Art from Scrap
302 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara
805.884.0459, www.artfromscrap.org
Art From Scrap has many faces. It is an arts and crafts materials reuse store, an environmental education organization, and an arts program. About 15,000 kids a year in Santa Barbara County come into contact with Art From Scrap through schools, youth and service organizations, environmental and art groups, local festivals, and their new store.
Brooks Institute of Photography Cota Street Gallery
27 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara
800-304-3456, www.brooks.edu
Brooks Institute’s new Cota Street Gallery, located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, not only serves as one of city’s largest galleries, its innovative design and functional campus classroom facilities provide the local community photography and art exhibition, instruction and screening room space to showcase the emerging and established creative talent of its students, faculty and alumni photographers, filmmakers and graphic designers. The Cota Street Gallery also houses the “Brookstore”, the campus books store where apparel, prints, DVDs, photography books, and books by and about Brooks faculty and past students are available for student and public purchase.
The Cota Street Gallery is a public gallery open Monday – Friday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m and weekend 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Community Environmental Council
www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org
The Community Environmental Council is an evolving family of programs that changes and adapts with the environmental challenges faced on the South Coast. While our scope of work deals mainly with San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, our influence and the by-products of our innovation have and will be felt state-wide and at the national and global levels. Focus areas include our Fossil Free by '33 program, which promotes renewable energy and energy efficiency, water quality and restoration, and sustainable land use and transportation. Visit our website for information on current photography exhibitions.
The Oak Group/Painters for Preservation
805.684.4802, www.theoakgroup.org
This group contains a membership of approximately 27 landscape artists who exhibit their art to support environmental causes in the West Coast. Their artistic accomplishments focus on the agricultural lands of California. Approximately 50% of proceeds from benefit shows are donated to organizations that focus on preserving natural habitats.
Lightblueline
Lightblueline is a volunteer public education effort (born and bred in Santa Barbara) that transforms the science of global climate change into a public action. We are painting the seven meter above sea level line on the streets of the world to remind everyone that human induced climate change will, if we do not act NOW, create a new climate, and a new coast line. We chose seven meters, as this is the effect of the ice on Greenland (only) melting. lightblueline is a public information project to paint on the streets the message that human induced climate change will impact coastal cities. Whenever you cross the light blue line, remember that the coastline is an outcome of our collective human efforts. Let's keep the ocean on the waterfront.
Look for Santa Barbara's light blue line coming soon! We are working hard with the City government to create a best-practice example for this public education effort, so that we can pass on this information to volunteers in other cities. The lessons we learn here will help grow this movement across the globe.
Livingreen Gallery
222 Helena Avenue, Santa Barbara
805.966.1319, www.livingreen.com
A gallery and education center filled with environmentally sound ideas and artistic solutions.
Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show
Cabrillo Boulevard East of Stearns Wharf
Every Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to dusk
For a quintessential outdoor Santa Barbara arts experience, stroll along Cabrillo Boulevard to see the original hand-crafted artwork of more than 250 local artisans who exhibit every Sunday. The diverse range of artistic media includes painting, woodwork, clothing, toys, jewelry, ceramics and much more.
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
113 Harbor Way #190, Santa Barbara
805.962.8404, www.sbmm.org
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum creatively displays marine history, marine habitats, fishing, navigation, and piloting through educational interactive exhibits. Coming soon, a permanent Surfing Exhibit.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara
805.963.4364, www.sbmuseart.org
The museum is a private, non-profit institution that collects and preserves art from various realms to enhance cultural education for the visitors. The museum will hold occasional themes of environmentalism, which is a main focus of the community. ArtVenture Camps encourage kids to use natural materials to create art, as well as focusing on nature as a subject matter.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara
805.682.4711, www.sbnature.org
Inspiring a lifelong passion and abiding respect for the natural world, the museum focuses on the habitat of the natural world and features a planetarium, 72 foot- whale skeleton, an antique art gallery, a hall dedicated to the Chumash Indian tribe, a nature trail and various exhibits featuring animal, marine, and plant life within the community.
Wildling Art Museum
2329 Jonata Street, Los Olivos
805.688.1082, www.wildlingmuseum.org
Open Wednesday-Sunday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Wildling Art Museum, located in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, is an educational institution dedicated to presenting art of America’s wilderness so participants of all ages gain a greater appreciation of the art and a better understanding of the importance of preserving our natural heritage. Currently occupying the historic Keenan-Hartley House, the Museum presents four exhibitions annually on the theme of America’s wilderness and offers a number of lectures, classes, workshops, films, trips, and other activities relating to art and nature. Amenities include a reference library, gift shop, and garden.
Photo Credits (left to right): photographer Greg Peterson; artwork by Bill Malis, photo courtesy of Art From Scrap; Zadie and her Spirit House created at ArtVenture Camp, photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
