Press
Here are links to recent articles about the MAH and its programs. If you are a reporter and would like to learn more about the MAH, please contact Karen Bush at karen@santacruzmah.org or 831.429.1964 x7021
Recent Press
Santa Cruz welcomes spring with Holi Festival at MAH (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 March 2013)
A stunning new exhibition at the Museum of Art & History explores the rich psychic territory between identity and photography (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 28 March 2013)
Innovator drives museum’s success (Santa Cruz Weekly, 19 March 2013)
Thomas Campbell captures the surf world’s creative spirit (Paper Magazine, January 2013)
National Arts Marketing Project brings ideas to Charlotte (Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov 2012)
Opening Up the Museum: A TEDxSantaCruz talk by MAH Director Nina Simon (video posted by TEDxSantaCruz, 6 Nov 2012)
Stacey Grant, Santa Cruz Stories: Seeing the Ordinary as Extraordinary (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 17 Sept 2012)
Second annual local TEDx conference addresses issue of openness (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 13 Sept 2012)
Artists and Craftspeople Gather at the Museum of Art & History to demonstrate the diverse art of working with metal (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 16 Aug 2012)
Find out what your neighbors collect at the Santa Cruz Collects exhibition (Untapped SF, 13 Aug 2012)
New Ambitions: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History plans to enhance community programs, turn Abbott Square into cultural landmark (Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury News, 5 August 2012)
Environmental, arts nonprofits feeling financial pinch (San Jose Mercury News, 11 July 2012)
One Moment in Time: Review of Notes from Santa Cruz (Good Times, 20 June 2012)
Recent Acquisitions: Cabinet of Curiosities Keeps Santa Cruz Weird (SF Weekly, 15 June 2012)
Citizen Placemaker: Nina Simon on Museums as Community Hubs (Project for Public Spaces, 1 June 2012)
Santa Cruz’s Bicycle Culture Celebrates its Artistic Side for First Friday (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3 May 2012)
Amesti Elementary Celebrates the Arts: Pajaro Valley school keeps arts alive in era of tight budgets and testing pressures (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6 May 2012)
Love Your MAH:’Love Fest’ is the latest example of the Museum of Art & History redefining a museum’s role in its community
(Santa Cruz Sentinel, 19 April 2012)
All You Need is Love: Unpredictable & Irresistible (UCSC Student Guide, spring issue)
Painting Slashed at Museum of Art & History (Patch.com, 20 March 2012)
At Galleries, Cameras Find a Mixed Welcome (New York Times, 15 March 2012)
The Museum of Art & History Becomes a Showcase for Santa Cruz’s Burgeoning Subculture of Fire Artists (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 15 March 2012)
Playing with Fire (Good Times, 14 March 2012)
Multimedia Celebration of Music at the Museum of Art & History (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 16 February 2012)
Restored, Refurbished: Homeless Volunteers Help Clean Up Historic Cemetery (Good Times, 17 January 2012)
PVHA Volunteer Receives First-Ever Honor (Register-Pajaronian, 7 January 2012)
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History honoring two researchers, local historians (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4 January 2012)
Staging a Turnaround: New MAH director has increased attendance, membership (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3 January 2012)
Gayle Pitts Sculpts Sea Life at the MAH (Patch, 18 December 2011)
Shelby Graham Explores Butterfly Effect (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 15 December 2011)
Radical Craft Night (Etsy, 10 November 2011)
A Haunting Tour of Evergreen Cemetery Spooks Locals (Patch, 30 October 2011)
Birth of a Wearable Art Ball (Good Times, 26 October 2011)
DANM Artists Take over Museum (City Hill Press, 20 October 2011)
Women wine and dine downtown for a good cause (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 14 October 2011)
Museum of Art & History Scavenger Hunt to Give Teams a Look at Santa Cruz History (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11 September 2011)
Into the Wood (Lisa Jensen blog, 7 September 2011)
Museum 2.0: Interview with Nina Simon (Good Times, 24 August 2011)
Beyond the Birdhouse: Santa Cruz Woodworkers lift wood into the realm of fine art (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 18 August 2011)
An Afternoon at the Smart Museum (Good Times, 10 August 2011)
Street painter brings her version of 500-year-old painting to life in chalk at Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 July 2011)
‘Experience Clay’ offers workshops, activities, artists demonstrations (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 17 July 2011)
The Museum of Art & History is now in the hands of internationally known innovator Nina Simon, while the community eagerly awaits what happens next (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 June 2011)
Memorial Day 2011: Remembering those who gave their all (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 31 May 2011)
Select a title below to download news releases:
News Release: Dolkas Award 2011
News Release: Santa Cruz Woodworkers
News Release: Big Creek Pottery
News Release: Memorial Day 2011
News Release: Blue Plaque 2011
News Release: Our Threads of Allegiance