December 2020
ARTHUR BEAUMONT: Art of the Sea
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is delighted to announce that Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea--an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of the US Navy, from the USS Constitution to atomic bomb tests and expeditions to the North and South Poles—will be at the Museum for just six months, the last show on the West Coast before it leaves for the East Coast. Beaumont used Impressionist techniques in…
January 2021
History & Travels of the Point Conception Lighthouse Lens │A Zoom Webinar Presentation with Executive Director, Greg Gorga
Point Conception, considered sacred ground by the Chumash, is the headland where California’s coast goes from a north-south orientation to east-west, making a natural division between Southern and Northern California. Ever since it was first lit on February 1, 1856, the Point Conception Lighthouse has guarded the treacherous Pacific waters where the Santa Barbara Channel and Pacific Ocean meet on the western edge of Santa Barbara County. Such a dangerous…
February 2021
Sharon Green – EXPOSED │A Virtual Multimedia Experience with Ultimate Sailing
Prepare to be transported out on the water- you will practically feel the spray in your face and the wind in your hair. You will be entertained and engaged by Sharon Green’s daredevil antics, zipping around the water in a rib or hanging out of a helicopter to capture Grand Prix-Yachting events. Green has said, “Sailing is a magnificent, colorful and dramatic sport. This unique sport has many variables with…
March 2021
Detecting and Capping Leaking Oil Wells in Summerland │A Zoom Webinar presentation by photographer & filmmaker Harry Rabin
For decades, oil has been leaking from the wellheads of some of the first offshore oil rigs in the world, over 400 of them right here in Santa Barbara County. The beaches in Summerland were the source, and the oil spread as far southeast as Carpinteria and northwest along the coast to Miramar, Hammonds, and East Beach. Finding the exact locations of these leaks and making the determination that they…
April 2021
ARTHUR BEAUMONT: Art of the Sea │A Zoom Presentation by Geoffrey Beaumont
SBMM is delighted to announce that Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont will offer a fascinating presentation about his father Arthur Beaumont’s life and work as the US Navy’s official “Artist of the Fleet.” Beaumont will share personal stories of the various paintings and provide viewers with his unique insight into this incomparable exhibit, the art and the artist. Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea--an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of…