Join us for First Friday at the Homeless Garden Project Store!
Friday, August 1st | 6–8:30 PM
1338 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Meet local quilt artist Nana Montgomery and browse her beautiful handmade quilts.

Learn about our mission and CSA program
Enjoy samples of our Chocolate Rosemary Brownie’s made with our HGP baking mix
Sip, shop, and connect with the community!
Support a cause, celebrate local art, and taste something sweet

About the Artist:
Nana Montgomery is a Santa Cruz-based artist whose contemporary quilts blend traditional textile techniques with fine art sensibilities. Drawing from a surrealist tradition, her work explores emotional complexity and universal themes like love, life, and death through symbolic figures and natural elements such as fire and water. Using a layered process that combines cotton fabrics, paint, and embellishments, Nana creates visually striking pieces that aim to engage both the heart and mind. Trained in painting and drawing at UC Santa Cruz and holding an MFA from San Francisco State University, her global travels and personal experiences continue to shape her work. Nana’s quilts have been exhibited throughout the Bay Area and beyond, and when she’s not creating, she works as a social worker for the VA and runs her own graphic design business, Blue Shark Design.