We look forward to an invigorating year for the Thomas Gallery in 2022 with 6 exhibits planned. We start the year focused on the heart, “Art With Heart” is a judged exhibit with cash awards. After 2 years of hiatus during the pandemic, our annual youth exhibit, “Spring Into Art” returns to showcase the talent [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
