Author Archive | Jon Rawls

Cardboard Crows and a Trumped up Scarecrow

First Friday, April 2016

First Friday was bustling with activity this month! We’re sure that everyone who made it out saw some great art, and probably ran into plenty of cool people. Kathy C. Cheer had some bright work up at Palace Arts. We appreciated the political commentary by Dag Weiser at Felix Kulpa! Friend in Cheeses Jam Co. […]

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Mark Yanowski at Agency Santa Cruz

First Friday, Downtown March 2016

It was an absolutely perfect night to be out and about for First Friday! In case you missed it, here were some of the gallery highlights from tonight: Mark Yanowski at Agency F.J. Anderson at Artisan’s Gallery John Constantinou at Camouflage John mentioned that this is his first show, Congratulations John! Elliott Bliss at Santa […]

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Beach Wallpaper SC-icons_mockup_mobile_02

Free Beach Wallpaper – SC Icons

Graphic Designer Julie Rawls is at it again with this cool new Beach Wallpaper! Julie took on the task of illustrating some of Santa Cruz’s iconic landmarks, and fit them together beautifully in this Santa Cruz themed wallpaper, and we want to give it to you, for free! Simply click on the resolution (or closest […]

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Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

This video is kinda adorable. Watching the kid follow along, learning how to draw an owl. Here is the step by step, if you want to be able to refer back while you are watching this video on drawing owls. Updated: Images, and walkthroughs are now included below to help you learn, or even teach […]

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Harbor Beach Volleyball Cam

Harbor Beach Volleyball Cam

Santa Cruz Beach Camera – Volleyball Courts Across from the volleyball courts at the Santa Cruz Harbor’s beach, this nest feed is another from Dig Santa Cruz volleyball courts. There are some really neat wave sets going on right now because of El Nino, with occasional 12-14′ waves. It is a fun day to check […]

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Sea Otter Web Cam

Sea Otter Cam

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Seaotters.com has a rediculiously cool camera up, watching the otters that live year round at the mouth of the Elkhorn Slough. I have been watching this sea otter cam for a while now and just realized that I could embed it and be able to share it with you. […]

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Support Ebb & Flow

Secret Bonus to Support the Arts

The 2015 Santa Cruz Gives Campaign has wrapped up, but you can still enjoy the Featured artist galleries from Ebb and Flow. And if you would still like to donate to help Ebb & Flow continue (which would be great) you can do that here: http://www.artscouncilsc.org/make-art-happen/ Bridget Henry: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist Geoffrey Nelson: […]

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