This page is a hub/directory for all art-related pages. Pages like these keep the wiki interconnected.
Types of Art
Artists
This listing is for types of artists, not individual people. Individuals go under the respective listing for their art type.
- Local Artists Painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors and other "Fine Art"ists.
- Local Bands and Musicians
- Local Filmmakers
- Local Tattoo Artists
- Local Writers
- Street Performers
Events, Festivals, Tours, and Open Studios
- ART & Chocolate May Mother's Day Weekend (Live Oak & Pleasure Point)
- Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival June (Bonny Doon)
- Boulder Creek Art & Wine Festival May (Boulder Creek)
- Cabrillo Music Food Art & Wine Festival August (Downtown)
- Capitola Art & Wine Festival September (Capitola)
- DOONART Studio Tour July (Bonny Doon)
- FashionArt Runway Show (Downtown)
- First Friday Art Tour Weekly (Downtown)
- Gail Rich Awards
- Junk Art Scramble
- Open Studios Art Tour October (County-wide)
- Scotts Valley Art & Wine Festival August (Scotts Valley)
Art Guilds
Art Supplies
Classes/Workshops
- Art Lab (Boulder Creek)
- Boulder Creek Art Glass Glass Blowing
- Cabrillo College
- City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation
- The Crafter's Studio Workshops in over 30 different crafts
- DiviniTree Yoga & Art Studio
- DOJA Clothing Screen Printing Classes
- Earth Art Studio
- KidsArt
- MakersFactory
- The Painted Chair Studio Mosaic Classes
- MomiLani Paper Arts
- Santa Cruz Studio School Painting for children and young adults
- The Scribbles Institute Drawing
- Seven Directions Institute of Art & Science (Santa Cruz) Children's Painting, Ceramics, Drawing, and Digital Art classes
- Studio 501 Drawing & Painting classes for children, adults & seniors (Downtown Santa Cruz)
- Sue Dee's Quilting, Knitting & More
- Susun Gallery Artschool
- Watsonville Charter School of the Arts
- Wax Works West Encaustic Painting
- WiX Candle and Soap making
Community Organizations/Collectives
- Blastolene Art Cars
- Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Local arts grants available
- Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
- The Fábrica Textile arts cooperative
- Made Fresh Collective
- Mariposa’s Art
- Santa Cruz Bead Society
- Santa Cruz City Arts Commission
- Santa Cruz Ethnic Arts Network
- Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild
- Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Santa Cruz Woodworkers
- Scotts Valley Artisans
- Simply Arts Art Coop
- Tannery Arts Center
Crafts
Local Curators
- Janet Fine
- Shelby Graham — Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
- Jane Gregorius
- Susan Hillhouse — Museum of Art and History
- Tobin Keller — Cabrillo College Gallery
- Jennifer Pond — Formerly curator of the Hide Gallery
- Linda Pope — Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
- Felicia Rice
- Kirby Scudder — Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Patrick Trefz
Commercial Services
See: Business and Consumer Services and Services
Other Resources
- Art Bike Santa Cruz
- http://artinsantacruz.org
- http://artiststudiotour.com/
- Collage Night A local gathering of people who like to make collages
- http://beta.kusp.org/blogs/maureen-davidson Maureen Davidson's art blog
- Santa Cruz Art email list (SCART)
- http://www.flickr.com/groups/santacruzart/
- Santa Cruz Visual Arts Index
- SoWat TV