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Lockwood de Forest and Jain Home Shrines in American Museums

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In Conversation with Gerald Incandela

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Artists & Culture of Tahiti & the Islands of French Polynesia with Tory Laitila

September 3 – 13, 2026

Best of Peru’s Art & Archaeology with Dr. Kevin Lane

September 22 – October 3, 2026

Southern U.S. Art Escape: Behind the Scenes in Kansas City & Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Fall 2026
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As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future

March 8 – January 3, 2027

photo of a silk tapestry featuring figures on indigo

Remixed: Entwined Histories & New Forms

February 22 – August 30, 2026

still from a video from YouTube reprocessed through photogrammetry featuring an abstract scene of grays and some red

RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY: Internet Art

March 15 – September 13, 2026

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Mario Giacomelli: La Gente, La Terra

Through February 15, 2026

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Piece by Piece: Collage & Assemblage at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Through March 22, 2026

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By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA 

Through June 1, 2026

abstract painting with various shapes of blues in the foreground and a background of warm colors, on the left yellows and oranges and the right reds

Modern Life: A Global Artworld, 1850-1950

An exhibition of the permanent collection at SBMA

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Indian Art Meets American Arts & Crafts: Lockwood de Forest and Jain Home Shrines in American Museums

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
5:30 – 6:30 pm

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photo of a bench on a grey floor against a white wall with five round padded seats and no back with the following text on the seat covers, "injured? call now"

Adult Ceramics for Beginners – Quilt Patterns and Text Art – Weekday Evening Sessions

Wednesdays
March 4 – 25, 2026
6 – 8 pm

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diptych of artist portrait on the right of a man wearing a dark brimmed hat on a black background and on the left on a gray background a print of two exposures side by side and offset one on top of the other everyday scenes of a carpeted floor and a photo of a person's clothed legs and shoes

In Conversation with Gerald Incandela

Saturday, February 21, 2026
4 – 5 pm

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Parallel Stories – Maggie Nelson: “The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift”

Sunday | March 8, 2026
2:30 – 4 pm

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