La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts (LCCCA) will celebrate its seventh anniversary, 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 with an Art Walk featuring exhibits, live performances, and a collaboration between local visual artists and floral designers. The event runs through Sunday, Nov. 22.
The celebration’s centerpiece is Art to Blooms, a collaboration with Las Floralias, a Santa Barbara floral design organization. Participating floral designers have selected paintings, photographs and sculptures from LCCCA artists and created original arrangements inspired by those works.
“Unlike traditional floral displays, these arrangements are intended as artistic interpretations rather than decorations,” organizers said. “Each designer responds to an artwork through color, texture, shape, and composition, creating a new work in a different medium.”
The floral arrangements will be exhibited alongside the original artworks in LCCCA’s three galleries — Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations — at La Cumbre Plaza.
“Inspired by Bouquets to Art, the annual event at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the collaboration brings a similar experience to Santa Barbara, highlighting the creative connections between visual art and floral design,” organizers said.
Participating visual artists include painters Danuta Bennett, Daniel Bollag, Rebecca Marie Redford Cruz, Toni Scott, and Brian Woolford; photographers Mark JungJohann, Joe Kirkland, and Rod Role; and sculptor Daniel Landman.
Floral designers from Las Floralias are Valerie Banks, Marie Dassler, Victoria Cooper, Carolyn Grenier, Maxine Jagiello, Gobind Khalsa, Margaret Lloyd, Cecily McGregor, Sandi Marotto, Suzy Pelovsky, Hetty Shurtleff, Deb Tedder, Chris Weigle, Brad Welles, and Cynthia Woo.
In addition to the floral displays, the Art Walk will feature several exhibits and activities at La Cumbre Plaza.
At Fine Line Gallery visitors can experience Towers of Light by Misa Art, an interactive installation incorporating light, sound and vibration; Voice Gallery will offer a sculpture exhibit. Legacy Arts Santa Barbara and Grace Fisher’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse will participate as well.
Live entertainment will include music by the Goodland Jazz Group, and dance performances by Selah Dance Company.
For seven years, La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts has provided exhibition space and opportunities for artistic exchange within Santa Barbara’s creative community.
Its three galleries bring together artists working across different media, offering visitors opportunities to discover original artwork and connect directly with its creators.
“This year’s anniversary reflects that collaborative approach, bringing visual artists, floral designers, musicians, dancers, and community arts organizations together for a shared celebration,” organizers said.
“The event also offers a reminder that art can emerge from unexpected connections, and that a painting, photograph, or sculpture can become the starting point for an entirely different creative expression,” they said.