Now at the CAW
Eric Saint Georges Presents:
Figure Drawing Workshop
Saturday Nov 1, 2025, 9am-12:30pm
From the organizer:
The goal of this short workshop is to give an introduction to tools and methods one can use to improve the liveliness and expression of quick gestural drawings of the
human form.
Focusing on short poses (mostly 30 seconds to 2 minutes), students will practice techniques and exercises to develop hand-eye coordination and learn strategies for gesture drawings (such as in which order to start and develop the drawing) and improve their ability to draw quick and expressive drawings.
This workshop is appropriate for all levels including beginners. Demos and hands-on critiques are an important part of the instruction.
Cost: $60
To Register (or for questions), email Eric Saint Georges at ericsgc@hawaii.edu
Sabina Funk Presents:
Maurizio Barattucci:
Observation, Reflection, Response
A Printmaker's Retrospective
Opening Reception Thu. Nov. 6, 5-8pm
Gallery hours Fri. Nov. 7, 10am–5pm; Sat. Nov. 8, 11am–3pm; Sun. Nov. 9, 11am–3pm; Fri. Nov. 14; 10am–5pm; Sat. Nov. 15, 11am-3pm
Or by appointment
From the organizer:
MAURIZIO BARATTUCCI was a leading proponent of viscosity printing in the 1970s, an innovative printmaking genre that dazzled the art world during an exciting era of experimentation. His prints are masterworks of technical virtuosity, and his subjects, usually inspired by nature, have an exuberance and immediacy that continue to resonate today. Please join us for a rare opportunity to meet the artist at a retrospective exhibition of his work.
Visit his website at mbarattucci.com.
The Institute of Absurd Affairs Presents:
HOME
An Art Exhibition by a Bunch of Women
November 8-9th, 11-3 PM
From the organizer:
HOME is serving up: painting, botanical art, fiber art, sculpture, performance art, installation, conceptual art, textile art, photography, mixed media and more.
Powered by a bunch of women artists ranging in age from 9-75.
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The Institute of Absurd Affairs is a local women's collaborative working to create a platform supporting artists and creative adventures. There are many artists hiding in plain sight and we want to give them the stage they deserve. We believe that art is important and it makes the world a better place.
More information: instagram.com/institute_of_absurd_affairs
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Presents:
Art KIT: Archiving & Pricing Your Work
A Hands-on Workshop and Discussion
Sunday, Nov 9, 1-3pm
$10
Learn to customize a formula for pricing your work that fits your personal business model. Understand how to calculate costs, how to set goals and the “perceptions of pricing."
This hands on workshop will walk participants through a step by step process for reaching your financial goals.
Participants will learn to understand the value of their time in creating, go over what elements to include in a budget, and learn models for pricing work. This workshop is good for visual artists, writers, musicians, performers etc.
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative and Patrick Melroy of MISC Workshop Present:
Area Meeting
A Place for Creative Exchange
Tuesday November 11, 6-8pm
$10
A Place for Creative Exchange
At its core, Area Meeting is an open forum where the local creative community can gather to explore the meaning behind art and the processes driving it. For our November 11th event, the keynote speaker will be social practice artist Patrick Melroy.
Real-Time Feedback and Dialogue
Melroy will discuss, as we are faced with an ever-accelerating digital world, the sanctuary in the creative analog experiences of community. Elaborating on the subtle choices that make exciting differences in results from one session to the next, he finds joy in the tactile connection to the process and sharing language in the form of artistic gestures. This sometimes manifests as a cookie residency with the delivery of cookies on a schedule to adults at his daughter’s elementary school; other times it is in building a play structure for the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.
Melroy currently maintains a studio art practice in the city of Santa Barbara California. Melroy’s practice exists most often as interactive objects and experiences designed to engage an audience. His work has appeared in shows from Belgrade Serbia to Los Angeles California. Melroy was a founding member of the influential Uppur Bunk Collaborative, Pullstring Press, MISC Workshop, and a charter member of Bottled Lightning Projects in Portland OR. Melroy received an MFA from the storied Department of Art at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Periodically, Melroy teaches art for universities and colleges throughout the region. Most recently at CalPoly San Luis Obispo. Melroy has presented numerous creativity workshops and often presents strategies for creativity to corporations big and small, once a year traveling to remote locations to teach AI and machine-learning experts how to build axes. Returning them to the first tool before they build the latest tool.
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Presents:
Ready to Hang
Artist Submissions now open
Art Intake: Monday, November 17, 8AM - 7PM and Tuesday, November 18, 8AM - 1PM
Private Artists' Party: Friday, November 21, 6- 9PM
Public Sale: Saturday, November 22, 4 - 9PM
Community-Wide Art Show
One of Our Region's Largest Exhibitions of Local Art
Ready to Hang is a community-wide art show that brings together artists of all stripes for an art sale and party, building our creative community. It is one of our region's largest showcases of local art.
We are seeking all types of art - painting, print, fabric, photography, assemblage, clay, wood, and more! Each piece must be exactly 12 x 12 inches, no more, no less and no more than 5 inches deep, and ready to hang.
All styles, all mediums, all experience levels, all ages, all people.
Visit sbcaw.org/hang for more.
Now in its 6th year, Ready to Hang has become a beloved showcase of our community's visual artists. The diversity of work represented boggles the mind, and there are few opportunities like it for so many artists to mix and mingle, form connections, sell their work, and build creative community.
If you are an artist, please participate! If you are an art appreciator, this event is not to be missed. This show brings together emerging and established artists alike. There is something here for experienced collectors as well as first time art buyers. For some art buyers, it is their first purchase, and for some artists, it is their first sale.
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Art Intake: Monday, November 17, 8AM - 7PM and Tuesday, November 18, 8AM - 1PM
Private Artists' Party: Friday, November 21, 6- 9PM
Public Sale: Saturday, November 22, 4 - 9PM
At the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, Santa Barbara
Tayllor and Ademola Oyewole-Davis Present:
Storytelling is the Revolution
What's Your Story?
Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-7pm
First Workshop: Tuesday December 2nd, 5pm
Showcase and Exhibition March 2026
At the Community Arts Workshop
Part of the SBAC Community Arts Residency Program
Create art that no only moves people but also moves the community forward.
Tayllor and Ademola Oyewole-Davis are honored and excited to be a part of the 2025-26 Community Arts Residency, hosting and curating a poetic experience that celebrates all our stories and connects us as a community.
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Two FREE poetry workshops a month, starting in December, at the Community Arts Workshop
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Workshops are open to all (18+ years). Bring something to write with and on! Refreshments are provided.
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A safe community space for members to share their stories and write about them through poetry. We will support members in the writing, editing, and performance process, inviting members to perform in the exhibition in the March 2026
Who Should Participate?
Anyone! All levels of experience are welcome, from no experience to a lot, and the workshops seek to bring together people from all walks of life.
What's the Time Commitment?
Feel free to drop in for just one evening and see what it is about, or commit to as much as you choose. The workshops will build to a concluding showcase, but the point is to give our community a chance to write, share stories, and build connections.
About the Artists
Tayllor Oyewole-Davis is an educator, social impact strategist, and internationally recognized poet. As Founder of Sisterhood(verb), Inc., she merges the arts with community engagement to create sustainable, creative spaces. As Executive Assistant & Artist in Residence at The Riviera Ridge School, she develops arts-integrated programs and partnerships. Her work has been featured in global anthologies, galleries, and stages. Tayllor has presented at national conferences and received honors like the H. Elizabeth Braun Catalyst for Change Award. She holds an M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought from NYU and a B.A. in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College.
Ademola Oyewole-Davis is a Brooklyn-born singer, songwriter, poet, educator, and activist who has performed since age eight. His artistry spans the U.S., with recent collaborations alongside his father, Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets, and his upcoming solo project, "Lib(er)ation." With over seven years of teaching experience through Urban Word NYC and independent schools, Ademola cultivates creative, critical learning environments that empower everyone to speak truth and pursue justice.
Use the CAW
The CAW collaborates to empower and provide affordable space for art projects of all kinds. Have an idea? Use the CAW.
The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative works to maintain the CAW as a "blank canvas" for as wide a diversity of arts uses and users as possible, providing space and collaborating with project initiators to make their ideas a success for the benefit of the broader community, and supporting and cultivating collaborations between artists and arts organizations, community groups, the business community, non-profit organizations and the entire community.
Find out more about how you can use the CAW here:
The SBAC facilitates the use of the CAW by artists, nonprofits, and community groups of all types; fostering exploration, conversation, collaboration, and connection to further its mission to sustain and grow all forms of the arts in Santa Barbara. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the users’ own, and do not necessarily represent those of the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative. The SBAC welcomes all in the work to sustain and grow the unique cultural ecology of our community.