Wildling Museum of Art and Nature

THIS WEEKEND! You won't want to miss our Plein Air Painting weekend with talented artists from our 'Art from the Trail' exhibition. Libby Smith will be painting at the museum this Saturday, June 26th, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Kevin Gleason will be onsite Sunday, June 27th, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Learn more about both artists and the 'Art from the Trail' exhibition on our website at: www.wildlingmuseum.org/news/2021-plein-air-painting-weekend

Today and tomorrow! Visit the Wildling for an inspiring Plein Air Painting Weekend with artists Libby Smith and Kevin Gleason. Libby Smith’s demonstration is today, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Kevin Gleason’s demonstration will be tomorrow, Sunday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Libby Smith and Kevin Gleason are among the 27 local artists featured in the Wildling's 'Art from the Trail' exhibition, and they'll be sharing their talents, providing visitors with a behind-the-scenes look at how artist...s bring outdoor inspiration to the canvas. This event is free with admission. Learn more at: www.wildlingmuseum.org/news/2021-plein-air-painting-weekend Image: Libby Smith, "Los Carneros Path" (Lake Los Carneros Trail, Goleta), Oil on panel, Courtesy the Artist.

The Wildling was thrilled to host our partners from Healthy People Healthy Trails for a special visit to see 'Art from the Trail: Exploring the Natural Beauty of Santa Barbara County' this week! A key goal of the exhibition is to raise awareness of the wealth of trails in Santa Barbara County and to inspire visitors and community members to explore them, while encouraging a healthier lifestyle. And this weekend you have a chance to enjoy live plein air painting by two of our exhibiting artists from the show - Libby Smith will be painting live at the museum this Saturday, June 26, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Kevin Gleason will join us on Sunday, June 27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - you won't want to miss it!

With their long, pouched bills, giant wingspans and ability to dive 60 feet from the air into water to catch fish, pelicans are among the most recognizable birds in California. So who could be harming them? Officials are asking for the public’s help.

Have you ever thought about how or when insects sleep? Because they are buzzing around at all times of day, you might not have given it any thought. But as nature photographer Joe Neely shows, bees do, in fact, go to sleep.

Between November 2020 and March 2021, artist Jorg Glascher spent his days in a secluded location near Hamburg, where he gathered deadwood and constructed nine massive crests that overwhelm the forest floor in undulating layers of branches and twigs. Each iteration, which he photographed and then promptly destroyed in order to reuse the materials, overwhelms the existing landscape with pools of the formerly thriving matter.

Most plants possess a genetically circumscribed life span, but many trees barely seem to age at all - artist Beth Moon works to document the world's oldest trees.

Resilient lands, including forests and wetlands, capture and store larger amounts of carbon than other areas and thus help offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Congratulations to our neighbors at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art on the completion of their first outdoor mural! And to our followers up north - check out the new four-sided mural by artist Juan Alberto Negroni now on view outside the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art!

Staining friends' hands with dandelion heads and blowing their wispy seeds are a common childhood pastime and a simple joy that Shota Suzuki channels in his delicately constructed sculptures.

If 2020 felt like a drag, you may be surprised to discover it actually went faster than you thought ... and this year is set to be even speedier. The Earth has been spinning unusually quickly lately, and July 19 saw the shortest day since records began, with the planet completing its rotation in 1.4602 milliseconds less than the usual 86,400 seconds.

Captured in the marshlands of southern Denmark, Søren Solkær’s ongoing project documents one of nature’s most mesmerizing phenomena.

Enjoy the last issue of the Lompoc & SYV Arts Zine, featuring the Wildling and our arts neighbors!

Wisdom is a 69-year-old Laysan albatross who is believed to be the oldest known banded wild bird, according to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, home to more than 3 million birds. Not only that, Wisdom returned to her regular nesting spot Nov. 29 and laid an egg. Every year that Wisdom returns, she is rewriting what we know about albatross longevity and inspiring the next generation, said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Supt. Jared Underwood.

Merging traditional craft techniques and the natural world’s abundant materials, Hillary Waters Fayle meticulously stitches brightly hued florals into found camellia leaves and other foliage.

The singular term plastic is horribly misleading, given the hundreds of polymer types and blends and the many more chemical additives they harbor and leak. Each poses a different threat (or not) in different environments. Large plastics from fishing gear entangle marine mammals, while tiny plastics that make their way into gills and bloodstreams can cause inflammation, but not in all species. Plastics might be a global problem, but they are not universal. Read more from Orion Magazine at the link below.

Visual artists played a major role in capturing and preserving the Yosemite Valley in the popular imagination, and ensuring its continued existence as a national park today. Photographers and painters like Thomas Hill, Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams helped to preserve Yosemite, helping shape public interest, presidential opinionsand, ultimately, legislature.

On Saturday, December 12th, you'll have the chance to catch the release of not one, but two California Condors when the Ventana Wildlife Society, an organization well-known for its stewardship of the Central Coast's world-famous California Condors, streams a live release for condor fans around the globe. The public is invited to watch the live release via Zoom from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Rocky, the tiny northern saw-whet owl that was recently found on the Rockefeller tree, has returned to the wild.