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 [...]
In compliance with state and county orders, the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center has begun our long-awaited reopening. As we originally planned, we started with outdoor activities as weather permitted. We've now had several pop-up sidewalk sales and have opened our Ceramics Studio to Members for limited hours and activities. In the coming weeks, we [...]
Saturday May 8, 202111 am - 4 pm We Made Something Special for Mom It's been a tough year. Especially for moms. So we thought you might want to buy the mother in your life something special. And, at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, we have just the thing. Stop by our sidewalk sale [...]
THEMED ONLINE EXHIBIT EXHIBIT DATES: March 21 – April 17, 2021 This online exhibit is conceived as a community space to process what happened to us during this unprecedented year. From bread-baking in lockdown to the CZU fire, and all the social, political, and economic tensions in between that left both our inner and outer [...]
2020 started out well for the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center. The Thomas Gallery was filled with our first exhibit, Wild Things. Our adult program was in full swing with life drawing sessions, painting critiques and ceramic classes running at about 80% enrollment. Our spring Art After School youth program in four local schools had roughly 65% enrollment. [...]
The Art Center Board has had countless discussions about how to continue our mission to support local artists and bring art to the community—while keeping our community safe. That meant we closed down in-person shows and sales, plus our ever-popular after-school and adult art classes almost a year ago. Since then we've worked on how [...]
