Santa Barbara News-Press: December 11, 2020

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From Lompoc to the big stage

Connecting dance with land

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Holiday pop-up shop Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara opens GIFT STUDIO at Paseo Nuevo

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“I’m thrilled to have a vaccine,” said Dr. Henning Ansorg, the Santa Barbara County public health officer, after an FDA panel recommended approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19 vaccine possible next week If approved by FDA, first doses would go to healthcare workers By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

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Because the museum is currently unable to open to the public, Paseo Nuevo allowed the Museum of Contemporary Art to occupy Suite 317, across from GAP Kids, at 651 Paseo Nuevo.

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

In the St. Nick of time for Christmas, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara opened a holiday pop-up shop called GIFT STUDIO in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center. Because the museum is currently unable to open to the public, the mall allowed it to occupy Suite 317, across from GAP Kids, at 651 Paseo Nuevo. Every weekend from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Sunday, the shop will be open, featuring pieces of art from local and international artists alike. “We wanted to first of all just

have a presence,” Alexandra Terry, the chief curator for the museum, told the News-Press. “It’s really important for us to be in the public and still have a connection with our community.” The pop-up provides another worthwhile pit stop for Christmas shoppers, with 50% of the proceeds going to the museum and the other 50% supporting the artists. GIFT STUDIO has everything from ceramics and felt sculptures to large canvas paintings and drawings. There are also many art catalogs from previous exhibitions and, in the holiday spirit, artistdesigned gift wrap, Christmas cards and gift cards. The shop also has a selection of

works from SlingShot Art Studio and Gallery, which features artists with intellectual disabilities who want to create and sell art. Ms. Terry said SlingShot artists can’t be in the studio spaces right now, so they’ve really had to adapt, sometimes having their materials delivered. “They have 40-plus artists, so we thought it was really important to give them a platform right now,” Ms. Terry said. Customers can also purchase T-shirts, jewelry and beach towels at the shop. Some of the featured artists include Elin Aasheim, Tanya Aguiñiga, Kii Arens, James Van Arsdale, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Bonnie Burgess, Yasmine

Esfandiary, Barry McGee, Edgar Orlaineta, Xaviera Simmons and Garret Speirs. “What we wanted to do was have objects that we thought people might be interested in that are easy to buy and if there are people in town interested in starting to collect contemporary art, this is a great place to do that because we have affordable art and we’ve got a connection with each artist,” Ms. Terry said. The diverse curation of pieces provides options for all ages, including flower pots made out of real basketballs, concert tour posters and intricate paintings.

The first COVID-19 vaccine could arrive next week in Santa Barbara County. Dr. Henning Ansorg, the county public health officer, and Dr. David Fisk, Cottage Health’s medical director of infection prevention and control, said the first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine could be delivered quickly to local hospitals for healthcare workers who come into contact with COVID-19 patients, pending approval by the Food and Drug Administration. “This is a very monumental day in the battle against COVID,” Dr. Fisk told the News-Press Thursday after the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 17-4, with one abstention, to recommend the FDA approve the vaccine. The FDA is not bound by the panel’s recommendation, but is widely expected to follow it. That authorization could come as soon

as today. “We are in such desperate straits in the country and state in battling COVID,” said Dr. Fisk, who’s also an infectious disease physician with Sansum Clinic. “Having this promising development is really good news.” Dr. Ansorg noted, “I’m thrilled to have a vaccine. “If everything goes according to plan, we will have a vaccine by the middle of next week — shipped directly from Pfizer to our hospitals: Cottage (in Santa Barbara) and Marian (Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria),” Dr. Ansorg told the News-Press Thursday. He added that Marian will take care of distributing the vaccine to Lompoc Valley Medical Center in Lompoc. “Then a week later, right after Christmas or around Christmas, maybe on the 24th, we’ll get a shipment from Moderna,” Dr. Ansorg said, referring to the second vaccine being considered Please see vaccine on A6

Big West cancels fall sports

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Soccer, cross country and women’s volleyball seasons won’t be held By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

At left, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara opened a holiday pop-up shop called GIFT STUDIO in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center. At right, Every weekend from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Sunday, GIFT STUDIO will be open, featuring pieces of art from local and international artists alike.

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UCSB men’s soccer, which would have played host to the College Cup today in a nonCOVID world, will now have no season at all. The Big West Conference announced on Thursday that it has canceled all of its fall sports seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision affects five Gaucho sports: men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country,

and women’s indoor volleyball. The season for Gaucho men’s water polo, which competes in the Golden Coast Conference, has also been left in doubt. “Protecting the health and safety of our student-athletes and following public health guidelines are our top priorities,” said Dan Butterly, who took over as Big West commissioner this summer. “Despite a strong desire to return our fall sport studentathletes to competition, the board unanimously agreed that the Please see big west on A2

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