Museum lessons and crafts for kids: Dutch Still Life Painting

June 15, 2020 by adamuseum

While some public spaces are reopening, many of us are still looking for ways to entertain and teach our kids at home. The Education Outreach Interns at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB, have designed five lessons and crafts that you can share with your aspiring artists and historians at home! In this lesson, Savannah Barnhart introduces the concept of still life paintings popularized in the Dutch region of Europe during the 17th century. After discussing what Dutch still-life […]

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Fantasy Gardens: An Afternoon with Jane Gottlieb

May 8, 2017 by adamuseum

Winding up the hills into the Santa Ynez Mountains, you might spot a brightly colored house perched proudly like a bird of paradise looking out from beneath the greenery. It is here that the AD&A interns met the Santa Barbara based artist Jane Gottlieb this week. Standing outside her house and studio wearing purple from head to toe, she greeted our cars from her gate, her blue eyes twinkling behind pink framed sunglasses complete with purple lenses. The interior of […]

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