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This Labor Day weekend, 2017, we celebrate the end of an era with “Begonias Take a Bow” – the 65th and final Begonia Festival. The four-day flower and water Festival comes to a close this year, marking the last time thousands of people will flock to Capitola Village for the beloved Nautical Parade. It has […]
Santa Cruz beaches have been awash with driftwood following recent storms and large swells. With all the wood that’s been drifting to shore, there have also been plenty of creations taking shape into one-of-a-kind pieces of art. These Santa Cruz locals take driftwood from the sand to the studio to transform them into sculptures, structures, […]
The Museum of Art and History has proven that personal collections represent more than just a fun hobby – they are tangible impressions of identity, experience, and creativity. On view in the MAH’s 2nd floor Solari Gallery, the exhibition Santa Cruz Collects presents fascinating collections belonging to 22 local people and institutions. Visitors can learn […]
Local artist Becky Olvera Schultz shares about her Native American artwork: “I’ve been an active artist since 1993. My art is Native American, Indigenous to the Americas and Southwestern in theme. Although I work in many mediums, my specialty is portrait style Native American themed clay art masks and clay or gourd Southwest style masks. […]
Artist Lauren Ringelman shares about her work: “I love recycled art, it makes me feel like a mad scientist. Anything can be art; everything is art. One of the best compliments I’ve ever been given was from a friend who said “Lauren can […]
If you’re familiar with just a few local artists, abstract painter Ed Smiley is probably one of them. The artist walked us through his technical process of making these exquisitely wild paintings: “My art practice incorporates acrylic transfer of digital printing and xerography into a acrylic painting, as well as inclusion of drawing media, and […]
Lugew Antes is a painter and art teacher, creating stunning multi-textured works on raw slabs of wood. See the full Art on Wood series from Lugew Antes here. LocalSantaCruz.com happily offers free promotion to artists. You can find our artist submission page here: Submit your Artwork
Whitney Romberg, a local artist very recently featured at First Friday (Things My Inner Voice Told Me, featured at Camouflage this month), focuses her work on “ideas of identity being queer, multi racial,and female bodied,” as the artist herself explained. “I also like to show ideas of body positivity, going against norms of the American standard of beauty.” […]
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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