Current Grantees
Fall 2020 Cultivate Grantees
Professional Development Support
- Gabriela Bravo – Para desarollar un video musical – “To develop a music video”
- Carla Brennan – To replace photographic equipment lost in the CZU fire and to develop a professional website to display and sell nature photography
- Sam Clarkson – To rebuild studio tools and replace a potters wheel lost in the CZU fires
- Juan Carlos Diaz – Para superación musical – “For musical improvement”
- Timothy Duncan – To secure a professional-quality recording of original music compositions
- Jonathan Erickson – To attend Fierce360 to expanding depth of knowledge for manipulating large amounts of fire, safely
- Jahandar Hamidieh – For a platform to promote and support up and coming musicians of Santa Cruz
- Juan Jose Jimenez Cruz – Para Dibujos Jimenez – “For Dibujos Jimenez”
- Anouk Johanna – To buy art supplies for my art practice and return to teaching
- Christopher Jones – To replace musical tools and equipment lost in the CZU Lightning Complex Fires
- Amy Katz – To repurchase materials lost in the CZU lightning fire and expand professional development
- Gemma Locatelli – To purchase paint, canvasses, and brushes to continue art practice
- Elie Mabanza – To purchase recording equipment to replace what was lost in the CZU fire
- Madeline Thompson – To purchase home printing equipment to reproduce artwork for a larger audience
- Karen Mendez Roque – Para comprar materiales para pintar en tallado de madera – “To buy wood carving paint materials”
- Lorena Mansilla – Para comprar iPad para expandir mi colaboración en diseño y comunicación con organizaciones comunitarias en EEUU y Sudamérica – “To buy iPad to expand my collaboration in design and communication with community organizations in the US and South America”
- Priscilla Martinez – To purchase a Wacom cintiq pro 24 tablet and Wacom ergo stand for the tablet to enhance my art professional career
- Jon Payne – To purchase music and recording equipment lost in the complete destruction of music studio and home in the recent CZU lightning fires
- Elizabeth Payne – To purchase ceramic equipment and photography equipment lost when home studio burned in the recent Santa Cruz mountains fires
- Devi Pride – To replace lost equipment in the CZU fires that are needed in the day to day running of an art business
- Biagio Scarpello – To purchase glass blowing materials to facilitate art practice
- Beth Shields – To create a website for Gallery 125 at the Tannery needed due to COVID shutdown
- Patrick Stefaniak – To purchase virtual reality equipment to exhibit work in art galleries
- Luca Susti – To buy a new powerful computer to be able to produce and finish original music, record and release it.
- Mary Tartaro – To repurchase materials and equipment lost in the fires
- Lynne Todaro – To purchase a new iPad with stylus for social media presence, portable portfolio, creating sketches, accessing Zoom, and accepting payments
- Amy West – To repurchase art, professional materials, and reference books lost in the CZU Fires
- Oliver Whitcroft – To invest in a proper computer to help make more magic to share with my community and beyond
- Jane Wrankle – To purchase lost art supplies in CZU fire 2020
- Hedilberto Xuana Fabian – Para comprar materiales para tallados de madera – “To buy wood carving materials”
- Santa Cruz Art League – For racial justice training for board and staff
Project Support
- Arte del Corazon – Monthly Art Markets in Watsonville
- Cheza Nami Foundation – A free, virtual, socially-distanced showcase of African and Brazilian performances for the Santa Cruz Community, promoting healing and connection through the traditional arts
- Coastal Watershed Council (lead artist Irene Juárez O’Connell) – San Lorenzo River Storm Drain Mural at Poet’s Park in the Beach Flats Neighborhood in Santa Cruz City
- Esperanza Community Farms (lead artist Monica Galvan) – Family-based take-home art kits based on culturally preferred vegetables for Community Farm Latinx families
- FashionTeens Santa Cruz – A countywide, collaborative effort open to all middle and high school students, bringing them together in socially and environmentally conscious art endeavors
- MoveSpeakSpin – The Daughters of Hypatia: a Mathematical Herstory, a dance concert celebrating the lives, struggles, and work of women mathematicians throughout history
- Shared Adventures (lead artist Anastasia Torres-Gil) – Mural at LEO’s Haven park
- The Puppetry Institute – Upgrading and marketing new online/streaming art, theater, and puppetry arts classes
- Vivien Bassouamina – Tenth Annual African diaspora dance and drum conference
- Ome Garcia – Free painting classes for low-income families in Watsonville
- Yolande Harris – Children of the Ocean: whale stress, sound, and the pandemic in the Monterey Bay
- Andrew Hawes – A portrait series with interviews of people who experienced loss during the CZU fires
- Madison McGain – A site-specific, performance-art piece for the public that offers the community an artistic vessel to process and reflect on impermanence and mortality through a collective sensory experience, rather than through individual means
- Juan Morales-Rocha – VR Game Development, specifically a virtual reality rap game called Supersonic Rhyme Chamber!
- Adon Newman – Traveler: A wearable interactive art experience that transports the participant’s consciousness outside of their body
- Jaime Sanchez – Completion of dining area mural at Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes
- Graciela Vega Cendejas – Festival de Ballet Folklorico, Música, Arte y Poesia y Talleres – “Ballet Folklorico , Music, Art and Poetry Festival”
2021 Sponsor Grantees
- Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
- Kuumbwa Jazz Center
- Museum of Art & History
- Pajaro Valley Arts Council
- Santa Cruz Shakespeare
- Santa Cruz County Symphony
- Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Fall 2020 Support Grantees
- Actors’ Theater of Santa Cruz
- Distinguished Artists
- DNA’s Comedy Lab
- El Sistema Santa Cruz
- Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra
- Indexical
- Jewel Theatre Company
- Motion Pacific
- Music in May
- New Music Works
- Next Stage Productions
- Santa Cruz Art League
- Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
- Santa Cruz Chamber Players
- Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building
- Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony
- Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild
- Senderos
- Tandy Beal & Company
- Tannery World Dance Cultural Center
- The 418 Project
- The Beat Within a Program of Intersection for the Arts
- Watsonville Taiko Group
- William James Association
COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grantees
Summer 2019 Create Grantees
- Adrian Valentine
- Queer Art Collective
- Mountain Parks Foundation
- Dana Forsberg
- Moving Parts Press
- Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
- Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes
- Juan Carlos Davila Santiago
- The Legendary Collective
- Savant Rhymes and 1am
- Espressivo
- Rachel Barnes
- Wes Modes
- El Rosal Bakery
Summer 2019 Develop Grantees
- Andrea Ruiz
- Radius Gallery
- Carlos Campos
- Isaias Gebre
- Jessica Carrasco
- Katie Scott
- Lauren Benzaquen
- Loubayi Arnaud
- Mathew Harmon
- MK Veniegas
- Muneerah Abdusshahid
- Noah Garcia
- Oliver Whitcroft
- Osa Hidalgo de la Riva
- Priscilla Martinez
- Remy Rodriguez
- Scotty Greathouse
- Valéria Miranda
- Yeye Magna
Sponsor Grantees
- Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
- Kuumbwa Jazz Center
- Museum of Art & History
- Pajaro Valley Arts Council
- Santa Cruz Shakespeare
- Santa Cruz County Symphony
- Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Support Grants
- Activities4All
- El Sistema Santa Cruz
- Esperanza del Valle
- Motion Pacific
- New Music Works
- Santa Cruz Art League
- Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre
- Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
- Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony
- Watsonville Taiko Group
- White Hawk Indian Council for Children
- William James Association
Create Grants
- Francisco Alonso
- Loubayi Arnaud
- Cheza Nami Foundation
- Coastal Watershed Council
- Kathleen Crocetti
- Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra
- Estrellas de Esperanza
- Stephanie Golino
- Emily Cohen Ibañez
- Brenda Kruller
- Joseph LaCour
- Allyson Makuch
- Ana Marden
- Kali Mbula
- Pajaro Valley Certified Farmers’ Market
- Priscilla Martinez
- Revolunas
- Alexandra Shamma
- Temple Beth El
- Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz Adult Education
Develop Grants
- Marguerite Brown
- Victor Cervantes
- Noelle Correia
- Emmanuel Garcia
- Esperanza del Valle
- Yolande Harris
- Ivan Hernandez
- Katherine Kugay
- Venessa Ledesma
- Stephanie Martin
- Angelica Martinez
- Kali Mbula
- Eric Miller
- Balto Montion
- Irene O’Connell
- Santa Cruz Art League
- Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre
- Alexandra Shamma
- Fredericka Smith
- White Hawk Indian Council for Children
2018 Grant Recipients
Sponsor Grants
- Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
- Kuumbwa Jazz Center
- Museum of Art & History
- Pajaro Valley Arts Council
- Santa Cruz Shakespeare
- Santa Cruz County Symphony
- Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Elevate Grants
- Senderos
- Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center
- Watsonville Film Festival
- Friends of Olympia Station/Tandy Beal
Support Grants
- All About Theatre
- Jewel Theatre Company
- The 418 Project
- Motion Pacific
- Santa Cruz Art League
- Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre
- Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony
- Watsonville Taiko Group
- El Sistema
- Santa Cruz Chamber Players
- NextStage Productions
- William James Association
Create Grants
- Margaret Niven
- Vivien Bassouamina
- Loubayi Arnaud
- Angela Ciandro
- Cid Pearlman
- Coresta Angelo
- Siena House
- Lani Hanna
- Aude Castagna
- Rebecca Gourevitch
- Nels Andrews
- Madison Heying
- Carrie’s Dream
- Santa Cruz Poetry Project
- Llewellyn Dawson
- Emily Cohen Ibañez
- Michael Zana / OVA
- Indexical
- Juneteenth
- Espressivo
- Jewish Film Festival
- Prince Lawsha
- Betsy Anderson / Museo Eduardo Carrillo
- White Hawk Indian Council for Children
- Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts
- Pivot: The Art of Fashion
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
- Sahar El Khatib
- Augustine Escobedo
- Emmanuel Garcia
- Cristal Gonzalez
- Radius Gallery
- El Rosal Bakery
- Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
- Paloma Medina
- Adon Newman
- Andrew Purchin
- Lorena Tabije
- Elia Vargas
Develop Grants
- NextStage Productions
- Margaret Niven
- Angela Chambers
- The 418 Project
- Adrian Rasmussen
- Jerad Fox
- Jacob Seedman
- Maria Chomentowski
- Lorena Tabije
- Santa Cruz Shakespeare
- Mary Atkinson
- Brenda Avila-Hanna
- Jose Humberto Camacho
- Jessica Evanjelista
- Amanda Hess
- Valeria Miranda
- Danielle Peters
- Evelyn Salguero
- Jaime Sanchez
- Alejandro Santana Jr
- Josh Tabije