TIPPING POINT: Too Much/Not Enough

OPENING RECEPTION
March 9th, 5-7PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION “California is on the front lines of climate change.  The West Coast has recently seen extreme events such as drought, wildfires, floods, and coastal erosion. While we may believe the science and the data, the overwhelming significance …

2019 North County Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition

OPENING RECEPTION
October 24th, 5-7PM Shepard Hall, Santa Maria Public Library / FREE ADMISSION The Teen Arts Mentorship Program is a county-wide, 30+ year old arts enrichment and career development program that offers students ages 13-18 the unique opportunity to work closely with industry professionals and master artists in a …

View From 500 Feet

OPENING RECEPTION
July 19th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION With great anticipation, The Arts Fund Gallery Committee traveled from sea level to 500 feet elevation to visit the studios of five artists who live and work in the Santa Ynez Valley. While this may not seem …

The Long Game

OPENING RECEPTION
May 17th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION Tonight! Join us for the opening of “The Long Game” curated by Charles Donelan, featuring work by Claudia Borfiga, Inga Guzyte, Barbara Parmet, and Blakeney Sanford. “The Long Game” refers to deliberate practices that take into account …

My Friend is SAD

POP-UP SHOW
May 10th, 5-9PM
May 11th, 12-6PM
May 12th, 12-4PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION For ONE weekend only…we’re pleased to present the opening of My Friend is SAD, an exhibition of drawings, printmaking, 3D pieces and wordplay produced during a week-long studio intensive. The work shown in …

The Haley Collective: HOMECOMING

OPENING RECEPTION
March 15th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION We’re pleased to announce the opening of THE HALEY COLLECTIVE: HOMECOMING, an exhibition of works by an important group of artists whose collaborative exhibitions energized Santa Barbara’s underground art scene from the late 1990s through 2005, curated …

Sisyphean Justice

OPENING RECEPTION
January 18th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION “The Greek myth of Sisyphus references a cruel king punished with rolling a heavy stone up a hill only for it to fall once reaching the top, forcing him to begin again, repeating this cycle for eternity …

Cut And Paste: Collage in Santa Barbara

OPENING RECEPTION
November 16th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION Join us in the Community Gallery on November 16th for the opening of Cut And Paste: Collage in Santa Barbara, curated by Dug Uyesaka. Collage, derived from the French word “coller”, to glue; is the joining of …

postMARKed

OPENING RECEPTION
July 20th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION We’re excited to announce the opening of postMARKed, an exhibition of art sent via US Postal Service (Mail Art) between Mark Raymond Collins, Hugh Margerum (curator), Michael Kienzle and the late Keith Puccinelli. Opening reception is Friday, …

JuxtaPOSE: An Exploration of Portraiture

OPENING RECEPTION
May 18th, 5-8PM The Arts Fund Community Gallery / FREE ADMISSION We’re delighted to announce the opening of JuxtaPOSE: An Exploration of Portraiture featuring the work of Connie Connally, Sommer Roman, Lindsey Ross, and Leslie Lewis Sigler, curated by Ashley Hollister of The Squire Foundation. Join us Friday …