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06/19/2026

Meet Kathryn Andrews, 2026 Art Awards Recipient

Kathryn Andrews is the Founder and Director of The Judith Center, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization that addresses structural gender inequity through interdisciplinary initiatives spanning the arts, sciences, and public policy. Andrews is also a conceptual artist whose work takes shape in a variety of media including sculpture, installation, large-scale printmaking, and performance. Her work invites viewers to consider their own relationship to histories of violence, including everyday systems of commodification and exchange.

Join us on Sunday, July 12, 2026 as we celebrate Kathryn Andrews.

Tickets available online, link in our bio. Tickets, tables, and sponsorships raise critical funds for the museum. Help us remain a free space for all.

Wheel of Foot in Mouth No. 3 (Song of Sappho), 2019

06/18/2026

Join us on Saturday June 27th at 1pm for a special artist walkthrough with Tama Takahashi.

“Memories of Barbed Wire: Resilience in the Japanese American
Community” is an emotional portrayal of the concentration camp in
Minidoka used to incarcerate over 13,000 of the 120,000 Japanese
Americans imprisoned during WW II. Through large-scale photographs
printed on vellum, two sculptural pieces and a video installation, multi-
media artist Tama Takahashi revisits her family’s personal experience in
camp. Her father’s family was forced from Seattle to Minidoka, located in
the isolated, wind-whipped eastern side of Idaho.

This event is free to the public. For any questions or to let us know you’ll be joining us, email [email protected]

Memory Tree, 2026

Firehouse, 2026

06/13/2026

The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara is proud to be celebrating 50 years of contemporary art this year - MCASB was founded in 1976 by artists for artists. As a space that continues to celebrate and uplift artists, we are happy to announce the recipients of the 2026 MCASB Art Awards!

The recipients of the 2026 annual MCASB Art Awards (Sunday July 12, 2026) honored for their artistic achievement and history past, present and future with the museum:

Kathryn Andrews

Sanford Biggers

Tonia Calderon

Marc Swanson

A new award for curatorial excellence and arts leadership will honor the achievements of Hamza Walker, Director of The Brick, the Los Angeles nonprofit visual art space.

Please join us as we celebrate this year’s honorees! Tickets available online, link in our bio. Tickets, tables, and sponsorships raise critical funds for the museum.

Help us remain a free space for all.

Scroll through the slides to see the recipients of our past MCASB Art Awards!

06/05/2026

Why have one exhibition when we can have four?!

We are so happy to present our four exhibition lineup for this summer!

The opening reception for all the exhibitions will be on Sunday, June 7, 2026 from 12-3 pm!

We hope to see you all there!

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¡¿Por qué conformarnos con una sola exposición cuando podemos tener cuatro?!

¡Estamos encantados de presentar nuestro programa de cuatro exposiciones para este verano!

¡La inauguración de todas las exposiciones tendrá lugar el domingo 7 de junio de 2026, de 12:00 a 3:00 pm!

¡Esperamos verlos a todos allí!

06/03/2026

Summer time is upon us and we are coming in hot! Join us for the opening reception of our 3rd Annual Arte Del Pueblo on Sunday June 7, 2026 from 12-3pm.

We hope to see you all on Sunday!
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¡El verano ya está aquí y llegamos con todo! Acompáñanos en la recepción de inauguración de nuestra tercera edición anual de «Arte del Pueblo» el domingo 7 de junio de 2026, de 12:00 a 3:00pm.

¡Esperamos verlos a todos el domingo!

05/06/2026

Stone Bodies / Cuerpos de Piedra — Video Performance Premiere

Join us for the premiere of Stone Bodies / Cuerpos de Piedra, a video performance by María Adela Díaz at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.

🗓️ Saturday, May 16
🕰️ 3–5 PM

A collective action of endurance and care, Stone Bodies brings together 13 women in the creation and activation of a 1,500-piece ceramic chain—carrying 500 pounds of shared weight. The work speaks to migration, interdependence, and the often-invisible labor of women, transforming the body into a site of resistance, memory, and belonging.

Presented as a video installation with sound.
Come witness, listen, and hold space.

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Acompáñanos al estreno de Stone Bodies / Cuerpos de Piedra, un video performance de
María Adela Díaz en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Bárbara.

🗓️ Sábado 16 de mayo
🕰️ 3–5 PM

Una acción colectiva de resistencia e identidad, Cuerpos de Piedra reúne a 13 mujeres en la creación y activación de una cadena de 1,500 piedras de cerámica de 500 libras de peso que es compartido. La obra aborda la migración, la interdependencia y el trabajo muchas veces
invisibilizado de latino americanos, transformando el cuerpo en un espacio de resistencia, memoria y pertenencia.

Presentado como instalación de video con sonido.

04/30/2026

Oh what a fun day it was!!

Although we are sad that San Milano Drive has come to an end we have so happy that we got one last party with it!

Thank you to all the vendors that made this day so fun .i.n.d.g.a.r.d.e.n .vision

And of course we want to thank you the community for showing up! We hope you enjoyed the artist talk with the legendary Barry McGee and

See you all in the summer!

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04/18/2026

Join us for a free and fun guided painting workshop with Vero Sanchez. Vero is a Mexican Graphic Illustrator and Studio Artist based in Santa Barbara. Her work is primarily centered in artivismo (art-activism) and aims to highlight and celebrate cultural and socio-political identities.

RSVP encouraged. Seating begins at 4:45pm.

04/15/2026

We want to invite you all to celebrate with us the closing of the exhibition “San Milano Drive” by , and of course we are closing out with a party you don’t want to miss on Sunday, April 26, 12-4 pm!

We will be having a wonderful conversation with artist Barry McGee and DJ Javier that you want to tune in to.

As well as a stacked lineup featuring,

🌮 Tacos by
🍨 Sundaes by
🧢 Pop up by .vision
👕 Screen Printing with .artifact
🎧 Sweet beats by

Of course you can also come pick up your very own MCASB x DJ Javier tee, on presale now, and rumor has it that we’re dropping another commemorative item?? 👀 Guess you’ll have to come to find out!

📸by

04/10/2026

In honor of DJ Javier’s exhibition San Milano Drive, we are so happy to be launching our very own MCASB x DJ Javier t-shirt!

This tee will only be available for $35 at pre-sale, so make sure to get yours now.

Pre-sale ends April 20th, price will go up to $45.

Tees officially drop on April 26th!

Tees will only be available for pick up during our closing reception on April 26.

Link in our bio!!

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