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Victorian Santa Cruz Design

Julie Rawls

Julie Rawls’ Work for Local Santa Cruz Julie Henry Rawls has been our in-house designer since we started on this path to be the go-to media site for Santa Cruz art, artists and events. Julie Rawls is responsible for our Victorian designs, our logo, and a whole lot of other work you have seen around […]

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Fainting Goats Cambria Pines

Fainting Goats : Featured Band

It’s rare that a band make as dramatic a transformation from one album to the next as Fainting Goats have made between their debut album, Native Sounds of the Golden West, and their sophomore release, Cambria Pines. While the former album consisted of hook-filled indie rock influenced by the likes of Camper Van Beethoven, Guided […]

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Featured Artist: Janas Durkee

Janas Durkee, a local artist from Indiana, presents her series, The American Dream in portraits, which is influenced by hard-working people such as farmers.  The artist told us about her inspirational subjects: “I have used that work as research for my paintings. It is here that I find myself—with the stories of others in my […]

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Sonia Calderon Arts Council

Open Studios Featured Artist: Sonia Calderon

After studying art at establishments like Cabrillo College, San Jose State University and San Francisco’s Art Institute, Sonia Calderon launched a fruitful career as an abstract painter, photographer and filmmaker. Her work, which is influenced by the paintings of such artists as Paul Klee and Richard Diebenkorn, can be seen at juicyabstracts.com and at Juicy […]

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