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SUMMARY:Join us for “How Our Skeletons Can Save Our Reefs” with Dr. Marley Dewey
DESCRIPTION:Bone to Reef: UC Santa Barbara Bioengineer Dr. Marley Dewey Shares Breakthrough Path for Coral Recovery at SBMM \nSBMM is proud to present the May installment of its Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series\, “How Our Skeletons Can Save Our Reefs\,” featuring Dr. Marley Dewey\, assistant professor of bioengineering at UC Santa Barbara. The lecture will take place on Thursday\, May 21\, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. SBMM members are invited to a pre-lecture reception from 6:15–6:45 p.m. \nTickets are free for Navigators Circle members\, $10 for SBMM members\, $20 for the general public\, and $5 for students and educators with a valid school ID or email. Reserve online below\, email reservations@sbmm.org\, or call (805) 456-8750. \nRegister Today \nCoral reefs are built by living animals that create calcium-based skeletons—structures that support entire ecosystems\, protect coastlines\, and provide food and livelihoods for millions of people worldwide. However\, due to ocean warming and acidification\, coral reefs have declined by more than 50 percent since 1950. Traditional restoration efforts have struggled to keep pace with this rapid loss\, prompting scientists to explore innovative new solutions. \nDr. Dewey’s research offers a groundbreaking perspective by applying advances in biomaterials and tissue engineering—originally developed to repair human bone—to coral reef restoration. While coral skeletons have historically been used to repair human bones\, Dr. Dewey’s lab reverses this approach\, using lessons from bone repair technologies to design materials that can help accelerate coral growth and rebuild damaged reef structures. \nHer presentation will explore the scientific connections between human and coral skeletons\, the history of biomaterials research\, and the emerging field of coral tissue engineering. This work has significant implications for coastal ecosystems worldwide\, including those that influence ocean health and biodiversity along the California coast and within the Santa Barbara Channel. \n“SBMM is honored to host researchers like Dr. Dewey\, whose work demonstrates how innovation and science can help address some of the most pressing challenges facing our oceans\,” said Dean Noble\, executive director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. “Her research reflects the kind of forward-thinking solutions that inspire hope and deepen our community’s connection to ocean stewardship.” \nSBMM Director of Education Lis Perry added\, “Our Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series brings leading voices in ocean science and conservation directly to our community. Dr. Dewey’s presentation highlights how interdisciplinary research can help protect marine ecosystems and inspire the next generation of ocean advocates.” \n \nDr. Marley Dewey is an assistant professor of bioengineering at UC Santa Barbara. She earned her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Maine and her PhD in materials science and engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and recipient of the Annual Innovation Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis. She later served as an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Fellow at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on developing biomaterials and nanoparticles to improve human bone repair\, treat disease\, and restore coral reef ecosystems. \n“Corals and humans both rely on skeletons to provide structure and support\,” said Dr. Dewey. “By applying what we’ve learned from repairing human bone\, we can develop new tools that may help coral reefs recover and strengthen in the face of environmental change.” \nThis presentation reflects SBMM’s mission to explore and interpret the rich maritime and marine ecosystem history of the Santa Barbara Channel while connecting the public with contemporary research that shapes the future of our oceans.
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SUMMARY:Aquean Artist’s Gallery Walkthrough and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Aquean Artist’s Gallery Walkthrough and Book Signing\nat the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum \nSaturday\, May 16\, 12:30PM-2:30PM \nSBMM announces an artist walkthrough for Aquean\, an evocative new exhibition exploring time\, tides\, and transformation. Artists David Ellis and Larry Vigon will take visitors though the exhibit’s multimedia experience which consists of paintings\, photographs\, videos and other art forms. Aquean examines the sea as both subject and metaphor\, revealing cycles of renewal and impermanence that shape our coastal world. The artist walkthrough is scheduled for 12:30PM on May 16\, 2026. It will be followed by book signings from both artists. \n“Aquean is a collaboration that captures the constant movement of the sea as it recreates itself and everything it touches\,” said David Ellis. “It expresses the tension between the found beauty and powerful uncertainty of a relentless ecosystem.” \nExhibition highlights focus on two major bodies of work by the artists: \nDavid Ellis’s Lobospheres: The Lost Souls of Point Lobos\, a 20-year exploration that consists of abstract impressionistic photographs of textures\, silhouettes and mythical figures discovered in the wave-carved rock forms of Point Lobos\, California. It is an interpretive archive that captures its sheer\, subliminal beauty\, as well as preserving and documenting an extraordinary landmark that has an expiration date. \nLarry Vigon’s Flotsam & Jetsam is just that. It is an extensive impression of the sea that consists of paintings\, large-scale prints\, found objects\, linocuts\, video and dimensional collages. \nFlotsam & Jetsam extends Larry’s world-class artistic sensibilities. His decades of album cover design for artists like Fleetwood Mac\, Eric Clapton\, and Bonnie Raitt\, seen by hundreds of millions of people around the world has landed him in the Album Cover Hall of Fame\, while his commercial and logo identity work has built leadership brands for DreamWorks\, Fandango\, Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas\, and Epson. His work also spans Broadway posters\, advertising campaigns\, magazines\, and books—including his design for The Red Book by C.G. Jung\, considered the most significant psychoanalytic publication of the last century. \n“We are thrilled to bring together the vivid visions of David Ellis and Larry Vigon in Aquean\,” said SBMM Curator/Director of Collections & Exhibits Emily Falke. “Their work captures the power and fragility of the ever-changing California coastline. \nTogether\, the works of David Ellis and Larry Vigon remind viewers that what endures and what vanishes are forever intertwined by the sea.” \nAdmission is free for book signing guests — just mention “Book Signing” at the museum kiosk.
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SUMMARY:SBMM Presents Aquean: Photographs\, Paintings\, and Prints
DESCRIPTION:Aquean is an evocative new exhibition exploring time\, tides\, and transformation through the multimedia works of artists David Ellis and Larry Vigon. Featuring photographs\, paintings\, prints\, video\, and mixed media\, the show invites visitors to consider the sea as both subject and metaphor—revealing the delicate balance between permanence and loss along California’s coastlines\, where what endures and what vanishes are bound together by the ocean’s rhythms. Highlights include Ellis’s Lobospheres: The Lost Souls of Point Lobos\, a 20-year photographic exploration of wave-carved forms at Point Lobos\, and Vigon’s Flotsam & Jetsam\, an immersive collection of paintings\, large-scale prints\, found objects\, linocuts\, video\, and dimensional collages. Together\, their work captures the power and fragility of an ever-changing shoreline. \n \nAquean\nImpressions of the Sea & Shore \nAquean explores the sea as both subject and metaphor\, reflecting on the delicate balance between permanence and loss along California’s coastlines. What endures and what vanishes are inseparable\, bound together by the rhythms of the ocean. The sea is more than a physical presence. It is a lens through which to consider time\, change and the fragile continuity of our coastal world. \n \n“Aquean is a collaboration that captures the constant movement of the sea as it recreates itself and everything it touches\,” said David Ellis. “It expresses the tension between the found beauty and powerful uncertainty of a relentless ecosystem. Many thanks to the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum for bringing Aquean to the public.” \nExhibition highlights focus on two major bodies of work by the artists: \nDavid Ellis’s Lobospheres: The Lost Souls of Point Lobos is a 20-year exploration that consists of abstract\, impressionistic photographs of textures\, silhouettes\, and mythical figures discovered in the wave-carved rock forms of Point Lobos\, California. It is a celebration\, an elegy\, and a cautionary tale—an interpretive archive that captures its sheer\, subliminal beauty\, while also preserving and documenting an extraordinary landmark that may be changing with time. Last June\, selected photographs from Lobospheres received top honors at the 24th Annual International Art Exchange exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. \nLarry Vigon’s Flotsam & Jetsam is an expansive impression of the sea that includes paintings\, large-scale prints\, found objects\, linocuts\, video\, and dimensional collages. \nLarry recalled that once\, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. Picasso said\, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway. So\, sometimes with art\, it is important just to look.” \nFlotsam & Jetsam extends Vigon’s world-class artistic sensibilities. His decades of album cover design for artists like Fleetwood Mac\, Eric Clapton\, and Bonnie Raitt—seen by hundreds of millions of people worldwide—landed him in the Album Cover Hall of Fame. His commercial and logo identity work has helped build leadership brands for DreamWorks\, Fandango\, Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas\, and Epson. His work also spans Broadway posters\, advertising campaigns\, magazines\, and books—including his design for The Red Book by C.G. Jung\, considered one of the most significant psychoanalytic publications of the last century. \n“We are thrilled to bring together the vivid visions of David Ellis and Larry Vigon in Aquean\,” said SBMM Curator/Director of Collections & Exhibits Emily Falke. “Their work captures the power and fragility of the ever-changing California coastline. In Aquean\, the sea is more than a physical presence—it becomes a lens for time and change\, reminding us that what endures and what vanishes are forever intertwined by the rhythms of the ocean.”
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LOCATION:Santa Barbara Maritime Museum\, 113 Harbor Way\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, 93109\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Art Exhibits
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