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Sketch sessions every spring. Come draw with local architects and artists.

KIDS DRAW ARCHITECTURE

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AFSB annual memberships provide the primary funding for our youth and community education programs.

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Santa Barbara’s Historic Sabado & Domingo Architectural Walking Tours

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We offer a series of youth education programs, scholarship opportunities and more!

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Summer fun with a purpose. Architecture, engineering, and design camps for children in grades 2 – 9.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY KIDZ ENGINEERING 101, INC.

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Experience exceptional local art and our new virtual exhibitions.

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Education Programs. Year Round. Ages 5 – 18+

LEARN ABOUT DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE.

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“Belief in the significance of architecture is premised on the notion that we are, for better or worse, different people in different places – and on the conviction that it is architecture’s task to render vivid to us who we might ideally be.”
Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness

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Upcoming Events

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: “Our Lutah” brings Lutah Maria Riggs to Life

AFSB is proud to present a second showing of last year’s Lutah Maria Riggs Monologue, written by Terre Ouwehand, in
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The Hippodrome of Constantinople: The Art and Architecture of Chariot Racing in the Ancient World

BUY A TICKET A lecture by Dr. Allan Langdale, Art & Architecture Historian Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery July
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Hole In The Wall by Michael Long

Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery July 19 – September 12, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, July 19, 5-7 pm The
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Final two phases of 1925 sculpture and possessions of a homeless person

Fault Lines: Homeless Art and Public People

From the Grad Lounge This corner-blog features short pieces by graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It
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ART + ACTIVISM: Painting Disaster

ART + ACTIVISM: Painting Disaster Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 15, 2019 FREE (limited
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painting of a woman on the beach

Color Notes by Jimmy Miracle

March 12 – May 9, 2019 The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the opening of Color
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Summer Camps 2019

Discover and Explore Your Child’s Talent in Architecture and the Built Environment A variety of one-week day camps for children
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Sara Yerkes Urban Rivers

Sara Yerkes Photography

Sara Yerkes “Urban Rivers” 2018 photograph on paper 24″ x 18″ Sara Yerkes “Urban Rivers” 2018 photograph on paper 24″
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Color Notes: Painting Workshop

Join the artist Jimmy Miracle for a fun adventure in painting at the AFSB Art Gallery grounds. You will learn
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Warner Smith exhibit AFSB

AFSB Art Gallery – NEW SHOW

OPENING RECEPTION TONIGHT! Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery Opening Reception: Friday, March 15, 5-7 pm
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