George Ow Jr.
Recurring commissions connect historical lectures, community art and family memory.
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History
Preserve people’s voices and connect the past with the places we share today. Museums, historians, individuals and families can commission work that serves a present audience and a future record.
- Historical interviews and lecture recordings
- Place-based films and archival research
- Family and community histories
- Interpretive media and archive planning
Selected experience
Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse
Commissioned by William Simpkins, with sponsorship from the Santa Cruz MAH.
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Sandy Lydon
Historical lecture recordings, including They Came Across the Sundown Sea, commissioned by George Ow Jr.
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Source film by Jeremy Lezin, 1975.
UC Santa Cruz Special Collections
Digitization planning for Jeremy Lezin’s 16mm film Santa Cruz: Never a Dull Moment.
View the source film at UCSC Library
Hip Santa Cruz History Project
Book-launch recordings and local voices across 2016–2023.
Explore the workHow we approach it
- Discuss the story, intended audience and future use.
- Research existing material and plan the interviews or recording.
- Film with care for context and attribution.
- Prepare the finished work and its supporting archive.
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