Judy Chapel is experiencing a bit of déja vu. It started when she became an artist. All the joy she found in painting and drawing as a kid came flooding back to her. Art was what she did to have fun with her friends and family. It was what she took classes in when she […]
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A Renaissance to remember
Living Knights brings a new festival to Lompoc
Some people believe they should’ve been born in a different time or place. Some people simply wish that, but others actually make it happen—at least for a weekend. For those whose heart belongs to the late 1500s or early 1600s, Justin LeCavalier of the Living Knights has brought the English Renaissance to Lompoc. The Lompoc […]
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Arts Briefs
Get wild: Volunteer The Wildling Art Museum has a new, bigger facility and is offering new volunteer opportunities. The new facility at 2928 San Marcos Ave. in Los Olivos has a large gallery, gift shop, education center, and library, and the museum anticipates doubling its attendance within two years. To show off its new facilities […]
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Teacher is student
Arts instructors show their stuff at Hancock College’s faculty exhibit
They say those who can’t, teach. But Allan Hancock College instructors are turning that cliché on its head and proving they can, by featuring their work in the annual faculty art exhibit at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery. Curated by Gallery Director Marti Fast, the show will feature drawings, paintings, digital media, ceramics, photography, and conceptual […]
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Ghostbusting on the coast
Spend a day or two chasing spirits from Santa Maria to San Francisco
It might have been him. The man I saw in a trenchcoat with an upturned collar smoking a cigarette on Geary Street. It could have been Jack Kerouac, if only in spirit. Something lured me to the second floor of a drafty and dilapidated motel on a chilly Saturday night. I’d decided that morning to […]
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Arts Briefs
A local artist gets anthologized Artist Joan Jones of Vandenberg Village will show varied styles of work—as will 11 other members of the Artists’ Guild of Santa Ynez Valley—in Art: An Anthology, showing at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd., in Santa Barbara through March 27. The group chose the theme because […]
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Reaching for his dreams
One artist sets out to prove that nothing is intangible
Apparently, muses don’t wear watches. At least that’s the case for artist Rocky Stroup, whose muse is a bit of a night owl. The painter, sculptor, and photographer said his inspiration comes to him in the twilight state between dreaming and waking. In that way, his art becomes his tangible dreams, which have given birth […]
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The show will go on
A PCPA scholarship campaign seeks to make up for a budget shortfall
Beauty and the Beast. Othello. Les Miserables. They aren’t just world-class productions in London or New York City—they’re productions delighting audiences in the Santa Maria Valley, courtesy of PCPA. Like many other theaters in the country, however, PCPA may not be able to produce such shows for much longer. In fact, the recession has trickled […]
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Get money, create art
The Santa Maria Arts Council is seeking applicants for the 2009 individual grants in the arts competition in dance, drama, music, and visual arts. The council has presented more than $196,000 in grants to 306 locally trained emerging artists since 1972. In 2009, the council will present $10,000 in honor of Allan Hancock College Fine […]
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Who needs scenery?
PCPA Theaterfest will offer two productions in a stage-less play-reading format. InterPlay: The Stage Between gives audiences a chance to hear a play read aloud without the adornments of a full-fledged production. Evie’s Waltz features education and outreach director Leo Cortez as Clay, resident artist Kitty Balay Genge as Gloria, and second-year acting student Michelle […]
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The writing on the wall
A group of artists brings the Learning Center to life with a community mural
Until recently, the outer walls of the Allan Hancock College Atkinson Lifelong Learning Center were bare—a stark contrast to the colorful environment of learning, community, and creativity fostered by the program. Some of the center’s excitement began to spill outside those walls, however, drawing together a group of people and resources that would make it […]
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Walk amid the vines
Marilyn Dover Benson pairs art and wine
The Central Coast landscape, with its vine-snaked hills, has inspired many local artists. The beauty of simply meandering through lush vineyard grounds awakens the senses for artists and non-artists alike. Though the landscape provides a jumping-off point for artist Marilyn Dover Benson, her flash of inspiration came in the form of a venue. Benson found […]
