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

Ernest Amos-Jackson : Featured Artist

Scott Lindberg & Cristie Thomas: Featured Artists

Paul Jimerson : Featured Artist
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Jonas Davidson: Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Allison Marie Garcia

Artist Card : Mott Jordan

Chris Riesner: Featured Artist

Ann Baldwin May : Featured Artist

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Maytal Gotesman - Featured Artist
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Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Jaime Sanchez : Featured Artist and 2016 NEXTies Winner

Mary Rhodes - Featured Artist

Thomas Spearance: Featured Musician

Jody Ryker : Featured Artist

Off the Wall Custom Creations: Featured Artist

Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Linda Cover : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Roxanne Corbin : Featured Artist
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Kathy Cheer - Featured Artist

Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Lisa Marie Mariel: Featured Artist
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Danny Diamond: Featured Artist
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Interview with Ann Hazels : 2018 Nexties Artist of the Year

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Greg Stanley : Featured Artist
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Matt Miezio: Featured Artist

Mott Jordan : Open Studios Featured Artist

Robin Blake: Featured Artist
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Vince Broglio : Featured Artist

Bridget Henry: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Lugew Antes : Featured Artist
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Tamara Norris: Featured Artist

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Gary Irving - Young and Reckless: Featured Series
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Linda A. Levy : Featured Artist
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Michelle Fleschute - Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Surfing Museum by Elliott Bliss

Jeff Arnett: Featured Artist
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Music Profiles

James Durbin: Featured Musician

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

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

Santa Cruz Art of Guitar Exhibition and Festival
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Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

Judo No - Featured Artist

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Love Eternal: Featured Band

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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Big Water LIVE at the Crow's Nest
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Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Gina René: Featured Musician

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Heather Christie: Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

The Rio Theatre

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

How To

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

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

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

How to Draw a Nose

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video: How to Art

Video: How To Draw a Rose

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: How To Draw a Person

How to Draw a Stick Figure

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: How to Draw a Bat

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

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

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Victorian Candy!

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

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

How to Hula Hoop

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

History & Post Cards

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Stood Here - 1940
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The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

Writing Home: $100,000 Post Office and a Tub Bath

Palace Art and Office Supply
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Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

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

More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

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

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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The Rio Theatre

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

Sea Beach Hotel 1912

Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Pehea 'oe?
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Illustration & Drawing

Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Always Ready

Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

All Hands on Deck 2017

The Art of Nature : Featured Exhibit
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Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

The Wednesday Work in Progress: Back to School!
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Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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How to Draw a Dog

Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Linda A. Levy - Raven Lunatic: Featured Series

Saturday Morning Cartoons: One and the Same
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Kamiah Lovett : Featured Artist

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Jewelry

Hand Carving a River Stone

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

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

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Performer Spotlight

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

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

8 Tens @ Eight Festival
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Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

FashionArt Santa Cruz
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Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

The Barber of Seville – a Cartoon Classic
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Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

How to Hula Hoop

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
WilliamTell

The Rio Theatre

BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

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

Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

Brynne Flidais

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Videos

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

How to Draw a Dog

7 Inspirational Art Books

Video: Justin Timberlake String Portrait Time Lapse

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video : Night Sky Speed Painting

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Hand Carving a River Stone

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

How to Hula Hoop

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video: Interconnected Paintings Time Lapse, Thijme Termaat

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

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

Video: How to Art

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video: An Elephant Painting an Elephant

Video: Time lapse Coffee Cup Mosaic

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Video: Brain Crack

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

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

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