Curious globalist

PHOTOGRAPHER SISSE BRIMBERG FOCUSES A THOUGHTFUL LENS ON THE WORLD

SISSE BRIMBERG: Photojournalist
When: Through Jan. 30
Where: Elverhoj Museum of History and Art, 1624 Elverhoy Way in Solvang
Gallery hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday
Information: 686-1211

By Josef Woodard
NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

It's true that a strong Danish connection binds photographer Sisse Brimberg and Solvang's Elverhoj Museum, currently hosting a selection of the photojournalist's work. She was, after all, born in Copenhagen and has a proud link to her heritage.

But the main point to be gleaned from this show, culled from her work as a longtime photographer for National Geographic, is that of a compassionate and visually curious globalist. She boasts a sharp eye and a creative sense of possibilities beyond the ken of your average photojournalist at work and her gig takes her to places as disparate as Russia, Nevada, Iceland, and even her hometown - all of which get wall space in this exhibition.

COURTESY PHOTOS Above, Ray Strong's untitled painting of the Central Coast hills. Below, his 1939 mural "The Choice."

Strong's strengths, continued

REVERED PAINTER RAY STRONG'S OFFBEAT WORKS AT CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY

STRONG VISION, STRONG SPIRIT
When: Through June 24
Where: Channing Peake Gallery, 105 E. Anapamu St., County Administration Building, first floor
Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Information: 568-3990

Josef Woodard
NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

Santa Barbara's art scene gets a potent new-year kickoff with the new show in the UCSB's University Art Museum, "Out of Site: Selections from the Marsha S. Glazer Collection," one of those pinch-yourself exhibitions in a city unaccustomed to finding such a gathering of celebrated names under one roof.

In any well-stocked cosmopolitan art museum, you might expect to see a show sporting the likes of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter and many other Modernist powerhouses. But finding them in a local gallery can leaves a visitor a bit breathless.

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CURRENT EXHIBITS

AFS Gallery: Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. 884-0459, ext. 14. Steve Cushman exhibition. Tuesday through March 8. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

AJA Restaurant Gallery: 3132 State St. 563-2007. "Santa Barbara Impressions." BJ Stapen's plein air oil paintings. Until March 31. Tuesday-Sunday, 5-9 p.m.

Antioch University Gallery: 801 Garden St. Suite 101. 963-2518. "The Collector's Collections." Collected art by Antioch faculty, staff, students and alumni. Through March 11. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Architectural Foundation Gallery: 229 E. Victoria St. 965-6307. Annual Kids Draw Architecture Holiday exhibit. Through Thursday. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Arts Fund Gallery: 205C Santa Barbara St. 965-7321. Donald Davis' solo sculpture exhibit. Through Feb. 18. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Marcia Burtt Studio: SoCo Arts Corridor, 517 Laguna St. 962-5588. "New Work: Marcia Burtt & Patricia Doyle." Through Jan. 30. Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Christmas and New Year's weekends.

Channing Peake Gallery: 105 E. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara County Administration Building, first floor. 568- 3990. Ray Strong: "Strong Vision, Strong Spirit." Through June 24. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Churchill Jewelers Gallery: 1015 State St. 962-5815. "A Gypsy's Perspective: A World Within a World," a collection of photo collages with pastel scenes of Carpinteria. Through February. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cypress Gallery: 119 East Cypress, Lompoc. 737-1129. "An Artist of Life," memorial retrospect of the works of artist/teacher, Ellen Fuller Kemp. Through Jan. 31. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m.

Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art: 619 Linden Ave., Carpinteria. 684-1174. "Passion ... Colors From Within," oil paintings by Melissa Chojnacki. Through March. Tuesday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

Fielding Graduate Institute: 2112 Santa Barbara St. 898-2947. "Invisible Means of Support: Contemporary Photographs." Featuring Lyle Bonge, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Nell Campbell, Courtney C. Fischer, Keith Fishman, Arlene La Dell Hayes, Mandy Hayes, David Holt, Moses Leuth, Gerry Spence and Thais Zoe. Fielding Graduate Institute and Santa Barbara Visual Arts Alliance presentation. Through Jan. 28. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Frameworks/Caruso Woods Fine Art Gallery: 131 E. De la Guerra St. 965-1812. Series of 12 works by Santa Barbara assemblage artist, Anne Luther, entitled "Sacred Journals." To Jan. 31. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Gallery 113: 1114 State St., La Arcada Court No. 8. 965-6611. Through Jan. 29. Featured artist, Katherine Ollinger. On the mezzanine: Don Zimmerman, solarplate etchings; Bill Heller and Tom Burgher, photography; and Eleanor Moyer. Sculpture by Nina Ward; and small images by Welmoet Glover and Dorothy Bree. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Gallery Ten-Twenty-Nine: 1029 State St. 886-0192. Holiday Art Wonderland featuring previous artists from the gallery, Claudia Cook, Cathy Quiel, Francine Kirsch, Christiane Richards, Jill Sattler, Susan Wolff and more. Through Jan. 31. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Goleta Library: 500 N. Fairview Ave. 964-7878. Goleta Valley Art Association's January show in the Community Room. Through Wednesday. West Wall show by Goleta Valley Art Association member, Mahrokh Bonderson. Through Jan. 28. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Grossman Gallery: Lompoc Public Library, 501 East North Ave., Lompoc. 736-3477. "Spirited Poppies," by Jill Targer. Through Jan. 31. Monday-Thursday, noon-8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum: 21 W. Anapamu St. 962-5322. "Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity." Special Theory, General Theory and the Unified Field Theory, the notebooks of Albert Einstein. Also: Sharon Robinson: "Passion Tones: Portraits in Pencil/Photography." Also: Marina Day, solo exhibition. Through March 31. Daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission.

LandAmerica Lawyers Title: 1435 Anacapa St. 965-7091. "The New Year: It's All About Color," photography exhibition featuring Sylvia Abualy, Gerry Aspen, Jim Denny, Marlene Denny, David Hold, Bonnie Muench, Edee Olson and Kurt Van Wagner. Santa Barbara Visual Arts Alliance presentation.Today through April 15. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Muddy Waters Café: 508 E. Haley St. 966-9328. "Through Thick and Thin: Photographs by Paul Myers." Through Feb. 13. Monday-Saturday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.

Neuvié: 132 Santa Barbara St. 963-1411. "Recent Works by John Carlander." Through Jan. 31. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Palm Loft Gallery: 410 Palm Ave., Loft A-1, Carpinteria. 566-1936 or 684-9700. "Martini Time." Recent paintings and sculpture by Arlene LaDell Hayes. Through March 13. Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Ro Snell Gallery: Hotel Andaluc'a, 31 W. Carrillo St. 569-3059. "Ratio," a collection of new paintings by Santa Barbara based artist, Harry Reese. Today through April 14. Daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Santa Barbara Historical Society: 136 E. De la Guerra St. 966-1601. "A Portrait of Santa Barbara: The Art of Clarence and Charles Mattei." Through Jan. 31. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum: On the waterfront at the harbor, 113 Harbor Way. 962-8404. George Greenough, "Beyond Surfing." Through March 31. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults, $6. Seniors, students and youth, $3. Children 1-5, $1.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art: 1130 State St. 963-4364. "Matta on Paper: The John Todd Figi Collection." Through Feb. 6. "The Art of David Ireland: The Way Things Are." Through March 13. Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday. Free every Sunday. Adults $9. Seniors $7. Students with ID and children ages 6-17, $6.

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Maximus Gallery. 2559 Puesta del Sol Road. 682-4711. "Art Exhibition: Ray Strong," through May 2. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Santa Barbara Public Library: 40 E. Anapamu St. 962-7653. January exhibitions: Teresa Zepeda, Faulkner Gallery East; Rosa Markolf, Faulkner Gallery West; Robert Redfield, Townley Room; Santa Barbara Art Association, Faulkner Gallery. Through Jan. 28. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Staton-Greenberg Gallery: 15 W. Anapamu St. 962-9876. "One Fine Day: the Photographs of Saul Leiter." Through Feb. 6. Also: Exhibition of photographs by Tomio Seike, includes still lifes, landscapes and nudes. Through Feb. 6. Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Step One Art Gallery - The Gallery in a Garden: 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria. 566-2157. Artwork by members and guest artists. Don Longmire Room: 30 recent paintings by Barnaby Conrad. Through Thursday. Monday and Wednesday, noon to 4 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays. Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery: 7 E. Anapamu St. 730-1460. "Soft Light Serenade." New paintings by Robin Gowen, Jon Francis and Sarah Vedder. Through Tuesday. Also: "Art Exhibition: Ray Strong." Through Feb. 9. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery: 1266 Coast Village Road, Montecito. 969-5112. "Lockwood de Forest Sr., N.A., (1850-1932)." Selection of oil sketches and paintings, many of which have never been exhibited. Through March 9. Daily, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

University Art Museum, UCSB: 893-7564. "Picturing Tradition," Lutah Maria Riggs encounters Mexican architecture. Through Jan. 30. Also: "Out of Site: Selections from the Marsha S. Glazer Collection." One of the nation's top 25 private collections of 20th century European and American masters of painting and sculpture. Through Feb. 27. Wednesday- Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and major holidays.

UCSB College of Creative Studies: 893-2634. Patrick Nickell, sculpture. Through Feb. 4. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

UCSB MultiCultural Center: 893-8411. Eighth Annual Chicano/a Art Exhibit, featured artist, Rafael L-pez. Through March 14. MultiCultural Center Lounge. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Westmont College, Reynolds Gallery: 955 La Paz Road, lower campus. 565-6162. The Faculty Show featuring recent work by the Westmont College art faculty. Tuesday through March 12. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wildling Art Museum: 2329 Jonata St., Los Olivos. 688-1082. "In Touch with Nature: The Art of Nature Printing in America," an exhibition of approximately 30 prints by 24 artists, curated by F. G. Hochberg. Through March 13. Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Donation of $2 per person is requested. Member and children 12 and under are free

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