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Atelier at SBMA "Atelier" is the French term for "workshop," created as a studio for the imagination and offering its audience an evening of intimate, intriguing, occasionally irreverent interactions with art and artists in the Museum's galleries.
Now in its fifth season, Atelier offers 200-400 discerning guests events that are uniquely themed and inspired by the Museum's exhibitions or permanent collection, highlighted by performance, dance, and music; and specialty hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Check back soon for upcoming events.
Examples of past events include:  April 2012 The Museum serves as muse as members of The Garden Club of Santa Barbara make the galleries bloom with artful floral arrangements inspired by works in the Museum's permanent collection.  November 2011 ENGLAND slyly works in searing observations about how we choose to value the things that are most dear to us–like art or family–as it exposes the stark contrasts between the boundless pursuit of health and happiness and the hidden costs of such endeavors. What better place to explore such universal and contemporary questions than in an art museum–a venue held by many to be place of heightened awareness of both beauty and privilege.  An Alternative Look at the Venice Biennale May 2011 May 2011 The Museum takes an alternative look at the Venice Biennale as the galleries stand in for the dual watery worlds of Venice and Varanasi. Inspiration stems from Geoff Dyer's novel, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, hailed by The New York Times and The Guardian as a combination of "fiction, autobiography, travel writing, cultural criticism, literary theory, and a kind of comic English whining; a louche and canny delight."  December 2010 Guests have a rare opportunity to listen in as featured artist Tony de los Reyes and composer Jake Heggie, whose opera Moby-Dick premiered in Dallas earlier this year, discuss the motifs and melodies that made this classic their mutual muse.  October 2010 Guests are invited for a special performance by featured exhibition artist Frohawk Two Feathers, and a special screening of Manhatta (1921), Paul Strand's lyrical silent film tribute to America with live music performed by Santa Barbara-based Jim Connolly and company. |
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