This is Santa Cruz Art!

How to Draw a Monkey

Interview with Walker Hum
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Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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Interview with Alaya Vautier

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

LOC ART : The Art Market App

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Painting a 3D Flower in Resin

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Time Lapse Model Painting

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Capitola Plein Air 2018 - 4th Annual Festival

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Wood 3D Map

Victorian Candy!

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

How to Make Slime

How to Decorate Eggs

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

How to Draw a Nose

Feel Good on Friday with Frozen Pink Paint

Keep Growing - 7 Ways to Get Happy, Right Now

Interview with Ann Hazels : 2018 Nexties Artist of the Year

How to Cut With a Screw - Forge Edition

Stood Here - 1940
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I.B. Bayo : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Idea Fab Labs Santa Cruz

Hand Carving a River Stone

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

Include Everyone - 7 Ways to Get Happy, Right Now

Interview with The Booth Bus : Northern California’s Vintage Volkswagen Photo Booth

Be Yourself - 7 Ways to Get Happy, Right Now
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Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Accept Yourself - 7 Ways to Get Happy, Right Now

Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

Iconic Adventures with Volkswagen Bus Trippers

Kathy Cheer - Featured Artist

How to Draw a Dog

Idea Fab Lab Artists Make Waves
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Skate by the Sea on the Capitola Ice Rink
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Video: How to Create Latte Art

Artist Profiles

Ben Johnson: Featured Artist
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Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Sara Sha - Featured Artist
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Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Jaime Sanchez : Featured Artist and 2016 NEXTies Winner

Rachel Barnes - Mandala Mural in Progress: Featured Artwork

Ann Baldwin May : Featured Artist

Crystal Silmi: Featured Artist

Joey Kochlacs - Madrone and Walnut: Featured Series
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Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Nana Montgomery : Featured Artist

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Robin Blake: Featured Artist
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Elliott Bliss - Featured Artist

Greg Stanley : Featured Artist
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Charanpal: Featured Musician

Danny Diamond: Featured Artist
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Sasha Neese - Featured Artist
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Linda A. Levy : Featured Artist
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Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

Scott Lindberg & Cristie Thomas: Featured Artists

The Art of John Johnson: Featured Exhibit
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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum by Elliott Bliss

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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Julie Rawls : Featured Artist
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Art/Now/Next: Interview with Edward Ramirez

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Ali DeMoro - Featured Artist
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Thomas Sprayberry: Featured Artist
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Linda Cover : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Julie Rawls

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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Steve Baranowski : Featured Artist

Ernest Amos-Jackson : Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Emerson Murray

Tracy Oliver : Featured Artist

Music Profiles

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

Judo No - Featured Artist

Charanpal: Featured Musician

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Gina René: Featured Musician

Heather Christie: Featured Artist

Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

The Rio Theatre

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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Love Eternal: Featured Band

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Mike Love: Featured Musician

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Soars to New Heights with “Music of the Spheres”

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

How To

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: How To Draw a Person

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

How to Draw a Stick Figure

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How To Draw a Rose

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Art

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Do's and Don't: How to Draw a Face

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video : How to Draw a Floating, Levitating Ball - Anamorphic Trick Art

How to Hula Hoop

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

Victorian Candy!

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

How to Draw a Nose

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

Video : How to Draw a Hole... In Your Hand

How to Draw a Dog

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video : How to Draw a Circle

History & Post Cards

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

The Rio Theatre

The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

Pehea 'oe?
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Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Santa Cruz: Before They Invented #TBT... Or Cars

Stood Here - 1940
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History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Sea Beach Hotel 1912

Writing Home: $100,000 Post Office and a Tub Bath

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Palace Art and Office Supply
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Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

Illustration & Drawing

Do's and Don't: How to Draw a Face

Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

Saturday Morning Cartoons: One and the Same
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Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

The Wednesday Work in Progress: Back to School!
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How to Draw a Dog

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Kamiah Lovett : Featured Artist

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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7 Inspirational Art Books

Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Always Ready

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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Jewelry

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Hand Carving a River Stone

Put a Ring (or Bracelete, or Necklace...) on it

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Interview with Alaya Vautier

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Performer Spotlight

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Brynne Flidais

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

The Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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FashionArt Santa Cruz
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The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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The Barber of Seville – a Cartoon Classic
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Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Performer Spotlight: Dyami Tivon Kaplan

Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Soars to New Heights with “Music of the Spheres”

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Comedian Ian Harris Puts Anti-Scientific Thinking on Blast in His New Show, <i>ExtraOrdinary</i>

Comedian Ian Harris Puts Anti-Scientific Thinking on Blast in His New Show, ExtraOrdinary

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

How to Hula Hoop

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Videos

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Video: Hyperlapse Time

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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How to Hula Hoop

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Hand Carving a River Stone

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video : How to Draw a Hole... In Your Hand

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

Video : Night Sky Speed Painting

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: Brain Crack

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

7 Inspirational Art Books

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: Interconnected Paintings Time Lapse, Thijme Termaat

Video: Justin Timberlake String Portrait Time Lapse

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Do's and Don't: How to Draw a Face

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How to Art

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video : Feathers

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Video: Time lapse Coffee Cup Mosaic

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

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