Patterns in Atmosphere
date: 2016
size: 6'x3'
Medium: single use disposable plastic

The reclaimed used material was sourced from a local commercial agricultural company and was fused with heat into the shape of the stretched globe. Employing the NASA database of atmospheric conditions, the folds were fused into place to mimic atmospheric patterns. This work highlights concerns of deforestation for agricultural purposes contributing to climate change.

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Join us for Ebb & Flow on June 18th! This year’s Ebb & Flow public art project is being designed and led by local artist Heidi Cramer, who is creating her piece as part of her summer residency in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s Art Works program.​

These salmon-shaped banners highlight the myriad of characteristics using poetry in haiku form and stretch for 500-feet upstream along the river levee. These white salmon symbolize the spirit of the endangered coho and steelhead salmon and honor the hundreds of lives that depend on the health of the river. This work will be installed along the west levee using the lamp posts installed between the Soquel Avenue and Water Street bridge on Saturday June 18th. ​

Erosion Sculpture
2016
sand, car tire, river water.

This temporary sculpture was an interactive piece to highlight naturally occurring and human-influenced erosion. Composed of compressed sand collected from local sand quarry, river water, and a car tire, this piece was a symbol of the impact that roads made alongside river tributaries within a watershed. Each day river water was poured onto the sand, slowly eroding the sculpture into the tire basin. 

Build collaborative sculpture with Heidi Cramer about the San Lorenzo River. Share your scar stories and create prints with Nanci Amaka. Create your own mythologies with masks and divination with MissTANGQ.
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Meet the Art Works artists with a dynamic talk. Dance to live music from Matador + Friends. Enjoy an all-ages art activity in the classroom.
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The MAH completes construction of the great studio spaces May 31st. Installation begins today. 

June 3rd the space will be open to the public. Come by for First Friday from 5-9pm to kick start the event with us!

​https://santacruzmah.org/event/free-first-friday-37/

Visit the Museum of Art and History for First Friday and take part in the Bacteria Mural sculpture build. Made from materials donated by the Surfrider foundation this artwork begins a conversation with the public about bacteria and pollutant sources to the river. When exposed to blacklight the bacteria capsules glow, showing a hidden pattern within the frame. Come by the Solari gallery on the second floor on June 3rd at 6:00pm to see!

The relationship of the river and the city is always changing; always growing. When did this relationship begin? Was it good and pure? When does this relationship become unhealthy? And lastly, how do we seek help?
We all have had experiences of love gained, and love lost. We can look to our own experiences with fostering love, empathy, and respect for another to know how we can make this relationship between city and river better. 

This work involves your voice. Anyone who has gained and lost love is encouraged to call a voicemail created for this work and tell your story of love. By calling Google Voice at (805) 51-RIVER, your story will become the soundtrack to a visual love letter to the San Lorenzo River and will be exhibited at the MAH Art Works Summer Residency program, June of 2016.

When calling think about: How have we fallen in love? What about that person inspired this love in you? How did we change over time? How did we change one another? How did this love fall away? How might we have taken the person for granted, or were taken for granted? How have we fallen in love again?

Add your photographs and video to the growing database of images of the river. This community collection of imagery will become a panoramic portrait of the river environment for the Museum of Art and History for the June 2016 Art Works residency.