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

Paul Jimerson : Featured Artist
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Mary Rhodes - Featured Artist

Michelle Fleschute - Featured Artist

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Geoffrey Nelson: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Sara Sha - Featured Artist
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Robin Blake: Featured Artist
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Ann Altstatt : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Linda Curtis - Featured Artist

Jody Ryker : Featured Artist

Crystal Silmi: Featured Artist

Kirby Scudder: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

Charanpal: Featured Musician

Julie Rawls : Featured Artist
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Art/Now/Next: Interview with Danielle Peters

Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Lisa Marie Mariel: Featured Artist
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Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Maytal Gotesman - Featured Artist
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Lugew Antes : Featured Artist
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Becky Olvera Schultz: Featured Artist

Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Danny Diamond: Featured Artist
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Ernest Amos-Jackson : Featured Artist

Ben Johnson: Featured Artist
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Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb

Michael Pegram : Featured Artist

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Edward Ramirez

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mark Yanowsky

Israel Fickett - Featured Artist
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Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Artist Card : Mott Jordan

Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Mott Jordan : Open Studios Featured Artist

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Chris Riesner: Featured Artist

Dimitrious Nichols - Ocean Art Series: Featured Series
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Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Music Profiles

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Big Water LIVE at the Crow's Nest
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Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

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

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

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Love Eternal: Featured Band

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Heather Christie: Featured Artist

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Judo No - Featured Artist

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Mike Love: Featured Musician

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

The Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Gina René: Featured Musician

Charanpal: Featured Musician

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

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

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

How To

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Victorian Candy!

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

How to Hula Hoop

How to Draw a Dog

How to Draw a Stick Figure

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

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

How to Draw a Nose

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

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

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

Video: How To Draw a Person

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: How To Draw a Rose

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: How to Art

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

History & Post Cards

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Palace Art and Office Supply
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Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Sea Beach Hotel 1912

Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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The Rio Theatre

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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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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Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

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

Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Pehea 'oe?
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Writing Home: $100,000 Post Office and a Tub Bath

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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Stood Here - 1940
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Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Illustration & Drawing

Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

All Hands on Deck 2017

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

How to Draw a Dog

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Saturday Morning Cartoons: One and the Same
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Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

The Art of Nature : Featured Exhibit
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Kamiah Lovett : Featured Artist

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

7 Inspirational Art Books

Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Video: How to Create Latte Art

Off the Wall Custom Creations: Featured Artist

The Giant Ocean Coloring Book: Featured Exhibit

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

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

Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Jewelry

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

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

Hand Carving a River Stone

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Performer Spotlight

Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

8 Tens @ Eight Festival
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The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

The Rio Theatre

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

Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

How to Hula Hoop

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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FashionArt Santa Cruz
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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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Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

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”

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

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BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

The Barber of Seville – a Cartoon Classic
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Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Videos

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

7 Inspirational Art Books

Video : Feathers

Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Video: Hyperlapse Time

How to Hula Hoop

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

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

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

Video: How to Art

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: Time lapse Coffee Cup Mosaic

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

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

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Video : How to Draw a Circle

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video: Brain Crack

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

Video: Justin Timberlake String Portrait Time Lapse

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