Thursday, February 2, 7 pm
Pre-performance Happy Hour: 6:30 pm
Forum Lounge: Christine Marie, Multiplying Spectacles
San Francisco-based, integrated media artist and director Christine Marie strives to break new ground in her performance Multiplying Spectacles. Based on the history of mirrors, her large-scale projected shadow theater performance is accompanied by a live score, incorporating video effects and 3D stereoscopic shadow work. Being intrinsically tied to ancient art forms, and metaphysical explorations of light, she creates images that invite one to remember a sense of being beyond the rational mind, where historic figures, dream sequences, and present day mix with thought processes and memory.

Join us for a pre-performance happy hour starting at 6:30 pm. We are proudly featuring La Tour wine, along with music and time to chat with CAF staff members and fellow art lovers.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts,Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, La Tour Wine Merchants,Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

ADMISSION IS FREE

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8-11 pm
VIP Champagne Preview: 7:30 pm
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, A Valentine’s Benefit Auction and Party
Featured in W Magazine, Refinery 29, the New York Times, and at the Bass Museum during Art Basel Miami Beach, Grey Area’s Pop-up Shop offers fashionable, high-end items by artists and designers such as Cynthia Rowley, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Kiki Smith, Yoshitomo Nara, and Zaha Hadid. Now, these are available in Santa Barbara at CAF’s late-night benefit extravaganza. Inspired by the romance and sophistication of the holiday, this fundraiser for the arts offers an extraordinary collection of fine wine and luxury lifestyle auction lots, a Gentleman's Lounge with whisky pours by local artist and spirits connoisseur Macduff Everton, and more. Proceeds go to CAF’s acclaimed exhibitions and programs, which are brought to the public free of charge! more

VIP: $125 per person (pre-sale)
$135 per person at door
Open-bar privileges, An exclusive champagne preview at 7:30pm!

General Admission: $75 per person (pre-sale)
$85 per person at door

Purchase tickets! Pre-sale purchases receive $10 off/ticket.

Thursday, March 1, 7 pm
Pre-performance Happy Hour: 6:30 pm
Forum Lounge: Sarah Paul Ocampo, Happy Foot, Sad Foot
The title for Happy Foot, Sad Foot, a piece written and performed by New York based artist Sarah Paul Ocampo, is taken from a rotating podiatry sign on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, California. Having lived in Los Angeles for five years without driving, Ocampo’s performance is inspired by the people and stops along her bus route, combined with a fusion of theatre, music and film. Channeling personas and locations, Happy Foot, Sad Foot explores the intersection of the magical and the mundane on Sunset Blvd.

Join us for a pre-performance happy hour starting at 6:30 pm. We are proudly featuring La Tour wine, music and time to chat with CAF staff members and fellow art lovers.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts,Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, La Tour Wine Merchants,Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

ADMISSION IS FREE

Friday, March 16, 6 pm
smART Salon: The Role of Childhood and Parenting in the 21st Century
In accordance with the exhibition Flights from Wonder, CAF presents a panel discussion that examines the roles of childhood and parenting in the 21st century. Panelists include Gopal Krishnmurthi, coordinator of the Krishnmurti Teaching Academy; Ellen Stoddard, director of the Lou Grant Parent Child workshop in Carpenteria; Don MacMannis, Clinical Director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara; Carolyn Kaster, teacher at the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara; and moderated by Charles Donelan, Arts Editor of the Santa Barbara Independent. Join CAF as these pioneering professionals share their diverse expertise and experience, providing an opportunity to broaden and strengthen our understanding of childhood and parenting today.

Special thanks to our media sponsor for Flights from Wonder educational programming:

ADMISSION IS FREE

Thursday, April 5, 7 pm
Pre-performance Happy Hour: 6:30 pm
Forum Lounge: Monica Bill Barnes,Suddenly Summer Somewhere
Suddenly Summer Somewhere is a duet which follows the relationship between two performers, Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass, who embody quirky, fallible, and familiar characters. This whimsical dance theater piece is set to live recordings of the Rat Pack and blends deadpan comedy, space-devouring choreography, and awkwardly strenuous partnering. Barnes’ work slips between comedy and tragedy as the performers struggle along their journey together.

Join us for a pre-performance happy hour starting at 6:30 pm. We are proudly featuring La Tour wine, music and time to chat with CAF staff members and fellow art lovers.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, La Tour Wine Merchants,Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

ADMISSION IS FREE

May 9-14, 2012 
CAF LOVES HAVANA
Join CAF Executive Director Miki Garcia and Cuba Cultural Travel, license holder and organizer, on an exclusive tour of Cuba with VIP entrance to the 2012 edition of the Havana Biennale! Wondering how traveling to Cuba is possible? This unique trip is made possible through Cuba Cultural Travel, who is authorized by the US Treasury Department to operate People-to-People cultural exchanges. Download the Cuba travel trip flyer for details.

Space is limited so reserve your place for this unforgettable trip! CAF’s trips are specially designed to cater to art lovers who crave rare access to contemporary art experiences led by seasoned and knowledgeable professionals. Call Karla Blancas at (805) 966-5373 x 105 or email her at curator@sbcaf.org to reserve your spot today! Book by February 9, 2012.

Cuba: People-to-People Educational Exchanges
Organized and Operated by Cuba Cultural Travel

All events at CAF are FREE unless noted otherwise. Location information HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY EVENT AT CAF
call 805.966.5373 or email sbcaf@sbcaf.org