

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS & VENUES
The Ripple Effect Santa Cruz Arts Festival is a celebration of creative collaboration where venues, and organizations across Santa Cruz County come together to amplify the arts, spark connection, and make waves that resonate far beyond the festival.

Big Basin Tasting Room & Tapas Bar
Cabrillo College ART•SEE Exhibitions
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
London Nelson Community Center Lumen Gallery
Nicely Gallery, Decor and Design
Resource Center for Nonviolence
River Studio 116 @ The Tannery
Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate
Santa Cruz Government Building
Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate
Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center
UCSC Center for Public Philosophy
UCSC Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
UCSC Institute Arts and Science
UCSC Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to the outstanding photographers and imagemakers who have allowed their work to be shared on this website and through social media:
Crystal Birns, Kevin Painchaud, Sköna & Shmuel Thaler
(click on their name above to link to their websites)
This festival exists because of the volunteers who show up with their time, care, and creativity.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to bringing the Ripple Effect Arts Festival to life!
Ripple Effect Arts Festival Co-Founders:
Rose Sellery and Melissa Kreisa
Leadership Team:
Chanel Enriquez, Wendy Frances, Ann Hazels, Christie Jarvis, John Kreisa, Mercedes Lewis, Valeria Miranda, and D. Riley Nicholson.
Website:
Terri Schmidt, Tom Michael, and Abby Pistoni
Graphic Design and Photo Library:
Terry and Sonja Lee
Social Media:
Wendy Francis @wendyspresso
Image credits: Kevin Panchaud for Dancing in the Streets
