Off-Axis Santa Barbara 2008:
A Month-Long Celebration of Contemporary Art
Off-Axis 2008 celebrates contemporary art, culture, performance, and design with
a month-long series of special events, exhibitions, and public programs. Offered
as a unique collaboration between the community’s art institutions, galleries,
artists, non-profits, and civic organizations, Off-Axis highlights Santa Barbara’s
diverse cultural and artistic resources.
Participants include: Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College, Channing
Peake Gallery, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Patty Look Lewis Gallery, Reynolds
Gallery at Westmont College, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery,
University Art Museum at University of California Santa Barbara; with support from CASA, Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau and Film Commission, Santa Barbara Independent, Seasons Magazine, The Santa
Barbara Downtown Organization, and Santa Barbara County Arts Commission.
All events are free to the public unless otherwise noted.
EXHIBITIONS
ATKINSON GALLERY
at Santa Barbara City College
Dane Goodman, Director
721 Cliff Drive
(805) 965-0581 x 3484
http://gallery.sbcc.edu
Off-Axis exhibition: October 3 - October 31:
Solo exhibition of new work by Colin Gray with a
focus on the intricate drawings for which the artist is
well known. The exhibit also features recent sculptures and new tapestries by artist John Nava and his
venture with Magnolia Editions in Oakland, CA.
BOOK DEN
15 East Anapamu Street
(805) 962-3321 www.bookden.com
Off-Axis exhibition: October 2 - November
5: Book artist Pamela Zwehl-Burke exhibits her
rare collection of book objects in “Bookworks.”
Motivated by the productive tension and intimacy
of one-of-a-kind and limited edition book objects,
the artist uses text, images, digital prints, charcoal
drawings, and more to create unique book art both
large and small.
CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY
105 E. Anapamu Street
(805) 568-3994
www.sbartscommission.org/
galleries.html
Off-Axis exhibition: October 2 through
January 16: “Edge: Santa Barbara County Contemporary Artists.” A group exhibition, curated by
former gallery owner Ro Snell, features nonrepresentational works relevant to, or a conceptual interpretation of the title EDGE created by
emerging and established Santa Barbara County
artists.
EAST/WEST GALLERY
714 Bond Avenue
(805) 963-4041
www.eastwest-gallery.com
Off-Axis exhibition: October 1 - December
31: Horace Bristol, “Bristol 100.” A photographic
exhibition celebrating the life and work of one of
the original LIFE magazine photographers and the
impetus for John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning epic The Grapes of Wrath.
EDWARD CELLA ART+
ARCHITECTURE
Edward Cella, Proprietor/ Director
10 East Figueroa Street #3
(805) 962-5900 www.edwardcella.com
Off-Axis exhibition: October 2 - November
9: Ann Diener, “Cathedrals of Commerce.”
Diener’s large format graphite drawings investigate the shifting landscape of agriculture
through successive generations.
MARCIA BURTT STUDIO
517 Laguna Street
(805) 962-5588
www.artlacuna.com
Off-Axis exhibition: thru October 12: JeanPierre Hébert, “Improbable Landscapes.” An exhibition of twenty-four works on paper by
Jean-Pierre Hébert, including digital prints and
graphite drawings, offered in the format of
panoramic landscapes. These works are insights
of structures found in a mental and spiritual world
of mathematics, theoretical physics, and cosmology structures that are as real as the observable
California landscape.
PATTY LOOK LEWIS GALLERY
Patty Look Lewis, Owner
25 E. De La Guerra Steet
(805) 965-2525
www.pattylooklewis.com
Off-Axis exhibition: October 2 – 31: Patty
Look Lewis and Channing Peake, “Eastern Abstraction Meets Western Space and Color.” Exhibit reveals how both artists are inspired by the
nature and landscape of Santa Barbara County.
Peake also draws inspiration from the deserts of
Mexico and Inyo County, whereas Lewis' work is
also shaped by her early childhood in Japan.
REYNOLDS GALLERY
Westmont College
Tony Askew, Gallery Director
955 La Paz Street
(805) 565-6162
www.westmont.edu/reynolds_gallery
Off-Axis exhibition: September 4 – October 25: “Language Skills: The Art of the Expanded
Print.” Featuring the work of Martha Johnson, this
show is an exploration of the expanded print
format, that interweave to form a narrative of
connections. In the process, the pieces explore
positive and negative space, peripheral vision, and
depth and time perception.
THE ARTS FUND
Nina L. Dunbar, Executive Director
205 C Santa Barbara Street
(805) 965-7321
www.artsfundsb.org
Off-Axis exhibition: October 3 - October 31:
Nicholas Price, “Modest Motif, Complex Construction.” A solo exhibition of new intaglio monoprints by Nicholas Price, recipient of the Art Fund’s
2007 Individual Artist Award in Printmaking.
Created from layers of overlapping plates that
reveal minimal forms, subtle colors and rhythmic
textures, the prints achieve a unique melody
between process and image which reveal the
emerging patterns that delicately reflect a
weaver’s hand.
SANTA BARBARA
CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM
Miki Garcia, Executive Director
653 Paseo Nuevo
(805) 966-5373 • www.sbcaf.org
Off-Axis exhibitions: thru November 11:
Jean-Pierre Hébert, “Drawing with the Mind,” curated by Elaine LeVasseur. Bloom Projects: Julien
Audebert, “Ornaments and Crimes.” In the early
70’s, Hébert became one of the world’s first artists
to co-opt computer code, teaching a variety of
computer-driven devices to create drawings for
him, resulting in an oeuvre that is simultaneously
amazing, beautiful, and meditative. For Bloom
Projects, CAF will feature the work of Paris-based
artist, Julien Audebert. Audebert utilizes photobased work to question the mass reproduction of
imagery by challenging the inherent limits of printing.
SANTA BARBARA
ARTS COMMISSION
State of the Art Gallery 2008
www.sbartscommission.org/
about.html
Off-Axis exhibition: October 3 – November
15: “State of the Art Gallery 2008 Exhibition,” an
installation of eight regional artists’ sculptures
along State Street in downtown Santa Barbara.
This project is a collaboration between the City
and County of Santa Barbara and The Santa Barbara Downtown Organization, with support from
the City of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency
and Santa Barbara Beautiful. Dean Anes, Director
of Acme Gallery in Los Angeles, has selected
artists Richard Aber, Jeff Elings, Ed Inks, Bill Malis,
Rafael Perea de la Cabada and Matt Woodford,
Jeff Sanders, Helle Scharling-Todd, Jeff Kaiser and
Nathan Snyder.
SANTA BARBARA ART MUSEUM
1130 State Street
(805) 963-4364 • www.sbma.net
O f f - A x i s e x h i b i t i o n : September
27 - December 21: “Ten!: Gifts of the SBMA
PhotoFutures,” now in it’s tenth year, with photographic works bringing together the worlds of art
and science. Showcased are contemporary
acquisitions by Mike and Doug Starn and Joan
Fontcuberta, California masters and Western
Pacific Rim artists. Admission required.
SULLIVAN GOSS:
AN AMERICAN GALLERY
Frank & Patricia Sullivan Goss,
Owners
7 East Anapamu Street
(805) 730-1460
www.sullivangoss.com
Off-Axis exhibition: October 4 – November
9: “10 under 30,”presenting ten artists under the
age of thirty deserving of critical attention. Also on
view, Taos-based painter Jack Smith will exhibit almost forty new works. Smith uses media from
Dutch masters to create contemporary paintings
that are sensitive to contemporary photography,
German Expressionism, and contemporary identity politics.
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
University of California, Santa
Barbara Kathryn Kanjo, Director
(805) 893-2951
www.uam.ucsb.edu
Off-Axis exhibition: Thru October 12: “A
Beautiful Nothing: The Architecture of Edward A.
Killingsworth,” curated by Jennifer M. Volland and
Cara Mullio. First major presentation of the designs
by the Southern California architect, Edward Abel
Killingsworth (1917-2004), who achieved international prominence during the 1960s with his signature light-weight wooden post-and-lintel residences
and commercial buildings.
Off-Axis exhibition: October 29 – March 1,
2009: “2008 California Biennial: Anna Sew Hoy,
Shana Lutker, and Brenna Youngblood,” in association with the Orange County Museum of Art’s
“2008 California Biennial. This fall, UAM will serve
as an off-site venue for the Orange County Museum of Art’s 2008 California Biennial.
EVENTS/
PERFORMANCES
A/B GALLERY
529 E. Gutierrez Street
www.skysummit.com/abgallery
October 25-26
“Re-Generations.” Santa Barbara-based artists
spanning three generations, working in a variety
of media.
FIRST THURSDAY
www.santabarbaradowntown.com
/go.asp
October 2 from 5 to 8 PM
Santa Barbara’s Historic Arts District comes alive
with performance, live music, and art. Stroll from
gallery to gallery, enjoying artist receptions and
events, tasting, and hands on activities. Special
programs and events are featured. Download a
First Thursday Passport online with complete upto-date listings and venue locations.
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY
COOPERATIVE
Open Studios
128 West Ortega Street
http://www.designsigis.com/idc
Tour the studios and meet the artists of the IDC.
The contemporary artists, designers, and
musicians include: Pete Palmer, Thomas Van
Stein, Dante Sigismondi, Richard McLaughlin,
Jason Feist, Dominique Reboul, Michael Peake,
Richard Hansen, Emma Jane Huerta, Jeremy Del
Bianco, Kia Johansen, and Miles Long. The IDC
presents a special artist happening on Friday, October 10th, 6-10 PM with live music and performances, artwork, and artist installations.
LIT MOON
World Shakespeare Festival
www.litmoon.com
October 16 - October 26
Presenting new adaptations of Shakespeare's greatest works. This independent, laboratory theatre
company integrates aesthetic experimentation with
cross-cultural interaction and understanding. The Lit
Moon World Shakespeare Festival which will take
place at multiple venues, with multiple directors, and
one great writer is the only festival of its kind in the
United States, and one of only seven in the world.
Admission required. See the Off-Axis or Lit Moon
website for performance details.
MATADOR RESTAURANT
Susan Tibbles: Conundrum
714 State Street
(805) 965-1307
www.sbmatador.com
October 2 from 5 - 7 PM
A special reception for assemblage artist Susan
Tibbles hosted by Matador Restaurant with the
support of the William T. Colville Foundation. For
almost twenty years, Tibbles has had an active career as a professional artist. Her Los Angeles
Times collection of illustrative compositions is traveling through museums and universities for educational purposes--both historical and political.
STATE OF THE ART GALLERY 2008
EXHIBITION: Walking Tour
Meet at the corner of State
and Victoria Streets
(805) 568-3994
www.sbartscommission.org
October 3 from 1 to 3 PM
The Santa Barbara Arts Commission offers a special guided walking tour of the State of the Art
Gallery sculptures. Meet and hear the artists discuss their work and see all eight sites.
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM:
Santa Barbara Adobes: Art in
Old/New Contexts
For information and to reserve
tickets by September 30, please
call (805) 893-2951
October 18 at 9:30 AM
A special day-long tour showcasing unique art and
design collections in historic and contemporary
adobe homes. Visited sites will include period
adobes from Santa Barbara's Spanish/Mexican
past as well as twentieth-century re-interpretations by architects and designers. The tour features transportation, a catered lunch and late
afternoon reception organized by Kurt Helfrich, Curator of the University Art Museum's Architecture
& Design Collection. Admission required, and
space limited is to 30 participants.
FIRST THURSDAY
BOOK DEN
Bookworks: Pamela Zwehl-Burke
October 2
Reception from 5 to 7 PM
MATADOR RESTAURANT
Susan Tibbles: Conundrum
October 2
Reception 5 to 7PM
CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY
Edge: Santa Barbara County
Contemporary Artists
October 2
Reception from 5 to 8 PM
EDWARD CELLA ART+
ARCHITECTURE
Ann Diener: Cathedrals of Commerce
October 2
Reception from 5 to 8 PM
SANTA BARBARA
CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM
Forum Lounge with Sara Wookey
October 2
Performance from 7 to 9 PM
ATKINSON GALLERY
at SANTA BARBARA
CITY COLLEGE
Colin Gray
October 3
Reception from 5 to 7 PM
THE ARTS FUND
Nicholas Price: Modest Motif,
Complex Construction
October 3
Reception from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
SULLIVAN GOSS
10 Under 30
October 4
Reception 5 to 8 PM
EAST/WEST GALLERY
Bristol: 100
October 4
Reception 6 to 9 PM
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY
COOPERATIVE
Artist Happening #2
October 10
6 to 10 PM
SANTA BARBARA
CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM
The Open End: Critical Lectures in
Contemporary Art, with Dr. Chip Sheffield.
October 25
From 6 to 8 PM
A/B GALLERY
Re-Generations
October 25
Reception 6 to 9 PM
www.sboffaxis.org
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
2008 California Biennial: Anna Sew Hoy,
Shana Lutker, and Brenna Youngblood
October 29
Reception 5 to 7 PM