Serious Play: The Making of Hill House Montecito – The VADATalks Series
Join us for a dynamic discussion about the power of integrating creativity, serious play and transdisciplinary collaboration. The creators of the Hill House will share how they worked together to break conventional boundaries in design.
This VADATalks event will feature Bruce Heavin, co-founder of Lynda.com; Robin Donaldson, the innovative architect of Hill House Montecito; and Silvia Perea, Curator at the UCSB Art, Design, and Architecture Museum. The conversation will be moderated by Les Firestein of the Riv Magazine. Get a preview of the event by reading The RIV article on the Hill House.
7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at the Fé Bland Forum at Santa Barbara City College, with refreshments and reception to follow. Admission is free, but RSVP is required. Visit www.vadatalks.org to register.
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About VADATalks and VADA
VADATalks is an ongoing series of events featuring renowned guests from all professions discussing how art has inspired the work they do.
The series is presented by VADA – The Visual Art & Design Academy of Santa Barbara High School and the Friends of VADA: a 501(c)(3) raising awareness of and support for the creative students of Santa Barbara High School.
Established in 1999, VADA is a focussed learning community with about 225 students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. VADA integrates rigorous academic coursework with project-based, career-focused art and design instruction, in a supportive and creative environment.
Learn more about VADA: www.vadasbhs.org.
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VADA Capital Campaign
The Friends of VADA (FOV) has launched a $10.75 million dollar capital fundraising campaign to expand and modernize the Academy’s aging buildings, transforming the campus into an integrated Design Lab and Art Studio. The new campus will provide the flexibility and space needed to prepare VADA’s creative minded students to flourish.
FOV has successfully raised $7.25 million to enable commencement of construction on the new Design and Arts Lab with a completion date of December 2024. FOV continues to work with private, local, and state organizations to raise an additional $3.25 million to complete phase two of the project.
For more information, please visit www.vadasbhs.org/capital-campaign.
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