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Six sections, in the order the town went through them
The whole site, laid out. Every piece is one click from here.
Section 1
Before the quake, painters came for the light
Plein-air work on the coast, and the collectors who followed it.
Section 2
Thirteen seconds in June, and a style that became compulsory
The 1925 earthquake, the Architectural Board of Review, and what got rebuilt.
Section 3
A town of ninety thousand kept a kunsthalle
The Contemporary Arts Forum in Paseo Nuevo, 1976 to 2013.
Section 4
The Forum closed and the thread was picked up
MCASB, and the galleries that grew near the tracks.
Section 5
Half the story is the schools
Brooks, UCSB and a small college gallery that punches above its enrolment.
Section 6
The coast and what was painted on it
Chumash rock art, and a potter in the next valley.