BUILDING A FUTURE WORTH REMEMBERING
ON VIEW NOW
Featured on the cover of American Art Review Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937), who is widely recognized
as the foremost painter of early twentieth-century architecture, came to Santa
Barbara in 1921 to join the faculty of the Santa Barbara School of the Arts.
While living here he executed many alluring paintings of the gardens and
buildings that characterized the community during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition, Lasting Impressions: Colin Campbell Cooper,
features more than thirty works depicting scenes of Europe, India and the East
Coast as well as many California sites from San Francisco to San Diego. Of
local interest are paintings of the Samarkand and El Encanto Hotels, Santa
Barbara Mission, and local private gardens. Santa Barbara has been home to an artistic colony of major
significance for more than one hundred years, the most important art center
between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Playing a key role in this standing was
the Santa Barbara School of the Arts. Founded in 1920, the School boasted a
faculty of enormous talent mentoring thousands of students, many of whom went
on to build major careers as artists in their own right. 
Portraits in Paradise: The Photography of Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill, 1906-1944
February 2010 through June 2010
Shortly after their
marriage in 1907, Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill began their life-long careers as
portrait photographers with the opening of The Gledhill Portraits studio.
After several years of working independently and together, the Gledhills
established themselves as THE portait photographers of Santa Barbara cultural
and social elite during the first half of the 20Th century.
Guiding Lights: Teachers at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, 1920-1938
Featured on the cover of American Art Review
August 2009 through January 2010
Works of art by the distinguished instructors of historic Santa Barbara School of the Arts, including Colin Campbell Cooper, John Marshall Gamble, John Edward Borein, and many others.
Santa Barbara has been home to an artistic colony of major significance for over one hundred years, the most important art center between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Playing a key role in this standing was the Santa Barbara School of the Arts. Founded in 1920, the School boasted a faculty of enormous talent mentoring thousands of students, many of whom went on to build major careers as artists in their own right.
The Story of Santa Barbara
Permanent Installation
Tracing Santa Barbara's history from the Chumash to the twentieth century
