Community Exhibits — News — California Nature Art Museum

June 30 - September 4, 2022

Second Floor Valley Oak Gallery

The Wildling Museum is excited to be exhibiting a selection of climate and community-focused works from Corazón del Pueblo, a cultural and creative arts center based in the Santa Maria Valley.

These works were created in 2021 as part of a collaboration with the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District. Corazón del Pueblo worked with Ethnic & Gender Studies (EGS) teachers to develop and implement a rigorous art project involving students from Santa Maria, Pioneer Valley, and Ernest Righetti High Schools.

Community Exhibits, Past ExhibitRuben MislangSeptember 4, 2022Community, Corazon del Pueblo, Santa Maria

Sewjourners: TREES

September 25, 2021 - January 17, 2022

Third Floor George & Barbara Goodall Education Center

The Wildling is pleased to host the Sewjourners, a satellite collective of the Coastal Quilters Guild in the Barbara Goodall Education Center from September 25, 2021 - January 17, 2022. This community exhibition marks the Museum’s first textile-focused exhibition and is inspired by the artists’ various interpretations of trees, translating a range of species, textures, and seasonal transitions through the quilt medium.

Many of the quilts on view are also for sale through the Wildling Museum store.

Community Exhibits, Past ExhibitRuben MislangJanuary 17, 2022Sewjourners, Quilting, Textile Arts

Solvang School: Bird Studies

May 14 - December 31, 2021

Online Student Exhibition in Collaboration with Solvang School

School field trips were put on pause over the last year, but the Wildling Museum was able to partner with Solvang School to bring art and nature to the virtual classroom. The partnership culminated in a new online student exhibition, Solvang School: Bird Studies, on view online May 14 - December 31, 2021.

Wildling Museum Executive Director Stacey Otte-Demangate worked with educator Erin Dunkle and middle school students enrolled in Solvang School’s Art and Science elective class to explore birding and the art of John James Audubon.

Community Exhibits, Past ExhibitRuben MislangDecember 31, 2021Solvang School, Birding, John James Audubon

Winter Wonder: Four Faces of Grass Mountain | Window Installation by Kiana Beckmen

The Wildling Museum is thrilled to announce its new window art installation, Winter Wonder: Four Faces of Grass Mountain by artist Kiana Beckmen. The public is invited to enjoy the ongoing installation from Mission Drive, which is visible from the sidewalk all days of the week and illuminated at night.

Community Exhibits, Past Programs/EventsRuben MislangDecember 13, 2021Kiana Beckmen, Public Art, Window Art

Looking Beyond the Pandemic: An Online Collaboration with Allan Hancock College

August 25, 2020 - February 7, 2021

Juried Online Exhibition in Collaboration with Allan Hancock College

The Wildling Museum is delighted to collaborate with Allan Hancock College this summer featuring highlights from adult education instructor Michael Messina’s photography class. The students’ photography was first intended to be a Barbara Goodall Education Center exhibition, but with the intrusion of Covid-19, it has now evolved into an online Wildling exhibition.

Over the course of the spring semester, Messina’s class persevered online, adapting to Zoom and learning new skills and methods as they completed their course while navigating the pandemic, culminating in this virtual exhibition documenting various scenes of nature and wildlife captured as close as the students’ own backyards, as far as Africa, and as deep as beneath the ocean’s surface.

Community Exhibits, Past ExhibitRuben MislangAugust 24, 2020Allan Hancock College, Photography

Solvang School: Inspired in Nature

February 6 - May 31, 2020

Third Floor Barbara Goodall Education Center

Inspired in Nature, features photography by 29 Solvang School Yearbook and Media students. The students, grades 7 – 8, were inspired by American transcendentalist writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau’s quote: “All good things are wild and free.” Students turned their lenses to nature, many finding inspiration in their own backyard with subjects ranging from pets and family members, to local landscapes and sunsets captured in both color and black and white.

Santa Barbara Printmakers: Wild Places in Print

October 9, 2019 - January 13, 2020

Barbara Goodall Education Center, Third Floor

The Wildling Museum is pleased to announce Santa Barbara Printmakers: Wild Places in Print, a new Barbara Goodall Education Center exhibition featuring nature and wildlife-inspired works by the Santa Barbara Printmakers (SBP) group.

Soaring birds, colorful layered foliage, a delicate barn owl, coastal vistas, and bold graphic butterﬂies are among nearly 100 different prints on view.

Past Exhibit, Community ExhibitsRuben MislangOctober 9, 2019Santa Barbara Printmakers, Printmaking

Art Without Limits & Wildling Museum

Community ExhibitsRuben MislangMay 10, 2018Sol Hill, Andi Schoenbaum, Tom Pazderka, Elite Henenson

Coastal Cacti and Sun-baked Succulents: Solvang School

Community ExhibitsRuben MislangNovember 29, 2016Solvang School, Devon Espejo

Focus on Folding - The Ancient Art and Modern Science of Origami

Community ExhibitsRuben MislangJanuary 4, 2016

Eyes on Nature: Student Art from Dos Pueblos High School

Community ExhibitsRuben MislangNovember 18, 2015Kevin Gleason, Dos Pueblos High School