Graham Keeble Opening Reception
October 4th, part of Downtown Santa Barbara 1st Thursday

Event is part of the Grand Opening of the new State Street location of Youth Interactive, located across from the Granada Theater.

The Blue Sky Center team invites you to join us in celebrating the completion of our first ever artist residency program in the Cuyama Valley. Generously supported by the Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara County Department of Arts & Culture, and in collaboration with Explore Ecology and the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store, we hosted five artist teams for five days in our five Shelton Huts on the Blue Sky Center campus, encouraging artwork made in, with, and about the Cuyama Valley communities. Just a two hour drive north of Los Padres National Forest, the Cuyama Valley is home to three unincorporated townsites and its own school district in the northeast corner of Santa Barbara County. With this exhibit, we invite the Santa Barbara community to learn more about the valley and support the arts in our rural place.

Ben Guzman and Angela Wood  || Small Medium Large Productions — Los Angeles CA

Noé Montes — Los Angeles CA

Tom Gottelier and Bobby Petersen || Designers on Holiday — Los Angeles and Oslo

Butchy Fuego — Talkeetna AK

Nicole Lavelle — Lagunitas CA

RESIDENCY FACILITATOR
Mary Rothilsberger — Palouse WA

One of the Squire Foundation’s Artists in Residence, Ruben Espinoza, will soon begin working to install a new temporary mural on the side of the former Far Western Tavern building.

The mural will be the result of a collaborative effort between Santa Barbara’s Squire Foundation Artist in Residence Program and the Dunes Center in Guadalupe with the goal of sharing public art pieces that bring the community together.

Join the Dunes Center on Sunday, June 24th as it hosts a public event to celebrate local art with the unveiling of the new mural.

The painting, designed and installed by Ruben Espinoza, will be representative of the dynamic community of Guadalupe.
Ruben Espinoza is a local artist born and raised in Santa Maria and currently an Artist in Residence with the Squire Foundation. Espinoza’s work can be found around the Central Coast and Southern California and he is known for his installations that facilitate public engagement.

Though the event for the mural’s reveal is to be held on June 24, Espinoza will start working on the mural on Monday June 18. Visitors are encouraged to come watch the mural’s progress and post photos on social media with the hashtag: #thesquirefoundationpublicart

There will also be live music and arts and crafts!

Squire is sponsoring a free community art activity in conjunction with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture's State of the Art Gallery 2018 Exhibition, featuring sculptures made by local artists.  Come join local artist Emily Murray who will be leading the painted locks activity. 

Part of 1st Thursdays on May 3rd. 5-7pm
535 State Street

"California Love Locks" speaks to the European tradition of immortalizing love by adding personal locks to a community space. The sculpture is an eight-foot-tall chain-link fence segment in the shape of California. The community is asked to add their love locks to the surface, creating a unique topography of stories, brass and nickel. Locating locks in locations on the fence segment that would be points of interest in the map of the state of California.

Follow this link to learn more about the State of the Art Gallery Exhibition. 

Opening Reception and Exhibition: 70.70.70. Israeli Artists in Santa Barbara

Thursday, May 3rd 5:00 -8:00 pm
SBCAST, Studio D & E
Multiple Video artists' projections and works by Sally Krysztal Kramberg.

For the month of May, SBCAST hosts two Israeli artists in residence as part of the 70.70.70 exhibition. 

• Sally Krysztal Kramberg, painter, video and performance artist, May 1-13.  Sally Krysztal Kramberg, lives and works in Tel-Aviv. Her work has been in museums and galleries from Israel to London, Los Angeles to Miami. Her work is edgy and interesting, with commentary on life that resonates with many. Her exhibition is titled: CHARIVARI, a look behind the circus.
  • Lecture: May 8th, 5:00-6:00 pm, with reception. 
  • Performance Piece: Saturday May 12, 6:00-7:00 pm, with reception.
• Hila Laiser-Beja, metal and welding artist, May 14-29.

70.70.70. is a three-galleries exhibition of the works of Contemporary Israeli Artists, celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the State of Israel. Each gallery will have a selection of Israeli artists, curated by Sagi Rafael of Tel Aviv and Los Angeles, and Lynn M. Holley, of Santa Barbara. It is sponsored by the Squire Foundation.

During the course of this multi-venue exhibition, lectures and artists talks will take place by various experts including, but not limited to, Israeli curator Sagi Refael. Dates, time and venues to be announced.

70.70.70 aims to expose the fascinating, innovative and less known scope of current artistic creations by Israeli artists. The exhibitions are initiated and curated by Sagi Refael, an Israeli art historian, author, curator and owner of Israeli Art in Los Angeles, and by  Lynn M. Holley, writer, resident curator at SBCAST and Art@theJCC, co-manager of GraySpace Gallery, and founder and director of the 3-Minute Film Festivals.

This April, Jodie will be in Chicago for four readings and signings for her recently released collection of poetry, My Dark Horses.

About Jodie Hollander

Jodie Hollander (a Squire Foundation Artist in Residence Alum) was raised in a family of classical musicians. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Poetry Review, The Dark Horse, The Rialto, Verse Daily, The Warwick Review, The Manchester Review, Australia’s Best Poems, 2011, and Australia’s Best Poems of 2015. Her debut pamphlet, The Humane Society, was released with Tall-Lighthouse in 2012. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa, and was awarded a MacDowell Colony fellowship in 2015.

From My Dark Horses

My Dark Horses

If only I were more like my dark horses,
I wouldn’t have to worry all the time
that I was running too little and resting too much.
I’d spend my hours grazing in the sunlight
and taking long naps in the vast pastures.
And when it was time to move along I’d know;
I’d spend some time with all those that I’d loved,
then disappear into a gathering of trees.

If only I were more like my dark horses,
I wouldn’t be so frightened of the storms;
instead, when the clouds began to gather and fill
I’d make my way calmly to the shed,
and stand close to all the other horses.
Together, we’d let the rain fall round us,
knowing as darkness passes overhead
that above all, this is the time to be still.

Jodie Hollander

Click here for more information on My Dark Horses by Jodie Hollander.

FEATURED ARTISTS/ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDE:

• Linda Stein (Squire Artist in Residence) and her "Fluidity of Gender" exhibition on view with her body armor sculptures available to try on
• Nicole Berry (Squire Community Artist) photo booth for posing with the Body Armor
• Carl Sutton's vermouth available for tasting
• Acetones A Capella from UCSB
• Transgender live transformation with Vivian Storm
• Vivian Storm Drag Queen performance
• Portrait sketch artist

Enjoy this video from last year's CRAV event!

In partnership with the Squire Foundation, SBCAST is proud to host The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein, a traveling multi-media solo exhibition that has traveled to more than twenty-four museums and universities around the country.

SBCAST
513 Garden Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Exhibit on view March 8 - April 26 in Studio D and E

On behalf of the Squire Foundation and Liverpool University Press, you are invited to Jodie Hollander’s readings of her debut poetry collection, My Dark Horses ($19.95 Liverpool University Press).

Jodie Hollander will read from My Dark Horses at the Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara on 25th January alongside fellow poet, John Ridland, who will read from his recent collections Epitome and Epiphany and Mountain Music.

RSVP to jana@thesquirefoundation.org for location and directions.

About Jodie Hollander

Jodie Hollander (a Squire Foundation Artist in Residence Alum) was raised in a family of classical musicians. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Poetry Review, The Dark Horse, The Rialto, Verse Daily, The Warwick Review, The Manchester Review, Australia’s Best Poems, 2011, and Australia’s Best Poems of 2015. Her debut pamphlet, The Humane Society, was released with Tall-Lighthouse in 2012. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa, and was awarded a MacDowell Colony fellowship in 2015.

About John Ridland

John Ridland taught English literature and creative writing at UCSB from 1961 to 2005. He and his wife Muriel wrote And Say What He Is: The Life of a Special Child (MIT Press, 1975). An Epitome and Epiphany, based on that story, has been recently issued from the Dowitcher Press in Santa Barbara. Since retiring he has published two books of his own poems, Happy in an Ordinary Thing and Mountain Music, and one translation from Middle English (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) with another forthcoming, Pearl, by the same poet; and three books translated from the Hungarian poets Sándor Petöfi, Sándor Márai, and Miklós Radnóti, the latter two with Peter V. Czipott. For the Petöfi volume, John the Valiant, he was presented the Balassi Sword Award, and in 2017 he was named a Mid-Coast Literary Treasure.

From My Dark Horses

My Dark Horses

If only I were more like my dark horses,
I wouldn’t have to worry all the time
that I was running too little and resting too much.
I’d spend my hours grazing in the sunlight
and taking long naps in the vast pastures.
And when it was time to move along I’d know;
I’d spend some time with all those that I’d loved,
then disappear into a gathering of trees.

If only I were more like my dark horses,
I wouldn’t be so frightened of the storms;
instead, when the clouds began to gather and fill
I’d make my way calmly to the shed,
and stand close to all the other horses.
Together, we’d let the rain fall round us,
knowing as darkness passes overhead
that above all, this is the time to be still.

Jodie Hollander

Click here for more information on My Dark Horses by Jodie Hollander.