Museum Hosts Event with Local Artists

Local artists Dane Goodman and Dug Uyesaka will speak about their works in the current exhibition on Monday, Dec. 15, from 4-5 p.m. in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The event, which includes refreshments, is free and open to the public.

“As accomplished artists across a breadth of media, Goodman and Uyesaka will share about their respective works and insights into the processes of sculpture and printmaking,” says Chris Rupp, interim museum director.

Goodman, who works in a broad range of media and scale, from installations to printmaking to handheld sculptures, received the County of Santa Barbara Individual Artist Award. He has twice been a panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Uyesaka, who grew up as a third-generation Japanese American in the San Joaquin Valley, came to Santa Barbara to earn a bachelor’s degree in art from UC Santa Barbara in 1975. He has been a steady contributor to the local art scene ever since, and has served as an art instructor at Laguna Blanca School since 2000.