Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration
Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration
On view March 27 - July 25, 2010
Explore this museum-wide exhibition that highlights Surf City Santa Cruz through art, artifacts, photography, surf technology, and commercial aspects of surfing. Santa Cruz locals and visitors alike will be fascinated by the many ways local Santa Cruz surf culture has impacted not only Santa Cruz but also the international surf community. Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration is on view March 27 - July 25, 2010.
The ground floor of the Museum will be transformed into a dynamic display of surfboard design and cutting edge technology. Visitors will see the advances local surfboard shapers have made - with a combined experience of over 100 years - in surf board design and technology. These shapers include Bob Pearson of Arrow Surfboards; Doug Haut of Haut Custom Surfboards; Ashley Loyd of Michel Junod Surfboards; father and son team, Peter and John Mel; Buck Noe of Noe Surfboards; Nick Palandrani of Gordon Palandrani Surfboards; and "Stretch" and Johnny Rice of Johnny Rice Surfboards. This exhibition also highlights Jack and Robert O'Neill's "it's always summer on the inside" wetsuit technology and Brenda Scott Rogers of Hotline Wetsuits. Graphic design and commercial art will be highlighted with examples from Santa Cruz locals Vince Broglio; J. Dennis Dederick; Jim "JD" Deleon; Matt Macuda; Judi Oyama; Jim Phillips; Jimbo Phillips; Travis Reynolds; William Strasser; Tim Ward; Reid Winfrey; and Christian Zajac. Films by Darryl "Flea" Virostko (winner of the Maverick's Surfing Contest); Thomas and Tiffany Campbell; Josh "Pomegranate" Pomer; and Zeuf, "The Girl in the Curl" are featured.
The Solari Gallery will house artwork from more than ten of the best artists who surf in Santa Cruz County, many represented by national galleries. Each unique piece of work shows how the artist is influenced by surfing. Artists include: David Kimball Anderson; Thomas Campbell; Jim Denevan; Don Fritz; Dave Gardner; Bo Kvenild; Terrie Kvenild; Dave McGuire; Jim Phillips; Anthony Tashnick; Patrick Trefz; Stan Welsh; and Shawn "Barney" Barron. Each of these artists work within varied media including ceramic, mosaic, installation, photography, painting and sculpture.
The Art Forum Gallery will be transformed into an exploration of a popular media, surf photography. Here, professional photographers such as Bob Barbour, known best for helping "break" Mavericks publicly; Nikki Brooks, internationally known photographer; Ryan Craig, "Follow the Light Foundation" finalist; William Henry, founder of Save our Waves non-profit; Boots McGhee, one of the founders of the Santa Cruz Surf Museum; and Dave Nelson, photographer for Transworld surf magazine, present photographs that give the viewer a sense of being in the barrel, on the wave and in the curl.