For artists around the globe, an art space is a space in which to create and manifest their creative visions. In 1979 in Minneapolis, a group formed a nonprofit organization to advocate for… Continue reading
In 1954, the Wrigley Company began construction on a 385,000-square-foot property on the West Side of Santa Cruz. This would become the only West Coast production facility for the ks24Chicago-based chewing gum company.… Continue reading
In the mid 1700s, four academics interested in the development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought — J.J. Rousseau, J.H. Pestalozzi, John Ruskin and Herbert Spencer — wrote about the importance of… Continue reading
This year’s Vans Warped Tour begins on June 11 in Anchorage, Alaska, and ends in Denver, Colo. on Aug. 3. The tour makes its way through cities in the US over the summer… Continue reading
In the 1942 film “Casablanca,” Humphrey Bogart played the character Rick Blaine, proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. The character had to choose between his love for a woman… Continue reading
Ansted is a town in Fayette County, W.Va., with a population of 1,404. Bald eagles and peregrine falcons glide over the region’s hardwood forests. Farmland and natural springs provide food and water to… Continue reading
Camille Krilanovich pulls up to 1010 Fair Ave. on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Camille walks to the far corner of the shop and checks her irons then takes a seat next to… Continue reading
Some of the earliest surviving painted portraits of people, who were not kings or emperors, are the funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt in the 7th century BC. Through… Continue reading
The popularity of “rock and roll” in the 1950s and 60s saw an explosion of young rock and roll bands being formed all over the country. And with these bands rose the need… Continue reading
I built the sculpture in the Hide House (site of the future Theater) at the Tannery during the course of a month. It was made in 3 equal size pieces that were eventually… Continue reading
“Rabbits that don’t fit in” a series of portraits of rabbits that no longer fit in. Once contributing members of society, these rabbits, through personal choices and circumstances now find themselves as outsiders.… Continue reading
I reduxed ‘The Cruz’ poster to create a 30′ mural for a building on the West Side of Santa Cruz.
Cow sculpture, commissioned by Rebecca's Cafe in 'Interior Design Magazine' Summer edition. In the summer of 2012 Interior Design Magazine hired renowned Architectural photographer Art Gray to spend 3 days documenting the newly renovated Tannery Arts Center for the summer edition. Here is my interview with Art Gray. Art shot a picture of my recently installed cow head sculpture at the Tannery cafe.
40' "Mad Hatter" Santa Clara Fairgrounds
Life size Elephant Lantern. Denver Zoo
A Northern California Coastal Community that became one of the Nation’s important creative meccas. A look at the people who made that happen and why. In my recent book 'The Cruz' profiles the artists and creative thought leaders that have shaped the artistic direction of this community for years to come.
Artist, collaborator, salesman, curator, idea man, hustler, fixer, midwife to the very scene that inspires all those Keep Santa Cruz Weird’ bumper stickers: You can call Kirby Scudder all those things and more. A refugee of the 1990s dot-com bust, Kirby has lived a dozen lifetimes since moving to Santa Cruz in 2003. He was the artist who created the enormous papier-mache cows in the early days of the Salz Tannery art project, at the same time, opening art galleries in several downtown spaces in an effort to create a welcoming environment for edgy visual arts. He set up spotlights along West Cliff Drive as a commemoration to the ideal of world peace. He established the First Friday Art Tour, a prominent event on the local arts calendar, and curated shows at the Attic, the Mill Gallery and the Dead Cow Gallery. As the resident visionary at the Dead Cow and the director of the Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art, Kirby has also become the symbol of the emerging Tannery Arts Center and worked closely with the city to create a vibrant Santa Cruz scene, one crazy project at a time. Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel