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Call for Black Fashion Designers for Black is Beautiful 2025 Gala
Healing Justice Santa Barbara’s 2nd Annual Black is Beautiful Gala will feature local Black Fashion Designers in support of the gala’s 2025 theme, “Beauty Through the Decades.” The event is scheduled for February 22, at the SB Hilton Beachfront Resort. The program is hosted by local artist and performer Vivian Storm. The gala program includesa fashion show, musical performances, a live band, keynote speaker, dance performances, a fashion show, Black youth and community awards, and a performance from the SBUSD Jazz Band.Each fashion artist will show one to two items in their collection. For applications, sponsorships, to volunteer, fundraise and buy tickets visit the 411.
Weather-Proof Plants Sale and Garden Classes
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has announced their annual plant sale and garden classes for locals, in anticipation of a possible upcoming rainy season.
Shop early online now or go in person to the SBBG Planting Weekend November 9, from 10 am to 4:30 pm.
The experts at the SBBG say that fall season is a great time to plant California native plants – which will make use of the cool weather and winter rain to grow deep roots. All buyers can enter a contest to win a SBBG membership by posting a photo of their plant at their home on Instagram, and tagging it with @sbbg and #FallNativePlantLove. Winners will be selected at the end of November.
Events include a November 12 birding class with Rebecca Coulter, and a November 23 experience on the benefits of connecting to the natural world with Elena Ríos.
411: https://sbbotanicgarden.org
Charles Arnoldi Masterclass at the El Encanto SB
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker Charles Arnoldi – originally from Ohio but now living in Venice Beach – will jaunt up the freeway to our town to teach a masterclass in art at the El Encanto Hotel Santa Barbara on Monday, November 18, from 10 am to 3 pm. The program is for all skill levels with a presentation and discussion by Arnoldi, lunch and comped valet parking.
Arnoldi has used every medium from traditional paints on canvas to bronze for sculpting, but is most known for his large scale abstracts using tree branches for drawing lines, power chainsaw cut wood panels, aluminum paintings, polyethylene wall reliefs and other one-offs. His works are in numerous collections and museums throughout the U.S., including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
411:@charlesarnoldistudio
www.belmond.com/hotels/north-america/usa/ca/santa-barbara/belmond-el-encanto
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