We are oriented towards exhibiting multimedia work from artists working from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. We strive to give talented local and regional artists the opportunity and resources to showcase their work in an accessible environment, providing them with a social and economic platform to develop their careers at whatever stage that is. We provide space for a variety of multi-disciplinary creative works – painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, organic materials, found object/collage, sound art, digital and video work, performance and time based art, etc. We often host an artist’s work for a four week term, with several events and gatherings in relation to the work being displayed. We also host events that are unrelated to the exhibitions, such as experimental music performances, workshops, and readings. We aim to feature artists from marginalized backgrounds as much as possible, centering POC and queer voices, as well as fostering a welcoming environment that is as accessible as possible to the variety of creative and working people of all ages that call Santa Cruz their home. Students, professional and non-professional artists, critics, musicians, working class and lower income folk, strangers passing by, and anyone else that steps into the space contributes and interacts with our work and carries that connection through to the larger creative ecology of where we are.
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