A Second Spot for Art & Soul

Art & Soul has a new secondary location with an exhibit to (artistically) boot! The gallery has opened a new spot at 1323 State Street next to the Arlington Theatre in the ARTS District. It will kick off its Grand Opening with the exhibit, The Art of Place, featuring artists – Brad Betts, John Baran, Pedro De La Cruz, and Sylvan Butera Rich – on Thursday, December 12, from 5-8 pm. While most of those names are familiar with locals, esteemed maritime artist Brad Betts might be more unfamiliar to art aficionados in the area. Owner of Down East Gallery on an old dairy farm in Boothbay, Maine, Betts has been painting along the east coast and beyond for 25 years but only started to capture the marine scenes of Santa Barbara in 2020. Now a regular visitor to the area, this represents his first time exhibiting in Santa Barbara.

Also this month, The Voice Gallery will be hosting a group exhibition, Lucious Moments, at its La Cumbre Plaza location until December 28^th with a First Thursday reception on December 5^th from 5-8 pm. Goleta photographer, Frank DiMarco, will have two images on display including Strike Up the Band that depicts a marching band holding up traffic on a busy San Francisco street.