On the cover, and of the primary article, is Al Johnsen, renowned potter/ceramicist who taught at UCSC. The second article focuses on Robert Vala, a contemporary of Eugene Dunkel & Salvador Dali who specializes in set design for ballet. The third article details the eccentric experiences of Michael Shapiro, self-professed francophile and former curatorial assistant at the Getty Museum. Lastly is a series of exhibits and events of the arts this month.

Notables: Ella Alluisi, Marian Walker / Mary Ann Walker, Margaret Haun, Gloria Pollard, K I Blythe, Kamala Lomax, Rosejean Rancadore, Santa Cruz City Museum, William Morris, Thomas McGlynn / Thomas A McGlynn, Santa Cruz Art League, Gustav Stickley, Charles Greene, Arthur Mathews, Lucia Mathews, Larry Burnham, Nic Jonk, Sheryl LeBlanc, Santa Cruz Woodworkers Association, Anne Dalbey, Steve Wiltse, Lillian Chu Finnerty, Linnea Forhan, Susan Wandruff, Calamari Festival, Fast Edy, John O Thomson / John Thomson, Ballet Russe, Colonel de Basil, Serge Soudikin, Ballets de Monte Carlo, Sergei Diaghelev, Pasadena Ballet, Barrar, Chelachev, Gillian Wilson, Wildenstein Sale of 1979, Sotheby's, J Paul Getty, Stavros Niarchos, Jacques Dubois, John Walsh, Foster-Goldstrom Gallery, Anne Solso, Robin Gustafson, Bob Marshak, Ann Schwartz, Frank Borovich, Center Street Clayworks, Barbara Weismann, Louden Nelson Community Center