Now at the CAW
SBAC Presents:
Obligatory Airport Paintings
A print sale and online fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, now extended. Open November 1 - 30th.
Former Disney Imagineer, Joe Rohde has graciously offered his prints for sale as a fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, all proceeds from the sales will go to the support our programs and to fund operations the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative.
The online fundraiser is open November 1 through 30th.
To view the prints for purchase or to read more about Joe's work, click over to Joe Rohde 2024.
A note from Joe:
For much of my career I’ve used art to foster awareness and inspire action. My paintings have mostly been used to raise money for wildlife conservation. But in this case, the cause is closer to home, the Community Arts Workshop here in Santa Barbara.
On any given day you’ll find a group art show on the walls, kids dangling from the ceiling in an aerial dance class, and the once-garages-now-workshops buzzing with artists creating handmade giant floats for one of Santa Barbara’s signature events, the Solstice Parade. It is more than a place. It’s a kind of perpetual event.
CAW's focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration, space for innovation, and community engagement is vital. I know this firsthand as I’ve been welcomed here as a relative newcomer and been able to benefit from CAW both as an artist and as a citizen. Though facilities are not quite finished, CAW exists today because people who had a vision invested their time, their energy, and their creativity. But there’s more to be done and that’s why, as a grateful new member of this community, I wanted to contribute these prints to help fundraising efforts.
- Joe Rohde
The Off Register Organizing Committee Presents:
Off Register: The Santa Barbara Art Book and Print Fair
November 16, 11am - 6pm
From the organizers:
We're pleased to announce Off Register, the first-ever Santa Barbara Art Book and Print Fair. This one-day event, to be held at the Community Arts Workshop on Saturday, November 16th, 2024, brings together over sixty exhibitors from around California and across the country working in a wide range of printmaking practices, ranging from 'zines and artists' books, silkscreen printing, to fine art publishing. "Off register," a term that describes when a print job's elements are misaligned or displaced, is organized by a team of local artists and academics passionate about printmaking, publishing, and building a DIY (do-it-yourself) and DIT (do-it-together) community here in Santa Barbara.
In addition to opportunities to meet, converse with, and purchase work from a diverse group of artists and publishers, Off Register will feature hands-on demonstrations of innovative contemporary print techniques, symposium-style panel discussions, and performative readings, alongside a gallery exhibition of printed work embracing the imperfect (submissions for the gallery exhibition are open through October 19th).
For more information about Off Register or to get in touch with the organizers, click the button below.
Off Register is a participant in the Community Arts Workshop's new Opening Doors program, an initiative that provides assistance to emerging artists and first-time event organizers. Thanks a generous donation from The Moody Family, the CAW is able to offer additional staffing and resources for artists to realize their projects. If you have questions about Opening Doors, please e-mail caldwell@sbcaw.org.
Eric Saint George Presents:
Figure Drawing Workshop
Sunday, November 17, 9 - 12:30 pm
Cost: $60
From the Organizer:
The goal of this short workshop is to give an introduction to tools and methods one can use to improve the liveliness and expression of quick gestural drawings of the human form.
Focusing on short poses (mostly 30 seconds to 2 minutes), students will practice techniques and exercises to develop hand-eye coordination and learn strategies for gesture drawings (such as in which order to start and develop the drawing) and improve their ability to draw quick and expressive drawings.
This workshop is appropriate for all levels including beginners. Demos and hands-on critiques are an important part of the instruction.
Proposed agenda: (We have the room from 8:30am to 1pm (including set-up and cleanup).
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8:30am - Set-up.
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9:00am - Introduction and instruction with slides projection
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9:30am - Working with the model.
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12:15pm -12:30pm - Critiques, discussion, Q&A
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12:30pm – 1:00pm - Cleanup
Location: Community Art Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Cost: $60. Model fee is included but tips are appreciated. Materials are not provided.
In case of cancellation, cost will be refunded if I can find someone to take your spot.
Recommended supply list will be provided to registered participants.
Tables and chairs will be available, but participants are strongly encouraged to bring an easel.
To Register (or any question), email to Eric Saint Georges at ericsgc@hawaii.edu or text 408 455 3033
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Presents:
Ready to Hang
Saturday November 23, 2024, 4 - 9pm
Ready to Hang, our region’s largest pop-up art show, opens Saturday, November 23rd with the extended hours of 4pm - 9 pm. Now in the fifth iteration of what has already become an annually-awaited artistic tradition, this pop up show is open to all local artists for creations 12 by 12 inches in size. Ready to Hang presents a unique opportunity to see new works by our entire community of artists in one show.
Free and open to the public, the Ready to Hang pop-up sale supports local artists and is also a fundraiser to help support the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative’s programs. All works are for sale by dozens of area painters, photographers, assemblage makers, tattoo artists, fabric artists, printmakers and more. Prices set by the artists span a wide range, from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars, making it a delightful opportunity for collectors new and seasoned.
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Future Events
Vanae Rivera Presents:
CAW Art Holiday Pop-Up
Annual community art market showcasing work from local artist, makers, creators, collectors, and more.
Saturday December 21, 12 - 5 pm
Contact cawholidaypop@gmail.com to enter to be a vendor.
Use the CAW
The CAW collaborates to empower and provide affordable space for art projects of all kinds. Have an idea? Use the CAW.
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative works to maintain the CAW as a "blank canvas" for as wide a diversity of arts uses and users as possible, providing space and collaborating with project initiators to make their ideas a success for the benefit of the broader community, and supporting and cultivating collaborations between artists and arts organizations, community groups, the business community, non-profit organizations and the entire community.
Find out more about how you can use the CAW here: