Celebrating Local Life and Culture
Among the many iconic figures featured in the special tenth anniversary spring issue of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine are members of the Oak Group, a pivotal group of plein air painters who generously give their talents to help preserve Santa Barbara’s precious open space.
Take a look at our web exclusive video for a very special portrait of the Oak Group.
Santa Barbara SEASONS takes a look at the history of the Oak Group painters and their quest to preserve open space in Santa Barbara.
Drink in the feminine side of Santa Barbara County vintners as local winemakers share their passion for the grape. Sharing their zeal for wine and their zest for the harvest are local winemakers Morgan Clendenen (Cold Heaven Cellars), Kathy Joseph (Fiddlehead Cellars), Lorna Kreutz-Duggan (Foley Estates Vineyard), Karen Steinwachs (Buttonwood Farm Winery), Meghan Reeves (Reeves Ranch Vineyard) and Lane Tanner (Lane Tanner Winery).
Read all about these lovely ladies in the Winter issue of Santa Barbara SEASONS magazine, available now at your local retailer.
We spend quite a bit of time with the people whose homes take center stage in our architectural features, and we all fell a little bit in love with the Schiffer family, who share their heartwarming tale of rebuilding their Mission Canyon home after losing it in the Jesusita fire (“From Hope to Home”) in the winter issue of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine.
Family, friends and food are foremost in the hearts of these lovely people, and the food part of that equation is on full video display as Kim Schiffer, a professional chef, gives us a tour of her dreamy “kickass kitchen.”
Trust us, the food was every bit as delicious as it looks!
Santa Barbara Seasons magazine presents a conversation with artist Keith Puccinelli and the Atkinson Gallery’s Dane Goodman. Puccinelli explores his career, influences and artistic decisions in anticipation of his upcoming solo show at the gallery on the Santa Barbara City College campus.
Keith Puccinelli’s first solo exhibit in Santa Barbara is sure to be one you won’t want to miss. Through drawings and mixed-media sculptures, Puccinelli catalogues the human experience, capturing everything from humor and compassion to anger and pathos. Check out the reception, Friday, November 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibition runs from Nov. 4 to Dec. 9. For information, call 805/965-0581 ext. 3484 or visit http://gallery.sbcc.edu.
Take a walk around Santa Barbara’s Bungalow Haven neighborhood with writer Cheri Rae, who wrote the cover story “Grounded in Tradition, Inspired by Nature” in the fall issue of Santa Barbara SEASONS.
Want to see more of the beautiful bungalow featured on the cover of the Fall issue of Santa Barbara SEASONS? Here’s a peek inside the home and lives of the Bock family and their impeccably restored home.
Peeking inside an artist’s studio is always a treat, and the quirky sense of humor and uniquely twisted perspective that Keith Puccinelli brings to his sculpture, installations, drawings and the home he shares with his wife Fran delights the senses in a multitude of ways.
Here’s an intimate visit with Keith inside his artist studio.
Seasons Magazine takes you behind-the-scenes in the studio of artist Keith Puccinelli in anticipation of his upcoming show at the Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College.
To read more about Keith and his work see the Fall 2011 issue of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine.
Join in the Fiesta Fun next week at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, where the tamales are legendary.
In the summer issue of Santa Barbara Seasons, writer D.J. Palladino and photographer Nell Campbell take you behind-the-scenes to see how nearly 5,000 pounds of masa get magically mixed into the thousands of tamales sold during Santa Barbara’s annual Old Spanish Days celebration.
Fiesta Celebration at Our Lady of Guadalupe! from Dana Kurth on Vimeo.
This web exclusive video features even more of Campbell’s fabulous photos, along with Santa Barbara’s own Spencer the Gardener rocking his traditional Fiesta tunes.
Summer Solstice Workshop from Dana Kurth on Vimeo.
The parade’s not till Saturday but the Solstice workshops are exploding with creativity and preparations. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the fun. The parade starts at noon on Saturday but the workshops are open all week and the festival opens at 4 p.m. on Friday at Alameda Park.
For more information visit the Solstice website.
We worked with fabulous filmmakers Erin Feinblatt and Lauren DeBell to go behind-the-scenes on our cover story photo shoot, photographed by Jim Bartsch, with the Hamer Family. (See the story by Cheryl Crabtree on page 48)
This was SEASONS first venture into video but it certainly won’t be our last. Take a look and let us know what you think.
Santa Barbara SEASONS/The Hamer Residence from SB SEASONS on Vimeo.
P.S: That beautiful background music in the video is by Bruce Wood, the fabulous flamenco guitarist featured on page 22 of our summer issue.
