Celebrating the holiday season, the Wildling Museum hosted its 8th Annual Holiday Boutique on Sunday, December 2, 2018. Admission was free from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, with a special members-only preview at 12 pm. Local artists and craftspeople were featured. Carolers added to the festive atmosphere, along with free cider and cookies and a photo opportunity with the Wildling holiday décor.
Read MoreOctober 3, 2018 – March 18, 2019
Barbara Goodall Education Center, Third Floor
This show features work from the Abstract Art Collective (AAC), a Santa Barbara community-based group of artists. Abstract art challenges the artist and audience to mine the depths of emotion and intellect—to journey far from real-world imagery and into the imagination. In this exhibit, you will see the artists’ response to various aspects of nature experiences—responses they’ve chosen to share.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2018 – March 25, 2019
Second Floor Valley Oak Gallery
The exhibit features a collection of origami animals found in Santa Barbara County such as the Steelhead Trout, California Condor, Tarantula, and a few prehistoric species as well.
Read MoreThis 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 MorePhotographers were encouraged to capture examples of nature’s magical ability to regenerate and thrive. All the images from both the adult and junior categories were exhibited together, on the second floor, in our Valley Oak Gallery from August 4th 2018 through November 5th 2018.
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 MoreNature Imagined was a special exhibition that celebrated nature through the vivid imaginations of Cheryl Medow, Ellen Jewett, and Hilary Brace. Inspired by nature, these artists use diverse materials and methods to create environments that engage the imagination. The viewer was invited to look into the details of their artwork and explore the unique weaving of image, texture, and pattern that resembles nature and yet is unlike anything in the natural world.
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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