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CASA Magazine – a voice of the PROGRESSIVE MAINSTREAM • www.CasaSB.com
Gallery Acero at SB Forge & Iron
Original home furnishing & sculpture • ongoing • 527
Fig Ave • Mo-Fr 10-4pm • 965-7111.
October 24, 2014
Marcia Burtt Studio: Priscilla Bender-Shore Retrospective
Gallery Los Olivos & Guild Room
GALLERIES
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Compiled by Jeanette Casillas
The 500 Maple Ave Gallery, Carpinteria
L. Powell, S. Hamilton, M. Palonen, R. Cuevas, S. Price,
M.Morehart, L. Brady, R. Miles, L. Serena, L. Madal •
ongoing • 500 Maple Av #5 • We-Sa 11-3pm or by
Appt • 695-0910.
Architectural Foundation Gallery
Sara Yerkes: Artifacts: tota pulcra es-Thru Nov 21 •
229 E Victoria • Tu-Fr 9-2pm • 965-6307.
ArtAMO Gallery
The Red Room by Jack N. Mohr-Thru Nov 2 • 11 W
Anapamu • Tu-Su 12-5pm • 568-1400.
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB
Barton Myers: Works of Architecture and Urbanism •
Bollywood 101: The Visual Culture of the Bollywood Film
Poster • Surface: The Handcrafted Object -Thru Dec 12
• UCSB Campus • We-Su 12-5pm • 893-2951.
Art & Soul of Santa Barbara
Local fine art and jewelry • 1221 State St #7 • Tu-We
11-6pm; Th-Sa 11-9pm; Su 11-3pm • 722-5054.
Art From Scrap Gallery
Water-Thru Nov 25 • 302 E. Cota St • Tu-We, Fri 102pm, Th 10-6pm & Sa 10-3pm • 884-0459.
Artiste Gallery (Los Olivos)
Wine art by D. Bayless; J. Brown; C. Locascio; A.
Luongo; C. Nelson; C. Perez; S. Quartly; D. Talerico; C.
Watanabe • Ongoing • Daily 10-5pm • 2948 Grand Av,
Studio E • 686-2626.
Arts Fund Gallery
inch4inch-Thru Oct 25 • Feast Your Eyes!-Nov 7-29 •
We-Fr 12-5pm, Sa by Appt., Su 11-4pm • 205 C Santa
Barbara St • 965-7321.
Atkinson Gallery
Small Images-Thru Oct 31 • SBCC East Campus,
Humanities Building Rm 202 • Mo-Th 10-7pm, FrSa 10-4pm • 965-0581x3484 • Atkinson Gallery
Annex: Nature & Technology- Thru Dec 12 • Mo-Fr,
11:30-12:45pm, Th-Fr, 5:30-6:30pm • SBCC Gourmet
Dining Rm • 965-0581x3484.
Bella Rosa Galleries
Groundswell by Robert Heeley-Thru Oct 31 • 1103 State
St • Daily 11-6pm, Closed Tues • 966-1707.
B.J. Stapen Studio
California Plein Air Paintings • By Appt • 705-5427.
Brooks Institute Gallery 27
UN/SEEN-Thru Nov 22 • Mo-Fr 8am-9pm, Sa-Su 109pm • 27 E Cota St • 690-4913.
Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center
SB Arts Alliance- Oct 30-Nov 28 • 1118 E Cabrillo Blvd
• Mo-Fr 9-5pm • 897-1983.
Friday, October 24th, 4pm
Artist Lecture: Carl Baratta
SBCC Administration Building Rm 211
Saturday, October 25th, 10-5pm
Wildling Museum
Beguiled by the Wild-ling: The Art of Charley Harper
Saturday, October 25th, 1-4pm
Karpeles Museum & Manuscript Library
Closing Reception: Abstract Explosions by Megan Leal
Saturday, October 25th, 3-5pm
Marcia Burtt Studio
Priscilla Bender-Shore
Sunday, October 26th, 1-4pm
SBMA Día de los Muertos
Museum’s back plaza & galleries
Sunday, October 26th, 12-3pm
Día de los Muertos Craft Day
Casa de la Guerra
Wednesday, October 29th, 12-2pm
Landing of Cabrillo Tapestry
Public Defender Building, 1100 Anacapa Street
Wednesday, October 29th, 6-8pm
Contemporary Art Bootcamp Series
Modern vs. Contemporary with Miki Garcia
MCASB, Free-$200, RSVP: 966.5373 x107
Sat & Sun November 1st & 2nd, 11am-4pm
Casa Dolores
Saintly and Spirited: Art Made from Tin-Thru Dec 31 •
Roger Brown Garden installation-ongoing • 1023 Bath
St • Tu-Sa 12-4pm • 963-1032.
CASA Gallery
Santa Barbara Mesa Artists-Thru Oct 31 • Mo-Fr 95:30pm • 23 E. Canon Perdido St • 965-6448.
Centeno Gallery (Lompoc)
Things That Make Me Smile by Carol J. Oliveira- Thru
Jan 11 • Lompoc Museum, 200 South H St • Tu-Fr 15pm, Sa-Su 1-4pm • 736-3888.
Gallery Los Olivos
The Painter and the Potter: M. Olson & L. Kern
Sunday, November 2nd, 11-3pm
Day of the Dead Celebration
Museum of Ventura County
Sundays, 10am-dusk
SB Arts & Crafts Show
Cabrillo Blvd (State & Calle Puerto Vallarta) 897-1982
Harris & Fredda Meisel Gallery
Friends & Family-Thru Jan 9 • RISB, 2415 De La Vina St
• Mo-Fr 9-9pm, Sa-Su 10-5pm • 687-7444.
JadeNow Gallery
Jade carving, sculpture, and jewelry-ongoing • 14
Parker Way • Tu-Su 10-7pm • 448-2199.
James Main Fine Art
SB Art Association Exhibit- Thru Nov 11 • Portraits
of Survival • Upstanders: Courage in the Face of Evil
• ongoing • 524 Chapala St • Mo-Th 9-5pm; Fr 93:30pm • 957-1115.
Karpeles Museum & Manuscript Library
EVITA • Recent Paintings by Pamela Benham-Thru Dec
31 • Abstract Explosions by Megan Leal-Thru Oct 31 •
21 W Anapamu • We-Su 12-4pm • 962-5322.
Kathryne Designs
Colin C. Cooper, Ira Yeager, K. Elsey, E. Freudenstein, G.
Ray, K. Snyder, & C. Simon • Daily 10-5pm • 1225 Coast
Village Rd • 565-4700.
Los Olivos Café
Women Walking on a Pink Tightrope by Priscilla Bender-Shore
FORCE IN FIGURATIVE ART SINCE THE LATE 1960s, Priscilla Bender-Shore
AwithMAJOR
works with single and multiple figures, with sculpture and rock forms, and
imagery derived from art history. Drawn from her own collection, the work
featured in the retrospective exhibition at the Marcia Burtt Studio represents
directions she pursued over the course of four decades. An opening reception
will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 3 to 5pm.
FUERZA IMPORTANTE EN EL ARTE FIGURATIVO DESDE LOS AÑOS FINALES
UconNADEformas
1960, Priscilla Bender-Shore trabaja con figuras solas y múltiples,
de escultura y roca, y con imágenes derivadas de la historia del
arte. Extraídas de su propia colección, las obras presentadas en la exhibición
retrospectiva en el estudio de Marcia Burtt representa las direcciones que
ella persiguió a lo largo de cuatro décadas. Una recepción de apertura tendrá
lugar el sábado 25 de octubre de las 3 a las 5pm.
Near and Far: Plein Air in County Parks-Oct 27-Feb 12 •
105 E. Anapamu St • Mo-Fr 8-5pm • 568-3994.
Images from Coast to Coast by M. Benson-Thru Nov
3 • Our Beautiful Santa Ynez Valley by S. Foster-Nov
6-Jan 8 • 2879 Grand Av • Daily 11:30-8:30pm •
688-7265.
City Hall Gallery
Marcia Burtt Studio
Porch: Vault Gallery
Light • Point Conception Lighthouse Lens • Tragedy at
Honda-ongoing • Daily 10-6pm, closed Weds • $7/$4
• 113 Harbor Wy • 962-8404.
MCASB Satellite @ Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara
Portico Gallery
SB Museum of Art
Mertens Fine Art Gallery
The Purple Crayon
Original, prints, sculpture, vintage models- Ongoing •
1324 De La Vina St • Afternoons Tu-Sa • 408-828-2810.
Surrealism Comes To Life: Dali, Miro & Picasso • The
Best of Mertens Fine Art • Mo-Sa 10:30-5:30pm •
1266 Coast Village Rd • 565-6955.
Cominichi’s
MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery
Salon U Gallery
Montecito Aesthetic Institute
Santa Barbara Arts
Work by Andrew Ward-Thru Oct 31 • 1114 State St
#26 • Daily 11-6pm, Su 1-5pm • 884-1938.
Plains Indian Beadwork and Regalia from the
Anthropology Collection; Moorpark Southern
Mammoth; Magic Planet-Ongoing • Daily 10-5pm •
$5-$8 • 2559 Puesta Del Sol • 682-4711.
Museum of Contemporary Art SB
Santa Barbara Art Foundry & Gallery
Santa Barbara Tennis Club
Tim Cotterill “The Frogman,” Erté, Ting Shao Kuang,
Nano Lopez • Daily 11-6pm • 120 Santa Barbara St
• 324-4230.
Small Craft Advisory-Thru Nov 7 • Daily 10-9pm •
2375 Foothill Rd • 682-4722.
Museum of Ventura County
SB Frame Shop and Gallery
The Art of Ballet II by Malcolm Tuffnell-ongoing • Mo-Fr
8-5pm • 317 W. Pueblo St • 898-3070.
Channing Peake Gallery
Pursuit of Passion: Early Santa Barbara Women Artists
-Through Feb 20, 2015 • 735 Anacapa St • Mo-Fr 85pm, closed alternate Fridays • 963-0611.
Coastal Collections
Work by Santa Barbara Printmakers-Thru Oct • 527 State
St • Daily 10-6:30pm • 845-9595.
Artworks from the Jorgen Hansen Estate- ongoing •
19 E. Haley St • Mo-Sa 11-6pm, Su 12-4pm • 962-1413.
Corridan Gallery
Corridan Becomes Eclectic I-Thru Oct 18 • 125 N
Milpas • Tu-Sa 11-5pm • 966-7939.
Cypress Gallery (Lompoc)
Fall Juried Show-Thru Oct 26 • What We Do by A.
Brewer & J. Chrones-Oct 27-Nov 24 • 119 E Cypress
Ave • Tu-Su 12-5pm • 737-1129.
Design Infusion Gallery
Custom Furniture, Antiques, & Artwork • 826 E Cota St
• Tu-Sa 10-4pm, & By Appt • 845-2115.
Priscilla Bender-Shore- Thru Nov 23 • 517 Laguna St •
Th-Su 1-5pm • 962-5588.
The Vastness is Bearable- Thru Dec 7 • 121 State St
• 966-5373.
All The Stars-Thru Oct 26 • 132 Santa Barbara St • MoSa 10-6pm, closed We, Su 11-5pm • 963-1411.
Neo Diversity-Thru Jan 10 • 1150 Coast Village Rd, Suite
H • Mo-Fr 9-5pm • 565-5700.
Requiem for the Bibliophile • Bloom Projects: Sunsets
by Lisa Tan-Thru Dec 14 • Tu-Sat 11-5pm, Su noon5pm • 653 Paseo Nuevo • 966-5373.
Distinctive Framing ‘n’ Art
Paintings by C. Potter-Thru Oct 31 • 1333 State St •
Mo-Fr 10-6pm, Sa 10-5pm • 882-1058.
Colossal Efforts: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at George
Stuart’s Creative Process • Thru Feb • Beisbol: From
the Barrios to the Big Leagues • Cruel Season: Artists
Reflecting on Drought and Fire-Thru Nov 23 • Tu-Su
11-5pm • $1-$4 • 100 E. Main St • 653-0323.
Divine Inspiration Gallery Of Fine Art
Ojai Gallery 353
Santa Barbara to the Southwest by Samuel Smith-Thru
Nov 22 • 1528 State St • Tu-Sa 12-5pm • 962-6444.
Easton Gallery
Chris Chapman & John Iwerks-Thru Nov 30 • 557 Hot
Springs Rd • Sa-Su 1-5pm • 969-5781.
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery
Works by A. Martin, S. Belassen, R. Mault, A. Moreno
Valdes, C. Mudgett, M. Andrew Allen, J. Heaton, S. Daane
Chesnut, & D. Oatway-Ongoing • 15 W Gutierrez St •
Mo 11-2pm, Tu-Sa 11-5pm, Su 11-3pm • 963-1157.
El Presidio de Santa Bárbara
Elverhøj Museum (Solvang)
Saturday, November 1st, 1-4pm
Barking Trees by Dorothy Littlejohn-Thru Oct 31 • MoSa 10-9pm, Su 11-7pm • 1224 State St • 845-1818.
Jewish Federation of Greater SB
Haass Adobe Watercolors-ongoing • 15 E. De la Guerra
St • $5/$4 • Fr-Su 12-4pm • 965-0093.
Saturday, November 1st, 12-3pm
Sugar Skulls, Ofrendas, & Pan de Muerto
Granada Books
Casa de la Guerra
Mesa Artists Studio Tour
Día de los Muertos at Casa Dolores
GVAA-Thru Oct 29 • Mo 12-6pm, Tu-Th 10-8pm, Fr-Sa
10-5:30pm, Su 1-5pm • 500 N Fairview • 964-7878.
Channing Peake-Thru Jan 8 • 19th & 20th Cent American
& European fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St •
Mo-Sa 12-5 • 962-8347.
Organics-Thru Nov 17 • 855 Linden Av • Th-Mo 10-4pm
• 684-7789.
Nihonmachi Revisited • Memorias y Facturas •
Ceramics Rediscovered • Ongoing • $5/$4 • Daily
10:30-4:30pm • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 965-0093.
Brochure: www.santabarbaramesaartists.com
Goleta Valley Library
Carpinteria Arts Center
CollectAir Aviation Art Gallery
RECEPTIONS & EVENTS
Jill Targer & Julie Fish -Thru Oct 31 • The Painter & the
Potter-Nov 1-30 • Guild Room: Irina Malkmus-Nov 5Dec 3 • 2920 Grand Av, LO • Daily 10-5pm • 688-7517.
Looking Back Sideways-Thru Nov 2 • Work by Eyvind
Earle-Nov 15-Jan 18 • 624 Elverhoj Wy • We-Th 14pm, Fr-Su 12-4pm • 686-1211.
Faulkner/SB Public Library Galleries
Central: Abstract Art Collective • East: Jane MartindaleThru Oct 31 • 40 E Anapamu St • Mo-Th 10-7pm, Fr-Sa
10-5:30pm, Su 1-5pm • 962-7653.
Ferris Abstract Arts Studio & Gallery
Abstract art • 225 Dawlish Pl • Su 11–4pm • 969-5502.
Gallery 113: (SB Art Association)
Beyond our Wildest Dreams-Thru Nov 1 • 1114 State
St, #8 La Arcada Ct • Mo-Sa 11-4pm, Su 1-5pm •
965-6611.
CA Plein-Air paintings in architectural setting • 353
Montana Rd • Mo-Fr-10-6pm & Sa-Su 12-6pm • Call
before 798-0010.
Onward Art & Design
Assemblages by Ron
Robertson-ongoing •
1233 State St • Mo-Th, Sa
10-6pm, Fr 10-8pm, Su
12-5pm • 324-4337.
Palm Loft Gallery
Offerings-Thru Nov 16
• 410 Palm Av, Loft A1,
Carp • Fr-Su 11-6pm •
684-9700.
Peregrine Galleries
Early American & CA
Paintings & Bakelite • 1133
Coast Village Rd • Daily 125:30pm • 969-9673.
Pine Trader
(Summerland)
Works by D. Bowery, J.
Boswell, S. Dal Pozzo, R.
Kelleher & K. Lemke •
ongoing • 2345 Lillie Av •
Daily 11-5pm • 845-2618.
Works by Diane Giles- Thru Oct 30 • 3823 Santa Claus
Ln • Mo-Sa 9:30-5:30pm, Su 11-4 • 684-0300.
CA Plein Air Landscapes & art classes • 1235 Coast
Village Rd • Mo-Sa 11-5pm • 695-8850.
Professional artists teaching art classes to adults &
children • 211 W. Victoria St. • www.purplecrayonsb.
com • 682-1400.
Travel Photography- Thru Jan 5 • Tu-Fr 9-6pm • 1719
State St • 898-8962.
The Contemporary Landscape • 1324 State St • MoSa 10am-6pm • 963-2332.
SB Historical Museum
Under The Umbrella: Lutah Maria Riggs & Her Santa
Barbara Style -Thru Spring 2015 • The Story of SBOngoing • 136 E De La Guerra • Tu-Sa 10-5pm, Su
12-5pm • 966-1601.
SB Maritime Museum
From the Mountains to the Sea by Patti JacquemainThru Feb 1 • Wives and Daughters: Keepers of the
Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures • Contemporary/
Modern: Selections from the Permanent CollectionThru Jan 4, 2015 • Martin Kersels’ “Charm” Series;
& Degas to Chagall: Loans from The Armand Hammer
Foundation and the Collection of Michael Armand
Hammer-ongoing • 1130 State St • Free/Members;
$6-$10 Non-Members • Tu-Su 11-5pm, Chase Free
Thu Evening 5-8pm • 884-6423.
SB Museum of Natural History
Sansum Clinic Lower Level Gallery
Slingshot: an Alpha art forum
Impulse Group Show-Thru Nov 21 • Mo-Fr 9-4:30pm •
220 W. Canon Perdido St • 770-3878.
Sojourner Cafe
Work by Kevin Gleason-Thru Nov 22 • 34 E Canon
Perdido • Daily 11-10pm • 965-7922.
Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery
Dan Lutz: Original Expression • Leon Dabo: Art For Art’s
Sake-Thru Dec 28 • The Secret World of Frank Kirk •
October 24, 2014
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UCSB Arts & Lectures
Light-Thru Oct 31 • 329 S. Salinas St • Mo-Fr 9-5pm • 571-1721.
Veteran’s Memorial Building
Local Heroes and Heroines-ongoing • 112 W. Cabrillo Blvd • Daily
8-5pm • 568-0020.
Village Frame & Gallery
CA Landscape Artists & Antique Prints • 1485 E Valley Rd • Mo-Fr 95pm, Sa 11-4pm • 969-0524.
Landing of Cabrillo Tapestry
New Percent for Art Installation
to hang in Public Defender Lobby
T
HE ICONIC PAINTING OF THE LANDING OF
CABRILLO HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO
A TAPESTRY that will hang in the Public
Defender Lobby at the Santa Barbara
County Courthouse. An open house to
celebrate the permanent installation will
take place on Wednesday, October 29th
from 12 to 2pm at the Public Defender
Building, located at 1100 Anacapa Street.
“What better way to honor the legacy
of the Courthouse building and it’s most
featured artist, Daniel Sayre Groesbeck,
than to recreate one of the Courthouse’s
most iconic artworks?” shared Rita
Ferri, Visual Arts Coordinator and
Curator of Collections from the Arts
Commission. “The large-scale graphic
quality of the Groesbeck painting lent
itself beautifully to a modern translation
of the painting into a tapestry and the
eye-level installation of the tapestry will
allow people to investigate the image as
never done before. We are fortunate to
have artist John Nava, as a consultant, who
has pioneered the digital translations of
paintings into tapestries.”
The odyssey of creating the tapestry
began with a request from the Public
Defender’s office for artwork for their
public lobby. It was suggested that the Arts
Commission find a tapestry that would
help mitigate sound in their lobby. That
request led to a creative solution.
Ferri contacted John Nava, who is
skilled at transforming paintings into
tapestries. For this project he created a
digital “palette.” Then, a digital photo scan
of the Landing of Cabrillo with 16 million
colors was translated into about 160 colors
in fiber. Nava sent that to Belgium where
it was woven, using cotton, silk, wool, and
trevira.
The painting of the Landing of Cabrillo,
now on the 2nd floor of the Courthouse
outside the Mural Room, was originally
painted in 1924 by Daniel Sayre Groesbeck
(1879-1950). It brought Groesbeck
national recognition as a muralist and
helped him secure the Courthouse
commission for the Mural Room. In
September 2014, the County officially
accepted the gift of the Landing of Cabrillo
painting from the Courthouse Docent
Council, as donated to them by Michael
Towbes and Montecito Bank and Trust.
This Percent for Art Project was organized by
Ferri with cooperation of the County Art in Public
Places (CAPP) and Arts Commission committees.
This project is a County Percent for Art project,
which allows one percent of construction costs
from General Fund monies to be utilized for art
in a County Building. Percent for the Arts is a
board ordinance adopted in 1978, whose intent
was to improve access to the arts and reflect
a supportive County legacy for the arts in the
community.
Viva Oliva
Work by Morgan Green-Thru Oct 29 • 207 Paseo Nuevo Mall • Mo-Fr
10-9pm, Sa 10-8pm, Su 11-6 • 705-1692.
Wall Space Gallery
Maxine Helfman: Confounding Expectations-Thru Oct 26 • 116 E.
Yanonali St, C-1 • Tu-Sa 11-6pm, Su 12-5pm, & By Appt • 637-3898.
Waterhouse Gallery
Andre Kohn, An Exhibition-Thru Oct 25 • Representing the finest
figurative and landscape painters in the U.S. and California • ongoing
• 1114 State St #9 La Arcada Ct • Daily 11-5pm • 962-8885.
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
ArtWatch 2014: Young Careers – SB to Greater LA-Thru Nov 22 • 955
La Paz Rd • Mo-Fr 10-4pm, Sa 11-5pm • 565-6162.
Whistle Stop Gallery
Ruth Ellen Hoag & Josepha DiRado • We-Su 10-4pm or by appt • 115
Kimberly Ave • 689-0858.
Wildling Museum
Beguiled by the Wild-ling: The Art of Charley Harper-Oct 25-Jan
19 • Selections by D. L. Engle-Thru Nov 3 • Celebrating 50 Years
of Wilderness-Thru Dec • Painting the Wilderness: John Fery and
Contemporaries • Preserving Santa Barbara’s Wild Lands-Thru Jan 5
• Birds in Art-Thru Aug 10 • Mo, We, Th-Fr 11-5pm, Sa-Su 10-5pm •
1511-B Mission Dr, Solvang • 688-1082.
Young's Gallery
M. Burtt, M. Corning, R. Davis, R. Garcia, P. Hedrick, J. Cockerill, G.
Langmaier, A. Polan, & B. Stowellen • Ongoing • Tu-Sa 10-5pm, Su
12-5pm • 2920 Grand Av, LO • 688-9745.
Youth Interactive Studio
Cartoons-Thru-Nov 30• Sa 1-6pm • 209 Anacapa St • 453-4123.
Zaca Creek Art Gallery
Brierton, Mitchell, Margolis, Griscom, & the Forrest Hibbits Estate • 91
2nd St #C, Buellton • Mo-Fr 11-4pm, Sa-Su by Appt • 688-2270.
To submit gallery and art show info,
please email [email protected].
Santa Barbara
Studio Artists
Year Round
Visits
www.santabarbarastudioartists.com
By Daniel Kepl / CASA
Why the long wait? “I’ve been playing this
repertoire my whole life and my stylistic
IOLINIST JOSHUA BELL needs no
introduction to Santa Barbara audiences. approach has changed over the years because of a
lot of influences. I started
The world famous virtuoso
learning Bach playing
returns to Santa Barbara’s
Suzuki,” he laughed.
Granada Theatre for a program of
“[Josef] Gingold, my
sonatas by Schubert, Grieg, and
main teacher, had a very
Prokofiev on Tuesday, October
romantic approach. I’ve
28th at 7pm. His collaborative
been influenced by a lot
pianist, Alessio Bax, is also
of people from the early
a favorite here, for his many
music movement, and
appearances over the years as a
have allowed that to seep
regular concerto soloist with the
into my interpretation,
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra.
without becoming a
Bell has just released a CD of the
fanatic in that regard. For
music of Bach with the Academy
me, a lot of being ready
of St Martin in the Fields, and it’s
had to do with having the
a good bet that a sampler or two
right collaborators with
from the new album will be part of
the Academy of St Martin
the unannounced program.
in the Fields.”
During a telephone interview, Joshua Bell, Violin
Having seen Bell
I asked Bell how he managed to
perform
Bernstein’s
adjust his sound to accommodate
Serenade for Violin,
concert venues he encounters
String Orchestra, Harp
throughout the world. “Different
and Percussion recently,
halls allow you to do different
an interpretation that
sound colors, allow you to get
finally made sense to my
away with different things. And
ears, I asked him how he
there are a lot of adjustments
approaches learning a
that one makes depending on
new piece. “I love puzzles.
the intimacy of the hall and the
As a kid I always loved
acoustic. A lot of that is just by
the rubric cube, puzzles,
experience and having a knack
and all those things.
for that sort of thing. Alessio has
Music is like that. You
to play on different pianos every
have to look at it like a
night, a bigger challenge.”
Alessio Bax, Piano
puzzle and figure out
Of the many brilliant pianists
how,
first
note
to
last
note,
you’re going to make
with whom Bell collaborates on recital tours,
the
arc
of
the
piece
work,
make
all the things
what does he look for? “I learn from everybody
that Bernstein is trying to say work in relation to
I play with, so it’s wonderful to find new
each other, and make sense. There are so many
collaborators.” Alessio Bax? “We met seven or
little mini-puzzles to figure out within the big
eight years ago, and I liked him very much, we
puzzle, and that’s really what’s so fun about being
became friends. We get on together very well,
a musician.”
he’s a wonderful, sensitive musician, he’s fun to
travel with, and he’s a fellow foodie like I am.”
Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Alessio Bax’s
Bell, who is 47, shared that he only recently
recital at the Granada Theatre, on Tuesday,
October 28th at 7pm will include a program of:
finally felt ready to record the music of Bach.
V
Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco
TV Santa Barbara
Solving Puzzles - An interview with Joshua Bell
Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Celebrating 30 Years of Art-Thru Nov 30 • 7 E Anapamu St • Daily 105:30pm • 730-1460.
Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major,
D.574, op.162; Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano
in F Major, op.8; Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and
Piano in F Minor, op.80 with additional works to be
announced from the stage. Tickets are $38-$68,
students $20. For info call 899-2222 or
www.artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu
Daniel Kepl has been writing music, theatre, and
dance reviews for Santa Barbara publications
since he was a teenager. His professional
expertise is as an orchestra conductor.
Exhibition on view: September 7 – December 14
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