FARE TRADE, an exhibit of photographs of taquerias in Central California, by Patricia Houghton Clarke; and lunch bars in Western Australia by Brett Leigh Dicks, will be on display March 22-May 17 at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, 229 E. Victoria St.
There will be an opening reception for the show, 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 21 at the Architectural Foundation. Drinks and appetizers will be provided, with a local taco truck on site serving tacos for purchase.
Clarke and Dicks will give an Artist Talk, 2 p.m. Saturday, March 29, with Maria Salguero, a senior staff attorney from the Immigrant Legal Defense Center. The Immigrant Legal Defense Fund will receive 10% of all art sales.
The two photographers have recently turned their reportorial lenses to vernacular architecture found on two different continents — taquerias in Central California and lunch bars in Western Australia.
The vivid colors and bold signage of these fast-food establishments situated on opposite sides of the equator are emblematic of how they similarly forge and fuel their communities, the Architectural Foundation pointed out…