The Santa Maria Arts Council has issued a call for artists for an Art in the Park event happening on June 5. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Santa Maria City Hall, will feature local artists in multiple media showing and selling their work. The event is designed to […]
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Santa Barbara County County invites locals to vote on Water Wise Video Contest
The Santa Barbara County Water Agency announced that voting is currently open for the People’s Choice Award for the annual Water Wise High School Video Contest. The competition includes 30-second videos submitted by local high school students with official judges awarding tiered distinctions, but the People’s Choice Award is open for judging via the website […]
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Cabrillo High School Aquarium lets the students teach at open house event
A program that began 30 years ago in an unused classroom at Cabrillo High School has come quite a long way since its infancy. Founded by Dave Long, the lone teacher who began the Cabrillo High School Aquarium along with just one student in 1986, the aquarium has attracted a club of dedicated students across […]
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Burgeoning bloom: Drought-stricken wildflowers attract crowds to California’s Central Coast with a colorful display after the rains deliver much-needed relief
As the Ides of March passed, thirsty shrubs sucked up the moisture granted by the intermittent rains that graced the Central Coast and put their lifeblood to work. Within weeks of the rains the spring bloom came in full force, lighting up hillsides across the coast with blossoming hues of yellow, lavender, and bright orange. […]
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Kris Buck and Deborah Breedon share their pastel landscapes at Gallery Los Olivos
Thanks to the few yet potent days of rain in March, the springtime bloom has yielded hillsides singing with the color of wildflowers and grasses awakened by the much-needed moisture. Many local artists are inspired by the natural growth, from photographers to painters, but it takes a special kind of painter to plant themselves outside […]
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Santa Maria Philharmonic Society announces new music director
The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society is gearing up for its last concert of the 2015-2016 season, which features a chamber orchestra performance under the direction of guest conductor James Riccardo. Riccardo is one of several guest conductors to collaborate with the orchestra over the last season, with only the season opener last September featuring longtime […]
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DANA Cultural Center welcomes new board of directors
The DANA Cultural Center in Nipomo, home of the historic Dana Adobe, recently held a board election and welcomes longtime and new volunteers in several capacities. The board of directors is in the midst of developing a dynamic heritage park site and Nature Education Facility and will be breaking ground on several projects in 2016. […]
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Wildling Museum offers Nature Printing workshop
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature currently features the exhibit Prints from Land and Sea: A Blend of Art and Science, featuring the artwork of Eric Hochberg and Shane and Genny Andersen, through April 10. At 3 p.m. on the day of the exhibit’s closing, the scientist/artist group that created the show will deliver […]
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C Gallery welcomes sculptor Neil Goodman for lecture
The C Gallery in Los Alamos welcomes locals to join an afternoon lecture featuring nationally acclaimed sculptor Neil Goodman on April 10 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the gallery. Goodman will speak on his sculpting style, which explores themes of size and scope with both small and large-scale pieces currently showing throughout the country. […]
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Second annual Plein Air Competition and Exhibition paints Guadalupe
Many of the arts can be solitary in nature, and painting is certainly an example. Studio artists and plein air painters often do their work alone, in introverted bursts of creativity. However, many of these creative types do recognize the benefit of peer interaction and make an effort to connect and engage with artists in […]
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Santa Ynez Valley Arts features Suzanne Huska
The Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association rents a section of Gallery Los Olivos to feature member artists monthly, and April’s featured artist is painter Suzanne Huska. The exhibit is titled The Magic of Dawn and Dusk, and showcases a series of landscapes that explore the extraordinary quality of light at the beginning and end of […]
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Orcutt Academy quartet wins at Barbershop Convention
The Orcutt Academy High School’s male quartet Soundsations won top honors at the Far Western District Barbershop Convention in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 19 after achieving a high score for the performance of two songs. The group of students has participated in Central Coast Chordsmen Barbershop Chapter events like the Youth in Harmony Festival, […]
