Don’t Miss WATER Art Opening on Friday, October 10, 6-8pm at Art From Scrap Gallery
The Art From Scrap Gallery is filled with amazing art for WATER, our latest environmentally-themed art exhibition that opens this Friday at the Art From Scrap Gallery. WATER focuses on artistic interpretations of water, drought, and conservation. Young artists from Santa Barbara, San Marcos, and Dos Pueblos High Schools and Youth Interactive (a creative entrepreneurship academy based in the Funk Zone) submitted art for this juried show.
Guest judges Nathan Vonk, President of the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, Kerry Methner, Editor of CASA Magazine and Laura Denny, Artist and Art Teacher will choose three winners who will receive gift cards to the Art From Scrap ReUse Store: WATER Award of $100, Second Place for $50, and Third Place for $25.
Join us on Friday, October 10, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Art From Scrap Gallery at 302 East Cota Street in downtown Santa Barbara.
WATER will be on view at the Art From Scrap Gallery, 302 East Cota Street in downtown Santa Barbara from October 10 through November 25, 2014.
Eva grew up in Berkeley, CA and is a recent graduate of UCSB, where she studied Aquatic Biology and German Language. During her undergrad, Eva worked as an aquarist at UCSB’s Research Experience and Education Facility (the REEF), where she managed the aquarium facility and found a love for science communication and conservation.
Rachel Palmer
Nicole is a mixed media artist and vintage goods specialist who has been managing Art from Scrap since 2020.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Lydia
Lindsay Johnson
MELISSA BROOKS
Jenny joined Explore Ecology first as an Environmental Educator, then as a Program Coordinator, and most recently moved into the newly created Programs, People & Culture position. Prior to Explore Ecology Jenny worked in science research and consulting, however her passion has always been science education and outreach. Jenny loves all things related to the ocean, especially free diving, and enjoying the beauty and wonder that is the underwater world. Her greatest life passion is traveling, which she hopes to do more of again soon.
Lu’s love of all things Earth began at James Madison University in Virginia, where they got their Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Lu has a Master’s degree in Spatial Ecology- the study of how creatures interact across landscapes- from East Carolina University, where they studied rock pools along a river and the critters that dwell in them.