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Capitola Historical Museum to Debut ‘Perspectives’
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By Deborah Osterberg
he Capitola Historical Museum will premiere its new annual exhibition on Saturday, March 4, from noon until 4 p.m. The new exhibition entitled, “Perspectives – Capitola in the Eye of the Beholder,” will explore different perspectives of Capitola through both the art and words of its beholders, past and present. The exhibition will feature a variety of perspectives: The Pioneers, The Promoters, The Sportsmen, The Pleasure Seekers, The Conventioneers, The Developers, The Artists, The Hippies, and the Residents. The way we perceive a place depends upon why we came there and how we interact with it. The reasons for passing through or coming to stay are diverse and myriad. And so too are the depictions of Capitola over its long history. Taken together, they tell a compelling story. Accompanying these diverse perspectives will be period artifacts and pieces of rarely seen artwork from the museum’s collection, including some of the earliest depictions of Capitola to modern views created for the annual Plein Air juried art competition and exhibition held every autumn. One exhibit case brings to life the lobby of the grand Hotel Capitola, built by F.A. Hihn in 1895. The exhibition will also provide the opportunity for visitors to share their own unique perspectives of Capitola.
“Perspectives — Capitola in the Eye of the Beholder” will be open to the public throughout 2022. A formal exhibition reception will take place Saturday, April 2 from noon until 2 p.m. to unveil a new painting by Ann Thiermann, renowned local artist and art instructor at Cabrillo College. She has created five major California Native American murals for libraries, museums, and California State Parks plus 70 natural history murals throughout Northern California. The Capitola-Soquel area is the traditional homeland of the Aptos, Cajastaca, and Uypi peoples. The new painting, commissioned by the City of Capitola, will depict Indigenous people, just before European contact, conducting traditional fishing and foraging of sea life at what we know today as Capitola Beach and Lagoon. The Capitola Historical Museum will continue to include Native American history and stories, past and present, in all of its future annual exhibitions. Starting March 4, the admission-free museum will be open Friday through Sunday from noon until 4 p.m. at 410 Capitola Avenue, next to Capitola City Hall. n ••• Deborah Osterberg started as curator of the Capitola Historical Museum last June. This is her first exhibit.
Capitola has attracted beach-goers for more than a century. Hotel Capitola, at the water’s edge, was built in 1895, but the 160-room resort burned in December 1929.
