Photography Workshop

June 30, 2022 by adamuseum

Click to access Image Overlay Platform: https://overlay.imageonline.co The photography workshop was developed by Art, Design & Architecture Museum Intern Summer Haddaway who interned with Lum Art Magazine during 2021–22. Click to learn more about the AD&A Museum Internship Program: https://museum.ucsb.edu/learn/internship. All images © respective authors. Image 1: Catherine Opie, Old Ranch Road #4, 2011. Inkjet print, 20 x 26-1/2 in. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles, © Catherine Opie. Image 2: Catherine Opie, Old Ranch Road #7, 2011. Inkjet print, 27-1/2 […]

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Munchin’ With Marion Post Wolcott

June 29, 2022 by adamuseum

by Christine Chan, Hazel Naftzger, and Irene Suh, AD&A Museum Interns In response to the recent exhibition, Isla Vista: Resistance and Progress by Marion Post Wolcott, the AD&A Museum interns have created a mini cookbook to pay tribute to her work. Follow the instructions below to create the zine and make the recipes! Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer born in New Jersey in 1910. Although best known for her works documenting the Great Depression era between 1938-1941, we […]

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Unearthing and Recreating Votive Figures

June 20, 2022 by adamuseum

by Vanessa Rivera-Herrera, AD&A Museum Intern Votive Figures These small figures, called votives, were commonly used in rituals involving the Greco-Roman gods and goddesses. Ancient Greeks would bring them to temples, shrines, and tombs as a way to appease the gods. In fact, shrines were thought to have been built just to house relics like these. In addition to being a gift for the gods, they were made to strengthen relationships between people and gods in anticipation of a favor […]

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Art History Lessons and Crafts for Kids (Spring 2022)

June 15, 2022 by adamuseum

The UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum undergraduate interns enrolled in the Education and Outreach Program (EOP) work in partnership with Goleta Union School District’s Expanded Learning Program to teach after-school art and art history lessons to kindergarten classes at Isla Vista Elementary. These seven lessons highlight various movements and techniques from environmental art and murals to exploring artists such as Hilma af Klint, Wayne Thiebaud, and Georgia O’Keeffe! Each lesson was created and taught by our 2022 Museum Interns: Miranda Konkoly […]

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Sonia Delaunay / Art, Fashion, Life

April 18, 2022 by adamuseum

Multimedia avant garde artist Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) was a pioneer in abstract art during the changing culture of 1910s- and 1920s-Europe. She crossed artistic and commercial boundaries, working in diverse media and processes, bringing her concepts and designs to fashion, furniture, automobiles, and set designs.   Born in Ukraine as Sara Élievna Stern in 1885, Delaunay was raised by her uncle in Russia, studied in Germany, and then in Paris where she continued her artistic training.  Here she met her future […]

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Cultured Butter

April 14, 2022 by adamuseum

by Hazel Naftzger, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Intern Butter sculpture lambs are a Catholic Easter tradition from eastern Europe. The lamb is a representation of Jesus as the Lamb of God, and red details like flags and ribbons are often included as symbols of the blood of Christ. The spread of butter lambs in the US can be traced in part to the Malczewski family, located in Buffalo, New York. Originally from Poland, the Malczewskis have sold butter lambs […]

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Paul Revere Williams and His Architectural Drawings in the Architecture and Design Collection

February 28, 2022 by adamuseum

African American architect Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) grew up in Los Angeles at the turn of the 20th century, as the city gained its metropolitan stature. From an early age, Williams showed an unconditional interest in becoming an architect and, against the vast racial prejudices of the time, he pursued a career in architecture, which he combined with studies in art and engineering. After working for prestigious firms in LA, in the early 1920s, he opened his own practice and became […]

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Art History Lessons and Crafts for Kids: Abstract Expressionism and Alice Baber

November 30, 2021 by adamuseum

The Education & Outreach Program Interns at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB, have designed lessons and crafts for aspiring artists and historians, from nine to ninety-two! This lesson (taught by EOP Interns Sarah Patton, Callan Nowacki, and Shaye Miller) explores different materials used to create art, with an in-depth look at watercolor and Abstract Expressionism. An artistic movement of the mid-20th century, Abstract Expressionism conveyed artists’ emotions and ideas through shapes, color, and nonrepresentational forms. We learn about […]

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Between Decadence and Tenderness

September 29, 2021 by adamuseum

In appreciation of how different creative mediums speak to and with one another, please enjoy the following digital curation, titled “Between Decadence and Tenderness,” which pairs pieces from our Collection with selections of classical music for a holistic, atmospheric, and cross-sensory experience of art. “Between Decadence and Tenderness” is conceived and curated by AD&A Museum Intern Mina Nur Basmaci. Click on the images above for larger view. Click on links below for music accompaniment. Arnold Mesches (1923–2016), Stripes, 1982. Oil […]

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