Black History In Santa Barbara at Riviera Ridge School

In honor of Black History Month at The Riviera Ridge School, Miriam Dance, Director of Visual and Performing Arts, and Taylor Johnson, Artist-in-Residence and Administrative Team Member, partnered with Healing Justice Santa Barbara (HJSB), to collaborate, celebrate and honor Black History in Santa Barbara. This month, HJSB’s Black History Exhibition will have a new home at The Riviera Ridge School, so the overarching goals of HJSB can continue to provide support and access to Black/African-American cultural resources, celebrate and fund the Arts, Public Safety, Support for Our Youth in Education, Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Outreach, and Meaningful Collaborations.

HJSB is dedicated to uplifting “all Black/African-Americans to affirm that they deserve safety, love, equity, respect, and joy.” HJSB opened the first Black History Exhibition on State Street in 2022, chronicling a rich and complex history of Black life in Santa Barbara. Our vision is to invite the Santa Barbara community at large, and school community members to engage, learn, and celebrate Black History from and in our own neighborhoods.

The exhibition will be open to the public at The Riviera Ridge School’s historic Tea House on Saturday, February 25th, and Sunday, February 26th, from 2 pm to 4 pm located at 2130 Mission Ridge Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103 for all Santa Barbara and Central Coast community members to learn and enjoy. If you are a school or community organization and would like to schedule a private viewing the week of February 20th, please email Tayllor Johnson at tjohnson@rivieraridge.org.

Please register for the public viewing here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-in-santa-barbara-tickets-556158383697