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

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Linda A. Levy : Featured Artist
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Jaime Sanchez : Featured Artist and 2016 NEXTies Winner

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Chris Riesner: Featured Artist

Interview with Walker Hum
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Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Michelle Fleschute - Featured Artist

Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Kathy Cheer - Featured Artist

Interview with Ann Hazels : 2018 Nexties Artist of the Year

Tamara Norris: Featured Artist

Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Dom Guerena: Featured Artist

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Madison Wanamaker - Santa Cruz Illustrations: Featured Series
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Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

Linda Cover : Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb

Michael Pegram : Featured Artist

Ben Johnson: Featured Artist
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Becky Olvera Schultz: Featured Artist

Open Studios Featured Artist: Sonia Calderon

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

Art/Now/Next: Interview with Allison Marie Garcia

Crystal Silmi: Featured Artist

Steve Baranowski : Featured Artist

Dimitrious Nichols - Ocean Art Series: Featured Series
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Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Judo No - Featured Artist

Israel Fickett - Featured Artist
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Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Robin Blake: Featured Artist
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F.J. Anderson: Open Studios Featured Artist

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Thomas Sprayberry: Featured Artist
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Music Profiles

Mike Love: Featured Musician

Etienne David Franc : Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Resurrection”

Gina René: Featured Musician

SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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The Brothers Comatose: Featured Band

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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Judo No - Featured Artist

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Nigel Armstrong: Santa Cruz Symphony's Concertmaster

Santa Cruz Symphony Embraces the Dance

Marya Stark: Featured Musician
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Uplifts Us Again
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Stephen Strahm: Featured Artist

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Coffee Zombie Collective: Featured Band

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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Phutureprimitive : Featured Musician

Love Eternal: Featured Band

Edge of the West - Featured Musician
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Gen Rocket : Featured Band

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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The Santa Cruz Symphony Soars to New Heights with “Music of the Spheres”

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

Henry Chadwick: Featured Musician

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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Charanpal: Featured Musician

Ra.be 333: Featured Musician

Eric Johnson: Featured Musician

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Santa Cruz Art of Guitar Exhibition and Festival
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The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Santa Cruz Symphony Performs Musical Poetry

Tommy Emmanuel: Featured Musician

Lauren Shera: Featured Musician
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SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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Jesse Daniel & the Slow Learners: Featured Band

Big Water LIVE at the Crow's Nest
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David Pavlovich: Featured Artist

Fainting Goats : Featured Band
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Featured Artist: Gecko Henry (Album)

The Rio Theatre

Ashwin Batish: Featured Musician

How To

How to Hula Hoop

Video: How to Art

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to Make Fluffy Slime

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

4 Tips: How to Relax and Improve Creativity

How to Draw a Nose

Video: How To Bind Your Own Sketchbook

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: How To Draw a Person

Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

How to Draw a Stick Figure

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

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

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Video: How to Draw a Bat

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

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Video: How Crayons are Made

Victorian Candy!

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Video: Watercolor Tips and Tricks

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Time Lapse Model Painting

Video: How To Draw a Rose

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

History & Post Cards

Brookdale Fish Hatchery 1910

Operator, Give Me GArden 3-3701

Playing with History: Vintage Toys and Games at the SLV Museum
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All Aboard the Seabright Trolley!

5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s

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

Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - 1948

Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz

Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930

Santa Cruz in the 80s
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Santa Cruz Wave Motor - 1909

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
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Ralph Abraham: Featured Author

Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz

Stood Here - 1940
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Before the Boardwalk - Fisherman's Wharf

The Lamborn House Gallery and PVAC
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Capitola Historical Museum exhibits photographer Ole Ravnos

Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola

Colorful 1935 Santa Cruz Map

All Aboard, Santa Cruz!

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association Picnic

Pehea 'oe?
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Redwood Grove - Fine Place Here

Hotel Palomar, New - Modern - Fireproof

Santa Cruz Casino at Night

SANTA CRUZ SURFING MUSEUM
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Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots

Sea Beach Hotel 1912

History of the Seacliff Beach Cement Ship
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Palace Art and Office Supply
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More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow - 1907

Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Capitola's Final Begonia Festival
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The Rio Theatre

Santa Cruz Casino in 1901

Santa Cruz Land Title Company 1959

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

Illustration & Drawing

How to Draw a Dog

Ian Wing - #painterofaight: Featured Series

Video: How to Draw Wildflowers

Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova
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Ciara Barsotti - Freehand Ink Drawings: Featured Series

Ciara Barsotti - Space Cowgirls: Featured Series
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Sean Donnelly : Local Artist on Comedy Central
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Doug Edwards: Featured Artist

Off the Wall Custom Creations: Featured Artist

Character Illustration: Brenda the Botanist
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Lee Maverick: Featured Artist

The Giant Ocean Coloring Book: Featured Exhibit

Haley Brown - The Coping Calendar 2018: Featured Series

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Augie W.K. : Featured Artist
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Limited Edition - Begonia Festival Tribute

Wednesday's Work in Progress
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Video: How to Create Latte Art

Bob Ross and Sharpies : Saturday Morning Cartoons

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

All Hands on Deck 2017

7 Inspirational Art Books

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

Brooke Mallory: Featured Artist

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

Jewelry

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

Mark Areias Jewelers
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Video : Chasing and Repoussé Process

Completed: Spontaneous Swirls

Completed Progress: Rutilated Ammonite

Completed: Resin Flower Pendant.

Inspirationand First Steps: Gem Silica Pendant

Open Studios Featured Artist: Serene Silva

Completed: Fluorite with Points

Interview with Alaya Vautier

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Progress: Rutilated Ammonite Construction II

Hand Carving a River Stone

Completed: Fiery Feather Earrings

Shelon Bennett: Featured Artist

Performer Spotlight

Jesse Autumn: Featured Musician

Video: How to Dance - The Criss Cross

Jonah Kim - Santa Cruz Symphony’s New Principal Cellist

Santa Cruz Symphony's Historic Concert with Yuja Wang
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SCS Triumphs with The Barber of Seville
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Santa Cruz Symphony - Celebration!

Ebb & Flow 2018: Interview with Visual Endeavors

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Performer Spotlight: Opal del Sol

8 Tens @ Eight Festival
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Brenda Barcelo - Featured Artist

TWDCC presents WINTER DANCE FEST 2017

Cathy Warner : 2018 Gail Rich Award Honoree

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

Suzanne Schrag: Ebb & Flow Featured Artist

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2017 Summer Festival
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Santa Cruz Symphony Opening Concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Cabrillo Stage Presents The Addams Family
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Featured Artists: Serpent Sanctum

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

FashionArt Santa Cruz
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The Barber of Seville – a Cartoon Classic
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Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Sarah Jaylin Mays : Performer Spotlight

Symphonic Fire - Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

The SC Symphony's Musical Menagerie
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The Jewel Theatre Company: Next to Normal

How to Hula Hoop

Santa Cruz Symphony's Invocations

The Rio Theatre

Featured Artists: Gold Town Burlesque

Performer Spotlight: Alaya Heather Crystal

Santa Cruz Symphony - Verdi's Requiem
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Rose Calucchia : Featured Artist

Performer Spotlight: Dyami Tivon Kaplan

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony's Principal Harp
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SC Symphony Rocks the House with Storm Large

TWDCC: Night of the Living Dance Part 5

The Nutcracker Ballet with Live Orchestra
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Marsea Marquis : Featured Artist

The Santa Cruz Symphony
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Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Aeraflux Presents "dis/connected"
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Performer Spotlight: Samba Stilt Circus

Yuja Wang's Encore Concert with the SC Symphony
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BEAUTY & THE BEAST : Interview with Scenic Designer Skip Epperson

Videos

Video: Hyperlapse Time

Video : Hypnotic Saturday Speed Art

Video : Feathers

Time Lapse Sand Sculpting

Video: How to Art

Video: How To Make A Paper Airplane

Video : How to Draw a Circle

Video: Brain Crack

Tree Removal: Inspiring, Funny, and Maybe a Little Disturbing
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Video: How To Paint a Fried Egg

Video: How to Draw a Mandala

Video: The Art of Coloring Old Photos

How to Draw a Water Drop Anamorphic Illusion

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

How to Draw a Dog

Video: How to do Spray Paint Art

Video: An Elephant Painting an Elephant

Ben Thompson : Featured Artist

Video: Timelapse Spray Paint Mural

Video: Time Lapse Watercolor Portrait

Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz

Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
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Video: A Bluegrass State of Mind

Video: How to Gain Inspiration for Choreography

Hand Carving a River Stone

Video : How to Draw an Owl, For Kids

Video: String Art Installation Time Lapse, Anne Lindberg

Video: How to Wood Carve a Portrait

Wednesday Work Break Video - Drums Meet the Barber of Seville

Video: Interconnected Paintings Time Lapse, Thijme Termaat

Video: How Crayons are Made

How to Hula Hoop

Video: Red Inspiration for WIP Wednesday

Video: How to Draw Marylin Monroe with Coffee Grounds

Video : Polka Dot Pitcher

Video: How to Draw Celtic Knots

Video: How to Paint a Watercolor Landscape

Video : Night Sky Speed Painting

Video: How To Design a Seamless Pattern

Video: How to Draw a Bat

Video : How to Make a Wooden Beer Mug

Video: Magic Tricks for Kids

Video: Learning to Dance in a Year

Video: How to Collage with Vik Muniz

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

Video : Making a Simple Upright Wine Holder

7 Inspirational Art Books

Video: How to Create Latte Art

Video : Can Internet Memes Be Art?

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