| Location |
| Now we're covering all of Santa Cruz, including Downtown! |
| Hours |
| First Friday of the month from 5:30 to 9:30pm |
| Websites |
| http://www.firstfridaysantacruz.com/ |
| First Friday on Facebook |
| First Friday on Twitter |
| http://www.scica.org/ |
Description
First Friday Art Tour is a community event presented by Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts that takes place the first Friday of each month throughout the City of Santa Cruz. The event is free and open to anyone. Between twenty and forty art venues are open between 5PM and 9PM for the Art Tour. Some venues have openings, talks, music, or other special activities. Others are simply open late. Individuals start their art tour by visiting any participating venue and picking up a copy of The First Friday Art Tour Brochure, the official publication of First Friday Art Tour.
Participating venues as of March 2011:
- The Abbey
- Art duJour
- Artisan's Gallery
- The Art of Yum
- Asana Teas
- Bead It
- Bike Dojo
- Camouflage
- Cellar Door Café
- Center Street Grill
- Chimera Tattoo Studio and Gallery
- Community Television
- Cruzioworks
- Davenport Gallery
- Emily's Bakery
- Faust Salon
- Felix Kulpa Gallery
- Five Feet From the Moon
- The Gone Tomorrow Art Gallery
- Hula's Island Grill and Tiki Room
- Idle Hands
- Illuminee
- India Joze
- Kate Nolan Gallery
- Le Salon Cruz
- Louden Nelson Community Center
- Lulu Carpenter's
- L'Atelier Salon
- MAPS
- MetaVinyl
- Michaelangelo Gallery
- Motiv
- Museum of Art and History
- Notorious Teaze
- Nourish
- Nut Kreations
- Pacific Trading Company
- Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge
- Porter College Faculty Gallery
- Pure Pleasure
- R. Blitzer Gallery
- Rivendell
- ROW Collective
- Santa Cruz Art League
- Santa Cruz County Bank
- Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios
- Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
- Stripe Design Group
- The True Olive Connection
- Twist
- Wallflower Boutique
