This was the 25th Anniversary Season of Opera Santa Barbara when members of OSB’s Chrisman Studio Artist Residency Program performed selections from Puccini’s La Boheme at the Wildling Musuem.
Read MoreThe art of natural perfumery was explored in a 3-hour workshop with Susan Farber of Sol Aromatics. There were two dates: Saturday, September 15 and September 22 2018 from 1 pm to 4 pm. Students learned how to formulate their very own fragrance with botanical essences gathered from around the world.
Read MoreThrough art we embrace and even become nature; we connect to natural roots of being that make us remember that we are part of nature as well as part of culture. Susan Rowland’s talk used depth psychology and alchemy to show what modern western life has forgotten, ignored or repressed, that the imagination is the most important natural resource, one that connects us to non-human nature as an essential part of our being.
Read MoreIn this class, participants created a colorful gourd bowl with a seagrass or a vine rim. Several other rim finishes such as jute, grapevine and other natural materials were shared with the students. Class was suitable for any level of experience with techniques and/or materials. Students were furnished with an approximate 6 - 7 inch diameter gourd.
Read MoreThe Noontime Concert at the Wildling Museum in Solvang on January 23, will feature the Chrisman Studio Artists: Ashley Kay Armstrong, Yazid Gray, Michael Kollmorgen, and Jennifer Lindsay.
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