A first-in-the-nation arts campus that provides an accessible, sustainable, and vibrant home for the arts in Santa Cruz County. The Tannery Arts Center is a project of Artspace & the City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department. Home to 100 live/work lofts and 28 artist studios including, Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center, Radius Gallery, Indexical, Everyone’s Music School, Catamaran Literary Reader, Camp Tannery Arts and Printmakers at the Tannery. An additional two historic buildings provide homes for Jewel Theatre at the Colligan Theater, and the North County offices of Arts Council Santa Cruz County.
The public can participate through classes, exhibitions, and events produced by individual studios and visit the working studios during the monthly First Friday Art Tour.