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Interview with Walker Hum

In the spotlight is local artist, Walker Hum! Walker specializes in ceramics and creates spectacular porcelain lanterns as well as other handcrafted work that represents the world around us. His one-of-a-kind art is sold through Bonny Doon Design, the studio and business he co-operates with his father, Steve Hum, who is an artist as well with 31 years of clay experience. 

Inspired by the…

Interview with Anastasiya Bachmanova

In the spotlight is fantastic local artist, Anastasiya Bachmanova! 

Specializing in acrylic, watercolor, and resin art, Anastasiya’s vibrant paintings reflect her passion for nature, conservation, and outdoor adventures, as well as her combined background in environmental science and fine art. Through paintings, as well as prints, apparel, and accessories, Anastasiya’s art conveys vivid images…

Interview with Alaya Vautier

In the spotlight is Alaya Vautier, an outstanding metal artist who lives and works in Santa Cruz. Alaya’s artisan jewelry reflects vibrant elements of nature and experiments with diverse textures, a collage of metals, and a mix of gems and stones. She creates unique pieces that are one-of-a-kind and never mass-produced. As well as showing skilled dexterity and craftsmanship, Alaya’s jewelry is…

Shadley Stephens : Featured Artist

Shadley Stephens is a local artist, born and raised in Santa Cruz. In their own words Shadley tells us that “I have lived in Santa Cruz my entire life. I love it here, and I like to incorporate Santa Cruz into my artwork as much as possible.”, and we think that’s pretty cool!

If you would like to purchase one of the works shown here, Shadley has prints available at both The Homeless Garden…

LOC ART : The Art Market App

LOC ART has launched with the goal of revolutionizing art sales. Created by Santa Cruz residents Derick Delucchi and Dominic Elkin, Loc Art is an app that intersects art and technology, making the process of browsing, buying and selling local art more accessible, social, and smoother than ever before. 

Both Delucchi and Elkin grew up in Santa Cruz and experienced the abundant local art scene…

Thanks to Cordelia of Maryland…

Painting a 3D Flower in Resin

Painting a 3d flower in resin.

How about some mid-week inspiration?

Chris.Crafts (on YouTube) shares some fun 3d resin painting in a step by step time lapse video. Even though it takes 24 hours for each layer of resin to dry, I love how great the time lapse turned out and I think It’s about time I picked up some two part epoxy resin for myself!

Santa Cruz Symphony’s Invocations

The Santa Cruz Symphony conjured up an otherworldly experience last weekend with Invocations, a concert featuring the musical sophistication of four guest Metropolitan Opera soloists and Cheryl Anderson’s Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus alongside Daniel Stewart’s illustrious orchestra.

The final program of a brilliant 2018-19 Season opened with Esa-Pekka Salonen’s “Karawane”, a 30-minute piece based…

How to Grow Copper Crystals

Here is a little time lapse inspiration for growing your own copper crystals:

Now that you have had some inspiration, here are some how-to videos, in case you want to start growing your own crystals.

To grow your own copper crystals you will need:

-A good container (flat walls let you observe the growth better!) -Copper Sulfate. Copper sulfate is a toxin that combines sulfur with copper, which is…

Symphonic Fire – Santa Cruz Symphony With Cellist Jonah Kim

Symphonic Fire – Santa Cruz Symphony

Santa Cruz Symphony lit up local stages last weekend with Symphonic Fire, a program presenting two final works written by legendary composers Antonin Dvořák and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

The program opened with Dvořák’s tremendous Cello Concerto in B Minor featuring Jonah Kim, an SCS principal cellist and two-time Grammy-winning chamber musician of international…

Santa Cruz Symphony’s “Enlightenment”

Santa Cruz Symphony – Enlightenment

Under Maestro Daniel Stewart’s visionary direction, the Santa Cruz Symphony proves yet again its commitment to present groundbreaking music on local stages.

Last weekend’s production of Enlightenment was no exception, with radiant music by Emmy Award-winning local composer John Wineglass, 2017 Klein Competition grand prize winner and cellist Jeremy Tai, and…

Spotlight on Brass Over Bridges : Santa Cruz Symphony Recital

Brass Over Bridges

Last weekend, the Cabrillo College Samper Hall hosted a dazzling performance by Brass Over Bridges, a brass instrument quintet featuring musicians from the Santa Cruz Symphony. The Spotlight on the Symphony recital celebrated some of the Bay Area’s most talented brass musicians performing a selection of work by composers who have influenced American classical sounds.

Brass Over…

Capitola Plein Air 2018 – 4th Annual Festival

November 1st marks the launch of the fourth annual Capitola Plein Air Art Festival, when forty professional artists will leave their studios behind to paint outdoors along the idyllic California coast.

The three day live painting event invites the participating artists to set up easels and capture images of natural landscapes and village life around the historic wharf, shoreline, and streets of…

Rites of Spring : Santa Cruz Symphony Concert

Rites of Spring – Santa Cruz Symphony

The Santa Cruz Symphony spun a musical fantasy in Rites of Spring, the second program of the 2018-19 season featuring work by Debussy, Gershwin, and Stravinsky.

As much as Santa Cruz Symphony (SCS) performances are uniquely interpretive, they also show a remarkable understanding of the composers’ visions. Opening with Claude Debussy’s “Prelude to the…

Santa Cruz Symphony opening concert : Fidl-Fantazye

Santa Cruz Symphony’s opening concert, Fidl Fantazye

The Santa Cruz Symphony began its 2018-19 season last weekend with a program featuring world-renowned soloists from the Berlin Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera.

The season’s opening concert was an exciting reminder of Maestro Daniel Stewart’s imagination as Music Director. Through his visionary leadership, the Santa Cruz Symphony (SCS)…

Spotlight on Madeline Jarzembak: Santa Cruz Symphony’s Principal Harp

Madeline Jarzembak, the Principal Harp of the Santa Cruz Symphony

The curtain has risen on the 2018-2019 Santa Cruz Symphony concert season, opening with the first recital of the Spotlight On The Symphony series on September 16.

The Spotlightseries introduces audiences to the individual talent of Symphony musicians in the intimate setting of the Cabrillo College Samper Recital Hall. Last Sunday’s…