1st Thursday Art Walk

OCEANS & COASTLINES. Celebrating, honoring and protecting our vital oceans that sustain us, through the eyes and art of our local artists. SB Fine Art donates 10% of all sales to benefit Heal the Ocean during this show. ( Painting by Justin Carroll Anacapa Island 20 X 24 oil on canvas )

Join us at domecíl to view two short films (total run time 10 minutes) highlighting the work of local artists Ray Gabaldón and Lorie Stout. Explore the inspiration, process, and personal stories that shape their creative practices.

Collective Visions from the membership of SBAA will come together at VOICE in a July exhibition expressed via a range of media. Celebrating 1st Thursday and 3rd Friday with receptions from 5 to 8pm, SBAA is one of the largest and oldest local art membership organizations. Clouds: Olga Bologa

The Gallery features figurative works, interiors, and cityscapes, by some of today’s finest nationally known local and Oak Group artists. Enjoy works by Ray Hunter, Derek Harrison. Wyllis Heaton, Camille Dellar, Ann Sanders, Thomas Van Stein, Nancy Davidson, Rick Garcia, Ellie Freudenstein, and Ralph Waterhouse.

Join us for a free and fun guided painting workshop with Creative Wellness Artist Khaatia Vantiger. For July, participants will be painting a piece featuring a Fire Horse presence emerging through a mountain-inspired landscape, introducing a stronger sense of motion and energy. RSVP encouraged.

Co-op gallery for members of the Santa Barbara Art Assoc. Our Artist of the Month is Odessa Burrow, a dedicated photographer and painter inspired by the coastline and mountain trails of Santa Barbara County. Other artists working in various mediums will be present to discuss their exhibits for July.

Join us at the NEW Film Center every 1st Thursday for free screenings of short films by Santa Barbara filmmakers. Check sbiff.org/sbfilmmakers for film info. Showtimes 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, and 7:00pm. (showtimes subject to change)

This month, REH Contemporary features a number of newly minted figurative paintings by artist/owner Ruth Ellen Hoag. Visitors may go behind the scenes to peruse work in progress in the artist’s working studio and learn about her popular classes and workshops open to all levels of experience and mediums.

Riviera Towel & Gift Co. helps artists bring their creations off the wall and into everyday life by translating artwork into custom woven cotton textiles. Explore the fascinating journey from digital image to woven masterpiece and discover how thousands of individual threads come together to create a work of art!

Join us and DJ Darla Bea for a courtyard dance party celebrating our pop-up photo exhibition, Stars, Stripes, & Santa Barbara, featuring past Independence Day memories captured in the Santa Barbara News-Press. Take in the sights and sounds of summers past with music, wine, and more! 

Clay Day! Watch Soul Sucker and Maker House instructors demonstrate wheel throwing and hand-building, bid on live-made pieces benefiting Maker House, and enjoy free underglazing workshops. Meet & shop instructors/artist’s work, see Santa Barbara artist: Matt Rodriguez, paint live, sip Frequency Wines, and shop work by Santa Barbara ceramic artists.

Chloé Marie Hourdequin creates original watercolor paintings that illustrate flora, fauna and iconic local landmarks of Santa Barbara County. 

Come celebrate the current work of our 60 local artists, while enjoying music, drinks, and treats! View our private collection of Eileen Richardson’s 1980’s art pottery! A Santa Barbara Smithsonian Museum artist. Looking for locally handmade gifts or something special for yourself? Look no further than The Yes Store!

SB County native, Rosemary Martines is interested in being authentic to her creative process. Martines creates using only a palette knife and oil paints on canvas. Her artwork is a personal journey and an outward reflection of her love for nature, each piece reflecting deep connections to color and texture.

Sullivan Goss celebrates a new solo exhibition by Nicole Strasburg entitled "The Whole is Greater." This is Strasburg's 10th solo exhibition at the gallery, and is an exciting evolution of her work. Also on view, The Art of Collecting, and our Summer Salon.

Visit the privately owned art gallery by world-renowned 3D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino. Visit 3D Studio Gallery to experience the world of the Master of 3D Pop Art with a close-up look at his collection of intricate 3D masterpieces!

Dance to live salsa music with Mezcalito, explore handwoven accessories & homewares made by Indigenous women, and discover original works of art by Chiffon Lark at One Thread Collective's six-year anniversary party! Plus local wine, snacks, prize giveaway, and 20% OFF handwoven goods. Every purchase supports Wayuu weavers in Colombia.

Step into Summer at Art & Soul. Experience Viridian Shores by Lucia de Miguel, immersive coastal paintings inspired by travel and wonder. Also featuring new summer works from the Atelier Collective's six resident artists and guest sculptor Kai Bostwick. On view June 4–July 19.

Discover Gallery Josephine, Santa Barbara’s newest contemporary art gallery and artist studio. Meet artist and founder Josephine Tournier Ingram and explore her inaugural exhibition: a decade-long exploration of light, memory, and place through layered abstract paintings inspired by Santa Barbara and the luminosity of Paris.

One year of SEIMANDI & LEPRIEUR Gallery. We are honored by the response to our first year. Rooted in a French perspective, we present contemporary works by acclaimed artists from France and the United States. Guided by a curatorial vision, we bring together artists in carefully considered exhibitions. Join us for the evening.

Twelve 10 West artists explore how natural world elements intertwined with artistic esthetic and cultural influence can create artworks that speak to and through the ages. Various media including oil and acrylic paintings, ceramic vessels and stone sculptures. Image: James Petrucci, Moonlight Guide, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches.

Visit SBMA for 1st Thursday extended hours, 5–8 PM! Explore staff favorites in A Few of Our Favorite Things: Staff Selections from the Permanent Collection, multi-media and textile works in Remixed: Entwined Histories and New Forms, and reimagined realities in As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future.