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A diversity of art Various techniques result in prints at Santa Barbara sale
City official responds to State Street criticisms By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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The Santa Barbara Printmakers’ pop-up sale features a variety of works at Community Arts Workshop.
By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Over the weekend, the Santa Barbara Printmakers held its annual pop-up print sale at the Community Arts Workshop on Garden Street. The popular Santa Barbara event ran from Friday evening through Sunday. The sale featured distinctive hand-pulled prints made by traditional techniques, including linocut, woodcut, screen printing, etching, lithography, calligraphy, monoprint and monotype. There were also works produced by the contemporary techniques of digital editing and photopolymer etching. “It is so much fun,” Bay Hallowell, one of the printmakers, told the News-Press Saturday. “We had lots of people last night and today. It’s very informal; people are coming with their kids and dogs. This morning, lots of people were coming over from the farmer’s market.” “I think it’s fun and an opportunity for people to come and look around and run from artist to artist,” printmaker Siu Zimmerman told the News-Press. Another printmaker, Brendan Murdock, described the event as “fabulous.” “We not only have wall art; we have loose pieces in bins that people rummage through,”
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Those attending the sale rummage through the prints.
he told the News-Press. “Aside from educating people about printmaking, it’s a get-together of the community. We get to spend time together, seeing how our work is evolving.” Ms. Hallowell said one of her friends saw the sale Friday night. “He came in, and he just looked around the room and said, ‘Everyone here is so happy.’ Everyone was having such a
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good time in a low key way. We had a few snacks and water, but no alcohol. ‘A quiet joy’ is how I would describe it.” Ms. Zimmerman said that over the years, many of the artisans have become close. “We don’t have trade secrets … There is a sense of reunion that people get. Students, friends and colleagues of mine have come back. It’s like extended family for some of us.” Mr. Murdock moved to Santa Barbara in 2015. “After a long hiatus from printmaking, I took Siu’s class and have continued to take it every year,” Mr. Murdock said. “I took the class for a sense of community as well as an understanding of the everchanging ways in printmaking. I needed to find a community, and I found that community.” He said last weekend’s sale provided an educational experience for Santa Barbara. “The event was an engaging, casual outing for all ages, an opportunity to meet artists in person, ask questions about their work and learn more about
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approximately 80 traps along State Street (from the 300 to the 1200 block), which are checked weekly,” she said. “While rodent nesting under the platforms remains a concern, we have not seen any major increase in the number of rodents trapped along State Street. “The updated design requirements recently approved by City Council (for the parklets) will require businesses to modify their platforms to make it easier to keep the undersides clean, which we’re hoping will also help keep the rodent population down.” In addition, she said, Downtown Parking staff and contractors work daily to keep the Promenade clean. “Litter, graffiti, abandoned property and other janitorial Please see STATE ST. on A4
all kinds of printmaking,” Mr. Murdock said. “The weekend was the perfect opportunity for early holiday shopping, featuring affordable works of art on paper, framed and unframed.” Ms. Hallowell noted that many types of printmaking include a diversity in techniques. “We are all curious people that love working with our hands, hearts and minds. There is usually something for everyone.” “Most of us do all kinds of printmaking,” she said. “We are subject to changing moods like anybody else.” Mr. Murdock said he is now able to combine techniques and likes learning from the community of Santa Barbara printmakers. “I think the greatest takeaway from this (the sale) is that the artists are present for all three days and it is a great educational time and interaction,” he said. “You would be amazed at how much people learn and enjoy learning about the process of printmaking.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com
The Santa Barbara City Council today will consider changes to the city’s solid waste programs and services for inclusion in a new solid waste franchise agreement with MarBorg Industries, including implementation of industry standard residential curbside collection. The council will meet at 2 p.m. at City Hall, 735 Anacapa St. The city’s current agreement with MarBorg is slated to expire in June. Negotiations with MarBorg began in August and are anticipated to conclude by January with the intention to recommend a new agreement to the council by March, staff said in its report to the council. The city conducted an online survey for solid waste customers from June to September 2022, which indicated that a majority of customers are either satisfied or very satisfied with MarBorg’s services, staff said. “There were over 1,200 respondents to the survey, which was conducted online, and while the results are not statistically significant, the majority of respondents indicated being satisfied or very satisfied with MarBorg’s services,” staff said. “The majority of respondents also indicated that quality of
overall service was of highest priority, with range of services provided and cost of service being the next highest overall priorities. Respondents also expressed interest in broader access to household hazardous waste (HHW) collection services, access to compost for gardens and backyards, and additional bulky item pickups, in that order of priority.” Respondents to the survey provided feedback regarding priorities for enhanced service offerings, which are being pursued during the negotiation process, in addition to new and enhanced programs and services recommended by city staff. New and enhanced programs and services being considered in negotiations include enhancements to a variety of neighborhood collection services, including transitioning residential collection service to a curbside cart collection program, staff said. Negotiations are progressing smoothly and are anticipated to be completed within the eightmonth timeline established by the council, staff said. The city and MarBorg intend to negotiate financial outcomes that will minimize or avoid the need for increases in small residential (one to four units) curbside customer rates for the collection Please see COUNCIL on A2
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Downtown parking and plaza manager Sarah Clark
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People check out the prints gracing a wall at the Garden Street site.
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City officials and staff already are addressing a number of problems on State Street that have received attention lately as a result of some business owners going public with complaints about poor conditions in the 500 block - and the way the city is handling them. The owners of The Natural Cafe and The Cruisery brewery voiced complaints about, among other things, rats feeding off of food dropped from outdoor dining parklets, electric bike riders speeding down the street and posing a safety risk to pedestrians, and homeless people on the street who use illegal drugs or drink alcohol in public, pee in outdoors planters, bathe in business bathrooms or aggressively panhandle. Kelly Brown, owner of The Natural Cafe, told his landlord he would not be renewing his lease, and that he intends to close the popular eatery at 501 State St., a downtown fixture for 30 years, because of these continued problems. In response to these complaints, Sarah Clark, the city’s downtown parking and plaza manager, ticked off one by one how the city is dealing with these issues. She told the News-Press the city has maintained a rodent abatement program in Downtown for several years. “Our pest control contractor places and maintains
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