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.
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, April 3, 202111 am - 4 pm The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and flowers are blooming. It's time to get out and celebrate Spring. So 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 [...]
Saturday, March 13, 202110 am - 2 pm The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center supports artists and our local community. So we're happy to host a sidewalk sale to raise funds for Masks4SLV. When COVID-19 hit and masks were in short supply, lots of people in the Valley donated supplies, and the sewers at Masks4SLV [...]
