Hearts for the Arts at Artisans Gallery in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ — Arts Council Santa Cruz County will be the beneficiary of a silent auction at Artisans Gallery. Artists are currently being asked to donate a small piece of fine art or fine craft that is heart themed. The works will be exhibited at Artisans for the first two weeks of February and the auction will be part of the First Friday February 5 experience.

All proceeds will benefit Arts Council’s education programs, including SPECTRA and Mariposa’s Art. SPECTRA has been bringing art to schools through connecting schools with Teaching Artists and funding for arts education. Teaching artists and classroom teachers’ work together to integrate the arts into subjects such as ELD, math, science, and history.

Through Mariposa’s Art each year more than 2,000 students learn, create and blossom –serving schools that have little or no funding for the arts during the regular school day. The inter-generational model of the Mariposa’s Teach program provides opportunity for high school students to find their voices and discover their creative gifts through training that steeps them in the arts and supports development of powerful life skills such as public speaking, lesson planning and classroom management.

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For further information or to donate art, please contact Ann Ostermann at the Arts Council Santa Cruz County — 831-475-9600 x17 or ann@artscouncilsc.org

Arts Council Santa Cruz County’s mission to promote, connect, and invest in the arts in order to stimulate creativity and vibrancy in Santa Cruz County.