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work being done is not only terrifically educational for kids but important to a vibrant natural community like ours. “We try to keep classes inexpensive and accessible to better ensure that we can reach as many folks as possible. Sales from Art From Scrap help, too, of course, but the One Night Stand art event is a major fundraiser for us as well.” Told you I was pumped about an art show.
I Love One Night Stands One Night Stand is a unique art event that is going down on Saturday, August 24 at Gallery 27, Brooks Institute of Photography (27 East Cota Street). Nearly 200 professional artists – including Yoko Ono, Jeff Bridges, Kent Twitchell, Thomas Van Stein and lots more – have been personally invited to create a 9”x 9” work of art in any medium. The art is hung, unsigned, in the gallery, and the lucky folks who have tickets to the one night only show are let in to have a look and purchase any piece for $200 on the spot. The catch, of course, is that the buyer won’t know whose art s/he is buying until after the evening is over. “We’ve had people lining up early to get in every year,” Explore Ecology Executive Director Cay Sanchez said, “I can’t think of any other art event that has a line going around the block.”
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Very cool. So get your tickets to One Night Stand as soon as you can. And remember to be quick with your wallet on August 24. I’m gunning for a Yoko original. And I move fast.
STUFF I LIKE I like Explore Ecology and Art From Scrap, and I love One Night Stand. Tickets are available online at www. onenightstandAFS.com or by calling 805.884.0459 (ext. 17). You can get them at the door, too, assuming they haven’t sold out first. General Admission begins promptly at 7pm, but there is a Preview Early Entry pass you can buy for a few extra bucks to get in 30 minutes prior. Might be worth it… Speaking of charitable endeavors, I really like Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company Manager Tony Grimes and his program that gives half of the proceeds from a particular tap handle each Wednesday of a given month to a designated charity. This month, Fig is giving to the Surfrider Foundation, so get in there next Wednesday (and every one after that in August), ask Tony about the Benefit Tap Handle and drink to Surfrider. I sure will. (Oh, you can get a buck off a beer with Fig’s coupon in their ad right here in the Sentinel. We’re saving
Manager Tony Grimes is the man with the (charitable) plan at Fig Mountain. See you soon, Tony!
One Night Stand is quite a crowd pleaser. Quite a crowd pleaser indeed. “We were looking for a concept for a fundraiser for Art From Scrap that was new and different in Santa Barbara,” Volunteer Rita Ferri told me (Rita is also the Curator of Collections, Visual Arts Collection for the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission). “I had seen an art event that was successful and exciting elsewhere in other large cities, and I thought it could work in Santa Barbara so, with just a little trepidation, I proposed the idea of an art event to the committee where all artists make a standard size piece and each artwork is totally anonymous. You would have to trust your instinct and buy what you love.” I love it. Art can be filled with pretension and snobbery (not always but sometimes), and this creative approach really takes all of that away. And it supports a terrific cause that my family and I really believe in.
you money, y’all!) Shifting gears, I like gluten. Or at least I thought I did until I tried the goodies at Kd’s Gluten Free Bakery. I loved the chocolate/walnut and chocolate/ ginger bundts I found at the Local Artisans’ Market up at La Cumbre Plaza (Fridays, 3 – 7pm). You can check Kd’s Bakery out at www.kdsbakery.com or call 805.567.7776. If you’re into glutenfree, then check out Kd. She’s got the goods, everybody. (Note that I also had some gluten free, low-glycemic goodies – beautiful brownies and scrumptious sweet potato waffles – from Gleeka, also at the Market. www.gleeka.com. Check it out, health nuts.) That’s it everybody, I’m out of space this week. You know, this whole “page limitation” thing is really starting to stifle my creativity. Hey Publisher Tim, when can we start putting out a longer paper that allows me to ramble on forever? Ah, Tim?
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