Mayor Hilary Bryant and city council members Don Lane, Lynn Robinson and Cynthia Mathews showed up at a ceremony to honor the Mission Middle School students who spent months working on 87 mosaics about marine life to decorate the Laurel Street Bridge.
It's the third bridge project by art teacher Kathleen Crocetti. This one was funded by the city and the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, with private donations and plenty of volunteers.
The Soquel Bridge and Water Street Bridge have mosaics of plants and crops.
Crocetti's next project will be the light posts leading along the San Lorenzo River.
Here are the artists and their projects.
Print it out and bring it to the bridge:
Pacific Ocean Marine Life Mosaic 2013
Lead Artist: Kathleen Crocetti
Mission Hill Middle School Students Sponsored by the City of Santa Cruz, Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, with support from private donors and volunteers.
Mountain Side
Light Post 1
Acarians by Sandra Tulaczyk and Lorena Nunez Gonzales
Northern Right
Whale by Mariel Friedman and Sophie Parsa
Sea Star by Isabella Darling and Marialena Loza
Orozco Puffin by Jade Hickey and Rachael Torkos
Light Post 2
Anemone by Daisy Baxter and Evelynn Harra Krill by Liam Ward and Sage Moore
Sun Stars by Katrin Pistor and Kira Thomasser
Pacific Loon by Kaili Nolte and Nailan Salome
Light Post 3
Chamber Nautilus by Ruby McDougal
Umbellosphaeara by Sofia Brumbaugh and Vanessa Gonzales
Sperm Whale by Dashiell Hart and Cole Fukai
Light Post 4
Jelly Fish by Paolo Hutchinson-Trujilo
Sea Horse by Athena Greenleaf and Rachel Drizin
Great Blue Heron by Marie DeSilva and Zoe Benson
Sea Dragon by Lila Roake and Lauren Ellis
Light Post 5
Flamingo Tongue Snail by Alani Joy Helm and Sarah Buchinski
Sting Ray by Alec Gobei Bacaylan and Niko Workman
Sea Urchin by Lauren Peachey and Isabella Edge
Light Post 6
Hydromedusa by Charles Atkinson
False Killer Whale by Natalie Bramlett and Estelle Jordan
Lysianassidae Paxton Joyet and Braden Helm
Light Post 7
Rockfish by Shane Williams and Sebastian Herrmann-Hanneman
Sun Fish by Amisadai Garcia and Joana Tovar-Guerrero
Coral Reef by Olivia Jackson
Light Post 8
Humpback Whales by Shane Gilmore and Ryan Samuelson
Pufferfish by Adanery Urbina Cruz and Monica Flores
Sea Cucumber by Veryan Brown
Light Post 9
Sandpiper by Piper Welch
Lava Gull by Jason Lin and Nicolas Kumec
American Dipper by Garrett Whittingham and Samuel Coffey
Light Post 10
Arctic Ice Fish by William Marotta and Wesley Riccabona
Elephant Seal by Hugo Fuller and Gabriel Discipulo
Marrus Orthocanna by Eion Reynolds and Caden Pressman-Zeind
Light Post 11
Arctic Copepod by Quintin Litten and Tyler Samuelson
Whale Shark by Annie Hsu and Avalon Althouse
Ceratonotus Steiningeri by Noah Daniles and Trevor Merrell
Light Post 12
Coscinodiscus by Briana Ballard and Claire Kempf
Spotted Jellyfish by Erika Pistor and Alyssa Ahling
Blue Fin Tuna by RoseMarie Carroll
Jelly Fish by Anda Amorim
Light Post 13
Dwarf Sperm Whale by Ann Gobei Bacaylan and Remy Caruso
Sword Fish by Andy Hernandez and Abraham Alcaraz
Starfish by Ericela Sahagun and Tatum Attlesey
Stellar Sea Lion by Natalie Aronson and Anna Kazimi
Ocean Side
Light Post 1
Jelly Fish by Marina Crawford and Taila Millard
Jelly Fish by Lillian Spooner and Amelia Pollock
Swallow Tailed Gull by Alaina Dunn
Light Post 2
Nuclear Jelly Fish by Kyla Reber
Sea Horse by Gabriella Gonzales and Olivia Elman
Star Fish by Grant Jackson and Caden Young
Light Post 3
Deep Sea Monster by David Paniagua and Andres Garcia Jaurique
Sea Anemone by Ruby Johnston Jelly by Luis Ruiz Duran
Light Post 4
Sea Horse by Grace Schiebel and Eli Dregelid
Sand Dab by Owen Shapleigh and John Ratliff
Orca Whale by Taj Carpenter and Langston Hicks
Seagull by Katharine Siegmund
Light Post 5
Dolphins by Maria Jose Alfaro Kelp Forest Conrad Menchine,Robert Currie and Roy Berardo
Sea Turtle by Nadia Dahl and Jaqueline Chavez-Tumacder
Light Post 6
Baby Belugas by Jolene Cuevas and Callie Smith
Dolphins by Hayden Weeks and Rivaldo Zavala Flores
Hermit Crab by Haley Johnson and Riley Guzman
Light Post 7
Tide Pool by Sarah Merrill Dolphin by Logan Jackson and Carlos Guerrero
Jelly Fish by Eduardo Cardenas and Daniel Maldonado
Light Post 8
Humpback Whale by Cooper Salas and Hunter McCoy
Octopus by Sarah Madsen and Alaina Valle Pacific
Comet Star by Rachel Hendsbee
Light Post 9
Sea Otter by Makai Schmidt
Bubble Gum Coral by Karina Hernandez and Raven Navarrete
Narwhals by Beata Tulaczyk and Emma Tuson
Light Post 10
Hammerhead Shark by Luke George and Miles Kern Minke
Whale by Stuart Woodhams and Thomas Yukic
Octopus by Gwynn Spielman
Light Post 11
Humpback Whale by Colton Jeffrey and Nicholas Baginski
Harbor Seal by Keelan Senkier and Rebecca Atkins
Baird’s Beaked Whale by Nicholas Martin Rodger & Itai Benisty
Light Post 12
Great White Shark by Isabella Anderson and Finn Sullivan
Sea Turtle by Haley Robertson and Sage Quandt-Deto
Dungeness Crab by Lucas Radovan
Giant Squid by Gannon Mortensen and Lukas Alexander
Light Post 13
Star Fish by Eros Franca Espinoza and Marcos Rocha
Lantern Fish by Andres Nava Sturgeon by Tomas Mitchell
Cuddlefish by Aidan Criswell
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