CommonGround is a biennial festival of place-inspired outdoor work hosted in locations throughout Santa Cruz County. Focused on temporary and performative public art projects in rural, urban, and architectural space, the 10-day event features site-responsive installations and interventions across the area’s natural and built environments, connecting people, stories, and landscapes.

• The Pyramids Sand Artwork at Cowell Beach (Public Participation Encouraged.) – Free
• Watermarks of the Last Chinatown at 740 Front St. – Free
• Monuments at Evergreen Cemetery – Free
• Fathoming: Among Whales and Walls at Davenport Jail – Free (on 17th, 19th and 21st only from 7:30-9:30pm)
• Welcoming Our Relatives at the Kincentricity Garden at the MAH – Free (Only on the 21st from 1-2:30pm)
• I Belong Here at the MAH – Price of admission
• Young, Gifted and Black at the MAH – Price of admission
• Of Love and Revelation Learning Photography at the MAH – Price of admission
• Rising Tide at 703 Front St. – Free