The MAH takes top honors for best museum. Photo by Chip Scheuer.
Best Art Event
First Friday
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
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
Capitola Art & Wine Festival
www.capitolachamber.com/artwine.html
Santa Cruz Film Festival
Best Festival — Street
Greek Festival
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
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
Rainbow Theater
cadrc.ucsc.edu/rainbow-theater
Um Gee Um
whoselifeisitanyway.com/umgeeum/
