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Ray Stanford Strong, Lower East Side, New York City, Rainy Day Under the El, 1926-27. Oil on canvas mounted on board. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by Robert and Marlene Veloz.<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s a great, free poetry event coming up on Thursday, June 11, from 5:30 \u2013 7 p.m. at Santa Barbara Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Local poets will follow Ray Strong<\/a>‘s example in SBMA’s exhibition and write about the world “Beyond Santa Barbara,” while remaining true to their homegrown\u00a0cultivated poetic visions. The event takes place on the front steps of\u00a0Santa Barbara Museum of Art,\u00a01130 State St.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The museum also has a related exhibition,\u00a0Ray Strong: Beyond Santa Barbara, running through June 21. Here’s the scoop:<\/p>\n

“This intimate presentation of paintings and drawings by esteemed artist Ray Strong (1905\u20132006) highlights distinct moments within the artist\u2019s practice over the course of 45 years. Featuring landscapes and cityscapes produced outside of the Santa Barbara area, the selected works from the Museum\u2019s holdings offer a view of Strong\u2019s travels and his lifelong interest in depicting the environment around him.”<\/p>\n

Ray Strong: Beyond Santa Barbara<\/a><\/i> is organized in conjunction with The Ray Strong Project, an initiative of Sullivan Goss \u2013 An American Gallery<\/a>. This effort includes a series of events and exhibitions coalescing in June of 2015 at museums and galleries in the Santa Barbara area. This initiative will also produce the first monograph on Ray Strong and an online catalogue raisonn\u00e9.”<\/p>\n

For additional information, visit www.theraystrongproject.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine<\/em> <\/a>on June 5, 2015.<\/p>\n

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