2012 Gold Awards — Arts & Culture

The MAH takes top honors for best museum. Photo by Chip Scheuer.

Best Art Event

First Friday   

www.firstfridaysantacruz.com

Open Studios         

www.ccscc.org/index.php/open-studios.html

Capitola Art & Wine Festival         

www.capitolachamber.com/artwine.html

Best Art Gallery          

Felix Kulpa Gallery

107 Elm St, Santa Cruz. 408.373.2854         

Museum of Art and History

705 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964

Artisans Gallery

1368 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8183

Best Artist —Photography

Sylvia Valentine

www.SylviaValentine.com

Moto Ohtake

www.MotoOtake.com       

Lauren Schiff           

www.firstfridaysantacruz.com/2012/01/nourish-lauren-schiff/

Best Author

David Jay Brown

http://www.sexanddrugs.info/aboutdave.htm

Laurie King  

www.laurierking.com

Geoffrey Dunn

www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn  

Best Dance Studio

Motion Pacific

131 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.1616

418 Project

418 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9770

Dancenter

810 Bay Ave #A, Captiola. 831.475.5032

Best Festival — Film/art/music

Pacific Rim

www.pacrimfilmfestival.org

Capitola Art & Wine Festival

www.capitolachamber.com/artwine.html

Santa Cruz Film Festival

www.santacruzfilmfestival.com

Best Festival — Street       

Greek Festival         

www.propheteliassantacruz.org

Cabrillo Art & Wine Festival

www.capitolachamber.com/artwine.html

Dance Week

www.santacruzdance.com/national.html      

Best Kids' Art Program       

Drawn2Art

226D Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.439.9233

Mariposa’s Art

150 Felker St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5719

Seven Directions

303 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.9500

Best Local TV Commercial

Knox Roofing         

New Leaf

Pizza My Heart

Best Movie Theater         

Del Mar

1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.3320

Nickelodeon

210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7500.

Regal Cinema 9

1405 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.457.3505

Best Mural/Public Art     

Moto Ohtake’s “Aero #7” (steel kinetic sculpture)

Pacific Ave and Front St, Santa Curz

Jazz Alley

811 Pacific Ave and Birch Ln, Santa Cruz.

Shopper’s Corner

622 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1696

Best Museum       

Museum of Art & History

705 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964         

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.420.6115

Seymour Center

100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz. 831.459.3800

Best Poet     

Gary Young

http://www.pw.org/content/gary_young_1      

Ellen Bass

www.EllenBass.com       

Adrienne Rich   

www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/adrienne-rich

Best Radio Personality

Sleepy John Sandidge

KPIG-FM, 107.5 and KZSC-FM, 88.1

Ralph Anybody        

KPIG-FM - 107.5 FM

Rosemary Chalmers

KSCO-AM, 1080

Best Radio Station          

KZSC (88.1) 

KPIG (107.5)

KUSP (88.9)

Best Television Personality   

Dan Green

KSBW

Dale Julin

KSBW

Romney Dunbar         

Travels With Romney

Best TV Newscast

KSBW

KION 

Community TV

Best Theater Troupe          

Shakespeare Santa Cruz

www.shakespearesantacruz.org

Rainbow Theater         

cadrc.ucsc.edu/rainbow-theater

Um Gee Um

whoselifeisitanyway.com/umgeeum/