Join us for 1st Thursday to preview SBTHP’s latest exhibit, Finding Fiesta!

Attendees may also visit The SPACE for Chumash cultural & environmental education and free art-making activities.

Junior high & high school students from across Santa Barbara explored the historic roots of Fiesta, including how diverse communities have reshaped the celebration to reflect their own histories and experiences. Their teachers explored the history of Fiesta in local archives to plan lessons that informed the student projects in the Finding Fiesta exhibit. 

Finding Fiesta is part of Community in Action, a UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center program designed to reinforce in K-12 students a key component of participatory democracy: the right, power, and ability of all citizens– understood in the broadest sense– to shape the stories that represent the shared public history and identity of their local community  

This UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center project was made possible through partnerships with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, UCSB Library, UCSB graduate students and the teachers who participated; and received support from the UCSB Office of Education Partnerships.

DETAILS

When: Thursday, September 3 from 5-8pm

Where: Casa de la Guerra (15 E. De la Guerra)