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

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Ann Altstatt : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

Geoffrey Nelson: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Open Studios Featured Artist: Sonia Calderon

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mark Yanowsky

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Sasha Neese - Featured Artist
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Art/Now/Next: Interview with Julie Rawls

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

The Art of John Johnson: Featured Exhibit
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Lauren Ringelman - Featured Artist

Gary Irving - Young and Reckless: Featured Series
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Michelle Fleschute - Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Allison Marie Garcia

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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Charanpal: Featured Musician

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Madison Wanamaker - Santa Cruz Illustrations: Featured Series
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Mott Jordan : Open Studios Featured Artist

Jonas Davidson: Featured Artist

Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Danielle Peters

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb

Steve Baranowski : Featured Artist

Jaime Sanchez : Featured Artist and 2016 NEXTies Winner

Ed Smiley : Featured Artist

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Joey Kochlacs - Madrone and Walnut: Featured Series
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Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

Laurel Bushman - Blue Monterey Bay Mural: Featured Artwork

Nana Montgomery : Featured Artist

Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Maytal Gotesman - Featured Artist
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Music Profiles

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Soars to New Heights with “Music of the Spheres”

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Judo No - Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Love Eternal: Featured Band

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Big Water LIVE at the Crow's Nest
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Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

The Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Heather Christie: Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Gina René: Featured Musician

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Mike Love: Featured Musician

The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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How To

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

How to Draw a Dog

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Victorian Candy!

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

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

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

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

Video: How to Art

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

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

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

How to Draw a Stick Figure

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How To Draw a Person

How to Draw a Nose

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How To Draw a Rose

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

History & Post Cards

Sea Beach Hotel 1912

Palace Art and Office Supply
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Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

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

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

The Rio Theatre

Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

Pehea 'oe?
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Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

Stood Here - 1940
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SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Santa Cruz: Before They Invented #TBT... Or Cars

Illustration & Drawing

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: One and the Same
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All Hands on Deck 2017

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

7 Inspirational Art Books

Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Always Ready

Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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How to Draw a Dog

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

Off the Wall Custom Creations: Featured Artist

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Video: How to Draw a Bat

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Video: How to Create Latte Art

Madison Wanamaker - Santa Cruz Illustrations: Featured Series
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Jewelry

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Interview with Alaya Vautier

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Hand Carving a River Stone

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

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

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Performer Spotlight

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

The Santa Cruz Symphony Soars to New Heights with “Music of the Spheres”

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Brynne Flidais

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

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

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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How to Hula Hoop

Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Performer Spotlight: Dyami Tivon Kaplan

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

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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Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

The Rio Theatre

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Videos

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Video: How to Create Latte Art

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: How to Art

Video: An Elephant Painting an Elephant

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

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

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

7 Inspirational Art Books

Hand Carving a River Stone

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

How to Draw a Dog

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

Video: Justin Timberlake String Portrait Time Lapse

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: Hyperlapse Time

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: Interconnected Paintings Time Lapse, Thijme Termaat

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video: Time lapse Coffee Cup Mosaic

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

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

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