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A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! By Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ciaramella, courtesy SBMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Santa Barbara Museum of Art<\/a>‘s Atelier cocktail parties are always a feast for the senses, and\u00a0Atelier: Primavera in Winter, which celebrates everything Italian\u2014including the fabulous exhibition of\u00a0Botticelli, Titian and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums<\/a>, which is on view through May 3\u2014is shaping up to be a great event.<\/p>\n

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Cavaliere d’Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari), Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, ca. 1592&amp;ndash;93. Oil on tin leaf(?)-coated copper.
Glasgow Museums; Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan, 1856 (153) &amp;copy; CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. Courtesy American Federation of Arts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Taking place at the Museum on\u00a0Friday, February 27, from 5:30\u20137:30 p.m.,<\/span>\u00a0this evening celebrates what the organizers are calling, “the drama of the divine, the sensuality of the secular and the splendors of spring in a one-night pilgrimage through 500 years of Italian painting in the galleries.” The entertainment includes music and dance performances by Ciaramella<\/a> and Helios Dance Theater<\/a>, participatory fresco painting, an interactive installation\u2014From Mad Love to Bad Love\u2014inspired by Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy<\/i><\/a>, and cocktails and hors d\u2019oeuvres inspired by the Italian greats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Start out your evening with a visit to\u00a0Dante\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Purgatory,<\/i>\u00a0a literary work that inspired a 1480 commission by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de\u2019 Medici<\/a> for a series of narrative paintings by Sandro Botticelli<\/a>.T<\/span>he tiered terraces of purgatory look suspiciously like dessert at the From Mad Love to Bad Love station, so you\u00a0can have your cake and eat it too in this interactive, artist-designed installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

After your journey through purgatory, immerse yourself in large-scale works at the fresco painting interactive installation. Work with SBMA Teaching Artist Kendall Pata<\/a> to create a communal fresco inspired by the exhibition and painted directly onto dry plaster panels.\u00a0Then tune in to the instrumental tapestry of Ciaramella, a wind ensemble dedicated to the music of the 15th century. The six-piece group\u2014whose name is from he Italian shawm (a double-reed instrument similar to the oboe) and a 15th-century story about a beautiful girl whose clothes are full of holes and \u201cknocks men flat\u201d when she opens her mouth<\/span>\u2014performs a blend of Renaissance polyphony and improvisation.<\/p>\n

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Helios Dance Theater, courtesy SBMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Helios Dance Theater, led by critically-acclaimed choreographer and artistic director Laura Gorenstein Miller<\/a>, returns to Santa Barbara\u00a0Museum of Art with a performance that mixes sensual abandon with fierce physicality. Praised by the Los Angeles Times<\/i> <\/a>as presenting a \u201csensual partnering of maneuvers constructed of both intimate gestures and acrobatic lifts,\u201d Helios performs at the intersection of period music and contemporary dance to deliver a visual exploration of the sacred and the sensory.<\/p>\n

Guests will also\u00a0enjoy a selection of baroque music curated for the occasion by composer, violist, baroque violinist, and 17th-century music specialist Andrew Mcintosh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As you make your way through the ages, sip on Brander wine<\/a> and savor Italian-inspired piccolini<\/a> and small bites inspired by the flavors of Rome, Venice, and Florence, and prepared by Fire and Ice Events. A blend of Cutler Vodka<\/a>, limoncello, and fresh citrus makes the evening\u2019s signature cocktail: the Sacred and Profane. Inspired by the symbol of purity in love, lemons, the Sacred and Profane provides a refreshing, revealing, and possibly redemptive experience\u2014as can be said for the beautiful and powerfully moving paintings around which the evening revolves.<\/p>\n

This is a 21 and over party, and tickets $25 SBMA members\/$30 non\u2010members) include hors d\u2019oeuvres, wine, and signature cocktails, along with the entertainment.\u00a0Purchase tickets at sbma.net\/atelier<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/b>For more information, call 805\/884.6423 or email atelier@sbma.net<\/a>. Santa Barbara Museum of Art is located at 1130 State St.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hope to see some of you there. Cheers! Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more cocktail corner columns.<\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine<\/em><\/a> on February 13, 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Leslie<\/a><\/p>\n

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Leslie Dinaberg<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes<\/i>\u00a0mag<\/i>azine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a \u201cgoal-oriented drinker.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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