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This Is Thirty: Celebrating the MAH and Our Creative Community
In celebration of the MAH’s 30 year anniversary, This Is Thirty will highlight some of the artwork and artifacts from our permanent collection, reflecting on the museum's history.
Across the gallery and in conversation with This Is Thirty, explore a site specific installation by Joshua Moreno titled The Things We Did and Didn't Do. Moreno uses materials from the MAH's archives to explore how context shapes meaning.
Break out your best attire and dancing skates for a one-of-a-kind, Late Night @ the MAH: rollerskating edition. Experience the Solari Gallery transformed into a skating rink for one night only. Vendors, performances and more to be announced.
This event is 21+ and BYOS (Bring your own skates). All rollerskates must have toe stops or jam/skate plugs to be granted entry. We welcome inline skates/ rollerblades as well. Waivers will be required to sign upon entry.
Drinks available for purchase and will be permitted outside galleries.
Cheer on your favorite team at a game watch at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). We’ll have complimentary popcorn (to throw at the screen?) and an art activity for all ages.
Step into the MAH’s Archives Reading Room during our weekly Open Archives hours. Meet the archivist, see a unique item from the collection on display, and discover where Santa Cruz history is preserved.
In celebration of Pride Month, the MAH is excited to announce that our Queerstory Self-Guided Walking Tour is now available at our front desk!
To participate, visitors can pick up a tour brochure in the MAH Atrium and begin the walking tour of pivotal downtown Santa Cruz locations in the history of the local LGBTQIA+ community. Featured stops include the former site of Herland, a lesbian bookstore operating from the early '90s to the early 2000s; Commerce Lane, home to the first Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center; and the Blue Lagoon, a spot still operating in its original location that was once known to be a gay bar.
To accompany the launch of the tour, Kian Hladky has shared a look into his archival research and process behind this project.
Thank you to the Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz Pride, the County Office of Education, and other community partners that honor, support, and promote LGBTQ+ perspectives. With support from the Fund for the City of New York on behalf of its fiscally sponsored project, the NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project.
The London Nelson Legacy Initiative is a collaboration between a Black-led citizen group and the MAH to research and share the stories of Black pioneers in pre-1900s Santa Cruz County.
“The MAH is a hotbed of community building and creativity. Working with the MAH means bringing exciting ideas and projects not only to life, but also to the broader Santa Cruz County community.”
Steve McKay, Professor of Sociology and Director, UCSC Center for Labor and Community
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