The Tannery Arts Center is holding a special daylong event of exhibitions, performances, curator’s talk, dance workshops and art demonstrations on June 21. The all ages event is free and celebrates the ongoing transformation of the former leather factory into a mixed-use housing and art campus. Tanniversary will feature the artwork of more than 65…
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Not the Same Old Grind
“We have camaraderie, we all support each other. It’s a totally different female environment, to have women not bashing each other, actually supporting each others’ beauty.”
Preview: Spurs play the Tannery on New Year’s Eve
The Spurs will release their new CD at the Tannery on New Year’s Eve.
New Tannery Series Puts Grants to a Vote
Santa Cruz artists looking to get their projects funded now have a whole new avenue available to them, through a new program at the Tannery Arts Center called FEAST.
Foodie File: Rebecca Campbell
Since moving to Santa Cruz in 1982, Rebecca Campbell has been famous for her muffins. After selling them at stores around town, she opened Rebecca’s Mighty Muffins on Front Street in 1986. After opening two more stores, she closed them all in 2006 and walked away from the business for a while. In 2008, she brought her muffins back to farmers’ markets, and this year she opened Rebecca’s at the Tannery.
Tannery Arts Center Debuts New Studios
The Santa Cruz County Visitors Council recently showed journalists around the Tannery’s second phase, a series of work studios that opened earlier this year. The Tannery’s first phase, a group of subsidized housing units, finished in 2009, and a third phase, a performing arts studio, is in the fundraising stages.
Tannery One Step Closer to the Dream
Catherine Willis’ eyes light up when she talks about the dance performances she has planned for the June 1 grand opening of the Tannery Arts Center’s Digital Media and Creative Arts Center on River Street. “We’ll have Haitian dance, Mexican folkloric dance, Bollywood dance, contemporary, even tango,” says Willis, the co-founder of the nonprofit Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center and a longtime dance teacher who joined the Tannery in February.
