UCP WORK, Inc. Blog

Please join us on Thursday September 21, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 pm at Sundial Studios (715 Kimball St., Santa Barbara) for the opening reception of the Sand & Sea Art Show. Sand & Sea Art collection features works inspired by Santa Barbara; created by more than 20 Sundial resident artists with disabilities.

Come enjoy a fun night with beautiful art, music provided by local favorites, The Traveling Hurtados, and refreshments. We hope to see you there!

Come see the Sundial Studios Art Show on July 20, 2017 featuring the Harmony collection. Please join us on July 20th from 5:30-8:30pm for the opening reception at Sundial Studios location (715 Kimball St., Santa Barbara) to celebrate the student artists, enjoy their great art, and relax with live music and refreshments!

We are so grateful to General Manager Mike Caldwell and Toyota of Santa Barbara for your generous donation to UCP WORK, Inc.! Funds will be used to support our art gallery Sundial Studio, as well as our Children's Community Integration Program (in which we take children in special education classes on outings into the community as part of their school day). Thank you!

Sundial Studios: Journey
Come with us on a journey as Artists Trevor Coopersmith, a senior from UCSB, invites 7 art students with disabilities to explore a new art form. In doing this they find a new way to express their creativity and independence. Art from the class will be displayed alongside photos of the journey. This will be a collaborative show that will include the art from the teacher and his students.

Come join with us on this journey May 18th at Sundial Studios located at 715 Kimball St., Santa Barbara from 5:30-8:30pm to enjoy the art, refreshments, and live jazz music!

Please join us Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 5-8pm at Impact Hub Santa Barbara (1117 State Street in Santa Barbara) for Sundial Studios 4th Annual Holiday Art Show and Sale. Enjoy wine and appetizers while perusing beautiful artwork. The event will feature the artwork of Brian MacLaren, with live music provided by the Traveling Hurtados. We hope to see you there!

Please join us for happy hour in the studio Thursday, August 18 ~4:30-6:30pm at Sundial Studio, 715 Kimball Street in Santa Barbara. $25 if paying by credit card or $20 with check or cash. Proceeds benefit both Angels Bearing Gifts and UCP WORK, Inc. Sundial Studio is located at 715 Kimball Avenue in Santa Barbara.

We are so grateful to Rabobank for being our very first van sponsor. Rabobank will have their logo on our Santa Barbara based Claravan for an entire year!

UCP WORK, Inc. receives 10% of all food and drink sales generated throughout the evening. Art from the resident artists of Sundial Studios will be showcased and available for sale. Join us for live music and a raffle with a variety of wonderful prizes while you enjoy a delicious meal at Fresco!

Charles “Chuck” Jefferson has been working diligently towards achieving his goals at UCP WORK Inc. At our Sundial Studio art gallery, he pursued his love of art by making ceramic crosses, several of which he sold at our most recent show. Chuck has had a lifelong dream of attending college, and during 2015 he took two semesters of vocals classes at Santa Barbara City College. Immediately being amongst fellow music lovers, Chuck made a multitude of friends. With the support of UCP Work Inc. staff, plus his own internal motivation, Chuck received A’s in his classes.

UCP WORK, Inc.'s Sundial Studios First Thursday Art Show and Sale will be held Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Sundial Studios from 5-8pm. Sundial Studios is located at 715 Kimball Avenue in Santa Barbara.