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Santa Cruz trolley officially retires Labor Day 2019
Bid farewell to the beloved Santa Cruz streetcar trolley on Labor Day 2019, which will be replaced by electric shuttles starting summer 2020.
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Mission Street Clean Oceans Mural Has Started!
If you haven’t seen the 600-foot-long mural in progress along Mission Street at Bay View Elementary School – check it out! Through a collaboration between the City of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz City Schools, Clean Ocean’s International, the Tim Brauch Foundation and the Fresh Walls Collective--led by local artist Taylor Reinhold– the grand-scale mural has begun!
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Storm Drain Murals Start Flowing Along the San Lorenzo River!
The Santa Cruz Arts Commission recently approved three storm drain mural designs for installation in neighborhoods along the San Lorenzo River at Beach Flats Park, the end of Felker Street and the end of Pryce Street. The goal of this program is to raise awareness that these drains flow directly into the San Lorenzo River and to inspire stewardship of the drains and the River through meaningful neighborhood engagement and beautiful artwork. The Program is a collaboration between the City of Santa Cruz and the Coastal Watershed Council.
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Motherhood and entrepreneurship go hand in hand
Melanie Munir inspires group of mom business owners in Santa Cruz to build their business around their lives, not the other way around.
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Ocean-themed Mural Starting Soon Along Mission Street!
Through a collaboration between the City of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz City Schools, Clean Ocean’s International, the Tim Brauch Foundation and the Fresh Walls Collective--led by local artists Taylor Reinhold and Scotty Greathouse– a grand-scale mural will soon begin along Mission Street!
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Idea Fab Labs - Merging Art & Tech
Idea Fab Labs, located in the industrial Wrigley building, is integrating art and technology by providing the community with a space to create art with fabrication tools, like 3D printers and laser cutters.
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Arts Commission focuses on Equity, Inclusivity and Environmental Justice
Over the last year, the City's Arts Commission has recognized the historic and institutional barriers in the City of Santa Cruz which have limited the access to resources for marginalized groups. Classism, racism, ableism, homophobia, sexism, segregation, and xenophobia have contributed to an unequal distribution of wealth and funding, unequal representation in cultural institutions, a lack of access to knowledge about institutions, and a lack of diversity in the public art projects and programs that the City pursues.
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Illuminated River
The multimedia design firm Visual Endeavors— Aron Altmark and Rachel Stoll—has produced visually-stunning light art installations around the world. The couple moved to Santa Cruz to brighten up their lives, and now their work brightens up the San Lorenzo River.
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Santa Cruz Rail Trail Art Opportunities Master Plan formally approved!
The Rail Trail Art Opportunity Master Plan was formally approved in June by the Arts Commission and in September by the Santa Cruz City Council. City Staff and the Santa Cruz Arts Commission has spent two years developing the Plan, which lays out a vision for public art along the 3.7 mile segment of trail within the City. Defined as gateways, corridors and pausing points, the plan describes 22 opportunities for public art along the trail.
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Cosmic Hosts: Choose Santa Cruz Fall PopUp Market
We're happy to announce that once again we've partnered with Cosmic for the fourth annual Choose Santa Cruz Popup Market.
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What are the steps for completing a typical public art project?
Are you interested in creating a public art project in Santa Cruz? Are you wondering what a typical process is like for selecting and placing public art? Well, it can be more complicated that it might seem at first, but it's not impossible! Here is a general list of steps and considerations.
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(AWE)some Women Gather Downtown
We interviewed four of AWE’s leaders, Anandi, Casey, Kendra, and Patrice to discuss early successes and goals going forward for this new organization downtown.