Join the Art Center on October 1st for a First Friday Art Tour opening reception. "From A Lazaretto" is our Featured Artist exhibit of 2021, with oil paintings by William Bryant, who says, "I paint because I must. I paint with oils because it’s extremely difficult and all the energies behind them are exposed. The [...]
2021 FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBIT EXHIBIT DATES: October 1 - 23, 2021 OPENING RECEPTION: First Friday, October 1, 4 - 8 pm ARTIST STATEMENT - by William Bryant laz·a·ret·to /,lazə’redō/ noun an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases... Hundreds of years ago, merchant sailors infected with various diseases were sent to an isolation structure or [...]
The Art Center is participating in Santa Cruz County’s First Friday Art Tour on September 3rd. Stop by the gallery from 4 – 8 pm and check out our All Mixed Up exhibit, which runs through September 25. In this mixed media themed exhibit you will find provocative works exploring themes faced during the past [...]
The Art Center is actively looking to fill several part-time positions – both paid and volunteer. These include a Social Media Coordinator, an Education Program Coordinator, and a Curatorial Director (or Co-directors). Job descriptions can be found HERE. If you are interested in joining the SCMAC team, please send an email to info@mountainartcenter.org indicating your area of interest and your contact information.
MIXED MEDIA THEMED EXHIBIT EXHIBIT DATES: August 18 – September 25, 2021 The art of mixed media started in the early 1900s with the likes of Pablo Picasso and later, Henri Matisse. Whether you use collage, papier colle, altered books, assemblage, décollage or any combination of mediums and techniques, mixed media creations are a special [...]
The Art Center is participating in Santa Cruz County's First Friday Art Tour this month on August 6. Stop by the gallery from 3 - 7 pm and check out our Earth & Fire exhibit, which is ending soon on August 14. This exhibit showcases clay and glass. Light refreshments will be served outside on [...]
Saturday, July 10, 202111 am - 5 pm The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center is having a sidewalk sale! Come by and see a selection of artworks on the sidewalk in front of the Center. We will be featuring artists showing in our current clay and glass themed gallery exhibit, Earth & Fire, as well [...]
CERAMICS & GLASS THEMED EXHIBIT EXHIBIT DATES: June 16 – August 14, 2021 Ceramics and glass work have at least two important things in common. They both start with elements of the earth and are changed by fire. Our first in-gallery exhibit of 2021 features both ceramic and glass. Sculptural, functional, wall hangings, jewelry, mosaics [...]
Ceramics Are You in the Mood for Mud?For the past month, we’ve had small groups doing specialty firings and limited outdoor studio time for handbuilding and wheel work. We also just fired up our big gas reduction kiln for the first time in more than a year! We’ve done a couple of bisque firings and [...]
THEMED ONLINE EXHIBIT EXHIBIT DATES: April 21 – June 12, 2021 The history of creativity is a continuum upon which we as artists ride. Looking back we appreciate, learn from, and are influenced by those who came before us. For this exhibit we take a look at the artists of the past from whom we [...]
