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CALL TO ALL ARTISTS

Benefit Show for Fairview Gardens & Center for Urban Agriculture is the beneficiary of the Santa Barbara Art Association’s November 2008 Benefit Show. As stewards of the good land, Fairview Garden Farm provides wholesome local, organic food at the farm stand, farmers markets and through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program

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As the Center for Urban Agriculture, the farm is a vital source of hands-on education for visiting school classes, public garden tours, Adult Education cooking classes and Summer Farm Fun camps.

The value of our local soil is abundantly clear when you tour the garden, experiencing the diversity of row crops and fruit trees. It has been estimated that a 30′ depth of the richest growing soil in California exists in parts of Goleta and Santa Barbara.

The value of well-maintained green spaces is evident in the wake of the Gap Fire, where agricultural land was an essential firebreak between the foothills and homes. Fairview Gardens is part of the Santa Barbara Land Trust.

You are invited to paint at Fairview Gardens between 8 AM and sunset, daily. Be respectful of the health of plants and soil by keeping to the pathways, and packing all materials and rinse water out. Do not compact the soil by walking between rows.

Use caution around farm machinery and irrigation. Images honoring the beauty of farmland, farm buildings and equipment, farm animals and birds, botanicals, figures in the landscape, and the agrarian way of life are preferred.

All SB county artists are welcome to submit up to 3 pieces, but a maximum of 2 will be allowed into the show. Sculpture that fits on a G113 pedestal may be represented with a photo that includes dimensions and weight.

Entry fee: $10 per piece with no refunds. Artists need to carry their accepted piece(s) from the Faulkner Gallery to Gallery 113 from 3 - 4:30 pm and pay $5 to help cover the reception costs. SBAA members must sign up to sit at Gallery 113.

The Fairview Gardens will receive 25%; the artist will receive 50%, and the remainder goes to Gallery 113 after sales tax and credit card fees have been deducted.

Ingathering for Publicity:  Wednesday, Sept. 3
Goleta Library at 500 N. Fairview, Goleta
Ingathering: 1-2 PM;  Pick up: 3:30-4 PM

Show Ingathering Date:  Monday, November 3
Santa Barbara Main Library, Faulkner Gallery
Ingathering: 10 AM -12:30 PM;  Pick up: 3:00-4:30 PM

Gallery 113 Reception:  1st Thursday, November 6, 5 - 8 PM

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For more information contact:
Erin Williams
Santa Barbara, CA
(805) 698-0669
erin@erinwilliamswatercolors.com

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