Section 4 of 6
The Forum closed and the thread was picked up
MCASB, and the galleries that grew near the tracks.
The Forum closed and the work carried on under another name
The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara continues the Forum's programme, holding the same non-collecting position.
Warehouses near the tracks turned into galleries
The Funk Zone's low industrial buildings between the freeway and the beach became studios and tasting rooms within about a decade.
The other sections
Before the Quake
Before the quake, painters came for the light
Plein-air work on the coast, and the collectors who followed it.
The Compulsory Style
Thirteen seconds in June, and a style that became compulsory
The 1925 earthquake, the Architectural Board of Review, and what got rebuilt.
The Forum Years
A town of ninety thousand kept a kunsthalle
The Contemporary Arts Forum in Paseo Nuevo, 1976 to 2013.
The Teaching
Half the story is the schools
Brooks, UCSB and a small college gallery that punches above its enrolment.
The Coast
The coast and what was painted on it
Chumash rock art, and a potter in the next valley.