sunflowers on state

Coming Soon To State Street!

In partnership with the City of Santa Barbara, Sunflowers on State is a new, community-led art installation. Six larger-than-life sunflower sculptures fabricated by local artists will be painted by students for exhibition on Santa Barbara’s State Street beginning in March 2022. Designed in the Impressionistic style, the sunflowers represent one of several programs developed by the community in tandem with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Vincent Van Gogh exhibition.

Participating schools: Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta Valley Junior High School, La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara Junior High School, Santa Barbara High School/VADA and San Marcos High School

Producing artists: The Environment Makers, Ian Plant, Van Granaroli, Bunny Hurley, Lowen Vonk, Erik Kreuger, Dee Wingo, Juliana Ariza, Bryan Snyder and community members

Generous sponsors: City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Beautiful, County of Santa Barbara, American Riviera Bank, Farmers and Merchants Trust Company, Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard, Stephen and Libby Erickson, Santa Barbara City College Foundation, the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Downtown Santa Barbara, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation, Santa Barbara Public Library, Vista Paint, The Arts Fund and Home Depot of Goleta.

Santa Barbara cultural destinations Ganna Walsaka Lotusland, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History offer education on local flora and fauna, including pollinators such as sunflowers.

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