Reimagining Heroism
A group of students, faculty and community members were led on a journey through the underworld on Friday night at UC Santa Cruz. They met characters dressed in many styles across different eras ranging from a World War II fighter pilot to a seductress in…
Drawing New Insights
At 16 years old, artist Tim Eagan drew his first political cartoon during the presidential race between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Eagan placed a comic mocking Nixon in the window in his conservative neighborhood. On election night, Eagan’s house was egged, and from…
Reinventing the Everyday
From cat whiskers to abandoned flip-flops and Troll Dolls, ticket stubs and Pepsi cans, the memories and narratives of locals lined museum walls normally reserved for fine art. The Santa Cruz Collects exhibition opened on Oct. 7 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and…