COMMUNITY GALLERY
ARTISTS
Our Community Gallery exhibits the work of emerging and mid-career artists living in Santa Barbara County.
CURATORS
Our Guest Curator Program provides a rare opportunity to submit exhibition proposals and craft a unique gallery experience.
STUDENTS
Teen Arts Mentorship students exhibit the visual art they create in our Community Gallery every year to celebrate their hard work.
COMMUNITY
The Arts Fund founded the Funk Zone Art Walk in 2013, and has since continually organized art events for the community.
The Arts Fund Community Gallery supports emerging and mid-career artists living in Santa Barbara County. Founded in 2002, the gallery holds exhibitions featuring a minimum of four artists per show. One exhibition out of the year is dedicated to the Teen Arts Mentorship students, allowing them the opportunity to exhibit their mentorship work in a gallery setting. In addition, our Guest Curator Program offers opportunities for community members to develop their professional gallery experience by presenting thought-provoking and exciting exhibitions.
The Arts Fund Gallery has hosted 120+ exhibitions and showcased 500+ artists over the past decade. Your support allows this important exchange of artistic vision and understanding between artists and viewers in the community.
If you are interested in participating as an artist or sponsor, please contact us!
To apply as a guest curator, fill out this form.
Museum of Sensory & Movement Experiences
& The Arts Fund Community Gallery
La Cumbre Plaza, Suite F119
120 S Hope Ave
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Regular hours
11AM-5PM Wednesday-Sunday
CLOSED Monday-Tuesday
Come visit us in La Cumbre Plaza, just 10 minutes from downtown Santa Barbara. Parking is free!
Support the current and future projects of our Community Gallery by donating.
Curious about our exhibition space or upcoming showcases? Reach out to us at info@artsfundsb.org!
Upcoming & Recent Shows
2024 Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition
Teen Arts Mentorship Program
November-January 2025
Spectrum of Identity: Celebrating Trans & Neurodiverse Artists
Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network
October-November 2024
Gallery Hours & Holidays
The gallery is open to the public for regular hours Wednesday-Sunday while a show is on view.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
11AM – 5PM
CLOSED / by appointment
CLOSED / by appointment
11AM – 5PM
11AM – 5PM
11AM – 5PM
11AM – 5PM
We close for the following holidays: New Year’s Day, MLK Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Cesar Chavez Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
La Cumbre Plaza Art Walk: The gallery remains open 5PM-8PM on the third Friday of every other month to participate in the La Cumbre Plaza Art Walk. Find the next Art Walk date here.
Past Gallery Shows
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
2023 Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition
Teen Arts Mentorship Program
November-January 2024
Nuanced Peoples: Celebrating Latinx Identities
Curated by @jesbala
September-October 2023
Nurturing the Youth
The Arts Fund 30th Anniversary Show
July-September 2023
Never One Without the Other
Curated by Chiara Corbo
May-June 2023
An Encore of the Power of Objects: Ron’s Legacy
Curated by The Arts Fund
March-May 2023
The Kind of Mother: Coloring Outside the Lines of Motherhood
Curated by Valley in Film
January-March 2023
2022 Teen Arts Mentorship Showcase
Teen Arts Mentorship Program
November-January 2023
Resistance and Resilience
Curated by Adriana la Artista
August-October 2022
Board of Directors Show
Curated by The Arts Fund
July-August 2022
Eclectic Expressions
Curated By Too Zen
April-June 2022
Tipping Point: Too Much/Not Enough
Curated by Cynthia Martin
March-April 2022
Healing Justice SB Presents: an Extension of Melanin
Curated by Healing Justice SB
February-March 2022
Weaving Light & Form
Curated by John Hood
December-January 2022
New Community Gallery Show
Curated by The Arts Fund
July-August 2021
Melanin: Healing Justice & Juneteenth
Curated by Leticia Resch
May-June 2021
Off the Wall and Through the Glass
Curated by Jamie Dufek
March-May 2021
Sisyphean Justice
Curated by Kevin Claiborne
January-March 2020
TEXTural: An Examination of the Tactile and Verse
Curated by John Hood
November-December 2019
Bad Neighbors
Curated by Evan Sherman
October-November 2019
2019 Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition
Teen Arts Mentorship Program
September-October 2019
View From 500 Feet
Curated by The Arts Fund Gallery Committee
July-September 2019
The Long Game
Curated by Charles Donelan
May-July 2019
My Friend is Sad
Curated by Claudia Borfiga & Matthew Head
May 2019
The Haley Collective: Homecoming
Curated by Nathan Vonk
March-May 2019
Cut And Paste: Collage in Santa Barbara
Curated by Dug Uyesaka
November 2018-January 2019
postMARKed
Curated by Hugh Margerum
July-September 2018
JuxtaPOSE: An Exploration of Portraiture
Curated by Ashley Hollister of the Squire Foundation
May-July 2018
Sticks and Stones
Curated by Sewjourners Fiber Art Group
March-May 2018
Northern Exposure
Curated by John Hood
February-March 2018
2017
Eyes of Another
Curated by The Arts Fund
November 2017-January 2018
Astronauts of Inner Space
Curated by James Van Arsdale
October 2017
PAST EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY EVENTS
2024
2024
2024
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
GUEST CURATOR PROGRAM
The community is invited to submit exhibition proposals which will be evaluated by The Arts Fund Gallery Committee and selected based on the following criteria:
- Providing an opportunity for local artists to expand their professional exhibition experience and enrich the cultural platform in Santa Barbara
- Collaborating with a minimum of 4 local artists and/or community organizations to offer inclusion of the public and create a synergistic forum for the advancement of the arts
- Offering educational opportunities for the community to better understand local art, artists, or artistic processes
If you are interested in guest curator opportunities, please fill out the form below. Submissions consistent with our mission and guidelines take priority.
