Caleb Wiseblood

Over the years, Central Coast artist Mikel Naccarato has become well-known for diving into various mediums, from enameled jewelry to cold-cast sculpture. But Naccarato’s latest show, which runs through Friday, Sept. 27, at Ameriprise Financial in Santa Maria, spotlights his acrylic paintings. The exhibit ranges from abstracted landscapes and seascapes to pure abstracts. “My aim […]

Since 2011, the NatureTrack Foundation has hosted more than 20,000 cost-free outdoor activities and field trips for students throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Demand for the curriculum-coordinated program has increased every year with more and more teachers using the foundation’s docent-led excursions that align with classroom instruction. In 2017, the nonprofit hosted its inaugural […]

From the desert terrain of Baja California to the rolling hills and pastures of the Santa Ynez Valley, landscape painter Carrie Givens has made a name for herself depicting areas close to home as well as afar. “The locations I like to capture are usually places where I live or visit,” the Goleta-based artist told […]

Morbid and madcap all at once, the Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA)’s latest musical endeavor is a masterpiece of the macabre. Based on cartoonist Charles Addams’ classic characters (probably best known for the ’60s TV series, or the ’90s films to later generations), The Addams Family follows the perilous plights and pleasures of Gomez and Morticia […]

Sixty-three artworks have been selected from a pool of more than 300 entries by the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature for its latest juried exhibition, Celebrating the National Lands of California. The show debuted Saturday, July 20, at the museum and features pieces from 57 artists, with applicants ranging from across the country to […]

Poet, playwright, and author Deborah Tobola is probably best known as the founder of the Poetic Justice Project—the country’s first theater company made up entirely of formerly incarcerated actors—but it’s her teaching career that earns the spotlight in her latest work, Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men’s Prison. The book is set to be […]

Creating still life paintings for Peintures de Pain, an upcoming group show in Los Alamos, proved to be quite a challenge for local artist and teacher Mary Kay West and her students—since their subjects were at risk of being devoured at any moment. “It was hard to avoid the temptation to eat the still life […]