May 1 - June 1, 2025
Biophilia: The Nature Within
Step into an inspired experience that explores our connection to nature, cycles of life and renewal, and the art of repurposing. Featuring installations made of pressed flowers, soil, recycled materials, live plants, photography, and soundscapes, this exhibition invites you to walk a trail of transformation.
Biophilia features the artwork of 7 extremely passionate and talented artists, including Giuliana Mottin, Christina McFaul, Lillian Hahn-Shining, Belle Hahn, Tricia Evenson, Shelby Scudder, and guest artist Joyce Tenneson. The exhibition is further complemented by a living green installation by EmmaRose Floral, and live ritual performance art with Teagan Rose and Anima: Theater of the Feminine Underground. This is more than an art exhibition—it’s a space to breathe, reflect, and reconnect with the Earth.
Touch. Listen. Feel. Breathe. Be restored.
On View May 1 - June 1, 2025
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Anima Performance: May 16 and May 17 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Artist Talk: May 29 from 5-7 PM
Art With Heart - MAY
Explore Ecology
Art has the power to inspire, connect, and give back. Each month at Art & Soul, we donate a portion of our proceeds to a charitable organization—one thoughtfully chosen to reflect the themes of our current exhibition or the passions of the featured artist. It's our way of honoring the deeper connections between creativity, community, and compassion.
By supporting Art & Soul, you’re not only investing in meaningful art—you’re also helping to make a positive impact, one exhibition at a time.
This month, we are proud to support Explore Ecology, an environmental education nonprofit located here in Santa Barbara that empowers our community to protect and preserve the planet with innovative environmental education and nature-based learning. Educating over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically, and to experience the value of environmental stewardship, Explore Ecology programs include the Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store, Environmental Education, Watershed Resource Center, School Gardens, and the EE Makerspace. Learn more here
Wines with Soul — May
Artiste Winery
At Art & Soul, we believe that great art deserves a perfect pairing. Each month, we feature a local wine that complements the spirit and style of our current exhibition.
This May we’re delighted to serve wines from Artiste Winery. Fifth generation winemaker Bion Rice’s great-great-grandfather was a grape grower for reputable wineries in the Napa Valley in the 1890’s. His grandfather told him stories about picking grapes on that vineyard as a boy. When his family planted a 25-acre vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley in 1990, the legacy continued. In 1999, Bion produced the first vintage of Artiste featuring the art of James-Paul Brown on the front label, inspiring Bion to start his own winery.
Artiste became the home of Art Inspired Wines, an approach to blending wine that Bion invented, developed, and perfected. He artfully blends wines in response to the emotional, instinctual, thought-provoking, and sometimes synesthetic experiences derived from artworks, translating a visual medium into the senses: aromas, flavors, and mouth-feel. Every wine is a limited-edition work of art itself and is never replicated.
Come experience how these dynamic wines pair with Biophilia: The Nature Within. You can discover more about these exceptional wines, and the story behind a winery that shares our passion for creativity and connection, here.
