april | may | june | 2012 - Santa Barbara Museum of Art

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public programs
Thursdays, April 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 10 am – noon
Art talks @ sbMA
focus on Pacific Standard Time: Art in California 1945 – 1980
Mary Craig Auditorium. $40 SBMA Members, $50 Non-Members
To subscribe, visit the Visitor Services Desks in person, or call 884.6423.
April 12: West Coast/East Coast:
Diverging Dialogues in the 50s and 60s
Mary Beth Carosello, Education Consultant for the Getty’s Pacific Standard
Time exhibition; Instructor, UCLA
April 19: Pacific Standard Time: Cross Currents
in LA Painting and Sculpture 1945 – 1970
Rani Singh, Senior Research Associate, Department of Architecture &
Contemporary Art, Getty Research Institute
April 26: Valencia to Pomona, an Alternate History of Art
in Southern California, 1969 – 1980
Glenn Phillips, Principal Project Specialist and Consulting Curator,
Department of Architecture & Contemporary Art, Getty Research Institute
May 3: Disturbing the Peace
Ed Bereal, Artist, Photojournalist, Emeritus Professor of Art, UC Irvine
May 10: Opposites Attract: The Live Birth of Conceptual
and Minimal Art in Southern California
Howard Fox, Emeritus Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA
concerts
Tuesday, April 3, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Portrait in seven shades
Award-winning composer and Jazz at Lincoln Center premiere saxophonist, Ted Nash, will perform
his Grammy-nominated orchestral celebration of jazz and art Portrait in Seven Shades. This
composition, comprised of seven movements, is inspired by and reflects upon the art by Marc
Chagall, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and
Vincent Van Gogh. Audience members will gaze upon images of works from SBMA’s permanent
collection while hearing Ted Nash and his quartet perform. A Q&A with the composer follows.
Mary Craig Auditorium
$20 SBMA Members/$25 Non-Members
Tickets may be purchased at the Museum Visitor Services desks, by calling 884.6414, or online
at www.sbma.net/tednash.
Monday, April 30, 7:30 pm
Ives Quartet
This talented quartet, comprised of members from Europe and the U.S., is known for its passion,
refinement, and innovative programming. Inspired by the passionate, artistic commitment,
and unique temperament of American composer Charles Ives, the quartet has attracted critical
enthusiasm for its “practice of reveling in the unfamiliar.” They will perform Mozart’s Quartet in
D Major, K.575, Deborah Lurie’s work commissioned for the Ives Quartet (as yet untitled), and
Debussy’s Quartet in g minor, Op.10.
Mary Craig Auditorium
$15 SBMA Members/$19 Non-Members
Tickets may be purchased at the Museum Visitor Services desks, or by calling 963.4364 x400.
Friday, April 13, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
the Art of the Arrangement
The Museum serves as muse when members of the The Garden Club of Santa Barbara
make the galleries bloom with artful floral installations in response to works in the permanent
collection. Use your cell phone to hear from designers or curators, step up to the scent bar and
see how many flowers and fragrances you can match, and sample horticulturally-inspired hors
d'oeuvres and cocktails.
$25 SBMA and Garden Club Members /$50 Non-Members
For more information or tickets, call 884.6414, email tickets@sbma.net, or visit
www.sbma.net/atelier.
Friday, April 20, 6 – 9 pm
off the Wall
Back by popular demand, the SBMA Women’s Board presents OFF THE WALL — a fun evening of
terrific suspense as tickets are randomly drawn and guests select a work of art donated by local artists
to take home with them.
For more information or tickets, contact Karen Kawaguchi at 884.6428 or visit www.sbmawb.org.
Exhibition Related Program: Publicly Private
Sunday, April 1, 2:30 pm
through the Photographer's Lens
Photographer Doug Rickard will offer his insight into his technique and share his opinion about the
blurring of private and public in his work.
Mary Craig Auditorium
Free for SBMA Members/Regular admission for Non-Members
Exhibition Related Programs: Pasadena to Santa Barbara
Wednesdays, April 4 – May 9, 6 – 8:30 pm
basics of beato: exploring ceramics through the art
and technique of beatrice Wood
This workshop introduces participants to the magic of clay and the spirit of artist Beatrice Wood.
Students will experiment with hand building, wheel throwing, surface decoration and glazing
techniques, and firing. Includes optional docent-led tour of Pasadena to Santa Barbara.
Ages 18 and over
$215 SBMA Members/$250 Non-Members
Class size limited to 12 and enrollment will be processed in the order received. Full payment required
at the time of enrollment. To enroll, contact Rachael Krieps at 884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net.
Thursday, April 12, 5:30 pm
conversation with the curators
SBMA’s Curator of Contemporary Art Julie Joyce and Norton Simon Museum’s Associate Curator
Leah Lehmbeck discuss the creative connections between Pasadena and Santa Barbara when
California came into its own as a center for contemporary art.
Mary Craig Auditorium
Free for SBMA Members/Regular admission for Non-Members
Sunday, May 13, 5:30 pm
Mama of Dada
Film Screening
Introduced by Colin Gardner, UCSB Critical Theory and Integrative Studies Professor
This documentary, written and directed by Thomas L. Neff, tells the story of Beatrice Wood, a
renowned ceramist and leading figure in the Dada art movement in New York in the 1910s.
(1994, 53 min.)
Mary Craig Auditorium
Free for SBMA Members/Regular admission for Non-Members
Exhibition Related Program: Portrayal/Betrayal
Sundays, June 3 and 10, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Portrait studio sundays on the steps
June 3: People Portrait Studio
June 10: Pooch Portrait Studio
The community (human and canine) is invited to pose for a free portrait on the Museum’s front steps
as we celebrate the art of portrait photography. Participants receive a printout of their photo and can
create a personalized frame with help from Museum Teaching artists.
SBMA Front Steps
Free
Exhibition Related Program: Behind the Wheel
Thursday, June 7, 5 – 8 pm
Double feature/Double Parked
Take a spin through the Behind the Wheel exhibition, then hitch a ride with the actors appearing in car
theatre by playwrights Diana Small, Lila Rose Kaplan, and Michael Bernard. Three, 10 – 15 minute
original plays will be performed in actual automobiles.
Space is limited. Please arrive early to be added to the reservation list.
At 8 pm, the back plaza becomes a summer screening room for American Graffitti (1973, 110 min.),
directed by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Paul Le Mat.
Mini-burgers, popcorn, malts, and soft drinks will be on sale.
Seating is limited to 200. First come, first seated.