Now at the CAW
Off Register Santa Barbara Presents:
Off Register 2026
Santa Barbara Art Book & Print Fair
The 3rd annual zine and print festival
Saturday, October 24, 10am-5pm
Free!
From the organizer:
Join us for the 3rd annual Off Register: Santa Barbara Art Book and Print Fair! Visitors can meet, converse with, and purchase zines, prints, posters, t-shirts and other DIY printed goods from a diverse group of artists, designers, and publishers.
Off Register will feature over 50 artists/designers, zine and button-making activities, symposium-style panel discussions, alongside local food trucks, music and more! FREE admission.
Off Register: Santa Barbara Art Book & Print Fair is organized by a team of local artists, academics, entrepreneurs, and printers. The organization is a fiscally sponsored 501C3 non-profit with an all-volunteer board of organizers who are passionate about print! More information at offregistersb.org.
Images from past Off Register events.
Hannah Croshaw & Meiya Sidney Present:
soft armor / cradled earth
A Duo Art Exhibition
October 28th - November 14th, 2026
Reception: Friday October 30th 5-8pm
Gallery Hours: Fridays 10am-5pm & by appointment
From the organizer:
soft armor / cradled earth by Hannah Croshaw and Meiya Sidney considers temporal patterns within wisteria seed pods, paper and stones. They explore the smallness / immensity of these natural materials on our spectacular planet through writing, weaving, and sculpture.
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Croshaw’s work in soft armor / cradled earth responds to her observations and interactions with wisteria pods since winter of 2025, when she first heard wisteria pods splitting. How do the pods build tension and break / What is the significance of a whole pod versus the sum of its parts / How can the splitting of pods be captured? are some of the primary questions Croshaw asks while exploring their physical and spiritual significance. She invites viewers to consider wisteria pods through twisted clay, inscribed text, collected pods, and written reflections.
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Sidney's sculptural work emerges from time spent caring for material -- layered processes of twisting, weaving, forming, burnishing and waiting. In her installation, infinity in my palm tactility and surface is central, as the stones are formed within and scaled to her hand. Making recycled weft from 日曆紙 Taiwanese daily calendars, she creates a visual abstraction of time through the foundational structure of a simple weave. By working with iron rich clays and semi-translucent papers, she draws on each material's unique lifespan and memory, playing a paradox between fragility and permanence.
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hannahcroshaw.com / meiyart.com
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Presents:
Artist Studio Survey
Tell us about your art and the space you need to create it.
The Arts Collaborative is venturing beyond the walls of the Community Arts Workshop to study the possibility of affordable artist studios in Santa Barbara.
With the rise in costs for both housing and commercial space, artists are being priced out of historic areas like the Funk Zone and struggling to find replacements.
The SBAC has rallied a small group of community leaders to study the need, the possibilities, and the methods for facilitating more affordable studio space for artists. Our group wants to hear from artists themselves to understand the realistic needs of our artistic community for creative work space.
Participating in this survey directly supports our ability to make this effort a reality.
We so appreciate your time.
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.
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Find out more about how you can use the CAW here:
The SBAC facilitates the use of the CAW by artists, nonprofits, and community groups of all types; fostering exploration, conversation, collaboration, and connection to further its mission to sustain and grow all forms of the arts in Santa Barbara. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the users’ own, and do not necessarily represent those of the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative. The SBAC welcomes all in the work to sustain and grow the unique cultural ecology of our community.