Upcoming Author Events, Image Shows, and Lectures
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea:
Video Voyages Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, an online presentation featuring photographs and commentary by Marc Shargel: 00:00 to 04:30 - Introduction In the autumn of 2016 we created two short videos, and you don't have to travel or even wait a moment to see them! Just click below. Video from Marc Shargel's Galápagos expedition:
Video from Central California, Fiji and British Columbia, 2012-2016:
We Take Requests! If you'd like to have Marc speak to your group, send an email here. If you're wondering whether our presentations are a good match for your group or event, have a look at the events we've done in the past. Marc Shargel has been a frequent presenter at clubs and civic groups all over Northern and Central California. More than a dozen clubs, as well as civic and volunteer groups, have seen his talks "Islands of the Eastern Pacific" and "An Underwater Swim Across the Pacific." In 2001 he presented images of endangered Manatees from West Florida. In 2002 his presentations featured images from the South Pacific Islands of Palau, Yap, and Bali. |
Current and Upcoming Photo Shows |
Marc Shargel is an award-winning marine life photographer who has been capturing images underwater for nearly four decades. He is the author of four books, including three lavishly printed coffee-table volumes in the Wonders of the Sea series. His annual participation in Santa Cruz Open Studios is a popular San Lorenzo Valley event. Shargel has also been an organizer and vocal advocate for marine conservation since the 1990s. His photographic work includes placid vistas beneath sunlit kelp forests, and encounters with everything from jewel-like snails to swarming jellies and huge sharks. More recently he has been creating artful photographic interpretations of eclipses, and traveling to classic landscapes like Iceland and the Grand Canyon. A quick glance at the work of Sanda Jo Spiegel tells the viewer that this artist is a visionary. As she says, “The reality I paint from is internal… Often my paintings take on a life of their own, and I am never completely sure who is in control. My figurative work sometimes turns into landscape and vice-versa without my permission. l am concentrating on texture, surface and light, and before I know it, I have created something completely different than I had originally intended. At that point, I have no choice but to allow the painting to tell me what to do.” Her pieces are richly colored and often incorporate novel materials to provide texture and pattern. The Satellite Workplaces were founded in Felton and now include seven locations in the bay area and Los Angeles County. They offer a comfortable, professional place to connect, to collaborate and to be productive with secure, 24/7 access, high speed internet, comfort and quiet. Places to work solo or meet with large groups are available hourly or long-term. The spacious Felton facility will become a gallery and boutique during the San Lorenzo Valley Art Tour. Marc Shargel and Sanda Spiegel will be there to discuss their work, sign books and answer questions. |
Open Studios returns for 2022
Four days: Saturdays and Sundays
October 1-2 & 15-16, 2022
New Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM each day
Planning for the 2022 Open Studios Art Tour is underway! We will be open the first and third weekends in October, observing new hours: 10 to 5:30 each day. As usual We’re committed to following all current guidelines for your (and our) health and safety, and look forward to welcoming you into our studio in person again this fall. We'll have even more of our show outdoors this year, the main entrance will be via an outdoor route, and all guests viewing the indoor portion of the show will be asked to wear a mask. Indoor visitors will be limited to four at any one time, to facilitate distance.
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I will be showing new work from Arches National Park, Alaska, and the Big Sur Coast.
Open Studios will be back at my studio in Felton. You can just come to Felton and follow the bright signs with "Marc Shargel" on them. Or get yourself a free guide to all 300+ artists.
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A FREE Open Studios Catalog and Guide will be available in September at nearly 700 locations where the Santa Cruz Good Times is found.
Get the FREE App, starting the last week in September, on iTunes & Google Play (search for "Open Studios")
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Our website is "open for business" any time. Our books and mini prints make lovely and inexpensive holiday gifts. Our larger prints are a way to give something beautiful to someone special.
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