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All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in current exhibitions. Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.

Give Mom the perfect experience this Mother’s Day! Local well-known chef and author, Pascale Beale, will demonstrate a few recipes from her vast collection of 8 books. She will talk about her love for art and some of the art from around the world that has inspired her recipes. Spend an afternoon with your mom with great cuisine. Her books and culinary products will be available for purchase.

Ticket Cost:
SBMA Member: $125.00
Non-Member: $150.00

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.

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