Dasha Shishkin, erry icket
MCA Santa Barbara is organizing a one-person exhibition by New York-based artist Dasha Shishkin. Presenting new work specifically for MCA Santa Barbara, Shishkin is known…
Bloom Projects: Glen Fogel, Recent Video
CAF invites New York-based artist Glen Fogel for the next installment of Bloom Projects. Inspired by a recent visit to Santa Barbara, Fogel explores the…
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Things That Turn Your Brains to Mush
David Cooley, Petra Cortright, Yoon Chung Han, Katy McCarthy, Chris Silva, Tellef Tellefson, and Jonny TroynaCulture and language evolve faster than individuals can adapt. From…
Bloom Projects: Molly Smith, Root
Molly Smith's Bloom Project is a response to her experiences and records from visiting Santa Barbara. Natural matter and found refuse collected during walks and…
A Handful of Dust
Mark Hagen, Jay Heikes, Matt Hoyt, Erin Shirreff, Ricky Swallow, Zin Taylor, and Allyson VieiraThe notion of “prehistory”—as evidenced in material remains and artifacts—compels us…
Open House
Alejandro Diaz, Ann Diener, Stephanie Dotson, Rob Fischer, Francesca Gabbiani, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Nathan Hayden, Cyndee Howard, Jennifer Nocon, Zacarias Paul, Luke Stettner, Kirsten Stoltmann, Sandra…
Bloom Projects: Ethan Turpin, Video Feedback: Pixel Behaviors
Pointing a live video camera at it’s own projection gives what is known as a "video feedback loop." The camera reads the screen and then…
Call for Entries 2012
Alexander Bogdanov, Samantha Fretwell, Jae Hee Lee, Ilia Ovechkin, and Rimas SimaitisCAF showcases five stand-outs from the tri-counties in our annual Call For Entries (CFE)…
Bloom Projects: Annie Lapin, History =ing
Annie Lapin's artworks mine from a wide swath of art historical references and search for an intersection where image and memory become another material that…
The Tío Collection
The exhibition, Mario Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection, is a museological tribute to the artist's family (tío means uncle in Spanish), featuring objects and artifacts…