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An Intern’s Perspective: Creating “The Westfall Project”

February 2, 2016 by adamuseum

‘The Westfall Project’ consisted of an outdoor mural and a four-walled room painting inside the Art, Design & Architecture Museum. The project took three weeks, one head artist/designer, two assistants, and six interns to complete. I had the great honor of being of the interns, and it was spec-tac-u-lar. The exterior wall was completed using standard outdoor house paint and masking tape to achieve the clean lines. I only worked on this portion for one day, mostly taping and laying […]

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Exhibitions of Architectural Materials

February 1, 2016 by adamuseum

Barton Myer’s 2014 exhibition “Works of Architecture and Urbanism” and Walter S. White’s 2015 “Inventions in Midcentury Modern” were great exhibitions shown by the AD&A Museum on campus. They captured the character and style of the architect within the museums walls and demonstrated to their audiences the history and development of their designs. Each exhibition featured a reconstruction from the architects design offices creating an authentic setting for the audience to enjoy viewing and imagining the contextual design setting of […]

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Interview: Montana Flynn, Undergraduate Curator

February 1, 2016 by adamuseum

  Originally, my interest in the Tudor dynasty drew me to the Portrait of the Infanta displayed in the Art, Architecture, and Design Museum’s description of the opening reception for the “Duke and the Masters: The Sedgewick Collection” Exhibition (2014). The connection between the two is due to the possible identity of the Infanta pictured: Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII of England, prior to her marriage to the English monarch (Borobia, Mar; “Portrait of an Infanta, […]

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Winter/Spring Exhibitions: Opening Reception

January 28, 2016 by adamuseum

This past Friday, on January 19, 2016, the AD&A Museum hosted its reception for the opening of the winter/spring exhibitions. As usual, there were appetizers and drinks to greet the musuem members and guests, with music provided by KCSB, UC Santa Barbara’s radio station. The reception was crowded and lively, with many guests lingering both inside and outside of the museum. Currently on display are four exhibitions. The “California 101: Art from the Collection” exhibition, a collection of influential post-war […]

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Music at the Museum: California Modern by UCSB’s Music Department

November 19, 2015 by adamuseum

The music and architecture of mid-century California, featuring the works of architect, Walter S. White.   -Crystal Long, ADA Intern

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Curator’s Perspective Tour with Elyse Gonzales and Jocelyn Gibbs

November 12, 2015 by adamuseum

-Crystal Long, ADA Intern

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Halloween Figure Drawing in the Museum

November 5, 2015 by adamuseum

This past Thursday, on October 29, the AD&A Museum hosted a free figure drawing session to celebrate Halloween. The live model dressed up in a Marie Antoinette costume to add to the holiday spirit. Center for Lifelong Learning instructor at Santa Barbara City College and artist, Colin Gray (MFA 1983 Art), came to give demonstrations in sketching and share a wide range of figure drawing techniques, from more realistic to more abstract approaches. As participation in the event required no […]

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A Collector’s Point of View: Terry Bridges

October 29, 2015 by adamuseum

On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Terry Bridges came to the AD&A Museum to speak about his experience as an art collector of over thirty years. His growing collections include works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, and Fernand Leger. Bridges discussed his process of accumulating his paintings, explaining that he often decides to buy new works based on his and his wife Sharon’s personal memories that are associated with it. The Bridges have dispersed some of their […]

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August 19, 2015 by adamuseum

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