California Culture Press

Co-founders Arturo Heredia Soto & Debra Herrick. Photo by Albany Katz

Independent Art & Culture Publishing

California Culture Press is a family-owned independent publishing company based in Santa Barbara and specializing in free, culture-forward community publications, art books and exhibition catalogues.

California Culture Press publishes Lum Art Magazine, a contemporary art magazine for California’s Central Coast, and Ventura Culture Magazine, celebrating the best of Ventura lifestyle and culture. Our magazines are designed and created locally and distributed widely in the Santa Barbara and Ventura area.

If you have an art book or exhibition catalogue that you’d like help in publishing, contact art@lumartzine.com. As a full service publishing company, we can help bring your vision to life – from concept development to editorial management, copyediting, translations, art design and printing.