Events

August 04, 2026

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Beyond Conversation: Dialogues in Music through Art

Tuesday, August 4, 2026
12 pm

Adults Concerts Performance Series

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August 02, 2026

It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now

A Performance from Andrew Norman Wilson

Sunday, August 2, 2026
3 – 4:30 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Performance

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July 24, 2026

Beyond Conversation: Dialogues in Music through Art

Friday, July 24, 2026
12 pm

Adults Concerts Performance Series

July 11, 2026

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 10, 2026

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The Astrology of Creative Vision

With Dr. Jennifer Freed and Jane Lynch

Friday, July 10, 2026
5 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks

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June 14, 2026

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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

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

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“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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May 31, 2026

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Kalo Taxidi Farewell to Hermes

Sunday, May 31, 2026
12 – 2 pm

Adults Free Kids & Family

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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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Events at SBMA

Events

August 04, 2026

Beyond Conversation: Dialogues in Music through Art

August 02, 2026

It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now

July 24, 2026

Beyond Conversation: Dialogues in Music through Art

July 11, 2026

Sketching in the Galleries

July 10, 2026

The Astrology of Creative Vision

June 14, 2026

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

June 13, 2026

Sketching in the Galleries

June 04, 2026

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

May 31, 2026

Kalo Taxidi Farewell to Hermes

Collages of the Classical: The Hallucinatory Brilliance of Elliott Hundley

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