Past Events
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Josh Kun (Cancelled) The Aural Border: Listening Across the CA-MX Line
Guillermo Galindo, Zapatello, 2014. Photograph by Richard Misrach. EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ARTIST ILLNESS. In this engaging multimedia talk, award-winning author and USC…
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Mikael Jorgenson and James Merle Thomas: Quindar
Mikael Jorgensen and James Merle Thomas, Quindar, Performance. Photo: Chad Ress Join James and Mikael (aka Quindar) at The Goodland Hotel, where they will take you on…
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Luis Tentindo: Liquid Past
Photo: Stephen Gorme LA-based object-theatre artist Tentindo uses a paper landscape with micro-scale elements and live-feed video to tell an abstract and meditative story about two travelers…
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Devin Kenny, Sorry for the Weight: Urban Music, the Archive, and Surveillance
This performative lecture addresses, over the span of several decades, the relationship between hip-hop, R&B, trap, rap, and other “urban” genres. Kenny examines ways in which the…
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MCASB @ The Goodland: Poolside Brunch with Art, Libations, and Music!
Celebrate MCASB's second annual On Edge Festival! Meet the On Edge artists over a 'play with your food' interactive brunch, featuring do-it-yourself crepe and bagel bar, with food…
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Rosy Simas and François Richomme: transfuse
Photo: Douglas Beasley Native American contemporary dance choreographer Rosy Simas and French composer François Richomme have been collaborating on dance and films projects for the…
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Jennifer Vanderpool + Paige Bossier: The Trial of Isabella
Photo: Mercadito & Mentidero, 2013 This operatic contemporary theater work fuses high drama, costuming, and unique video imagery to create a psuedo-historical contemplation on female…
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Opening Night Party With Luke Savisky: Co-presented by the New Noise Festival
Join us for this opening night event featuring art, food and drinks co-presented by the New Noise Festival! Artist Luke Savisky will transform the unique…
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Early Bird 1 Deadline: MCASB Dream Home Raffle
October 2, 201512:00 am - 12:00 amIf you purchase a raffle ticket before Early Bird Deadline 1, you are included in the early bird drawing, the subsequent early bird drawings, and…
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Curated Cocktails: Fall Into Techno – Dranks & Bytes 2.0 with KCRW!
Join us for happy hour at the Museum! MCASB is offering $5 signature cocktails created by Outpost at the Goodland's resident mixologist, Chris Burmeister. FREE…
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Artist Talk: Yara El-Sherbini
Yara El-Sherbini, The Current Resistance, 2014, Mixed media participatory sculpture (Buzzwire), DImensions: "Current:" 75 x 35 x 55 cm, "Resistance:" 75 x 35 x 55 cm. Courtesy Kashya…
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Performance & Life: An Art Workshop For Teens
What is performance? How do we perform? Why do we perform? Join Kyra Lehman of Proximity Theatre Company at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara…
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Curated Cocktails: Fall Into Techno – Dranks & Bytes 1.0
Join us for Happy Hour at the Museum! $5 themed cocktails created by Outpost at the Goodland’s resident mixologist Chris Burmeister, fun art activities, delicious bytes…
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Opening Reception: Then They Form Us – Fall 2015
Cécile B. Evans, Hyperlinks or it didn't happen, 2014, HD video, 22 minutes, Courtesy the Artist Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) presents Then they form us,…
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Opening Reception: Yara El-Sherbini – Border Control
Yara El-Sherbini, The Current Resistance, 2014, Mixed media participatory sculpture (Buzzwire), DImensions: "Current:" 75 x 35 x 55 cm, "Resistance:" 75 x 35 x 55 cm. Courtesy Kashya…
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Sommer Roman: Artist Lecture
Installation view of Smooth Mover and Orienteer, 2015, Courtesy the Artist. Sommer Roman (b. 1981, Santa Clara, CA) maintains a diverse multi-disciplinary practice that spans sculpture, painting, and…
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Shades of Blue: MCASB Summer Member Party!
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara celebrates community and keeps it cool with Shades of Blue, the ultimate summer soirée at MCASB Satellite @ Hotel…
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Elizabeth Folk: Artist Lecture
Elizabeth Folk uses time-based media, sculpture, and installation to explore issues of class, labor, sexuality, communication, and revolution. Many of her works take the form…