Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art

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Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art Cultivating physical, critical, and spiritual engagement with the visual arts. The first Westmont Art Center, including Reynolds Gallery, was dedicated in 1985.

Courses in visual art have been offered at Westmont almost since its creation, but the Art Department was created in 1986. Both the gallery program and the academic department were located in a restored building that was originally a dorm for the Deane School for Boys in the early 20th century. In 2010, the program moved to a new state-of-the-art facility in the center of Westmont’s campus, the Adams Center for the Visual Arts, and the exhibition program took on the new identity of the Westmont Museum of Art. After a gift of work from Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, the museum took on the name the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art as an act of gratitude for her support and generosity.

10/16/2026

The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum is thrilled to be the stage of one of the six “The Future is Short” plays this weekend! Come experience “Haptic Knowing” in a whole new way, under the sea in “Worm Play!”

“Worm Play” is playing in the museum tonight, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30 PM. You won’t want to miss it! Buy a ticket to the play using the Theatre page’s link in bio.

“Haptic Knowing” will be on view as normal this Saturday from 11AM-5PM, free of charge.

10/07/2026

“Haptic Knowing” explores touch as more than a means of manipulating materials. Touch becomes a way of thinking, observing, and understanding. This exhibit invites us to slow down and consider what our hands can teach us.

Visit the museum today to experience these textures and discover a new way to view the world around us.

Open September 3 - November 7, 2026.

Monday through Friday 10am-4pm,
Saturday 11am-5pm.

Learn more from our website - link in bio.

04/22/2026

Through this series of relief prints, Diego Castañeda tells his family story and pays tribute to his Norwegian and Peruvian heritage. When describing the purpose of his series, Diego says that “At a time when conversations of immigration and family roots lead people to question the good that foreigners can do in their surrounding community, this work seeks to offer a response.”

These prints bring light and attention to the beauty and hard work in the overlooked, whether that be in his medium or in his community. The four large, hand-carved relief prints communicate to the viewer how the Light within us can abound from our heritage, namesake, homespace, and through generations.

Visit the muesum to see Diego’s prints up close in “Reencounter,” open until May 9.

Open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm and
Saturdays 11am-5pm.

Link in bio - to learn more.

04/20/2026

Marco Valdez’s series of charcoal drawings are unified by the presence of the colors belonging to Valdez’s family crest, white and blue. He describes these colors as deeply tied to his identity. He dedicates these works to his parents and grandparents, who crossed borders and moved mountains to create the life he now lives.

Within these drawings his reflection on the transformations he has experienced throughout his life are vastly apparent. He describes the drawings as some of the most personal pieces he has ever created, deeply rooted in his heritage and memory.

Visit the muesum to see more of these deeply personal works by the senior class on view until May 9 in “Reencounter.”

Open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm and Saturdays 11am-5pm.

Link in bio - to learn more.

Address

955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA
93108

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

(805) 565-6162

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