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Richard Hartnell Contact juggling

Performer Spotlight: Richard Hartnell

Voracious autodidact Richard Hartnell once got kicked out of a community college in Bellingham, Washington for having too many credits. After half a decade spent traveling the US and Europe as a renowned circus artist, he was offered a scholarship to UC Santa Cruz where he is presently studying human biology and cognitive science.   […]

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Mr. Sweeny

Featured Artist: Ken Keegan

  Ken Keegan is a name of many titles: baseball player, UCSC alumnus, beloved & retired campus bus driver, gallery opener, and sponsor for a sport’s radio show on 1080 KSCO AM (Coach’s Decision, Wednesdays from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM). However, today we’re appreciating the artwork of Ken Keegan, rightfully self-described as “abstract, surreal, […]

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Wire Wrapped Glass with Gems

Completed: Green Glass with Labradorite

I created this piece while at a music festival. I like to bring my supplies with me when I travel so that I can have the ability to create if inspiration strikes. Oftentimes I am working on my art alone in my studio, and I actually do enjoy working around community. It was fun to take […]

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Wire Wrapped Crown

Progress: Crown Construction

  This week I finished bringing all of the stone elements together. Pictured above is the central piece that I will attach to the bare crown. I choose to wrap all of the pieces together before attaching them to the crown instead of wrapping each piece on individually. I laid all of the components out […]

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from hAndroid

Featured Artist: hAndroid

    The artist, hAndroid went to UC Santa Cruz as an anthropology major, but has always had an affinity for art appreciation and creation. Since her grassroots non-kid-friendly coloring book distribution last year, hAndroid has since received much-earned attention from the UCSC crowd. The images featured are from her coloring book, which features pleasantly-worded confessions […]

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Brynne Flidais

Brynne Flidais

Brynne Flidais is a local performer, artist, and movement educator. Brynne has been creating innovative dance happenings for stages, dance companies, festivals, flash mobs, major events, and streets throughout the U.S. since 2004. She studied movement science at the university level and earned a science degree in Kinesiology. She gives form to music and rhythm […]

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Rakakoons

Featured Artist: Nicholas LaPlaca

Our Local Santa Cruz Featured Artist for Sunday, July 12th is freelance/Cabrillo College artist, Nicholas LaPlaca. For LaPlaca, art is both a form of communication and a miracle of mystic nature. He says, “Illustration is the only occupation that has stuck with me throughout my life and honestly, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. To me, art […]

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self portrait

Self Portrait: Reference

Today I worked on a number of self portraits, including a handful that were inspired by famous works of art. This is an unfinished detail shot of a self portrait I worked on in reference to the Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel, a masterpiece that I find to be empowering–and is one of my […]

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