Monthly Archive for March, 2012

Don’t Miss Out On Brian Brooks Moving Company at the Lobero

Published on March 30, 2012 in Cultural Calendar and Web Exclusives.

We got a sneak peak of the dress rehearsal of Brian Brooks Moving Company‘s performance last night, and all I can say “wow” is this going to be a great performance.

Brian Brooks Moving Company, courtesy photo

Brian Brooks himself opens the show performing solo with “I’m Going to Explode,” a fabulously high energy performance that just brims with energy and skill.  I’m not a dance critic, but it the piece reminded me a little bit of Snoopy’s famous happy dance and left me with the same kind of goofy, silly grin on my face. It makes me smile just to think about it.

“Descent,” is another enjoyable piece—featuring dancers Meghan Frederick, Jo-anne Lee, Danielle McIntosh, David Scarantino, Bryan Strimpel and Evan Teitelbaum, along with Brooks—that actually focuses more on ascending than descending, with lots of preventing people and objects from touching the ground.batting floaty chiffon fabric in the air and run-and-catch partnering.

The Brian Brooks Moving Company residency is sponsored by DANCEworks, a partnership between SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara and the Lobero Theatre Foundation. The group brings professional contemporary American choreographers of national stature to town to create a new work during a one-month residency on stage at the Lobero. Community outreach is also a big component of the residency, and it was so much fun to see local dancers of all ages perform in the premiere of “Rush Hour,” a colorful fun piece featuring the talents of our friends and neighbors.

Oozing with enjoyment were local dancers Ruth Alpert, Stephanie Bashir, Karen Brill, Tina Corbett, Emmy Curtin, Sophia Curtin, Kevin Deelen, Danny DelValle, Kristine Haugh, Paul Nguyen, Angie Martel, Cecilia Martini-Muth (a talented graphic designer friend), Joan Melendez, Misa Kelly, Kiara Ortega, Michelle Paddack, Kira Purinton, Tracey Reginato (who lived across the street from me growing up), Kim Rodriguez, Arlene Satterlee, Susan Shaberman, Millie Shatrousky, Jerry Steinfink, Justine Sutton (a writer who wrote a piece about whale watching for the current issue of SEASONS Magazine), FayAnn Wooton-Raya, Tina Wooton-Raya, Clarice Yee and  Briana Guzman. Watching the smiles on their faces, I couldn’t help but be charmed by the pure joy of their experience. What a gift to Santa Barbara this is.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to stay long enough to see the company perform “Big City,” an exciting new piece which will have its world premiere at the Lobero tonight. Lucky you, tickets are still available at for tonight’s performance at 8 p.m.  Also shows tomorrow (Saturday, March 31) at 8 p.m. at the Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. 805/963-8572.

–Leslie Dinaberg

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JOSEPH GOLDYNE: WATERFALLS at Sullivan Goss

Published on March 30, 2012 in Galleries and Web Exclusives.

 

JOSEPH GOLDYNE Waterfall IV Mixed media on linen | 72 x 18 inches

Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery presents JOSEPH GOLDYNE: WATERFALLS, the international debut of a breathtaking new body of paintings by the critically acclaimed artist, with an opening reception on 1st Thursday, April 5 from 5-8 p.m.

For centuries, the waterfall has been an important symbol for innumerable cultures and religions. In Zen Buddhism, the waterfall represents changelessness vs. impermanence–a constancy of form despite a perpetual change in content. In China, the falling water symbolizes femininity and the upward climbing rocks, masculinity–a yin and yang, if you will. Influenced as much by the abstract painters of the 1950s and 60s as by the Kyoto school scroll painters from 18th century Japan and the 19th century landscape sketches of artists like Frederic Church, Goldyne mines the traditions and styles of the East and West to create heroic new waterfall paintings. These six foot tall by eighteen inch wide images immediately convey intense height, weight, and magnitude, yet their reality exists only in Goldyne’s mind and on his canvases. His work will be on view through July 1.

 Also on view: Dynamic Duos through April 29, In Search of the Source: Paintings by Lockwood de Forest and Anya Fisher through June 7, and Anders Aldrin: The Red Line through July 1, 2012.

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The Travelbooks Returns for 1st Thursday

Published on March 29, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

After the success of São Paulo, shown in December, 2011, Brazilian-born photographer and filmmaker Ciro Coelho presents Paris, the next installment in The Travelbooks series.

The Travelbooks films are poetic visual chronicles of world capitals and their citizens, projected onto a wall-sized screen inside the El Presidio Chapel during 1st Thursdays in Santa Barbara.

Thursday, April 5,  5-8 p.m. at El Presidio Chapel, 123 E. Canon Perdido St.

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ALICE HUTCHINS: magnetic force at Jane Deering Gallery

Published on March 29, 2012 in Galleries and Web Exclusives.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see ALICE HUTCHINS: magnetic force, early works from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, on view at Jane Deering Gallery from April 3-29, with an opening reception on Wednesday, April 4 from 6-8 p.m. featuring an introductory talk by Anette Kubitza, PhD.

Hutchins’ work emerged from a defining moment in the development of 20th century art. She has appeared in more than 50 group exhibitions through the U.S. and Europe and her work has been widely published and is the collections of many major national and international museums.

She began her artistic career as a painter and critical to her artistic development was her inclusion in a group of avant-garde artists, musicians and poets in Paris in the 1960s. In 1967, she began experimenting with three-dimensional magnetic work and involving the viewer as a participant. She brought her magnetic pieces to New York and quickly became involved with the Fluxus movement, eventually abandoning painting to devote her full attention to the magnetic, transformable, interactive work for which she is best known.

Hutchins lived in Santa Barbara for many years before passing away in 2009. Prior to her death, Santa Barbara Seasons was fortunate to have published this exclusive interview in our Winter 2008/09 issue. (Double click on layouts to view them full size).

 

 

 

Also in association of this exhibit, Jane Deering Gallery will host three additional events:

Transformables: a presentation of the magnetic force by Merrily Peebles, Curator, Alice Hutchins Collection. April 13, 6-8 p.m.

People Magnets: an interactive human installation and performance, created by artists Elizabeth Folk and Patrick Melroy, Lecturers, College of Creative Studies, UCSB. April 20, 6-8 p.m.

A Closing Happening, with a viewing of Try It Out, animation by John Houchin and music by Dick Dunlap. April 27, 6-8 p.m.

All events will take place at Jane Deering Gallery, 128 E. Canon Perdido St., 805/966-3334, www.janedeeringgallery.com.

 

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Local Senior Living Community Earns Highest National Rating

Published on March 29, 2012 in Uncategorized.

Congratulations to Santa Barbara’s Valle Verde senior living community, which earned a five-star national rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Valle Verde is a continuing care retirement community owned and managed by ABHOW, a non-profit corporation that has been providing senior housing and health care for more than 60 years.

Valle Verde is accelerating its tradition of quality by adding 40 new residential living apartments to the campus and renovating several of their community amenities. They will break ground on this transformation this summer.

For more information about Valle Verde call 800/491-0629 or visit www.ValleVerde.org <http://www.ValleVerde.org>

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ANDERS ALDRIN: THE RED LINE on view at Sullivan Goss

Published on March 29, 2012 in Galleries and Web Exclusives.

Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery presents Anders Aldrin: The Red Line with an opening reception on 1st Thursday, April 5 from 5–8 p.m.

City View c. 1941 by Anders Aldrin, oil on canvas, 20 x 26"

Swedish born Anders Aldrin (1899-1970) moved to Los Angeles in 1923 with a passion for painting that had been suppressed for most of his life. An artist with limited financial means, Aldrin could only paint when he had spare time. Without a car in a famously unwalkable city, he would hop on the Red Car Line and paint the cityscapes, people, and bridges of the modern wonder that was Los Angeles. As the glamour of Old Hollywood gave way to the power plants and steam stacks of the imminent future, Aldrin succeeded in preserving a historic record of this shift in industrialization through his expressive and boldly colored paintings.

Clearly inspired by Matisse’s early Fauve paintings like “The Red Room (Harmony in Red),” even though we was never able to see such seminal works in person, Aldrin was 15 to 30 years late and 7,000 miles away from the birth of the French movement, Aldrin should be considered one of the truest Fauves. Like Matisse, Aldrin’s use of red is both prominent and crucial to his compositions. The Los Angeles art critic Arthur Millier noted that “to Aldrin the world is dominantly red and green, but how he makes these colors sing!”

The work will be on view through July 1 at Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, 7 E. Anapamu St. 805/730-1460, www.sullivangoss.com.

 

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April’s 1st Thursday Honors National Poetry Month

Published on March 27, 2012 in Galleries and Web Exclusives.

Let Your Words Escape You at April’s Poetic 1st Thursday.

Here’s what the Downtown Organization’s Kim Mercado has to say about some of the highlights of April’s 1st Thursday:

Visit Downtown Santa Barbara for 1st Thursday, an evening filled with FREE art, culture, music and fun! The April 5th event will include more than 30 cultural art venues eager to show off exciting new exhibits, welcoming artist receptions, intriguing demonstrations and energetic live music.

Poetry is not only for the young or old, nor big or small. Poetry comes in all shapes and sizes and is a perfect outlet to let your imagination run wild. Get inspired at this month’s art walk as many venues highlight poetry in honor of National Poetry Month.

Embark on your stroll throughout Downtown at Lola Boutique to explore the work of Dan Levin who gravitates towards materials extracted from beaches, streams, mountains and deserts as he comments on the mysteries of the natural world. He is driven to orchestrate relationships between objects, forming a singular composition or metaphorical device. Walk on over to the Channing Peake Gallery where the Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Paul J. Willis will host a poetry reading that will include an array of poets that is a must see. Cross the street to visit the Faulkner Gallery East at the Santa Barbara Public Library where Loree Gold invites you to enjoy a visually poetic and colorful body of work that explores the collective memory of road trips past. Get into the poetic spirit and write your own words that will be collected at the end of the month.

Continue your 1st Thursday trek as you stride over to Artamo Galleries to meet artist Janet Bothne while her Driving Force exhibit will be on display. Bothne layers scraps of paper from divorce papers, wrappers, personal documents and paint sample chips as the work becomes an unintentional journal like map pins plotting out her recent experiences.

Next, walk through La Arcada Court to Santa Barbara Arts to explore artist, Christopher Clark’s Amused exhibit that features his edited images of an amusement part outside the city limits of New Orleans, abandoned after Katrina, which is poetic in itself. Make sure to stop at Jodi House to for live music and to support a local non-profit and local artists, surrounding the theme of poetry.

While 1st Thursday offers extraordinary exhibits and paintings indoors, be sure to check out the demonstrations, performance art and live music outdoors. Stop by the corner of Anapamu and State Street to experience The Lexicon of Sustainability Exhibit which is a unique pop-up art show of visually packed collages created by the students in the SBCC Projects in Sustainability class that gives the tools and knowledge necessary to create a healthier safer food system in America.

Want to join in the poetic fun? Visit The Poetry Booth on the Marshall’s Patio at 900 State Street where you can contribute to an interactive public art installation and collaboration space for experiencing and creating poems. The poetry booth provides all the resources, all you need to do is sit down and share some words.

Carry on and venture over to the El Presidio Chapel at 123 East Canon Perdidio Street for a viewing of the next installment of The Travelbooks series, Paris. These films are poetic chronicles of world capitals and their citizens projected onto a wall-sized screen. Draw a close to your evening at the Paseo Nuevo Center Court to listen to The Wha Wha’s who are growing quickly as Santa Barbara’s newest upcoming teen band.

All of these attractions and many more are FREE during 1st Thursday on April 5th. With over 30 stops on this month’s 1st Thursday map, there is sure to be something for everyone. For more information and a complete listing of the specific programming offered at each gallery as well as all public performances and interactive exhibits, go to www.santabarbaradowntown.com.

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Local ad agency IdeaWork Studios Wins ADDY Awards

Published on March 26, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

Congratulations to Santa Barbara-based IdeaWork Studios, which recently won five out of five at the 2012 Coastal California ADDY® Awards, presented by the American Advertising Federation of Santa Barbara.

Recognizing and rewarding creative excellence in the art of advertising, the Coastal California ADDY competition is open to entrants in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties plus the portion of Los Angeles County that includes Westlake and Agoura. The Coastal California ADDYS, presented by AAF-Santa Barbara, is the first step in the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting approximately 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions. IdeaWork Studios received an award for each of their five entries.

IdeaWork Studios, founded by Jay Schwartz in 1999, is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, and has earned an impressive reputation in the fitness, hospitality, nightlife, gaming, and luxury industries.

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“Lived-In” at the Anderson ART Collective in Carpinteria

Published on March 26, 2012 in Galleries and Web Exclusives.

We’re looking forward to this Saturday (March 31 from 5-9 p.m.) when Anderson ART Collective presents “Lived-In,” a new concept pop-up show presenting a collection of new work by artist/designer couple Sean Anderson and Kimie Rosenthal.

"Lived-In" at Anderson Art Collective

The opening offers an opportunity to meet both artists, explore their space and enjoy an evening of live music and drinks.

The show transform the space from a “white cube” gallery-type setting into a warm lived-in boutique-like space, where the artists will be “living” in the gallery through April 15, during gallery hours, Friday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

“We want to create a space that reflects our aesthetics, both artistically and practically and encourage gallery goers to come and experience a day in the life of what we do and how we do it,” say Anderson and Rosenthal.

Sean Anderson’s paintings speak to the importance and  beauty in the basics of everyday life, depicting simple structures and natural environments painted with a vibrant palette borrowed from modern commercialism. His paintings and sculpture have been exhibited at the Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard as well as Sullivan Goss Gallery. A solo exhibition of his work can also be seen at Firehouse30 Gallery in Walla Walla, Washington in May of this year.

Designer, Kimie Rosenthal, owner/creator and stylist of The October Union promotes recycle-conscious fashion with an emphasis on unique style that is inherent in everyone. In addition to vintage and pre-loved clothing, The October Union also produces 100% natural handmade perfumes, bath and beauty products through their line Alkimie, and a select collection of products will be available at the show.

Anderson ART Collective is located at 410 Palm Avenue, Unit A2, in Carpinteria.  The gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. or by appointment. The gallery features contemporary artwork and is a platform to promote the arts, to protect the environment and to support human rights.For more information please visit www.andersonARTcollective.com  or call 805/684-8783.

 

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Local Winemakers at Four Seasons Resort in Maui

Published on March 25, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

Congratulations to  Central Coast wineries Anthill Farm Wineries, Brewer-Clifton, Costa de Oro and Patz & Hall, whose pinot noirs will be featured when Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea hosts four top vintners for a weekend of weekend of palate-satisfying events June 7-9 at Maui’s only AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Five Star resort.

This three-day event will include seminars hosted by Master Sommeliers Roberto Viernes and Chuck Furuya, with open format tastings of two wines from each winemaker each session; exclusive wine-pairing dinners, each featuring one winery held at each of the resort’s award-winning restaurants.

Guests can also take part in the Saturday golf tournament at the Emerald Course followed by lunch at Gannon’s–a Pacific view restaurant. The tournament will honor the Kimberly Project, a vineyard planted in honor of Vintner Greg Brewer’s cousin, who lost her life at a young age.  All proceeds from the vineyard’s production each year—and from tournaments like this one—benefit the North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center of Santa Barbara County.

The event culminates in a gala oceanfront wine dinner created by the resort’s Master Executive Chef Roger Stettler, featuring 32 specially-selected pinot noirs and eight Chardonnays.  Local “farm to table” cuisine takes center stage with Maui local produce being displayed and personally presented by area farmers who will talk about their products and farming methods.

Fishermen will display and talk about their ‘fresh catches’ and the process of quickly going from sea to table.

“We are pleased to offer guests—wine connoisseurs and enthusiasts alike–the opportunity to meet with and learn from four of California’s premier winemakers about the heritage, traditions and production of many acclaimed Pinots and Chardonnays,” says Mark Simon, marketing director, Four Seasons Resort Maui.  “We were also touched by how this close-knit group of winemakers has come together around the Kimberly Project; we’re pleased to support this very worthy cause.”

–Jessica Oliveira

 

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