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Theater production lit in a blue color with a packed audience.

Growing and Sustaining all forms of the arts

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is an inclusive group of artists and arts supporters committed to sustaining and growing all forms of the arts in Santa Barbara. SBAC welcomes all to participate in the focused support of individual artists and arts organizations that contribute to the unique cultural ecology of our community.
This is a photo of a decorative iron gate created by David Shelton. It is the entrance to the Community Arts Workshop on Garden Street.

Community Arts Worshop

The Community Arts Workshop (CAW) is a workspace for the inspired! We offer space for pop-up markets, theatre and dance productions, rehearsal space, art classes, gallery space, fundraisers, film festivals, or whatever you can dream up.

The Community Arts Workshop logo in black capital letters with a crow landing on the letter C.
Two people are crouched next to a piano that is being painted. There is drop cloth on the floor with spray paints of various colors strewn about. The piano has a painting of a face with big teeth. It spans the front of the piano panel.

Pianos on State

Pianos on State is an annual outdoor public art project that places pianos painted by local artists on State Street for anyone to play, spontaneously reintroducing music, art, and delight into people's everyday lives.

This is a red, black, and white logo that is a picture of a piano with the words pianos on state written on the front and the side. The keys point toward the left. It is a 3/4 view.
This a photo of the back of the Loveworn building in the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara. The words Funk in Love are painted on a roll up door. The word Loveworn are painted on the building between two window.

Funk Zone Maps/Art Zone

The Funk Zone Map is a guide to the art galleries, studios, wineries, restaurants, local clothing and craft boutiques, and other cultural offerings of the Funk Zone.

This is a logo in green, red, and blue of the words The Funk Zone written in all capital letters.
This is an image of a u-shaped table with the backs of participants in the foreground facing a panel of four speakers to learn about Intellectual Property for Artists. This is the SBAC's first Art KIT class.

Art KIT

Art KIT (Know Important Tools), is a workforce education program designed for artists looking to expand their careers by learning the business end of the Arts. Art KIT is aimed at serving artists in Santa Barbara County and the surrounding area. 

This is the Art KIT logo with the letters in black and a fushia exclamation point shooting off of the dot over the i in Kit to the right. The tagline at the bottom is written in lowercase fuscia letters.
One person walks through a gallery looking at three rows of 12 x 12 flat art pieces hung in a white room. The person is facing to the right with their head turned away from the camera.

Ready to Hang

Ready to Hang is a community-wide art show that brings together artists of all stripes for an art sale and party, building our creative community.​​ A pop up show open to all local artists for creations 12 inches by 12 inches in size, Ready to Hang presents a unique opportunity to see new works by our entire community of artists in one show.

This is the Ready to Hang logo with the words Ready To on the first line, Hang on the second line, and then Pop Up Art Show & Buy Art off the wall on the last line. The first two rows are black letters and the last row has the letters in a negative space. The background is yellow faded into red.
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