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Discover local exhibits happening this fall season
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Susan Else created this piece, made from collage and quilted cloth on armature.
utumn is approach ing, and with it comes a slew of new art exhibits through the Pajaro Valley and beyond. From pop-up events to month-long art shows, there is plenty to see and do as the seasons change.Here is a sampling of art hap penings to check out.
Oct. 27-Dec. 12
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OPEN STUDIOS Aromas Hills Artisans’ Sally Diggory is shown with some of her ceramic creations.
PVA’s annual sculpture exhibit at Sierra Azul Nursery and Gar dens runs through the end of Octo ber. Wander through Sierra Azul’s demonstration garden to view sculptures created by a number of local and regional artists.
As Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) cele brates its recent purchase of the Por ter Building in downtown Watson ville, they continue to host exhibits at their current gallery at 37 Sudden St., and throughout the community. For information, visit pvarts.org.
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This exhibit, curated by Roberta Valdez, highlights artwork made
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from a variety of different fibers— from wool and silk to cotton. Local, regional and a handful of out-ofstate artists are featured in the show.
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The annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibition is inspired by Día de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead, a tradi tional holiday in Mexico that com memorates community members and family who have died.
Runs through Oct. 2
October featuring 322 artists working in various mediums. This year’s Cover artist is Hermelinda Vasquez-Matias, who specializes in hand-carved wood sculptures. For information and a map of partic ipating Open Studios artists, visit santacruzopenstudios.com.
Gittelsohn will host an exhibi tion of work by fellow alumni of the San Francisco Art Institute at her gallery, Studio Judy G in down town Watsonville. An open call for artists is currently underway. Visit studiojudyg.com for details.
Arte del Corazón is a local arts orga nization bringing open-air art mar kets to various locations through out the Pajaro Valley. The group also hosts pop-ups at local brewer ies, nonprofit events and more.
Oct. 15-16
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Local artist Judy Gittelsohn has held three art shows since her gallery, Stu dio Judy G, opened earlier this year. She also hosts music events, pop-up exhibitions and regular art classes at the gallery, 430 Main St.
FOMENT: An exhibition of work by San Francisco Art Institute Alumni
DELICATE WORK Peter Vizzusi will open his Aptos glass studio during the Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour.
Oct. 1-2
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The San Benito County Arts Coun cil presents the annual Open Stu dios Art Tour Sept. 24 and 25. Come enjoy the free, self-guided tour, visiting local artists creat ing everything from ceramics and handmade jewelry to photography and painting. This event includes artists in Aromas, where two stu dios and more than a dozen art ists will be within walking distance. To download a map, visit sanbeni toarts.org.
Join Arte del Corazón to cele brate culture and the last of this year's summer arts series. Hosted by local podcasters from the Las Malandrinas podcast, the event will also include local artists, live music, food, activities and more. !Viva la Cultura! will be held Sept. 17th from 3-9pm at the Slough Brewing Collective, 65 Hangar Way, Watsonville. For information follow the group on social media.
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Cabrillo Gallery opened its first art exhibition of the school year on Aug 29. Located on the col lege’s Aptos upper campus at 6500 Soquel Drive, it is open weekly to students and the public.
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Cabrillo’s annual Faculty & Staff exhibition runs through Sept. 23, featuring work from various medi ums by college faculty and staff members.
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Connections: Cabrillo Art, Photography & Art History Faculty & Staff Exhibition
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, is the county’s flag ship museum, offering a number of different exhibits throughout the year. For information, visit santacruzmah.org.
This traveling multidisciplinary arts and culture program focuses on the ideological concept of agri culture in the regions of Califor nia and Mexico. This inaugural exhibition explores artists’ views around multi-layered topics asso ciated with agriculture including environmental impacts, cultural culinary traditions, identity and migration, regional histographies, and familial and mythical con nections to food. Runs through Dec. 31.
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MARKET WOMEN This piece by Tricia Goldberg is part of Pajaro Valley Arts’ latest exhibit.
To be held Nov. 7-Dec. 9, the annual “12 x 12 x (12)” is an open invitational that acts as a fundraiser for Cabrillo Gallery. All pieces must be exactly 12 inches by 12 inches (or 12 inches deep). An open call for entries is currently underway.
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Stable Life Services (SLS) in Sea scape Village will host its next First Fridays event in October, featur ing work by The Claraty Arts Proj ect, a Santa Cruz-based program, studio and gallery that works with neurodiverse adults. Claraty art ists’ pieces will be on display at SLS’ new Community Activities Hub and Gift Shop, 18 Seascape Village.
Pilar Agüero-Esparza, from Oct. 3-28. Agüero-Esparza is a Mex ican-American painter, sculptor and arts educator known for her mixed media artwork.
The gallery will present “Stra tum,” featuring the work of artist
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Every first Friday of the month, art ists throughout Santa Cruz County participate in the First Fridays Art Tour. Various locations hold events, such as art exhibits, small concerts and more. For information, visit firstfridaysantacruz.com.
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The show features pieces from a variety of artistic mediums, includ ing drawing and painting, photog raphy, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics
“I really wanted to feature her work,” Rayner said. “This was one of her favorite pieces that she had up on the wall at her house. This show is dedicated to her.”
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Cabrillo Gallery opens annual faculty and staff exhibit
“It’s always great seeing what peo ple are up to,” said gallery director Beverly Rayner. “Especially at the start of the school year, when we’re all so busy with classes. To just be able to come and see, ‘Wow we’re all really creative people.’”
For information, visit cabrillo.edu/ cabrillo-gallery.
FRESH START Cabrillo Gallery’s first exhibition of the year opened Aug. 29.
abrillo College class es started Aug. 29, and with it came the first exhibition of the year at the school’s on-campus art Connections:gallery.Cabrillo Art, Pho tography & Art History Faculty & Staff Exhibition is now open and will run through Sept. 23. The annual show features the work of Cabrillo teachers and staff.
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Rayner has been busy installing “Connections” with the help of vol unteers. She is currently looking for a new staff member to replace long time program coordinator Victoria May, who recently moved to Los Angeles.“That was the only way it really came together on time,” she said. “But it came together so beautifully. I hope people stop by.”
and more. A large painting by for mer Cabrillo instructor Terry Hogan, who died this past summer, is fea tured as you walk into the gallery.
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DETAILS Gallery director Beverly Rayner shows off a piece that is part of Cabrillo's annual Faculty and Staff exhibition.
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DAILY TASKS Field workers tend to a farm along San Andreas Road in Watsonville.
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MIDDLE OF NATURE A kayaker cruises the waters of Struve Slough as an American white pelican soars by.
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This street painting gives the illusion of three dimensions at the annual West End Celebration in Sand City recently.
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Let’s continue deciphering this riddle wrapped in a mystery inside of a market enigma by looking at one of the prime suspects: Move-Down Buyers (aging babyboomers and their Octogenarian parents) who have the following things in common:
• They’d be happy to put their houses on the MLS tomorrow, if only…
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These are all desirable qualities of life that everyone can relate to right?. Which is part of the problem of course. Buyers young and old are competing for the same kinds of houses in the same price ranges and that makes the transition between Selling and Buying anything but seamless.
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And of course, the inventory of homes for sale would be much higher than it is now and presumably the market would be a much happier place to buy in. So what’s the hold-up? What makes it so hard to downsize in Santa Cruz? Are people asking for too much? Their priorities look pretty simple:
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If only they could figure out how to do it in a way that makes sense and feels right. If only they could think their way past the push-pull of the Chinese finger-trap, torture-puzzle that comes with aging. If only they could learn the secret Jedi Mind-trick that would allow them to sell their home in seamless fashion while simultaneously buying a smaller, less expensive one, better suited to the future.
• They are at transition points in their lives.
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Today’s big question: Why Aren’t More Sellers Selling? Very few folks would disagree with the notion that historic low inventory has been the driving force in the marketplace for the last ten years. But what’s unclear is the WHY behind it all. What factors have contributed to the huge crimp in the supply-side of the market equation?
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• They want to be closer-in to community and conveniences
• They want to free up a chunk of equity for their retirement
At first glance, you wouldn’t think it would be that hard to sell a big house and buy a small one in Santa Cruz. But, if it were that easy, then hundreds of would-be Sellers I’ve talked to over the last few years, would have already found answers to their “Downsizing Dilemmas”. Their houses would already be on the MLS. They’d be in escrow, moving on to smaller and better things in life.
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• They want smaller single level houses
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As a young lady awaits the return of her heroic fiancé from war, a disheveled soldier sneaks into her bedroom fleeing the fight. Finding his simplicity more alluring than her fiancé’s arrogant posturing, she’s faced with singling out the real man for her. Will it be the accidental hero who is more toy than soldier? Or the pragmatic coward who comes armed with chocolates instead of bullets? Crackling with wit, irony and charm, Shaw’s anti-romantic comedy pokes fun at the dangers of bravado in battle and idealistic notions of love.
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