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July 12, 2026

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Breathing Room: Gathering Stars

Sunday, July 12, 2026
5 pm

Free In the Galleries Performance
A crowd of visitors, including cyclists, gathers on the sidewalk in front of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art at dusk.

Free 2nd Sunday for Tri-County Residents

For residents of Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo County

Sunday, July 12, 2026
11 am – 5 pm

Free 2nd Sunday

July 11, 2026

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Sketching in the Galleries

Saturday, July 11, 2026
11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Adults Free In the Galleries Kids & Family Series

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July 02, 2026

People standing in Museum galleries, talking and looking at art.

1st Thursday

Thursday, July 2, 2026
5 – 8 pm

1st Thursday Free

June 14, 2026

a portrait of the author roberto tejada in glasses and a dark suit

Parallel Stories – Roberto Tejada on the Poetry of Latin American Photography

Sunday, June 14, 2026
11:30 am

Adults Free Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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June 13, 2026

group of seated students drawing in a gallery of Asian art

Sketching in the Galleries

Saturday, June 13, 2026
11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Adults Free In the Galleries Kids & Family Series

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June 04, 2026

side by side images with a photo of a dark haired woman in a grey top and folded arms and on the right the cover of a book Parasitic Oscillations

“Parasitic Oscillations and other Reflections on Art and Science”: A Reading and Conversation with Madhur Anand

Thursday, June 4, 2026
5 pm

Adults Free

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abstract and multicolored grid of a dozen plus columns of rows of colored segments

Art of Science Opening Reception

Thursday, June 4, 2026
5:30 – 6:30 pm

Free

May 31, 2026

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Kalo Taxidi Farewell to Hermes

Sunday, May 31, 2026
12 – 2 pm

Adults Free Kids & Family

May 23, 2026

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EVERWILD: Earth/Water/Air/Fire presented by SBCC Fashion Club

Saturday, May 23, 2026
4 – 4:30 PM

Free
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