This article appears in May 6-13, 2021.