TICKET LINK IN BIO - EARLYBIRD PRICING ENDS SOON
The Art and Power of Storytelling with Former Disney Animator Dave Zaboski
Saturday, May 9th, 10am - 4:30pm The Technology of Imagination: How belief, story and care shape the reality we create.
Stories are how we shape our world. Storytelling is a technology humans use to make meaning, move people, and design the lives we actually want to live.
Hosted at SBCAST in Santa Barbara, this daylong experience, drawn from Dave’s book Grimoire: A Storyteller’s Book of Spells, is for creatives, storytellers, and meaning-makers who sense that story is a form of power and want to use it wisely.
Across three acts, Discovery, Discipline, and Devotion, you’ll explore how belief is formed, how narrative shapes the world you inhabit, gain tools and practices for great storytelling and learn why care is the secret ingredient that separates master storytellers from those who merely persuade.
You’ll leave with deeper self-knowledge, genuine confidence in your craft, and a grounded practice for the work ahead, connected to a community on a kindred quest to make the world better for all life.
One day. Three acts. A story worth telling.
About the Dave
Dave Zaboski is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Laetro.com, a tech-enabled community of the world’s finest creatives serving enterprise customers with best in class design services. He is a classically trained painter and was an animator at Disney, Sony and Warner Bros. during the Second Golden Age of Animation. He worked on “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Pocahontas,” “Aladdin,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Hercules,” “Fantasia 2000,” and others. He has illustrated several acclaimed children’s books, including titles for Dr. Ken Dychtwald, Dr. Deepak Chopra, finance guru Ric Edelman and actor Paul Michael Glaser.
Limited seating!
Early Bird! Available until May 5th, 11:59 PM
$222.00
Standard: $333.00
Available starting May 6th, 12:00 AM
Hox Zodiac: Honoring the Year of the Horse -
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
February 22, 2026 at 12pm pst (NOON pst)
Co-hosts:
Victoria Vesna (Wild Boar)
Siddharth Ramakrishnan (Goat)
Maryam Razi (Horse)
Join Co-hosts - to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse alongside inspiring artists, scientists, scholars, and the vibrant community born under the sign of the horse. This special gathering brings together creativity, knowledge, and cultural spirit, inviting you to connect, reflect, and begin the new cycle with energy, curiosity, and shared celebration. The Co-hosts of the HOX Zodiac Celebration welcome you into the spirit of the Year of the Fire Horse — a lunar cycle that carries energy, movement, and transformation. In the language of HOX, the horse represents momentum and connection, bringing together art, science, and cultural imagination. We invite you to gather with us across shared digital space: bring a dish to share virtually, tell a story, reflect on your experiences, and exchange culture and knowledge as we celebrate this vibrant new cycle together. LINK IN BIO - FOR INFO, PICS, REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE EXPERIENCE
Two Events at Charles Street Video Toronto!!
Body Electric
Exhibition & Performances
December 5, 6 & 7th, 2025
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Exhibition Dates:
Opening, reception and performances: Friday, December 5th at 6pm,
performances start at 7pm.
Exhibition Open to Public: Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th
from 12pm – 4pm.
Body Electric brings together artists, researchers, performers, and technologists who explore the inner electrical life of the human body through biophysical sensing.
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Biophysical Movement and Emotion as Computational Interfaces (bioMECI) Workshops
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a collaborative workshop centred on biophysical data, computational art, and performance. At the centre of this workshop is the biophysical sensing toolkit, called The Source. The Source is a wearable device solution for full-spectrum biophysical sensing that integrates with commonly used software platforms, enabling its use in the maker and arts communities.
Workshop 1: December 13th, 10am–6pm
or
Workshop 2: December 14th, 10am–6pm
It's the second day of Brave New Work: AI and Tech in the Hands of Artists.
You're invited to join the free events curated by MAT (open to the public):
➡ Wed, Oct 8, sunset-10PM @SB Public Library — Large-scale projection mapping at the Santa Barbara Library Plaza
➡ Thu, Oct 9, 7-10PM @SBCAST — Closing party showcase featuring works from MAT students and alumni
Explore the full program at (scroll down to SCHEDULE).
AI Image & Video Creation - let’s get creative - by Ulrike Kerber
A 2-hour hands-on playground to explore, compare & create with today’s leading visual AI tools.
When:
Thursday, October 9th, 2025, 1pm-3pm pst
Where:
SBCAST - The Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science & Technology 513 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, United States
Studio F, Parking in the SB City lots 10 or 11
What to expect -
This is not a lecture. It’s a guided creative session where we’ll dive into the wild world of image and video AI. We’ll experiment freely, and compare tools in real time, so you leave with a toolkit you trust and ideas you’re excited to build on.
You’ll create your own moodboards, image variations, and short video snippets, and most importantly, you’ll learn how to translate your imagination into prompting and actual outputs with the help of AI. You might want to bring your project ideas frombook cover to narrative video so we can explore your ideas right there.
This is Ulrike’s only workshop in California on location, do not miss it! Ticket link in bio -
Excerpt from our KEYT interview. Media Arts & Technology and Google Quantum at the core of today’s media + AI shift - research to real-world practice.
Join us at Brave New Work. @mat_ucsb@sbcast@deejay_tekton , Dr.JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, @foreststearns #googlequantum #mat #ucsb #california
Video credits: KEYT news
full interviews: /news/special-reports/2025/09/29/santa-barbara-artists-and-scientists-explore-ais-role-in-shaping-the-future-of-creativity/
Brave New Work:
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