Now at the CAW
Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Presents:
The 2026 Summer Solstice Celebration
The Solstice Workshop at the CAW is now open!
Hours Wed-Fri. 3-8 pm, Sat-Sun, noon to 6 pm.
At the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St.
From the organizer:
The 2026 Solstice theme is "Making Waves"!
Collaborate. Create. Build Community & Connection with Us.
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MANY WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:
Solstice is People-Powered, People-Created, Street Art in Motion. The Solstice Workshop is where the magic begins open for 2 months in May-June. REGISTER HERE
The Workshop is now open! Hours Wed-Fri. 3-8 pm, Sat-Sun, noon to 6 pm.
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QUICK FACTS:
FESTIVAL in Alameda Park: June 20-22
Fri. 4-9 p.m. Sat. noon to 8 pm, Sun.Noon to 6 pm
PARADE: Saturday June 21, Noon,
Santa Barbara & Ortega Streets
WORKSHOP, Opening Reception May 10, 5-7 pm
631 Garden Street;
HOURS Wed.-Fri. 3-8 pm, Sat.-Sun noon to 6 pm
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More information, including volunteer opportunities, vendor and sponsorship information, the Junior Artist Program, and more, at solsticeparade.com and the link below.
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.
Daniel Kanow, Certified Grief Educator and Artist Coach, Presents:
Art4Grief, Part 1:
Grief, Healing, and Reflection
A 2-part expressive painting series for grief, healing, reflection, and creative transformation
Thursday July 16 5:30pm- 8:30 pm + Sunday July 19th 10:00am -1:00pm
From the organizer:
This two-part workshop series is designed as a continuous journey — each session building on the last, deepening your creative practice and your capacity to process, express, and gently transform grief into healing, meaning, and transformation.
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Facilitated by Daniel Kanow — Certified Grief Educator, nationally exhibiting artist, and founder of BreakThrough Your Art™ — this series weaves together expressive art techniques, neuroscience-backed creative practices, and flow psychology into a compassionate, supportive space.
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You do not need to be an artist. You do not need any art experience. You only need to arrive exactly as you are.
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All art materials provided.
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Bring your own easel if you have one, or work at the table.
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Two consecutive classes (per session) offering a steady, supportive rhythm — a creative companion on the grief journey.
Daniel Kanow, Certified Grief Educator and Artist Coach, Presents:
Art4Grief, Part 2
Expressive Painting for Healing and Expression:
"Going Deeper, Finding Your Story"
Thursday July 30th 5:30pm- 8:30 pm + Sunday August 2nd 10:00am -1:00pm
This workshop may be taken as a continuation of Part One or as a standalone experience for those ready to explore deeper creative expression within a supportive and emotionally grounded environment.
From the organizer:
Building directly on the openings and discoveries of Part One, our second set of sessions moves into richer territory. With your creative voice beginning to emerge, we deepen the work — exploring personal narrative, identity, and transformation
through your own evolving visual language.
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We draw on flow psychology and embodied expression to quiet stress and overthinking, move beyond self-judgment, and strengthen authentic connection — both with yourself and with others in the room.
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You will leave Part Two with guided exercises, reflection tools, and a meaningful body of artwork to take home.
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All art materials provided.
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Bring your own easel if you have one, or work at the table.
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Two consecutive classes offering a steady, supportive rhythm — a creative companion on the grief journey.
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.