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

Linda Cover : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Dimitrious Nichols - Ocean Art Series: Featured Series
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Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Sasha Neese - Featured Artist
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Open Studios Featured Artist: Mark Yanowsky

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb

Michelle Fleschute - Featured Artist

Joey Kochlacs - Madrone and Walnut: Featured Series
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Art/Now/Next: Interview with Allison Marie Garcia

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Ann Baldwin May : Featured Artist

Vince Broglio : Featured Artist

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Lisa Marie Mariel: Featured Artist
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Danielle Peters

Laurel Bushman - Blue Monterey Bay Mural: Featured Artwork

Carol Summers

Maytal Gotesman - Featured Artist
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Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

Artist Card : Mott Jordan

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Danny Diamond: Featured Artist
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Interview with Alaya Vautier

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

Madison Wanamaker - Santa Cruz Illustrations: Featured Series
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Charanpal: Featured Musician

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

F.J. Anderson: Open Studios Featured Artist

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Emerson Murray

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Crystal Silmi: Featured Artist

Ben Johnson: Featured Artist
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Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Israel Fickett - Featured Artist
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Thomas Spearance: Featured Musician

Music Profiles

Charanpal: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

The Rio Theatre

Gina René: Featured Musician

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Judo No - Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Art of Guitar Exhibition and Festival
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Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

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

David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

James Durbin: Featured Musician

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

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

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Heather Christie: Featured Artist

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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How To

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

How to Draw a Stick Figure

Video: How to Draw a Bat

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

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Victorian Candy!

Video: How To Draw a Rose

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

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

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

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How To Draw a Person

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: How to Art

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

How to Draw a Nose

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

History & Post Cards

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

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

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

Stood Here - 1940
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5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

Palace Art and Office Supply
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Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

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

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

The Rio Theatre

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Pehea 'oe?
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Sea Beach Hotel 1912

History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Illustration & Drawing

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

The Art of Nature : Featured Exhibit
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Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

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

7 Inspirational Art Books

Kamiah Lovett : Featured Artist

Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

The Wednesday Work in Progress: Back to School!
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All Hands on Deck 2017

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Madison Wanamaker - Santa Cruz Illustrations: Featured Series
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Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Saturday Morning Cartoons: One and the Same
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Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Jewelry

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Completed: Fluorite with Points

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

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Hand Carving a River Stone

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Performer Spotlight

Performer Spotlight: Dyami Tivon Kaplan

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

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

The Barber of Seville – a Cartoon Classic
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Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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The Santa Cruz Symphony
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The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

Brynne Flidais

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

The Rio Theatre

BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

How to Hula Hoop

Videos

7 Inspirational Art Books

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Video : How to Draw a Circle

How to Hula Hoop

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

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

Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

Video: How to Art

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

Video: Time lapse Coffee Cup Mosaic

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How Crayons are Made

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

How to Draw a Dog

Video: An Elephant Painting an Elephant

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

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: Interconnected Paintings Time Lapse, Thijme Termaat

Video : Night Sky Speed Painting

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Hand Carving a River Stone

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