Now at the CAW
Jennifer Bi Presents:
Charcoal Drawing Workshop
Mondays 6-9pm: Mar 30, Apr 6, Apr 13
Cost: $180 for all three sessions
From the organizer:
Learn how to use light and shadow to create 3-dimensional form in your drawings.
In the first of three sessions, you will learn simple observational drawing techniques and methods for working with charcoal. In the later sessions, we’ll study figure drawing with an emphasis on gesture and form and practice drawing from a live model.
Demonstrations, lectures, and critique will be offered.
Cost: $180 for all three sessions.
With questions please go to jennifer-bi.com/contact
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Jennifer Bi is a figurative artist and sculptor based in Santa Barbara. She studied fine art drawing and sculpture at Academy of Art in San Francisco in 2024.
Examples of her drawings can be found in the workshop flyer and at www.jennifer-bi.com
Mckenna Van Koppen + Chloe Shelton Present:
Wild at Heart
Art for the Wild at Heart
Public Art Show April 4th 11am-3pm
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From the organizer:
This body of work began with a dream. Each piece represents a fragment of that dream world, where animals guide us back to our wild nature. Growing from florals and adorned with gold, these figures symbolize transformation, magic, and the beauty found within both the natural world and ourselves.
Created during a season of personal homecoming and renewal, this series celebrates reconnection to the natural world and to the wild spirit that lives within us all.
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Mckenna Van Koppen is a contemporary wildlife painter based in Santa Barbara, California. Her work is bold, vibrant, and full of movement—capturing the spirit and energy of the natural world with both intensity and reverence. With a deep admiration for wildlife and wild places, she creates paintings in oils, mixed media, and gold leaf on surfaces ranging from intimate canvases to expansive outdoor murals.
At the heart of her practice is a love for the magic of art—its ability to transport, transform, and reconnect us. Her pieces are created to offer viewers a sense of wonder and a meaningful connection to beauty, wildlife, and the natural world. Through color, texture, and wild expression, Mckenna invites people to step away from the noise of daily life and immerse themselves in something untamed, luminous, and alive.
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Presents:
Area Meeting
A Place for Creative Exchange
Tuesday April 14th, 6-8pm
$12
Area Meeting is an open forum where the local creative community can gather to explore the meaning behind art and the processes driving it. The April 14th event features an interview between a career artist Phoebe Brunner and facilitator, Patrick Melroy. This discussion will explore the intricacies, struggles, and breakthroughs of a life devoted to art, setting the tone for an evening designed to spark new ideas, questions, and connections.
Beyond the keynote, the highlight of Area Meeting is the open critique sessions. Selected artists will present their physical work—unfinished pieces, experimental projects, or newly completed works—inviting direct input from attendees. It's a rare opportunity for both artists and viewers to engage in meaningful, two-way dialogue not typically available in traditional gallery or museum settings.
Area Meeting is a Program organized and run by the Arts Collaborative.
For more information, or to inquire about presenting, contact Adrienne De Guevara at adrienne@artscollaborative.org.
Lumina Nostri Presents:
Creative Cluster
Artist Way Creativity Course
Monday Nights 5:30-7:30PM beginning Jan 26 and ending April 20
What happens when you nurture your creativity?
From the organizer:
Lumina Nostri’s Sarah Emma Ruth is facilitating a 12 week exploration of Julia Cameron’s Artist way on Mondays from 5:30-7:30 starting January 26th.
Designed to reconnect us with our Creative within, the class can be enjoyed both as a drop in experience or full-season commitment.
The book, Artist Way by Julia Cameron, can be checked out at the library, purchased from Chaucers or ThriftBooks, or you can come in and experience it through hearsay.
The magic of this experience is the in-person community. As we deepen our connection to ourselves and the material, we become expanders for one another’s experience. This course is action-oriented, and aims to begin to answer to the question what happens when we invest in our own creativity.
The group is only open to Women and Gender minorities this round. 🙏
With questions and to sign up, e-mail luminanostri@gmail.com or go to https://bit.ly/luminanostri.
More information about the organizer.
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Sarah Emma Ruth, de Lumina Nostri, impartirá un curso de 12 semanas sobre El Camino del Artista, escrito por Julia Cameron, los lunes de 17:30 a 19:30pm. Diseñado para reconectarnos con nuestra creatividad interior, el curso se puede disfrutar tanto de forma puntual como con un compromiso para toda la temporada.
El libro El camino del artista, de Julia Cameron, se puede consultar en la biblioteca, comprar en Chaucers o ThriftBooks, o puedes venir y experimentarlo de primera mano.
La magia de esta experiencia es la comunidad presencial. A medida que profundizamos nuestra conexión con nosotros mismos y con el material, nos convertimos en amplificadores de la experiencia de los demás. Este curso está orientado a la acción y tiene como objetivo comenzar a responder a la pregunta de qué sucede cuando invertimos en nuestra propia creatividad.
El grupo solo está abierto a mujeres y minorías de género en esta ronda.
Para cualquier consulta o para registrarse, envíe un correo electrónico a luminanostri@gmail.com o visite https://bit.ly/luminanostrisp.
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