When I was a little kid, my father told me around Christmas one year that I should always make sure to behave, because Santa was everywhere. It was a terrifying prospect, but it turns out he was right ...

The heirs of a Jewish cabaret singer and art collector killed during World War II have sued the Santa Barbara Museum of Art over possession of a prized drawing they say was robbed from their late ...

It was his first time painting Santa Claus and only his second time entering an art competition, but Sergeant First ...

Stepping into the new Santa Barbara Art Foundry is a bit like entering Willy Wonka’s factory. Gleaming, lustrous works of art, rich with color and detail, await like confections for the eye. Peering ...

Santa Claus is one of the most beloved figures of the Christmas season. In fact, it would be fair to say that the entire holiday revolves around Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. The character was inspired by ...

Some of the most beloved gifts given and received at the holidays are made by craftspeople who find inventive ways to turn ordinary or discarded objects into one-of-kind pieces of art. In the world of ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz is an artistic community, home to creative people of every different kind of subculture and a place where being “weird” is not a dirty word but is often seen as a virtue.

Art is coming to Santa Barbara’s downtown. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will host an exhibit titled “The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse” from Oct. 5 through Jan. 25. The museum, in ...