On the board of the Santa Barbara Children’s Museum (slated to open next year) as well as the Montecito Union School District PTA, and on the steering committee for the new Montecito Ideas Festival (taking place this spring), FIONA STONE—a mother of three young children—knows a thing or two about where to take your kids to learn about the arts.
MUST DOs
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Pirates mural, $75, Dream Big Art, dreambigart.com; an Art From Scrap project; a sketch made at Kids Draw Architecture.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, and still get creative at ART FROM SCRAP, 805-884-0459, artfromscrap.org, which offers hundreds of donated treasures from which to create a fun masterpiece. • THE CHILDREN’S ARTWALK at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 805-682-4711, sbnature.org, gives more than 200 elementary students the opportunity to see their work in a proper exhibition every September.• The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, 805-965-6307, afsb.org, holds outdoor KIDS DRAW ARCHITECTURE sketch sessions every spring at landmark buildings, where local architects, artists, and designers assist and demonstrate drawing techniques to children of all ages.• YOUTH INTERACTIVE, 805-453-4123, youthinteractive.us, brings in artists, authors, and educators to provide a free after-school program that focuses on the arts, technology, and entrepreneurship.
[KIDS, Best of 2013]
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