After five years of work, one of the most ambitious public art projects in Santa Cruz County’s history, Watsonville Brillante, has reached completion. To celebrate, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the massive mosaic mural on Saturday. Festivities will include tours of the project narrated in English and Spanish.
The almost all-day celebration kicks off at 11 a.m. with a performance by the Watsonville Community Band, followed by various local dance troupes throughout the event. It will also include food and art vendors and kid-friendly science activities. There will be road closures on Rodriguez and Second Street for the event.
Local artist Kathleen Crocetti, a longtime Watsonville resident and teacher, launched the project in 2019, but began to envision it a few years prior, she said…