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October 5, 2026
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local artists working in diverse media
The Santa Barbara Art Association is a nonprofit community of local artists working in diverse media. It began on February 14, 1952, when Douglass Parshall welcomed about fifty artists to his home in Montecito. The first officers were Parshall as president, Joseph Knowles as vice president, Francois Martin as secretary, and Standish Backus as treasurer.
Artist membership is decided at an in-person jury twice a year. Patron membership is a donation and does not include member-only shows. The roll, the board, and the show list are on this site.
Shows
All showsSmall Works at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club
October 5, 2026
Small Works runs at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club from November 6 through December 29, 2026. Susan Tibbles is the juror. Members submit work from September 1 through October 18, 2026. The prospectus from the board has the size limits and delivery instructions.
Collected Visions at the Voice Gallery
October 4, 2026
Collected Visions is at the Voice Gallery in La Cumbre Plaza from June 28 through July 31, 2026. Delivery times and the number of works each member may enter come from the board’s show notes.
Board
Full boardPresident
Terry Wimmer
My photographs reflect a long career in image-making. During my 25 year career in the motion picture industry, I specialized in camera and lighting for an array of…
Vice President
Fred Lehto
Fred arrived in Santa Barbara in 1976 with a B.F.A. from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and soon began his creative endeavors. They include 43 years working at…
Treasurer
Matt Lancaster
Matt has lived all his years in California; and, he is grateful to currently be living in Santa Barbara. He enjoys painting and drawing; typically, he paints with…
Recording Secretary
Mary Kelly
Mary started her art career at the tender age of 3 when she awoke before dawn, while her parents were still sleeping, to ‘help’ her dad with a…
Correspondence Secretary
Gloria Peyrat
Art has been an integral part of my life, from the early school years with recognition of art abilities by classmates and teachers to retirement years with participation…
Director
Barbara Cronin Hershberg
Barbara Cronin Hershberg is a self-taught artist whose creative journey began with collage and has evolved into an exploration of abstract acrylic painting and photography. She has expanded…
Director
Barbara Siegel
Barbara believes that “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by every moment that takes your breath away” When she clicks the shutter…
Director
Brian Tepper
Brian has been professionally creating art pieces for the past fifty years. His art education includes an Arts Degree from Pierce College, tutoring under the German portrait painter…
Director
Jim Felland
Born in Chicago and grew up in Indianapolis. My artistic beginning was at age 8. Entering a third grade poster contest my appetite for art work was initiated…
Director
Kristen M. Walker
Kristen M. Walker is a Santa Barbara-based fine artist and graphic designer whose work explores the landscapes and native plants of California’s Channel Islands. Working primarily in acrylic…
Director
Odessa Burrow
Born in Alamogordo, New Mexico, I was three years old when my family moved to a remote homestead along a wild river in Willow, Alaska. I’ve had a…
Director
Olga Bologo
A self-taught artist born in 1982 in Nizhny Tagil, a city in the Ural Mountains, when she was four she moved with her family to Visakhapatnam, India. Growing…
Past President
Cathie Smith
Past president of the Santa Barbara Art Association.