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

Linda Curtis - Featured Artist

Bridget Henry: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Dimitrious Nichols - Ocean Art Series: Featured Series
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Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Vince Broglio : Featured Artist

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Timerie Gordon: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Greg Stanley : Featured Artist
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Linda A. Levy : Featured Artist
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Scott Lindberg & Cristie Thomas: Featured Artists

Joey Kochlacs - Madrone and Walnut: Featured Series
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Jody Ryker : Featured Artist

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Geoffrey Nelson: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb

Lugew Antes : Featured Artist
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Ernest Amos-Jackson : Featured Artist

Lauren Ringelman - Featured Artist

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Crystal Silmi: Featured Artist

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Robin Blake: Featured Artist
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Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Matt Miezio: Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Danielle Peters

Maytal Gotesman - Featured Artist
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Dylan Kelly - Pack Your Trash: Featured Artwork
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Jonas Davidson: Featured Artist

Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

The Art of John Johnson: Featured Exhibit
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Nana Montgomery : Featured Artist

Steve Baranowski : Featured Artist

Interview with Walker Hum
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Mott Jordan : Open Studios Featured Artist

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Charanpal: Featured Musician

Music Profiles

Heather Christie: Featured Artist

The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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That 1 Guy: Featured Musician

Mike Love: Featured Musician

Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Interview with artist Jassen Todorov
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Judo No - Featured Artist

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Charanpal: Featured Musician

Big Water LIVE at the Crow's Nest
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

James Durbin: Featured Musician

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

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

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Love Eternal: Featured Band

Santa Cruz Art of Guitar Exhibition and Festival
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SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

How To

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: How to Create Latte Art

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: How to Art

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

How to Draw a Stick Figure

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

Video: How To Draw a Person

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

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

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video: How To Draw a Rose

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

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

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

How to Draw a Nose

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Victorian Candy!

History & Post Cards

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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The Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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Sea Beach Hotel 1912

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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Santa Cruz: Before They Invented #TBT... Or Cars

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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Stood Here - 1940
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Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Santa Cruz Casino at Night

Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

Pehea 'oe?
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Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Writing Home: $100,000 Post Office and a Tub Bath

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Palace Art and Office Supply
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The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

Illustration & Drawing

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

The Wednesday Work in Progress: Back to School!
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Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Leanna Jensen - 100 Days of Building Creativity: Featured Series

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Patrick Woolf - Featured Artist

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

7 Inspirational Art Books

The Giant Ocean Coloring Book: Featured Exhibit

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Do's and Don't: How to Draw a Face

How to Draw a Dog

Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

Jewelry

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Hand Carving a River Stone

Interview with Alaya Vautier

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

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

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Performer Spotlight

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

How to Hula Hoop

Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

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

Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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The Rio Theatre

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

Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

8 Tens @ Eight Festival
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Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

Performer Spotlight: Dyami Tivon Kaplan

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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Brynne Flidais

Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with BANDALOOP

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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FashionArt Santa Cruz
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Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Videos

Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How Crayons are Made

Video: An Elephant Painting an Elephant

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

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Video: Woodworking Time Lapse, Han's Cantilevered Table

Hand Carving a River Stone

7 Inspirational Art Books

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

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

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

How to Make a Simple Block Print

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video : Night Sky Speed Painting

Video : Feathers

Video: Brain Crack

Video: Hyperlapse Time

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video: Justin Timberlake String Portrait Time Lapse

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: How to Art

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: Potato Automaton Time Lapse Drawing

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

How to Draw a Dog

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