Free Family Day
Día de los Muertos
Sunday, October 24, 1 – 4 pm

For the 21st year, SBMA honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a variety of family festivities in the galleries and back plaza including music and dance performances, art-making activities, bilingual storytelling, a special display of altars created by school and community groups, and traditional refreshments.
Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Admission to the event and to the Museum is free.

Family 1st Thursdays
Bring the whole family and enjoy 1st Thursday together in SBMA’s Family Resource Center located across from the Museum Café on the Lower Level. Museum teaching artists will assist families in creating special exhibition-based art projects. Afterwards, enjoy select galleries until 8 pm.
Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Family Resource Center
Free

Land & Sea
Thursday, September 2, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Play with positive and negative space in punch dot patterns and soft repetitions in powdery graphite to create your own landscape and seascape.

Kingdom of Nature Paper Sculpture
Thursday, October 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Re-imagine Aaron Morse’s Kingdom of Nature, featured work in the Stranger Than Fiction exhibition
as a 3-D paper sculpture using images from the natural world and from your imagination that explore the thin line between fact and fiction.
 

Aaron Morse, The Kingdom of Nature, 2008. Watercolor, graphite and collage
on paper. SBMA, Museum Purchase, Art Visionaries.

Family Conversations
Families are invited to informal, informative and interactive conversations about art. Explore the SBMA galleries with a Senior Museum Educator, then visit the Family Resource Center. Ages 7 and older.
Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Free with suggested Museum admission

Stories in Art
Sunday, September 26, 11 am - 12 noon
Explore real and make believe worlds created using words and images in the Stranger Than Fiction exhibition.
 

Studio Sundays
Sundays, October 10; November 14; December 12, 2 - 5 pm

Visitors of all ages are welcome to participate in this hands-on workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists. Each month explore a different medium, including clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, and paper, and gain inspiration from works of art in the Museum’s permanent collection or special exhibitions.
Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Front Steps
Free

ArtVentures
at the Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House
1600 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara

Just a short walk from the Museum is its off-site facility dedicated to hands-on art education for children, the Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House. The site offers camps for students age 6-12 during spring break, and camps and classes for children age 3-14 during the summer, in an atmosphere where creativity, studio art practices, and fun combine to create an enriching experience.

For general information or registration call 962.1661, email rtec@sbma.net.

Scholarships
Scholarships are made possible through the generous support of the Ridley-Tree Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Wright Trust, and the Ed Center Scholarship Fund.
 

Visit the Family Resource Center!
SBMA's Family Resource Center is now open! Featuring original paintings and sculpture from the permanent collection, the resource center gives children and families the opportunity to discover works of art, make their own masterpieces, listen to stories, or go on a treasure hunt. This dynamic drop-in center is a source of information for families, including family guides, ArtVenture camps, classes, workshops, and special events and celebrations.
Free

SBMA at School
SBMA is bringing ArtVentures AfterSchool Classes to local Elementary Schools. Talk to your PTA or principal if you are interested in having an SBMA Teaching Artist lead a standards-based class that is related to the Museum’s collections and exhibitions at your school and contact us at  884.6441 or email to rkrieps@sbma.net.