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Road, which closed earlier this year after more than three decades in business. “Moving both parts of the store to Coast Village was a decision we spent years contemplating. So far we love it here, being in a larger concentration of like-minded retailers,” Katie said. The Franks are from Aspen, where both Katie and Kevin worked in the fashion and retail business. They moved to the Santa Barbara area to get married and start both a business and a family together. “This is our home, and we love what we do,” Katie said. The store is open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm on Friday, and 9 am to 5 pm on Sunday. For more information, or to shop online, visit www.k-frank. myshopify.com.
Keepers of the Casa
Casa del Herrero, Montecito’s historic home, garden, and museum located on East Valley Road, is run by a dedicated team of administrators and docents. The non-profit estate is currently undergoing a major change with the departure of executive director Molly Barker, who has been in charge of “House of the Blacksmith” for nearly a decade. Barker accepted a position as executive director of the Mendocino Coast Botanic Gardens, and the Casa currently has interim executive director Laura Bridley at the helm. In addition to the dedicated staff, the Casa is run by dozens of wellversed docents, who give tours and help maintain the National Historic Landmark. This feature is the first of several docent spotlights, in an effort to thank the docents for their volunteerism and dedication, and inspire others to get involved. Jane Dyruff is one of the first Casa del Herrero docents and says she knows the estate like the back of her hand. She has been involved with the Casa since long before it became a nonprofit or was opened to the public for tours, and was a member of the first class of docents. From taking inventory and documenting every-
thing in the Casa’s vast collection of artwork, antique furnishings, personal effects, and correspondence, to cataloguing owner George Steedman’s library of rare books, to teaching incoming docent trainees, Dyruff has been an integral part of the estate. Jane says she had heard about the famed Steedman Workshop at the Casa for years, and in the late 1980s she was working at the Channel City Women’s Forum, where Steedman’s younger daughter, Medora, was a member. After Medora died, her eldest son, George S. Bass, was trying to establish Casa del Herrero as a nonprofit, so its fate was yet undetermined. According to Jane, George was hoping to generate enough interest and resources to ensure the Casa’s conservation as a living museum. He was approaching individuals in the community as well as established institutions such as SBCC, the Getty, UCSB, and Westmont in an effort to preserve the legacy left by his grandfather. One of these people was Charles Topping, a professor at SBCC’s Adult Education program. At the time, Jane was following her passion for working with her hands and enrolled in a hand-wrought metal jewelry-making class through the Adult Ed program. Serendipitously, one of her instructors was Topping. He had been given the opportunity to resurrect the Casa’s long-dormant workshop following Mr. Steedman’s death in 1940 and asked a few select students to join on the project.
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Jane Dyruff, one of Casa del Herrero’s longtime docents (photo courtesy Susannah Gordon, Casa del Herrero)
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