Asking for your support as the year ends As we approach the end of 2025, we at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and engagement in our vibrant art community. This year has been another remarkable journey of creativity and connection. And this wouldn’t have [...]
IN THE THOMAS GALLERY We hope we have something for everyone in our 2023 exhibit lineup for the Thomas Gallery. First up is The View From Here, asking artists to share their views of landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, cloudscapes or even dreamscapes! Next is our annual youth art show, Spring Into Art. This long-running exhibit is [...]
Join the Art Center on March 4th for a First Friday Art Tour open house. For centuries artists have used love as a theme in their work. It comes in all forms from literal depiction, allegory, and metaphor. Now more than ever our world needs to see what love looks like. Love doesn’t just come [...]
Home is where the Art is : Our annual holiday gift exhibit October 30 – December 22, 2019 No matter where you live, art creates warmth and beauty, comfort and joy, and a sense of home. Now you can share all of that with those you love in our annual holiday gift exhibit. [...]
All Fired Up: An All-ceramics Exhibit September 11 – October 26, 2019 Come in to see the exciting ceramic work our local artists have created. Weather it was made by hand or on the wheel, fired with raku, soda, oxidation or reduction, this show has something for everyone to enjoy! […]
Flower Power: Members Only Exhibit July 17 – September 7, 2019 It was the summer of 1969—Woodstock, peace, love, and flower power were in the air. For this exhibit, members show us what inspires them from those long-ago times with flowers in your hair, flowers everywhere, or whatever they feel groovy about. [...]
Earth, Water, Air & Fire: Work Influenced by the Four Elements May 22 – July 13, 2019 Western astrology believed the universe was formed by four elements. Each element contains its own unique properties: Earth is stable and reliable. Water is constantly flowing. Air is always in motion. Fire provides heat and light. For this [...]
Object of My Desire: Spring Exhibit April 3 – May 18, 2019 Whether it’s a person, place, or thing—we all have something that stirs our passion, lights our fire, or can fill our world with joy. Participating artists share what they love, in the way they love to portray it. What is your Object of [...]
Spring Into Art: 22nd Annual Youth Art Exhibit March 13 – March 30, 2019 Our fabulous young artists have created a brilliant and exciting show this year! […]
IN THE THOMAS GALLERY Wild Things : A themed & judged exhibit Exhibit artwork by Karen Whitaker, Michael Singer and Svargo Florian January 22 – March 14, 2020 Kick off the New Year with a walk on the wild side. This show features creatures great and small, vehicles real and imaginary, and people who walk [...]
