Finding FiFi: Watercolor Travels with Florence Russell is a community-wide 100th birthday celebration of an adventurous artist and long-time Santa Barbara resident, Florence (FiFi) Russell, who traveled to over 25 countries during her lifetime doing sketches and painting. Throughout the month of July Santa Barbara art lovers can celebrate her 100th birthday by Finding FiFi and visiting each listed location where at least one original watercolor will be exhibited:
CLAY Studio, Corridan Gallery, 10 West Gallery, Gallery 113, Goleta Valley Art Association/Goleta Library, La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts/Fine Line and Illuminations Galleries, Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery, Santa Barbara Art Association/Faulkner Gallery/Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery, and Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.
Please check all venue websites and locations for hours. A more expanded exhibition will be available for the viewing public at the Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery, 958 Weldon Road, Santa Barbara, concluding with a closing reception on her 100th birthday, Sunday, July 24th from 2-4pm. The gallery hosts a monthly series of art exhibitions by contemporary landscape painters both regional and local. The Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery is open Wednesday through Friday by appt: 805-965-5486