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Selected work.

Films, photographs, live events and media systems across public life, history, science and creative practice.

Selected projects & partnerships

Campaign photograph of a Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District bus among redwood trees.

Santa Cruz METRO

Public stories. Lasting media assets.

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Video poster: Welcome to The Bent with Christian Rex van Minnen

Christian Rex van Minnen · The Bent

Video systems for painting instruction.

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A public gathering from the MAH documentary.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Each film builds on the last.

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Aerial title frame from the Watsonville Brillante mural-unveiling film, June 7, 2022.

George Ow Jr.

Stories across generations.

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Official video poster: California Institute of Integral Studies’ 58th Commencement Ceremony 2026 (entire) | California Institute of Integral Studies

California Institute of Integral Studies

Live ceremonies. A continuing archive.

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Official video poster: New Leaf Community Markets — River Street Grand Opening

New Leaf Community Markets

Film and aerial photography for a new chapter.

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Seymour Marine Discovery Center title frame showing the whale skeleton against a coastal sunset.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Science with a public purpose.

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A frame from the Walk Santa Cruz short film.

Walk Santa Cruz

A local story made for social media.

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All work

Video poster: Welcome to The Bent with Christian Rex van Minnen

2026 · Introduction

Welcome to The Bent

Christian Rex van Minnen · The Bent

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Christian Rex van Minnen beside his painting in the clean opening frame of The Bent trailer.

2026 · Ongoing media production & support

The Bent: Artichoke on Table

Christian Rex van Minnen · The Bent

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Official video poster: California Institute of Integral Studies’ 58th Commencement Ceremony 2026 (entire) | California Institute of Integral Studies

2019 · 2023–present · Ongoing live production & media reuse

CIIS commencement

California Institute of Integral Studies

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Title frame from Can Culture Transform Communities?, the MAH 30th-anniversary documentary.

2026 · Documentary

Can Culture Transform Communities?

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

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Official video poster: Love Letter to the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse

2026 · Commissioned film

Love Letter to the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse

Commissioned by William Simpkins · Sponsored by the Santa Cruz MAH

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A frame from the Walk Santa Cruz short film.

2026 · Social media short film

Walk Santa Cruz

Walk Santa Cruz · Matthew O’Leary

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Official video poster: New Leaf Community Markets — River Street Grand Opening

2025 · Film & aerial photography

River Street Grand Opening

New Leaf Community Markets

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Official video poster: Elevation Sky Park WeFunder CEO Message

2025 · Founder film

Elevation Sky Park: Founder Film

Elevation XR

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Seymour Marine Discovery Center title frame showing the whale skeleton against a coastal sunset.

2025 · Documentary

Seymour Marine Discovery Center: Vision 2025

Seymour Marine Discovery Center · University of California, Santa Cruz

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Aerial title frame from Honoring Our Ancestors by Sharing History.

2025 · Documentary

Honoring Our Ancestors

An independent film by Andrew J. O’Keefe II

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Official video thumbnail of Bonnie Barnard, a Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District bus operator, aboard a bus.

2025 · Employee spotlight series

Inside METRO: The People Behind Transit

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District

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Marian Grant and Anthony Back presenting in the November 2024 Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit webinar.

2022–2025 · Virtual event series

Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit

Message Lab · With Dr. Anthony Back, University of Washington

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Campaign photograph of a Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District bus among redwood trees.

2024 · Campaign media

One Ride at a Time

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District

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Video poster: Queerstory at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

2024 · Documentary

Queerstory

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

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Garden Marcus reaching toward foliage inside a greenhouse in San Francisco.

Video editing in 2022 · Photography in 2024 · Creative partnership

Garden Marcus

Marcus Bridgewater · Choice Forward

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Exhibition image: a pink brick wall marked by bullet holes, from They Are Shooting at Our Shadows.

2024 · Exhibition documentation

They Are Shooting at Our Shadows

Institute of the Arts and Sciences · UC Santa Cruz · 2024

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Official video poster for George Ow Jr.’s A Message to Future Generations.

2024 · Recorded conversation

A Message to Future Generations

George Ow Jr. · UC Santa Cruz

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Video poster: Aptos History Museum

2023 · Historical micro-documentary

Visit the Aptos History Museum

Aptos History Museum

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Official video thumbnail for Cabrillo Festival’s On Being a Creative Catalyst composer forum.

2023 · Virtual composer forum

On Being a Creative Catalyst

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

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Official video poster: Liminal Space Collective

2023 · Independent mini-documentary

Liminal Space Collective

Liminal Space Collective

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Exterior signage at UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences.

2023 · Artist talks, performance and lectures

UCSC IAS: Public Programs

Institute of the Arts and Sciences · UC Santa Cruz

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Official poster for the Dancing Waters evening of storytelling.

2023 · Public engagement recording

Dancing Waters — An Evening of Storytelling

Community Arts & Empowerment · Kathleen Crocetti

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Speakers at a Hip Santa Cruz History Project book launch.

2016–2023 · Book talks & recorded history

Hip Santa Cruz History Project

Book-launch recordings · 2016, 2018, 2022 & 2023

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Official video poster: Tactogen WeFunder

2022 · Fundraising film

Tactogen: Investment Campaign

Tactogen

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Official video poster: Avant Arte live: Christian Rex van Minnen 8-Hour Art Creation

2022 · 8-hour livestream

Christian Rex van Minnen: Live Painting

Avant Arte · With Lost Coast Media

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Video poster: The Restoration of Evergreen Cemetery

2022 · Documentary

The Restoration of Evergreen Cemetery

Created with historian Traci Bliss

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Video poster: Birth Happens: A Brief History of Santa Cruz Midwives

2022 · Documentary

Birth Happens

San Lorenzo Valley Museum

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Official poster for Blossoms into Gold: The Croatians in the Pajaro Valley, with Donna F. Mekis and Kathryn Mekis Miller.

2022 · Historical lecture

Blossoms into Gold — The Mekis Sisters

Donna F. Mekis and Kathryn Mekis Miller · Santa Cruz MAH

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Aerial title frame from the Watsonville Brillante mural-unveiling film, June 7, 2022.

2022 · Public art film & photography

Watsonville Brillante

Kathleen Crocetti · Community Arts & Empowerment

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Official title frame for the MAH book talk with Martin Rizzo-Martinez on March 12, 2022.

March 12, 2022 · Book talk recording

We Are Not Animals

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

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Guillermo “Yermo” Aranda, Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year livestream, October 2021.

2021 · Livestream

Yermo Aranda: Artist of the Year

Santa Cruz County Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services · With Lost Coast Media

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Enterprise Iron Works title frame showing Michael Leeds’s Santa Cruz studio.

2021 · Documentary

Enterprise Iron Works

Michael Leeds · Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

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Video poster: Looking Back, Moving Forward: 25 Years of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

2021 · Documentary

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History · 25th anniversary

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Video poster: The History & The People of Aptos

2020 · Documentary

The History & People of Aptos

Strock Real Estate · With Lost Coast Media

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Chacruna’s official Psychedelic Liberty Summit graphic, April 25–26, 2020, marked Now Virtual.

April 25–26, 2020 · Virtual conference

Psychedelic Liberty Summit

Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines

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Official video poster: Zero to Deep Learning Promo

2019 · Promotional film

Zero to Deep Learning

Catalit Data Science

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Official video poster: Endorfin Goldenmylk Crowdfunding Campaign 2019

2019 · Crowdfunding film

Goldenmylk: Crowdfunding Film

Endorfin Foods

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Official video poster: Queering Psychedelics: Final Panel With All the Speakers

2019 · Panel capture

Queering Psychedelics: Closing Panel

Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines

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Official video poster: Gatsby Days: How We Got Here and The Future of Website Development

2018 · Conference talk

Gatsby Days: The Future of Website Development

Gatsby

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Official video poster: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies: Breakthrough for Psychedelic Medicine

2018 · Fundraising documentary

Breakthrough for Psychedelic Medicine

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

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Official video poster: New Science of the Origin of Life by Bruce Damer at IndieBio for Conscious BioTechers

2018 · Science talk

Bruce Damer: The Origin of Life

Bruce Damer · Conscious BioTechers at IndieBio

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Nick Herbert and Richard Rasa in the opening RAW DAY recording.

July 23, 2017 · Event recordings

RAW DAY

Robert Anton Wilson Trust · Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

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Aerial title frame from the Watsonville Brillante mural-unveiling film, June 7, 2022.

Ongoing · Ongoing commissioned work

George Ow Jr. — Ongoing commissions

Historical lectures, community art and family history

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Sandy Lydon holding up a book during They Came Across the Sundown Sea.

Selected recordings · Historical lectures

Recording Sandy Lydon

George Ow Jr. commissions · Public history lectures

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