Santa Barbara Harbor

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM)'s newest permanent exhibit shows visitors how whales help maintain the stability and health of the ocean and help minimize the impact of climate change. The Whales Are Superheroes! exhibit focuses on whale diversity in the Santa Barbara Channel, climate connections, and the role whales play in climate change. Taking […]

This curated selection of Short's work—depicted in his signature style of bold, exuberant brushstrokes and vivid color—celebrates the artist's longstanding interest in coastal life, offering an intelligent, impressionistic, and very personal take on the beauty of the ocean. "There is magnetism in looking at glare and the effects of sunlight —something magical and calming that […]