This holiday season, celebrate and support our creative Santa Cruz community by giving the gift of local art. Visit one of these 5 galleries where you can browse and buy from troves of artwork handmade by our many resident artists: THOMAS GALLERY AT THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN ARTS CENTER The Thomas Gallery in Ben Lomond […]
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Featured Artist: Janas Durkee
Janas Durkee, a local artist from Indiana, presents her series, The American Dream in portraits, which is influenced by hard-working people such as farmers. The artist told us about her inspirational subjects: “I have used that work as research for my paintings. It is here that I find myself—with the stories of others in my […]
Featured Artist: Ken Keegan
Ken Keegan is a name of many titles: baseball player, UCSC alumnus, beloved & retired campus bus driver, gallery opener, and sponsor for a sport’s radio show on 1080 KSCO AM (Coach’s Decision, Wednesdays from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM). However, today we’re appreciating the artwork of Ken Keegan, rightfully self-described as “abstract, surreal, […]