The Wildling Art Museum has announced a call for artists to compete in its fall fine art competition on the subject of “Where Humans and Nature Intersect.” The Wildling, a wilderness art museum, will be accepting entrants until 5 p.m. on Sept. 18, open to all mediums except photography. Artists are invited to look closer […]
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Join the dance
The Obon festival’s Bon-Odori dance is coming�
Every culture has its own way of celebrating the life of a departed loved one and honoring his or her spirit. In some regions, people remember through colorful celebration. Other events take on a more somber tone. Some cultures mourn the departed, while others celebrate the life they led. Every year, Santa Marians are treated […]
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Step by step
Ian Franklin’s new release is the culmination of decades of musical influence
Any musician will tell you that music is almost a calling. There’s either some inner connection with music or there isn’t. Ian Franklin heard the call. After his introduction to music, there was nothing else. He always knew his career path would relate to music. There was never any other option in his mind. “I […]
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Solvang designer featured in trunk show
See Solvang designer James Cleland’s jewelry in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art/Museum Store Trunk Show from noon to 5 p.m. on June 11 at 1130 State St. in Santa Barbara. With a background in biosciences and geology, Cleland pays particular attention to the construction and support of the pieces he designs. He gives equal […]
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Music teachers award scholarship
The Central Coast Music Teachers Association announced Nipomo student Adam Chunsung Park as the 2011 winner of the Clara Jean Curzon Music Scholarship, awarded annually to an outstanding high school senior with plans to major or minor in music at a college, university, or conservatory. Park is a student of the association’s Belva Mehlschau Hanson […]
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Nipomo art show features local works
The Nipomo Arts Commission will be holding its second annual Art at the Adobe event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 12 at the Dana Adobe, 671 S. Oakglen Avenue in Nipomo. Local artists are invited to submit their work to compete in a juried art display. Entries can be submitted for $10, […]
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Light bender
Gail Sheley-Davenport makes light dance in her current exhibition
Gail Sheley-Davenport likes to play with light. More specifically, she likes to capture what light can do. Like the way it trails and blurs, the way it blends with other colors and bends. Haven’t seen light do that? Most people don’t. Fortunately, Davenport coaxes light to move in beautiful dances and captures it in pictures. […]
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Take the tour
Artists invite the public to their studios to see where the creativity happens
Ever marvel at a piece of art and wonder how it came to be? Find out by exploring where the muse meets artists during the ninth annual Los Padres Artist Guild Studio and Garden Tour and Sale. Wander beautiful gardens, visit sunny studios, and see incredible works of art, all thanks to artists opening up […]
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Turn on, tune in, learn your ABCs?
As toddlers get adept at using mobile technology, opinions differ on the possible outcome
We’ve all seen it, especially in these techno-dependent days. A harried parent, in a desperate attempt to finish shopping for groceries, hands a smartphone to a fidgety child. Or a child in a doctor’s office plays a game of Angry Birds while waiting for a sibling to finish his visit. Young children are using technology […]
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Turn on, tune in, learn your ABCs?
As toddlers get adept at using mobile technology, opinions differ on the possible outcome
We’ve all seen it, especially in these techno-dependent days. A harried parent, in a desperate attempt to finish shopping for groceries, hands a smartphone to a fidgety child. Or a child in a doctor’s office plays a game of Angry Birds while waiting for a sibling to finish his visit. Young children are using technology […]
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Reflect in Los Olivos
“Southern Reflections” will be the latest exhibit by Vicki Andersen at Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., in Los Olivos. Andersen will present scenes of New Orleans, Savannah, and Georgia’s coastal islands. Andersen will be the featured artist at the gallery June 1 through 30. An artist reception will be held from 3 to 4 […]
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She’s back!
After a six-month hiatus, Diane Zink, artistic director for both the Santa Maria Civic Ballet and Everybody Can DANCE for the past 26 years, has returned to the area to mount an ambitious production of works by Marius Petipa, out of the Kirov Ballet tradition: “Kingdom of the Shades” from La Bayadere (1877) and “The […]
