Santa Cruz County artists are taking a stand this weekend for democracy and reproductive rights in the form of eggs. Each egg is intricately decorated in the traditional Ukrainian method by a Santa Cruz artist and will be on sale Saturday, March 30, from 4-6 p.m. at gallery m.k. contemporary art in downtown Santa Cruz. Proceeds will go to grassroots organizing efforts by Walk the Walk USA. Artist Sara Friedlander explains the idea here.
Sara Friedlander
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Santa Cruz’s arts community needs a protective ‘SCAARF’ to survive
Longtime mixed media artist Sara Friedlander has a retrospective at the Curated by the Sea gallery in downtown Santa Cruz through Sept. 10, with her friend and fellow artist Dee Hooker. Friedlander’s art has encouraged us to rethink immigration, the systemic oppression of women, climate change, the threat to democracy and more. In a Community Voices op-ed, she writes about the need to support Santa Cruz’s artists through the “SCAARF fundraising wall of art,” which is showing along with their exhibit. Check it out; you might get to take home your favorite piece.