The main galleries of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara CA, 93101
653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara CA, 93101
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Venue Exhibitions
- Cassandria Blackmore: Khioni Diptych
- The New Salon: Arte Del Pueblo
- Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Art
- Janna Ireland
- Special Dia de los Muertos pop up exhibition: Altar
- Gifts From The Future: Selections from the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation
- Lobby Gallery: Diego Melgoza and Marisa de la Peña
- Cameron Patricia Downey
- Sarah Rosalena: Pointing Star
- Earth Day Mural 2022
- Spenser Jaimes: Connected By Water
- Cannupa Hanska Luger: New Myth
- Cameron Patricia Downey: Hymn of Dust
- David Horvitz: Seaea
- Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín: Tejiendo El Paisaje
- Opening the Doors to Wonder
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | Different Towns
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | Visions of Us
- Through What Agency?
- Earth Day Mural 2021
- This Basic Asymmetry
- Light Elephant
- Rosha Yaghmai: Drifters
- Unending
- Shana Moulton: The Invisible Seventh is the Mystic Column
- Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In
- N. Dash
- Kunsthalle for Music
- Bloom Projects: Brian Rochefort, Absorption by the Sun
- James Benning: Quilts, Cigarettes & Dirt (Portraits of America)
- Lara Favaretto
- Art Lab | Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art
- Bloom Projects: Beatriz Olabarrieta, Ask the Dust
- Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art
- Art Lab | Barry McGee – The Urban Surf Shack Studio
- Barry McGee: SB Mid Summer Intensive
- Art Lab | Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960–Present
- Art Lab | Cecily Brown & Midori Hirose – Inside the Artist’s Studio
- Bloom Projects Exchange Series: Midori Hirose, Of The Unicorn (and the Sundowner Kids)
- Cecily Brown: Rehearsal
- Bloom Projects: Glen Fogel, Recent Video
- Bloom Projects: Molly Smith, Root
- Bloom Projects: Ethan Turpin, Video Feedback: Pixel Behaviors
- Bloom Projects: Annie Lapin, History =ing
- Bloom Projects: Susanna Vapnek, Sundowner
- Bloom Projects: Afruz Amighi, Suspended City
- Bloom Projects: Kathleen Yorba, Sequence
- Bloom Projects: Dawit L. Petros, Mahber Shaw’ate (Association of 7)
- Bloom Projects: Sarah Cain, Santa Barbara
- Bloom Projects Exchange Series: Silvestre Pestana, Breathless
- Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960 – Present
- Free Play
- Rimini Protokoll: City as Stage
- Bloom Projects Exchange Series: Bean Gilsdorf, Soft Actor
- Bloom Projects Exchange Series: Khvay Samnang, Footprints of Yantra Man
- assume vivid astro focus: avalanches volcanoes asteroids floods
- Beyond 2°
- Art Lab: assume vivid astro focus
- Tam Van Tran, Aikido Dream
- Bloom Projects: Michael Delucia, Appearance Preserving Simplification
- Then They Form Us
- Bloom Projects: Yara El-Sherbini, Border Control
- Teen Paranormal Romance
- Bloom Projects: Conrad Ruiz
- Out of the Great Wide Open
- Requiem for the Bibliophile
- Bloom Projects: Lisa Tan
- Marinella Senatore. Building Communities
- Almost Anything Goes: Architecture and Inclusivity
- Bloom Projects: Zack Paul, Geometric Landscapes
- Call for Entries 2013
- Bloom Projects: Ro Snell, All That is Left
- Bloom Projects: Edgar Orlaineta, Katsina Horizon
- Dasha Shishkin, erry icket
- Things That Turn Your Brains to Mush
- A Handful of Dust
- Call for Entries 2012
- The Tío Collection
- UCSB MFA Exhibition: Headgear for Tony
- Flights From Wonder
- Wireless
- Call for Entries 2011
- Video Portraits
- Eating Apples in Paradise
Venue Events
- Hương Ngô: Core Memory – Opening Reception & Artist Talk
- The Art Awards Gala
- Calenda Día de los Muertos & Community Celebration
- The New Salon: Arte del Pueblo
- UCSB Workshop
- March Paint at Paseo
- February Paint at Paseo
- January Paint at Paseo
- October Paint at Paseo
- Opening Reception: Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Contemporary Art
- Janna Ireland: True Story Index – Artist Walkthrough and Roundtable Conversation
- LUM
- May Paint at Paseo
- Janna Ireland: True Story Index Artist Party
- December Paint at Paseo
- Winter Art Sale & Holiday Party 🎁
- Artist Conversation: Michael Montenegro
- Community Altar Building
- After hours reception with Booboo and Yonci
- Artist Talk: Cameron Patricia Downey
- 1st Dia de los Muertos Calenda Santa Barbara
- Opening Reception
- From the stars to the land: A weekend with artists Sarah Rosalena and Sandy Rodriguez
- MCSB Conversation
- Youth Circle: Sarah Rosalena and Porfirio Gutiérrez In Conversation
- The Laureate Series Poetry Night
- KCRW Summer Nights at MCASB
- Paint at Paseo July
- Paint at Paseo June
- Paint at Paseo May
- Sara Woster: Painting Can Save Your Life – Book Signing
- Opening Reception
- Opening Reception
- The Free Republic of California Activation
- Opening the Doors to Wonder
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | Open Mic Night
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | Different Towns and Visions of Us Opening Receptions
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | Something Like That Zine Launch Event
- Emerging Leaders in the Arts | AKO ITO
- Community Classroom | Adam Jahnke: Santa Barbara’s Department for Applied Geography
- Community Classroom | Rascal’s | The History of the Burrito with Rodalfo Rios of Super Cucas
- Community Classroom | Rascal’s | The Ancient Art of the Tortilla
- In Conversation | Wade Nomura & Adam Jahnke
- Community Classroom | Print Power Climate Action Poster Exhibition
- Community Classroom | Print Power Climate Action Poster Making Workshop
- PRIDE! Date Night
- Community Classroom | Teen Arts Collective: FOOTPRINTS
- Opening Reception | Through What Agency?
- Artist Talk | Lum Art Magazine Conversations | DJ Javier & Ryan P. Cruz
- Opera Santa Barbara presents: Laura Kaminsky & Mark Campbell in Conversation @ MCASB
- In Conversation | Seeping Into History: Oil Touches Everything
- Date Night | This Basic Asymmetry
- Collectors Series | Vincent Van Gogh’s influence on collecting contemporary art
- Family Sunday Workshop
- Family Sunday Workshop
- Curated Cocktails
- Curated Cocktails
- Third Thursday Studio
- CANCELLED: Curated Cocktails | Feat. Artist Walkthrough and cocktails by Augie’s Agave
- CANCELLED | Third Studio Studio | Wall Hangings
- Third Studio Studio | Seeing Stars: Documenting Phosphenes
- GIFT STUDIO 2021 Holiday Pop-Up Market
- GIFT STUDIO 2021 Holiday Pop-Up Market
- Curated Cocktails
- Family Sunday Workshop | Halloween Mask Making
- Artist Talk | Rosha Yaghmai
- Opening Reception | Rosha Yaghmai: Drifters
- Reception | Light Elephant
- Curated Cocktails
- College Night Out!
- Public Walking Tour | Light Elephant
- Walkthrough and Artist Talk | Light Elephant
- Family Friendly Workshop | Light Elephant
- Opening Reception | Unending
- Live Performances by Shana Moulton and Irene Moon
- Full Moon Ritual led by Ashe Brown of Pura Luna Apothecary
- Closing Reception | Shana Moulton: The Invisible Seventh is the Mystic Column
- Virtual Conversation Part Two | Genevieve Gaignard and Alexandra Terry
- Virtual Conversation Part One | Genevieve Gaignard and Alexandra Terry
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- Opening Reception | Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In
- Curated Cocktails
- Poetry Slam! Santa Barbara
- Poetry Slam! Santa Barbara
- Holiday Gratitude Yoga Class
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- Scholar Talk | William D. Hyder: Earth’s Pigments – Nature’s Palette
- Scholar Talk | Michael Imwalle: The Mud that Made the City – Adobe Construction in Santa Barbara
- Third Thursday Studio | Origami Deconstructed
- In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 5
- Curated Cocktails
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- Unplugged | Mindfulness Meditations
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- Science Talk | Scott M. Haskins: Saving and Restoring Contemporary Paintings
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- Scholar Talk | Radhule Weininger: Mindfulness and Meditation
- Meditative Sound Bath
- In Conversation | Abaseh Mirvali & Amy Smith-Stewart
- Opening Reception | N. Dash
- Date Night | Kunsthalle for Music
- Last Look | Kunsthalle for Music
- Science Talk | Alan Macy: Embodied Music
- Scholar Talk | Glenn Wharton: Collecting the Ephemeral
- Third Thursday Studio | Sonic Improvisation
- Poetry Slam! Santa Barbara
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 4
- Performative Reading and Book Signing, Jacki Apple
- Curated Cocktails | Val-Mar Records
- In Conversation | Music – Dance – Performance
- Opening Reception | Kunsthalle for Music
- Last Look | Alexandra Terry & Special Guest Mike Orlando
- Scholar Talk | Jenni Sorkin: Ceramics in Context
- CANCELLED | Third Thursday Studio | Alchemy: Bath Bombs and More
- In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 3
- contemporary art UNLOCKED
- Artist Talk | Brian Rochefort
- Science Talk | Robin Matoza: The Inaudible Rumble of Volcanoes
- Opening Reception | Bloom Projects: Brian Rochefort, Absorption by the Sun
- Screening | Sharkwater: Extinction
- July Poetry Slam! Santa Barbara
- COMING SOON | Ari Benjamin Meyers
- Last Look | Abaseh Mirvali & Special Guest Deji Bryce Olukuton
- Screening | Twenty Cigarettes with an Introduction by Dick Hebdige
- Curated Cocktails | KCRW Summer Nights
- Curated Cocktails | Summer Nights with KCRW
- In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 2
- Contemporary Art UNLOCKED
- Contemporary Art UNLOCKED
- Third Thursday Studio | Mini Movies
- Curated Cocktails | Portraits of America
- Film Night | READERS
- Artist Talk | James Benning
- Screening | Twenty Cigarettes
- Screening | READERS
- Screening | Twenty Cigarettes
- Screening | READERS
- Screening | Twenty Cigarettes
- Screening | READERS
- Screening | Twenty Cigarettes
- Screening | READERS
- Opening Reception | James Benning: Quilts, Cigarettes & Dirt (Portraits of America)
- Body Disco!
- Last Look | Abaseh Mirvali & Maiza Hixson
- Third Thursday Studio | Booking
- Third Thursday Studio | Spinning
- In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 1
- Curated Cocktails | Facciamola Ancora!
- Third Thursday Studios | Casting
- Curated Cocktails | Facciamo Festa!
- Opening Reception | Lara Favaretto
- Curator Talk | Alexandra Terry: Ask the Dust
- Screening | Chapter Release: Ask the Dust
- Third Thursday Studio | Crime and Remorse: Shadow Stories
- Curated Cocktails | A Holiday Affair
- Third Thursday Studio | Copy or Appropriate: Steal this Art
- In Conversation: Kota Ezawa with Curator Irene Hofmann
- Opening Reception | Kota Ezawa & Beatriz Olabarrieta
- Mid-Week Special
- Curated Cocktails | Untitled
- Last Look Brunch | Barry McGee: SB Mid Summer Intensive
- Third Thursday Studio | Designs: Play with Patterns
- Third Thursday Studio | Types: Design a Sign
- September Curated Cocktails | KCRW Summer Nights
- August Curated Cocktails | KCRW Summer Nights
- July Curated Cocktails | KCRW Summer Nights
- Third Thursday Studio | Toons: Make a Face
- Opening Reception | Barry McGee: SB Mid Summer Intensive
- 2018 Summer Members’ Party
- Curator Talk: Play it Again
- MCASB Teen Arts Council presents: Intro to Self | Artists’ Reception
- Rehearsal: The Causerie
- Rehearsal: The Harvest
- Rehearsal: The Bevy
- Curator Talk: Play it Again
- Third Thursday Studio | Digital Sculpture
- Curated Cocktails | Sundowner Secrets
- Third Thursday Studio | Animal Drawing
- Curated Cocktails | British Invasion
- Third Thursday Studio | Puzzle Painting
- Curated Cocktails | Satellite Grooves
- Member Reception for Spring 2018 Exhibition Openings
- Curated Cocktails | Love Rehearsal
- Third Thursday Studio: Ladyland Collage
- CANCELLED: Curated Cocktails
- Curated Cocktails
- Curated Cocktails
- College Night Out! Museum After Hours
- Opening Reception for Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960 – Present
- Third Thursday Studio: Sun Catchers
- Third Thursday Studio: Champagne Chairs
- August Curated Cocktails: Summer Nights with KCRW
- July Curated Cocktails: Summer Nights with KCRW
- Third Thursday Studio: Ceramic Creatures
- Curated Cocktails: Summer Nights with KCRW
- Free Play Member Reception
- canTEEN! featuring ¿FACT OR FICCIÓN?
- In Conversation: Alexandra Cunningham with Sam Chermayeff
- Slow Art Day
- ACTIVATE!
- ACTIVATE!
- ACTIVATE!
- Third Thursday Studio: Fun Flags
- Curated Cocktails
- Third Thursday Studio: Soft Sculptures
- Curated Cocktails
- Third Thursday Studio: Dismantling Icons
- In Conversation with Bean Gilsdorf and Patricia Maloney
- Curated Cocktails
- Member Reception: Rimini Protokoll
- Artist Talk with Daniel Wetzel, Rimini Protokoll
- Khvay Samnang and Erin Gleeson In Conversation
- Third Thursday Studio: powerful pattern prints
- Curated Cocktails: assume solstice focus
- Third Thursday Studio
- Curated Cocktails
- Third Thursday Studio: vivid color focus
- Curated Cocktails: assume vivid astro focus
- Third Thursday Studio: assume abstract visions
- Student Night Out! Art, Music, and More, w/ DJ Darla Bea
- Third Thursday Studio: massive mask making
- Curator Talk with Miki Garcia: avaf, antropofagia, and tropicalismo
- Curated Cocktails: Summer Nights with KCRW
- assume vivid astro focus
- Third Thursday Studio: Wood
- Curated Cocktails: Summer Nights With KCRW
- Artist Talk with Amie Siegel – Beyond 2°
- Stephanie Washburn – Artist Lecture
- Fabric: A New Art-making Series!
- Maria Rendón: Artist Lecture
- Intimacy: Performance by Kyra Lehman
- CanTEEN! Art, Music, and Mocktails
- Wax: A New Art-making Series!
- Otobong Nkanga: Solid Maneuvers
- Beyond 2°: Fire Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Plastic: A New Art-making Series!
- The Bureau of Linguistical Reality: @ MCASB
- The Bureau of Linguistical Reality: Earth Day at Alameda Park
- Beyond 2°: Earth: Community Environmental Council (CEC)
- Sunday Storytime @ MCASB: Every Sunday at 1:30 pm!
- Paper: A New Art-making Series!
- Sunday Storytime @ MCASB: Every Sunday at 1:30 pm!
- Artist Talk With Ursula Biemann: Unstable Atmospheres
- One Body of Water: Carolina Caycedo
- Beyond 2°: Featured Artist Talk & Special Performance
- Tastemakers & Bootyshakers: Curated Cocktails at the Museum!
- Third Thursday Studio: The Lavender Scavenger – A New Art-making Series!
- Curated Cocktails: Dark Desires Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Call for Entries: Student Exhibition – Beyond 2°: Millennial Impact
- Third Thursday Studio: Afternoon Chigong – A New Art-making Series!
- BYOA: Bring Your Own Art Night – Share Your Work!
- Mixed Media Experimentation: 1 + 1 = 3 Visiting Artist Series Workshop
- Curated Cocktails: High Hopes – Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Third Thursday Studio: Chinese Medicine II
- Josh Kun (Cancelled) The Aural Border: Listening Across the CA-MX Line
- Xavier Cha: Conductor
- Devin Kenny, Sorry for the Weight: Urban Music, the Archive, and Surveillance
- Luis Tentindo: Liquid Past
- Heather Kravas (Mature Content): dead, disappears
- Rosy Simas and François Richomme: transfuse
- Jennifer Vanderpool + Paige Bossier: The Trial of Isabella
- Curated Cocktails: Fall Into Techno – Dranks & Bytes 2.0 with KCRW!
- Artist Talk: Yara El-Sherbini
- Performance & Life: An Art Workshop For Teens
- Curated Cocktails: Fall Into Techno – Dranks & Bytes 1.0
- Opening Reception: Then They Form Us – Fall 2015
- Opening Reception: Yara El-Sherbini – Border Control
- Curated Cocktails: Psychosexual Zombies – Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Curated Cocktails: Dystopian Districts – Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Divergence: canTEEN! Art, Music, and Mocktails
- Curated Cocktails: Angsty Angels – Happy Hour at the Museum!
- Teen Paranormal Romance: Opening Reception
- Artists in Conversation: Sommer Roman, Cathy Ellis, Wendy Osher, and Ryan Bulis
- Artists in Conversation: Erik ReeL, Nick Wilkinson, Seyburn Zorthian
- Lecture: Artist Survival Strategies: Artist Development Month
- Portfolio Reviews: Artist Development Month
- Bring Your Own Art Night (BYOA): Artist Development Month
- Curated Cocktails: Drunk in Love – After hours at the Museum!
- Out of the Great Wide Open – Opening Reception
- Bloom Projects: Conrad Ruiz – Opening Reception
- Screening: Party Girl, 1995 – Requiem for the Bibliophile
- Curated Cocktails: Biblioholidaze – Make a Holiday Toast with MCASB!
- Top 10 Art Stars of 2014: Contemporary Art Boot Camp
- What Are You Looking At? – Contemporary Art Boot Camp
- Curated Cocktails: Bibliofuture – Co-hosted by Room to Read and The Goodland
- Making Meaning: A Talk with Artist Liza Lou – Sit down with Liza Lou for an evening
- MCASB Member Mixer – Celebrate the Holidays with MCASB
- MCASB Member Mixer – Celebrate the Holidays with MCASB
- Emily Johnson – Be Mountain
- Artists’ Rights With Kyle Cowser – California Lawyers for the Arts
- Animal Cracker Conspiracy – The Collector
- Curated Cocktails With Ascendant Spirits – Halloween Edition – Extended Hours!
- Curated Cocktails With Seven Bar & Kitchen – Epicure SB
- Artis-run Spaces With Eve Fowler – Artist and Co-Founder of Artist Curated Projects
- Curator’s Roundtable – Considering Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara
- Curated Cocktails With Sama Sama – Epicure SB
- BYOA (Bring Your Own Art) Night and Critique – Artist Professional Development Month
- Artist Survival Strategies – Artist Professional Development Month
- Curated Cocktails With the Canary Hotel – Epicure SB
- Federico Llach & Now Hear Ensemble – Barlow/Johnson/Llach
- Teen Insiders Project (TIP) – Visual Art for the Next Generation
- Call for Entries 2013 – Opening Reception
- The Art of Video Games With Eddo Stern – Associate Professor of Design Media Arts at UCLA
- Kendra Ware – Notes from the Underground
- Ellie Ga – The Fortunetellers
- Sarah Paul Ocampo – Hush Hush Hotel
- Man One – Visiting Artist (Summer) Series
- Morrisa Maltz – Visiting Artist (Summer) Series
- MCASB Open House
- Dasha Shishkin, erry icket & Bloom Projects: Edgar Orlaineta, Katsina Horizon – Opening Reception
- From Dusk ‘Til Drawn – 24-Hour Drawing Rally