American Studio Ceramics has come to designate a period, roughly from the 1940s through the 1970s, when individual potters shifted from factory production to the personal studio. In this postwar period, artists advanced…

Current and upcoming exhibitions at the Crocker.

The evocative, adorned sculptures of Leilah Babirye (b. 1985 in Kampala, Uganda) feature the artist’s inventive reuse of debris with her deft carving of wood and work with ceramics. She uses the metal gears and chains of…

August 27, 2026–February 15, 2027 Goodman Gallery Against a spare, unadorned backdrop, a lone dancer—Shayne Oliver—freestyles for the camera, his body cycling through the dips, spins, and hand performance of vogue, a dan…

The Young Tennessee Artists exhibition will showcase artwork created by high school students in AP and IB studio art programs in Tennessee.

See works from the subway walls to the tenement halls in this showcase of works inspired by the streets of New York City.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - January 17, 2027.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - January 3, 2027.

View a list of current, upcoming and past exhibitions at the Mennello Museum of American Art.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - February 28, 2027.

Celebrate our recent acquisition of this compelling portrait of writer James Baldwin wearing a Mwana Pwo mask of the Chokwe.

SPECIAL EVENT: Poetry Reading from the new book Blue Room: Poetry by Santa Barbara Poets Inspired by Patricia Chidlaw's Paintings. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd at 7:00pm TO LEARN MORE OR RESERVE A SEAT, CLICK HERE .