Santa Barbara Community Arts Association

The Santa Barbara Community Arts Association was a non-profit corporation, founded on April 24, 1922. The non-profit’s stated purpose was “to afford individuals the opportunity of self-expression, training and education in Music, Drama and the Allied Arts and to aid in the cultural improvement of the people and in the beautification of the City of Santa Barbara.” The Community Arts Association contained four branches: Drama, Music, Plans and Planting, and the Art School. In November of 1922, the Community Arts Association received a five year grant of $25,000 a year from the Carnegie Corporation. The grant was secured through the efforts of Dr. Pritchett who at the time was the President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a current resident of the city of Santa Barbara. The work of each branch was under the control of its own board, which in turn, was responsible to the general board on which each branch had representation. The Santa Barbara Community Arts Association dissolved in the mid to late 1930s.

Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

circa 1920s - circa 1930s

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