Local artist and teacher Nadya Brown is the juror for the Artists Guild of Santa Ynez Valley’s December juried show at Gallery Los Olivos. Ingathering will take place on Dec. 2, from 11 a.m. to noon. All submissions must be properly framed and prepared for hanging. Brown has been an Allan Hancock College member […]
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Looking back
The Lompoc Photographers Guild will feature its 2009 Retrospective at the Grossman Gallery Dec. 2 through 30. Every month, the guild chooses a theme to photograph, and this exhibit will feature each guild member’s choice of images from two of the themes. A reception for this exhibit is set for Dec. 4 at the […]
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On the record
Vinyl makes a comeback at the Town Center Gallery’s latest show
Years ago, albums were revered for their cover art as much as for the music on the records inside. Now, vinyl is back in fashion again—at least at the Town Center Gallery, where member artists have taken their work and placed it on records for the latest show, Art on Record. Some of the […]
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Wake up and watch
Santa Maria Civic Theatre presents its second show of the season—Wake Up, Darling, written by Alex Gottlieb and directed by Meg Smith—on Nov. 20, 21, 27, 28, and Dec. 4, 5, 11, and 12. All performances start at 8 p.m. The comedy concerns aspiring young actress Polly Emerson and her husband, Don, a successful […]
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Hear Peter and the Wolf
The Santa Maria Philharmonic Orchestra continues its mission of bringing quality music to students in the elementary schools in the Santa Maria Valley with its presentation of Peter and the Wolf, by Sergei Prokofiev, written in 1936 after his return to the Soviet Union. On Nov. 17, about 900 third-graders will gather at Pacific […]
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Quilting while she’s ahead
Patience paid off for local quilter Joan McBain. She spent six months making a jacket that she then entered into the “jacket, vest, and coat” section of the Pacific International Quilting Show in Santa Clara. McBain won $300 and took first place for the jacket, which represented her first time trying hand quilting and quilting […]
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Creating a new War
An Allan Hancock College professor pays tribute to Orson Welles’ broadcast of a Martian invasion
Allan Hancock College recently staged a series of events to honor the anniversary of the Great Depression. Several departments, students, groups, and staffers got involved. There was a soup line for soup and bread, a slideshow, and photographic and author presentations. In the science department, Mick Bondello could only think of Orson Welles’ radio […]
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Folk fusion
Singer-songwriter Amy Obenski melds an array of genres to create a unique blend of smooth sounds
Sometimes she’s quiet and reserved, but she’s never at a loss for words. She just keeps them carefully guarded. Santa Cruz singer/songwriter Amy Obenski pours the right words into songs with profound lyrics sung with smooth honey vocals. “What’s really important to me is in those songs. The stuff I write about is the […]
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Big minds think small
Contemporary art gallery opens Miniatures
It takes big creativity to create the tiniest works of art. The C Gallery’s latest challenge was to encourage artists to submit works no larger than 6-by-6 inches. More than 30 artists—ranging in age from 7 to 80—submitted work into the show. Pieces range from paintings, wax creations, animation caricatures, sculptures, and wood […]
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Art on the box
Sun newspaper racks make a statement
What does a responsible, planet-loving newspaper do with old, worn newspaper boxes? Recycle them, of course. That part was a no-brainer. But in Sun style, simply recycling is too easy. We had to take it a step further. Sun publisher Bob Rucker decided to make the boxes do double duty, offering up newspapers […]
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A piece of the whole
Selections from the Barry Berkus Family Collection will be on
display at Foxworthy Gallery
There are art lovers and then there are people who really dig art, and their collection shows it. Barry and Gail Berkus amassed a huge collection of nationally and internationally known artists, and part of that collection will be on display at Foxworthy Gallery. A total of 42 pieces from the Berkus Family Collection representing […]
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Coloring the sunset years
Retirement allows this artist to pursue her dreams
Get a grandmother talking about her grandchildren, and at some point she’ll pull out a little book filled with photos. Dolores Gonzales is no different. Actually, she’s a little different. Yes, she proudly shows off the beaming faces of her two grandchildren, but instead of in a handy wallet-sized book, the portraits are hanging on […]