Multidisciplinary Studies, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CAĢ022 Sunset Bubbles, Fridays one hour before sunset, began February 2020, Santa Cruz, CAīIG Bubbles, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CAīIG Bubbles, NEA-sponsored California WorldFest, Grass Valley, CAīIG Bubbles, Seascape Beach Resort, Aptos, CAĮcosex Walking Tour on Bernal Hill, 22 April 2022, San Francisco, CA, with Beth Stephens and Annie SprinkleīIG Bubbles, Redwood Mountain Faire, Felton, CAīIG Bubbles, Tourettes Without Regrets Ruckus Rumpus Revival, Oakland, CAīubble Cinema, University of California, Davis, Anuj Vaidaya, Davis, CAīIG Bubbles, Roaring Camp Railroads’ Bubble Bonanza, Felton, CAīIG Bubbles, Hop’N Barley Fest, Scotts Valley, CAīIG Bubbles, Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District, Boulder Creek, CAīIG Bubbles, UnScruz Regional Burning Man, Watsonville, CA Art Studio and History of Art and Visual Culture with honors, University of California Santa Cruzġ998 A.A. Studio Art, University of California, DavisĢ018 B.A. at the Civic Auditorium, also promises stained glass, aliens, a sprinkling of steampunk, “geek couture,” models of all shapes and sizes, a trunk show, and the return of the Great Morgani, who just celebrated his 75th birthday. A portion of ticket sales go to the nonprofit Santa Cruz Education Foundation. Cree, who has taken the reigns as executive director this year, has added a 2018 FashionART calendar, which features photos by Jana Marcus from various years throughout FashionART history-available online and at the show-as well as discounted tickets for students and seniors. 23.Įight designers and 12 artists hailing from Santa Cruz and the Bay Area-a mix of experienced veterans and newbies-will participate this year, says local designer Christina Morgan Cree. While the lasting imprint of 2016’s pairing of animal horns and Tim Burton-esque finger extensions (from Hill Tribe Fusion’s “Black and White Collection,” featured on this week’s cover) show no signs of fading away, the magical mystery tour that is FashionART 2017 prepares to take off on Saturday, Sept. Santa Cruz’s now 11-year-old merging of fashion and art can feel, at times, like plunging into an underwater dreamscape streaming jellyfish tentacles and glints of silver, and at others, a forward-thinking musing on what style and self-expression mean to Santa Cruz-materializing out of denim and lace rescued from a grandmother’s trunk, upcycled candy wrappers and skilled repurposings of the outlawed plastic bag. I realized this at my first-ever FashionART experience back in 2012-somewhere between the obscured flash of bare buns beneath black erosion-control cloth and aluminum tubing of producer Angelo Grova’s “Eurasia” and the emergence of the Great Morgani, amphibious in full-body snakeskin and teetering on foot-high “fantasy heels” at a time when only Lady Gaga had lived to tell the tale. PHOTO: JANA MARCUSĪlso, anything can happen. Right: ‘Black and White Collection’ by Hill Tribe Fusion. Left: ‘Modern Ethnic Fashion’ by Fely Tchaco. That’s not to say this visual feast of color and supernatural imagination won’t implant long-lasting images in one’s occipital lobe. Witnessing Santa Cruz’s annual fall FashionART runway show is as close to a psychedelic experience as you can get without ingesting potent, mood-changing chemicals or having to wait 12 hours for them to wear off.
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