Housing and Development Newsletter
Bio/Mass: Contemporary Meditations on Nature featured artists are: Scott Chatenever, Lynn Hanson, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, Karen Kitchel, Maria Rendón, John Robertson, Sommer Roman, Carol Saindon, Catherine Eaton Skinner, Libby Smith, and Strasburg.
Accompanying the new first floor exhibit is Art from the Trail: Exploring the Natural Beauty of Santa Barbara County, which celebrates the outdoor treasures of the Central Coast with 38 artworks created by 27 local artists.
Member artists of the Oak Group, SLOPE (San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment) and SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) were invited by the Wildling to participate in this juried invitational exhibition showcasing the trail systems in Santa Barbara County.
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By CALEB WISEBLOOD
What better way to commemorate the final Throwback Thursday of 2020 than a retrospective to sum up the year, particularly the local art scene in this article’s case. Looking back on the last 365 days, the only word to describe the innovations local artists and arts organizations have implemented to combat the unprecedented limitations brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic is extraordinary. Listed below is just a brief handful of these instances and other memorable arts moments from throughout the year. Caleb Wiseblood
STRONG START
In January, Allan Hancock College held its Fine Arts Student Art Show, which ran through mid-March on the school’s Santa Maria campus, inside the Ann Foxworthy Gallery. This annual group show marked both the first and last in-person exhibit of the year at the gallery, which premiered its first virtual exhibit later in October. 2020’s Student Art Show featured artworks of various media painting, photography, drawing,