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Description
Every Area Meeting we invite our community to gather and discuss art with a mouth slightly full of a fun snack created by our innovative bakers and cooks.
The main draw is always the open crits. This portion we inherited from the academic world. We select artists from our community to present their physical work for the audience to discuss and give live feedback. The discussion is led by Patrick Melroy. While vigorous, the nights always remain respectful and safe for the artists presenting.
Dug Uyesaka’s quizzical outlook on life and love of the arts germinated while growing up in the 1950’s and 60’s in the fertile San Joaquin Valley. Living out in the boondocks provided many hours to roam the countryside and appreciate the slow side of life and fueled his passion to draw and make “stuff” from his imagination. Dug pursued painting and silk screen at UCSB and graphic design at SBCC. Uyesaka currently teaches art at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, CA. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Laguna Blanca School Faculty Excellence Award for the Middle School and a William T. Colville Foundation grant. In 2010 Uyesaka was awarded the Individual Artist Award for Assemblage and Collage by The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara and a mid-career survey, “long story short” at the Westmont Ridley Tree Museum of Art in 2016. Dug served as a Santa Barbara County Arts Commissioner for the Second District for many years and is currently a board member of the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative.
Patrick Melroy is a professional artist who works out of his studio MISC Workshop on Gutierrez St in downtown Santa Barbara. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from UCSB as well as a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Melroy makes art which most often exists as interactive sculpture and site-specific interactions.
He is an educator and community-based artist organizing and teaching creativity workshops to public and private groups throughout the region. Most recently he designed an Artist in Residency Program for Santa Barbara Unified School District located in Harding University Partnership School on Santa Barbara’s westside. He is also a parent of a Harding 1st Grader. Most Fridays you will find him passing out cookies to parents during drop off.
For more information contact Adrienne De Guevara at adrienne@artscollaborative.org. To reserve your ticket, go to https://www.simpletix.com/e/area-meeting-tickets-200324. Ticket proceeds go toward artist honorariums and snack food.
Date & Time
Tue, May 13, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Details
MISC Workshop
511 East Gutierrez Street, #3Santa Barbara, California 93103
The Community Arts Workshop, Santa Barbara
The Community Arts Workshop provides affordable workspace, event space, and exhibition space for artists and community groups in Santa Barbara.