May's Area Meeting speaker will be announced soon!

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​​Area Meeting returns monthly to the CAW in 2025. Curated by Patrick Melroy, the event will serve as a rally point for the creatives in our community. An excuse for us to be in the same place, a place which will inspire the right kind of imaginative friction. The first part of the evening will showcase a presenting artist and will set the tone for the night, lighting the question furnace in the minds of the attendees. After a social break fueled by snacks, invited artists will present work in a supportive crit-style environment.​

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Area Meeting is for anyone who has ever read a wall placard at a gallery and found themselves with more questions than answers. Area Meeting is for the artist who needs to hear from other artists about the struggle, about the broken tools, the constant haunting of a studio space by specters of doubt and conflict as they battle to be heard through their work. 

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Patrick Melroy is a professional artist who works out of his studio MISC Workshop on Gutierrez St in downtown Santa Barbara. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from UCSB as well as a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Melroy makes art which most often exists as interactive sculpture and site-specific interactions.