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Summer Series at the Mission Starts with FashionTEENS First Friday on May 1
Join us for the first Summer Series 2015 event, a First Friday art showcase featuring FashionTEENS on Friday, May 1, at the Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.
Summer Series 2015 features seven events with a wide spectrum of cultural expriences, art, music, food and fun at the Mission, Your State Park Downtown, throughout the summer. The series culminate with the 3rd annual Mole & Mariachi Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19. All of the events are FREE.
The FashionTEENS program on Friday, May 1 invites fashion-oriented middle and high school students from throughout Santa Cruz County to explore art and creativity. The event is 5-8 p.m.
Join the Facebook event page for this great showcase of teen art, or learn more on our website.
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Cultural Heritage Nonprofit Digitally Preserves Mission Adobe
CyArk, an Oakland-based group, is creating a 3D rendering of Santa Cruz's oldest building
CyArk staff and University of San Francisco students
created a digital archive of the Mission Adobe in March.
(Photo Hannah Moore/Hilltromper)
A field team from CyArk, an Oakland-based nonprofit, and the University of San Francisco used cutting-edge technology to capture detailed 3D representations of the nearly 200-year-old Mission Adobe. The daylong process utilized 3D laser scanning and high-definition photography to accurately map the structure.
CyArk uses a wide range of preservation techniques such as LiDAR, Sonar, photogrammetry and 3D modeling to digitize the world’s cultural heritage sites for the purposes of research and education before they are lost to natural disasters, destroyed by human activity or ravaged by the passage of time.
The single-story adobe is the oldest structure in Santa Cruz County. Local Ohlonean and Yokuts Indians built it at the Santa Cruz Mission between 1822-24 from bricks made primarily from mud and straw. The adobe served as housing for Neophyte families who lived and worked at the Mission, which operated until 1834 when it was secularized. After decades of private ownership, the adobe was sold to the State of California, extensively restored and finally opened in 1991 to the public as the Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, which the nonprofit Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks saved from closure in 2012.
Digitizing the Mission Adobe long has been a goal for California State Parks and Friends, the nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sustaining the environmental and cultural legacy of local state parks and beaches.
Read more about the project in this article from our partners at Hilltromper.
Celebrate Spring and Help Plant the Wilder Ranch Vegetable Garden
 Saturday, April 25,
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Bring a pair of gardening gloves and a sun hat.
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Snacks, drinks, tools and seedlings will be provided.
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Event is free; parking is $10 and supports the park.
- Call 831-426-0505 for more information.
Help plant the organic heirloom vegetable garden at Wilder Ranch State Park during Garden Planting and Wool Day. The garden helps bring the c. 1900 dairy ranch atmosphere to life. Bring the family — all ages are welcome! Children can plant and bring home their own heirloom bean in a paper pot and everyone can enjoy living history demonstrations including sheep shearing from 9-10 a.m., spinning and more.
Join Us: Employment Opportunities Available with Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
Park Visitor Services Aide jobs added at two additional Santa Cruz Mountains State Parks
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is hiring Park Visitor Service Aide positions for the summer season at many State Parks and Beaches, including new positions at Castle Rock State Park and Portola Redwoods State Parks.
The positions begin in April. A job description and the application are available online.
Click here to learn more and apply.
Get to Know the Flowering Plants of the Central Coast at Half Moon Bay State Beach's Coastal Wildflower Day
Saturday, April 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event, organized by the Coastside State Parks Association, is filled with fun for the entire family, including games and educational activities for kids, guided wildflower walks, resources to help you grow your own native plants, coastside artists and a native plant sale .
There will be a habitat restoration project in the morning. Sign up online to volunteer with the California State Parks Foundation to restore habitat along the Coastside Trail.
Admission is free. Parking is $10 and supports the park. Get more information here on our website.
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Click below to discover more happening this month in your Santa Cruz and coastal San Mateo County State Parks and Beaches.
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