Jaime Sanchez : Featured Artist and 2016 NEXTies Winner

Jaime Sanchez, as featured in the Santa Cruz Sentinel

With Event Santa Cruz’s 2016 NEXTies just around the corner, (Friday April 8th) we thought we would take a moment to highlight their artist of the year, Jaime Sanchez.

Some of Jaime’s Work

In addition to being a muralist and artist Jaime has made significant contributions to the Watsonville community, helping to improve neighborhoods and fight vandalism.

Jaime Sanchez Mandala

The 2016 Nexties, read more at Event Santa Cruz

The NEXTies is an annual award ceremony hosted by our friends at Event Santa Cruz. Whether you have attended before, or if this is your first year, we highly recommend attending this fun and entertaining Santa Cruz event!

Incase you need another reason to join us, here are the rest of the 2016 NEXTies award winners!

Entrepreneur of the Year – Cesario Ruiz, My Mom’s Mole
Musician of the Year – Nick Gallant
Band of the Year – Marty O’Reilly and The Old School Orchestra
Artist of the Year – Jaime Sanchez, Artist
Give Back Person of the Year – David Dennis, Ventana Surfboards & Supplies/David Dennis Photos
Foodie of the Year – Sean Venus, Venus Spirits
New Business of the Year – Brew Cruz, Owned by Annie Pautsch
Athlete of the Year – Kyle Thiermann, Surfing for Change
Under 18 of the Year – Shadja Correia, Subjects to Change
Nonprofit Organization of the Year – Teen Kitchen
Mentor of the Year – (Tie) Keith Holtaway and Leta B.
Innovative Business of the Year – One Whee
Innovator of the Year – Keri Waters, Calliope Waterworks, Inc.
WildCard of the Year – Michael Berman, Principal at H.A. Hyde Elementary

Hosted by Kim Luke​

Beer for purchase from Humble Sea Brewery​.

Live music from Nick Gallant and more TBA soon.

After Party show right after by Coffee Zombie Collective!