home to a lima bean and seed company in the early 20th century. Later transformed into artists’ studios, many of the artists who reside at the lofts create their best work there at 410 Palm Avenue, many of which are exhibited at the loft’s front gallery space. Serving as more than just a companion piece to


Carpinteria’s natural, geographic art of the Pacific Ocean and Santa Ynez mountains are a series of eye-catching and historical public art pieces. Perhaps the most visible is the famed seal fountain, sculpted by James Bottoms, in the 800 block of Linden Avenue. Truly the heart and logo of Carpinteria’s downtown, it is no doubt why events such as the annual California Avocado Festival use the fountain as the nucleus for outdoor musical performances and ceremonies. Apropos to the mindful fitness attitude embodied


in the health club below, “Greetings from California: A Climate for Health and Wealth,” reads the large, 1950s, West Coast-inspired mural above So. Cal Sport Club, 4945 Carpinteria Avenue. The Franklin Creek mural project, near Kim’s


Market in the 4900 block of Via Real, with its colorful, Mexican-influenced designs, is a sight so vivid one can- not help but slow down on Highway 101 to catch a glimpse while motoring by. Historically, Carpinteria would not be where it is


without the story of the Chumash Indians. The natives left their own indelible artistic impressions on the


TOP, Technicolor Angel, oil on paper by Sharon Spear, ABOVE, Harbor Seal Fountain by James Bottoms. RIGHT, Beach Near Linden, oil on canvas by Elbert Price


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