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 studio environment. Working in small groups, students spend over 30 hours producing a portfolio of work to be exhibited and sold in The Arts Fund Community Gallery or performed in a public venue.


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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 very far, the view is indeed quite different on that side of the mountain. The Committee collaborated to select these artists, not only because of their location, but because their location reveals a collective consciousness of place.

Join us on Friday for the Opening Reception of View From 500 Feet during the Funk Zone Art Walk.


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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 the future implications of current choices. The four artists in the show all demonstrate a commitment to the long game of creating deep work. Their art invites the viewer to consider not only how much an experience might matter right now, but also how that sense of meaning and urgency may persist and evolve over time. The choices and alliances we make today will determine the options we enjoy–or lack–in the future. By playing the long game, these four artists seek to keep the complex uncertainties of the deep future in mind, even as they confront the challenges and opportunities of today.


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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 this pop-up exhibition explores ideas around demystifying sadness. A reception will be held at The Arts Fund Community Gallery on Friday, May 10th from 5-9pm. The exhibition will feature artwork by creative duo, Claudia Borfiga and Matthew Head.


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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 by Nathan Vonk. The show will remain on display in the gallery until May 3rd.

A reception will be held at The Arts Fund Community Gallery on Friday, March 15 from 5-8pm, during the Funk Zone Art Walk. THE HALEY COLLECTIVE: HOMECOMING will feature work by Tanner Goldbeck, Larry Mills, Jorge Rivas, Vanae Mary Rivera, Joe Shea, and Yoskay Yamamoto.


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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. In similar fashion, the fight for justice and freedom can be quite laborious, seemingly endless, and possibly futile. When fighting for justice, what are the effects on one’s mental sanity, social life, identity development, and spiritual health? Is justice even truly possible to obtain if the definition continuously evolves? Sisyphean Justice contains the work of four multidisciplinary artists utilizing various mediums to convey the resilience, resolve, and resistance necessary when communities, particularly those that are disenfranchised or marginalized, find themselves striving for justice, however hopeless the task.” – @kevinclaiborne


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