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May 02, 2026

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Art, Women & Resistance

Saturday | May 2, 2026
3:30 – 4:30 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks

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Writing in the Galleries

Saturday, May 2, 2026
11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Adults In the Galleries Series

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Adult Art Studio Class en plein air at Lotusland

Lotusland Through the Lens of Indian Miniature Painting

Saturday, May 2, 2026
1 – 4 pm

Adults Art Workshops

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May 07, 2026

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Docent Council Recruitment Informational Meeting

Thursday, May 7, 2026
3:30pm – 5pm

Adults

May 09, 2026

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Sketching in the Galleries

Saturday, May 9, 2026
11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Adults Free In the Galleries Kids & Family Series

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May 10, 2026

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Pop-Up Opera

Sunday, May 10, 2026
1 pm

Adults Free Series

May 16, 2026

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Adult Ceramics for Beginners – Blue and White – Weekend Morning Sessions

Saturdays
May 16 – June 6, 2026
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Adults Camps & Classes

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May 21, 2026

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Parallel Stories – Memory Rehearsal: Eleni Sikelianos

Thursday, May 21, 2026
5 – 6:30 PM

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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May 28, 2026

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Parallel Stories – “No Way Home” with T.C. Boyle

Thursday, May 28, 2026
5 – 7 PM

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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May 31, 2026

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Collages of the Classical: The Hallucinatory Brilliance of Elliott Hundley

A Talk by Helen Morales, Professor of Hellenic Studies at UCSB

Sunday, May 31, 2026
11 am

Adults

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