The Giving List

by Steven Libowitz A Resurgence

Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s renovation has people flocking to the venue

It was just three months ago that the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) celebrated the completion of a six-year, $50 million renovation, a project addressing critical needs of the main building, which hits the century mark in 2012, including seismic retrofitting, replacement of the roof, and upgrades to the mechanical and climate control systems, among other work.

The project also incorporated new galleries for contemporary art, new media, and photography as well as a redesign of other galleries, the better to allow the museum to display more of its impressive 25,000-object permanent collection. That’s a number that represents a magnitude and quality more commonly found in cities eight times the size of Santa Barbara and encompasses arts of Asia, Europe, and the Americas and includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, ceramics, glass, jades, bronzes, lacquer, and textiles. SBMA’s collection includes classical antiquities rivaled in the West only by the J. Paul Getty Museum, and multiple masterpieces of French Impressionism — no West Coast museum owns more Monet paintings.

With the renovations in the rearview

SBMA has been a popular spot since its reopening Looking at art in Ludington Court

mirror, the Museum of Art has resumed its rightful place as a centerpiece in the Santa Barbara downtown arts district, where it sits prominently within a block of the Granada, Arlington, and Ensemble theatres, and just a little more than two blocks above the Lobero. Residents have been rejoicing in the museum’s re-emergence, which came less than two months after the relaxing of the general restrictions due to the COVID pandemic. More than 2,000 people poured through the main doors during the grand opening weekend, when they witnessed firsthand the gorgeous reimagining of the entryway that now offers an unobstructed view up to the galleries and skylights, representing an invitation befitting an area that enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine yearly.

But opening weekend was just the beginning of the museum’s resurgence, said Susan M. Bradley, the museum’s Deputy Director of External Affairs.

“Our visitor numbers have been steadily climbing as the community is discovering we are fully reopened,” she said. “It’s been really heartening.”

Indeed, she said, people were streaming through the front doors of

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Keith C. Berry

Thank you, South Coast Santa Barbara, for your confidence in allowing us to assist you with your Real Estate needs this past year. In honor of your continued support, and to promote community strength, donations have been made this year to the following organizations:

Goleta Valley Softball Little League

VNA Health Foundation American European Bethel Mission, Inc. SB Club Preservation Foundation True Vine Bible Fellowship Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast

Montecito Trails Foundation Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

Young America’s Foundation Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Channel Islands YMCA

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