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Ticketed Events All Events Museum Admission Lectures Member Events Classes & Workshops Classes Camps Summer Camps Support SBMA Membership Gift of Membership Donate Schools & Teachers School Field Trips SBMA Online Basket | Login Writing in the Galleries Thursday, May 16, 5:30 pm Talk and Book Signing with Architect Robert Ooley Sunday, May 19, 2 - 3 pm A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection Member Preview Morning Saturday, July 7, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm UPCOMING EVENTS Museum Admission Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm (last entry 4 pm) Thursdays, 11 am – 8 pm (last entry 7 pm) Welcome to SBMA! Advance ticketing reservations are highly recommended and guarantee your entry time. Get Tickets Reading and Conversation – T.C. Boyle Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm The wild and wildly popular author T.C. Boyle returns to the Museum to read/perform one of his most topical short stories. Santa Barbara’s favorite so called Punk Laureate,” a prolific and provocative spinner of stories and satire, is also a notoriously extroverted performer. "I enjoy demystifying the relationship between the reader and the writer,” says Boyle. It’s not a holy religion.” To add to the mix, his daughter Kerrie will once again join him on stage. The recipient of several prestigious awards, including the O. Henry Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, Boyle wears his laurels lightly saying, I would rather get out and shake my stuff." And when he shakes? If I can get the reader to laugh, also be moved, then I’m going where I want to go.” The reading marks the release in paperback of Blue Skies . Book signing to follow. Event Sold Out Writing in the Galleries Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum’s galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who begins with a conversation and prompt, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each other’s work. Please bring something on which to write. In May writer and SBCC professor, Emma Trelles leads the session. Ticket Cost: General Admission: FREE Get Tickets Museum Store Event: Talk and Book Signing with Architect Robert Ooley Sunday, May 19, 2024 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Please join us for a presentation and book signing of the book The Butterfly Wood House by Robert Ooley, FAIA. Robert has been a beloved Architect for the private and public sector on the Central Coast for over 25 years. He is an author, playwright and the Director of Facilities for SBMA. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Butterfly Wood house opens the door into one of the architect’s last commissions of his Prairie Style and is the only example of that time in his career on the west coast of the United States. Located in the secluded enclave of Montecito, California, at the corner of Hot Springs and Summit Roads is this 4,500-square-foot redwood treasure. This story will weave together the family that wanted a coastal retreat, a world-renowned embattled architect, and the house they made together. Visit our store in person or shop online to buy Robert Ooley’s book and many more items featuring designs by Frank Lloyd Wright. Ticket Cost: General Admission: FREE Get Tickets A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection Member Preview Morning Sunday, July 7, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Join us for a special Members-only morning preview and celebration of the exhibition A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection. Reservations are requested by June 23. This event is for Members only. If you would like to attend, you may join today . credit: Paul Signac, Herblay – The Riverbank (op. 204) , 1889. Oil on canvas. Gift of Lord and Lady Ridley-Tree, 2001.65. Ticket Cost: SBMA Member: FREE Get Tickets Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 tel: 805.963.4364 fax: 805.966.6840 Ticketing Help SBMA Visitor Services 805.884.6423 tickets@sbma.net ©2024 SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART A TAX EXEMPT 501C(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CHARITY NUMBER...