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On the Cover: Nancy Tobin’s North Jetty Swells installation “Three Little Pigs” from 2020, when she dared to mix art with 32’ tides and then added fire.

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2022-23 • Volume 36 • Number 7 707-443-1234 ext 300 info@101things.com President / Publisher Gregg Gardiner General Manager Carlton Nielsen Editor Courtney Ramos Creative Director Barb Switzer

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Printed by Western-Web, Eureka, CA STAFF Executive Director-Curator Jemima Harr Museum Manager Alexandria Sullivan Education Programs Coordinator Genevieve Kjesbu Art Educator Haley Davis Retail Consultant/Museum Store Dennis Winstead Programs & Partnership Manager Milenka Castro Museum Assistant Michelle Stone

The Humboldt Arts Council staff wishes to thank the board of directors, docents and all volunteers who make our programs possible. We couldn’t do it without you! James Lowry President/CEO Gale Becker Vice President Peggy Irvine Secretary Lucy Quinby Treasurer

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contents Humboldt Arts Council.............................................................. 4 Eureka Walking Mural Tour Map.............................................. 5 Utility Art Boxes.......................................................................... 6 Humboldt County Museums...................................................... 7 In Memory of Clint Rebik Join the Humboldt Arts Council............................................ 8 Eureka................................................................................. 10-17 Gallery Spotlights.......................................................... 17 & 48 Eureka Cultural Arts District................................................... 17 Nancy Tobin, Artist of the Year........................................ 18-20 A Long Game: The Slow Play of Architectural Trends.... 21-23 An Interview with Libby Maynard.................................... 24-27 Emma Constant Clothing................................................. 28-31 Dressed For Destination Humboldt................................. 32-33 Finding Renewal ................................................................ 34-37 The Great Humboldt Marble Hunt.................................. 38-39 The Business of Art................................................................... 39 Events & Festivals.............................................................. 40-41 Hwy 299 & Hwy 96 - Blue Lake, Willow Creek, Hoopa.......... 42 Arcata................................................................................. 43-45 Northern Humboldt County McKinleyville, Westhaven, Trinidad............................. 46-48 Central Humboldt County Ferndale, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Scotia............................... 49-50 Southern Humboldt and Avenue of the Giants...................... 51

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Christi Carter, Kay Harden, Nicole Jean Hill, Sasha Lyth, William McClendon, Jose Quezada, Lucy Quinby EMERITUS MEMBERS Julia Bednar, Sheila Marks, Betty Osborne, Robert Yarber FOUNDING MEMBERS Sally Arnot, Dr. Homer Balabanis, Floyd Bettiga, Muriel Dinsmore ADVISORY BOARD Karen Angel, Sally Biggin, Whitney Buck, Lora Canzoneri, John Dalby, Larry Eitzen, Ahn Fielding, Nancy Flemming, Gregg Gardiner, JoAnn Hanson, Beverly Harper, Dan Harper, Sanderson Morgan, Cathy Ray Pierson, John Pound, Jean Santi, Don Smullin, Janna Snell, Lane Strope, Karen Sullivan The Humboldt Arts Council appreciates the generous support of all the local businesses that have chosen to advertise in the 2022-23 Palette magazine in support of the arts in our community.

The Morris Graves Museum of Art, located at 636 F Street, Eureka is open to the public noon-5p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults; $2 for seniors (age 65 and over) and students with ID; children 17 and under free; Museum members are free, Military Veterans are free. EBT Card Holders and their families are free through the Museums for All program. Admission is always free for everyone on the first Saturday of every month, including First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m. The Palette | 3

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s the county with the most artists per capita in the state, visitors and residents of Humboldt County are urged to get involved in the arts. The wide array of events, art education programs and community exhibitions at the Morris Graves Museum of Art offers something for everyone, from children and families to artists and visitors to the area. Each month the Morris Graves Museum of Art offers art education programs to the community. From artist lectures to hands-on family programs, you will find something to explore and excite your artistic senses. Youth and families can join in at two monthly programs, Mini Masters at the MGMA and Second Saturday Family Arts Day, and explore the artworks and artists featured in the museum while making art projects of their own. Enjoy live music? Join us each month at First Saturday Night Arts Alive or Wine & Jazz as local musicians showcase their talents in free and low cost performances and concerts. Interested in finding out more about current exhibitions at the Museum? Every first Sunday, learn from professional visiting and local artists as they lead guided gallery tours during Art Talk Sundays. Whichever programs you attend, you are sure to walk away with inspiration and a better understanding of our local arts and music. Throughout the year the Morris Graves Museum of Art showcases community artists in juried exhibitions as well as exhibitions from across the country. A local favorite in the fall is the Junque Arte Competition and Exhibition. Designed to heighten awareness of renewable resources in the artmaking process, each artwork in this juried community exhibition is made from 100 percent recycled materials. On the main level of the MGMA, the Humboldt Artist Gallery features artwork for sale by local artists offering everything from prints and paintings to sculpture, jewelry, and gorgeous greeting cards. The Humboldt Artist Gallery is the perfect place to stop for an unforgettable souvenir or unique gift. Whether you are a local artist, art-lover or just passing through town, the Morris Graves Museum of Art is your connection to the arts on the North Coast through events, art education programs and exhibitions. Be sure to get involved this year with the local arts!

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Free First Saturdays and Arts Alive! First Saturdays 6 to 9pm

Join us at the Morris Graves Museum of Art on the first Saturday of every month for live musical performances sponsored by Redwood Capital Bank and exhibition openings. Admission is free for everyone from Noon-5pm and for Arts Alive! 6 to 9pm.

Family Arts Day, Second Saturdays at 2pm

FREE for kids and members and included with Museum admission Second Saturday Family Arts Day offers hands-on arts projects activities for youth and families inspired by current exhibitions.

Afternoon of Jazz, Third Sundays from 3-5pm

FREE for kids and members and included with Museum admission Afternoon of Jazz features a performance by a different local jazz group each month. Sit back and enjoy listening to great local jazz. Check our website www.humboldtarts.org for updates on Special Events at the Morris Graves. We always have more to see!

Humboldt Artist Gallery

Want to support local artists? Need a unique gift or unforgettable souvenir? Make sure to stop by the Humboldt Artist Gallery, open 12pm to 5pm Wednesday through Sunday! Located inside the Morris Graves Museum of Art, the Humboldt Artist Gallery features artwork for sale by local artists offering everything from prints and paintings to sculpture, jewelry, gorgeous greeting cards, scarves and ceramics. There’s something there for every budget and every style!

Stop by and see what treasures we have in store! To learn more about the artists currently on view in the Humboldt Artist Gallery, check out: www.humboldtarts.org/humboldt-artist-gallery

he Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art is part of a National program for inclusion in museums, Museums for All, a signature access program of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to encourage families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. The program enables low-income families to visit the Morris Graves Museum of Art for free with the presentation of an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Museums for All is part of the Humboldt Arts Council’s broad commitment to seek, include, and welcome all. The Museums for All initiative represents a long stride toward the goal of reaching more children and parents, especially those living in poverty, with the valuable learning resources of museums. The Museums for All initiative will allow the Humboldt Arts Council to further expand their reach and impact.

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Eureka Utility Box Art Program Painted by Samantha Moore

Just because it’s useful doesn’t mean it can’t also be beautiful.

Painted by Patricia Sennott

The City of Eureka invites artists to apply to install murals on utility boxes. These original canvasses contribute the the vitality and attractiveness of the city and also deter graffiti.

The Eureka Street Art Festival is held every August. New utility boxes and murals are added to the existing collection.

The city seeks businesses or individuals interested in sponsoring utility box murals. The program is open to individual artists, teams of artist or community groups with a designated leader.

THE BRIDGE DISTRICT - 2022 Eleven new murals were added during the 2022 Eureka Street Art Festival, including 4 on the piers that support the Samoa Bridge. Several were added to hotels north of Old Town, along the Waterfront Trail, and along the side of Pacific Outfitters. Thanks to Pen + Pine, who also created the map on the previous page, an Old Town map featured at 5th and E Streets, the 2022 Street Art Festival poster (penandpine.com)

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m All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. u Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park Eureka Carnegie Free s Library, c. 1904, courtesy 1 X St., Eureka 95501, 444-3437 • BlueOxMill.com HumboldtArts.org Self-guided tour of Victorian-era woodworking shop, skid camp and farm; e workshops in woodworking, blacksmithing and ceramics. Clarke Historical Museum u 3rd & E Sts., Eureka 95501, 443-1947 • ClarkeMuseum.org Permanent and rotating exhibits of Humboldt County History, period rooms and American Indian basketry and regalia. m Discovery Museum 612 G St., #102, Eureka 95501, 443-9694 • Discovery-Museum.org s Hands-on children’s museum with art, science, ocean and health exhibits. Humboldt County Museums

Please call for events available for children’s parties.

INDIGENOUS HERITAGE & CULTURE

ocal Northwestern California Karuk, Hupa, Tolowa, Wiyot, and Yurok Tribes remain in their traditional homelands. Celebrate and honor local tribe’s stories, ceremonies, history, art, and culture throughout Humboldt County.

American Indian Art & Gift Shop 241 F St., Eureka, 95501, 445-8451, NCIDC.org Art and gifts by national Native American artists.

Clarke Historical Museum

See above in Humboldt County Museums

End of the Trail Museum at Trees of Mystery 15500 Hwy 101 N., Klamath 95548 800-638-3389, TreesOfMystery.net Largest privately owned collection of Native American art and artifacts, as well as rare Edward Curtis orotone photographs.

Hoopa Tribal Museum Hwy 96 at Hoopa Shopping Center, Hoopa 95546, 530-625-4110, see on Facebook Demonstrates the culture and history of the native people of the area, including Hupa, Yurok and Karuk. Native artifacts, as well as a village and fort (by advance appointment). Ceremonial celebrations throughout the summer.

Potawot Health Village 1600 Weott Way, Arcata 95521, 825-5000

Ferndale Museum Shaw & 3rd Sts., Ferndale 95536, 786-4466 • Ferndale-Museum.org

Displays Victorian life with typical living settings, dairy and agricultural equipment, blacksmith area, antique machine shop items, local photos and an operating seismograph.

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park & Logging Trail 3431 Fort Ave., Eureka 95503, 445-6547 www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=665

Attractions include original buildings, logging museum, Dolbeer Steam Donkey, locomotives and self-guided trails chronicling the history of Fort Humboldt.

Fortuna Depot Museum 621 11th St., Fortuna 95540, 725-7645 • FriendlyFortuna.com

Located in the Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot built in 1889, the museum features local history and railroad memorabilia.

Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum Across the bridge from Eureka in Samoa• 908 Vance Ave., Samoa, next to the Samoa Cookhouse, 444-9440 • HumboldtBayMaritimeMuseum.com

Nautical items, ship models, ship building tools, artifacts related to shipwrecks and lighthouses including fresnel lens, and bay ferries information.

Cal Poly Natural History Museum 1242 G St., Arcata 95521, 826-4479 • Humboldt.edu/natmus

Museum is open to the public Tues.-Sat., 10-5. Interactive exhibits, fossils and displays on local animals, insects, marine life and birds.

Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F St., Eureka 95501, 442-0278 • HumboldtArts.org

Former Carnegie Library is home to the Humboldt Arts Council, six galleries and a sculpture garden. Also offered are Monthly Programs including First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, Family Arts Days and Community Jazz Jams.

UIHS.org/locations/potawot-health-village-arcata Owned and operated by the United Indian Health Services, this healing center includes healthcare services for Native Americans, a permanent collection of paintings, sculpture and basketry made by contemporary and traditional American Indian artists, two-miles of walking trails and a wellness garden on its 40-acre site.

Samoa Cookhouse Logging Museum • Across the Samoa Bridge off Cookhouse Rd., Samoa, 442-1659 SamoaCookhouse.net

Sumeg Village Heritage Attraction Sue Meg State Park State Park 4150 Sue Meg State Park Dr., Trinidad 95570 677-3570, www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=417

Photos of the area’s whaling and logging history, native plant garden, marine shells and Yurok artifacts.

Features recreated Yurok village with plank homes set in the ground.

Logging equipment, photographs and memorabilia from the heyday of logging in Humboldt County in the very early 1900s.

Trinidad Museum • 400 Janis Ct. at Sue Meg State Park Dr., Trinidad 95570, 677-3883 • TrinidadMuseum.org

Willow Creek-China Flat Museum • PO Box 102, Willow Creek 95573 • 530-629-2653 • BigfootCountry.net Features logging, mining and farming history of the region, Native American information, a blacksmith shop, and a Bigfoot display area.

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Clint Rebik We like to speak of people, as “shining lights”, but rarely find true examples of such luminaries. Clint Rebik was much beloved by multiple communities in the north coast. Clint graduated from Humboldt State University in 1987 with a theater arts degree. He founded and served as artistic Director of the Redwood Curtain Theater. His two sons, Matt and Alex Jioras and their mom Chris Jioras always expected and

received his love, focus and attention. Anyone who worked with him during his more than 20 years at Redwood Curtain recalls him affectionately, no matter what their role in a production. Clint passed away in 2021 leaving a legacy behind of genuine passion, and regard. Those who remember him can envision him standing alongside, continuing to guide them with his spirit into a future that mourns his absence.

humboldt arts council JOIN NOW! Humboldt Arts Council is the county’s largest arts organization, founded in 1966 and dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture in our region. The Morris Graves Museum of Art, a program of the Council, is located in the former Carnegie Library in Eureka, built in 1904 and completely renovated in 2000 with over 1 million dollars in donations from the local community. The Morris Graves Museum of Art houses seven galleries including the Melvin Schuler Sculpture Garden, a Museum Gift Shop, Youth Gallery and Classroom facilities, Arts Resource Center and Performance Rotunda.

JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS, CIRCLE OF 100 OR ABOVE!

One of the fantastic benefits of Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art membership at the Circle of 100 level or above is the North American Reciprocal Membership Program (NARM). When you join as a Circle of 100 level or higher, you will receive a specially marked membership card that grants you FREE admission at all times during museum hours to more than 800 museums in the U.S., and a 10% discount in Museum Gift Shops in more than 800 museums*

INTERESTED IN JOINING?

• KEEP INFORMED of exhibits and events at the

To receive information on joining the Humboldt Arts Council please call (707) 442-0278 or download a membership form at www.humboldtarts.org and mail to Humboldt Arts Council, 636 F Street, Eureka, CA 95501 or email us at alex@humboldtarts.org.

• GET INSPIRED at monthly programs of film and discussion, jazz, dance programs, classical, cultural and popular music events, and the family arts program including activities and perfomances for children and much more!

Free Admission to the Morris Graves Museum of Art Personalized Membership Card The Quarterly newsletter that includes information about Events and Exhibitions 10% Discount on MGMA Merchandise

MEMBERS of the HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL:

Morris Graves Museum of Art. Learn about special museum competitions & exhibitions, and outstanding exhibitions from local and out-of-the area artists with admission free to members.

• KEEP ART IN THE SCHOOLS - our Art Banks

and Docents in the Schools Programs serve thousands of school children annually with artwork on loan and more than 2 dozen art-themed presentations available to schools. We need your help to fulfill our dedication to providing leadership in support of the rich heritage of North Coast arts and to bringing this legacy fully into community life. BASIC MEMBERSHIP levels entitle you to a quarterly newsletter of exhibitions and events, invitations to museum activities and free admission to the museum, plus a 10% discount on MGMA merchandise. 8 | The Palette

ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE:

*Some of the California museums you will receive privileges to include: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco • California Historical Society Museum, San Francisco California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento • Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento de Young Museum, San Francisco • di Rosa, Napa Valley • Legion of Honor, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles • Oakland Museum of California, Oakland San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose • UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. For the full list of participating national and international NARM museums, please visit the NARM website. *All member institutions may implement NARM policies as they choose. Please note: you will not receive membership mailings from the participating NARM museums

l o c a l a r t l o c a l a r t l o c a l a r t e u r lani’s book The 100 Best e Small Art Towns in America, Eureka is an exciting k place for art lovers. Just strolling down the street, visitors and residents will a find themselves surrounded by an abundance of art. Countless murals adorn the exterior walls of businesses, and an array of abstract sculptures grace the Old Town and Downtown areas. The numerous beautifully restored Victorian-style buildings with their ornate decorations and historic architecture add to the beauty. There are also many galleries displaying pieces Raccoon skull with a bee terrarium, encrusted by amethysts, surrounded by dried pods, from local painters, sculppinecones, mushrooms, dried plants and moss. By Jasmine Johnson, see Artist Profile on p. 52 tors, potters, weavers, jewelers and photographers. estled in the heart of California’s beautiful For those who love to not only see art, but to meet North Coast, Eureka is home to a lively coloartists and view and discuss art with other people who ny of artists working in almost every medium share the same passion, Eureka offers “First Saturday imaginable. Humboldt County has more Night Arts Alive!” in Downtown and Old Town. This is an artists per capita than any other county in art walk put on in cooperation with downtown businessthe state, and Eureka is the de facto artistic capitol of es. Most businesses keep later hours for this event, and the region. Here you will find painters and sculptors and the result is a lively mix of artists, art lovers and fun for other visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, actors the whole family. and even filmmakers. A number have achieved national Eureka is also a place you can enjoy wine tasting, and international recognition. Artists find the North theater, ballet, music ranging from symphonies and Coast environment supports their creative pursuits by string quartets to world-class popular acts, and much providing a backdrop of dramatic natural landscapes, more. The surrounding natural beauty makes it a wonthe company of like-minded souls and the slow pace of derful place to visit, and a source of inspiration for artlife that only a rural, or nearly rural, setting can offer. ists and patrons alike. The arts are flourishing “behind Named one of the top small art towns in John Vilthe redwood curtain” in the Victorian Seaport of Eureka.

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Eureka Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. American Indian Art & Gift Shop 241 F St., Eureka, 95501 445-8451 • NCIDC.org

Chamber Players of the Redwoods ChamberPlayersRedwoods.org

Art and gift items by national Native American artists. All net proceeds return to the nonprofit operations of the shop and NCIDC.

Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park 1 X St., Eureka 95501 444-3437 or 800-248-4259 BlueOxMill.com

Self-guided tour of Victorian era woodworking shop, skid camp and farm; workshops in woodworking, blacksmithing and ceramics.

Brenda Tuxford Gallery 525 7th St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 • InkPeople.org New exhibits monthly.

Since 2007, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit has presented public concerts celebrating the vast diversity of Classical Music. Local and out-of-area musicians perform three concerts a year at different acoustic halls in Humboldt County. The concerts are free, and donations welcome.

College of the Redwoods 7351 Tompkins Hill Rd. Eureka 95501 Art & Humanities Dept. 476-4559 • Redwoods.edu The Dance Scene Studio, The Sundance Ballet Company 1011 H St., Eureka, 95501 502-2188 • DanceEureka.com

Creative Dance, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, Belly Dance, Tiny Taps, and Pilates for ages 3–Adult.

Eureka Art & Culture Commission 531 G St., Eureka 95501 442-8413

search at www.ci.eureka.ca.gov Advises Eureka City Council on art programs and projects.

Eureka Chamber Music Series At Calvary Lutheran Church PO Box 3509, Eureka 95503 273-6975 EurekaChamberMusic.org

Sponsors international artists, piano trios, string quartets, pianists and the San Francisco Opera Center Singers.

Eureka Main Street 108 F St., Ste. 105 Eureka 95501 • 441-4187 EurekaMainStreet.org

Working toward an economically and culturally vital Main Street.

Eureka Symphony PO Box 776, Bayside 95524 798-6139, Box Office 845-3655 EurekaSymphony.org Produces five concert sets each season, two concerts for school children from throughout Humboldt County, plus special events.

Humboldt Arts Council & the Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F St., Eureka 95501 442-0278 • HumboldtArts.org Provides leadership, programs and services to enhance the presence of art in Humboldt County.

The Dance Scene Studio offers classes in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz,

Experience Historic Old Town and Downtown

Accessories Antiques Art Galleries & Museums Automotive Bakeries Bay Cruises One of the last preserved Beauty Salons / Spas downtowns in California Books Candy Shops Carriage Rides Clothing Ballet, Pointe, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Coffee Houses BellyDelis Dance & Contemporary Festivals / Events The Center of Commerce Gift Shops and Culture Since 1850 Grocery Stores Health Aids Ice Cream Jewelers Live Theater Lodging Music Restaurants Second Hand Shops A TO I STREETS • WATERFRONT TO EIGHTH Shoes Eureka Main Street • 108 F Street Wonderful Eureka, CA 95501 Architecture

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Eureka Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. Humboldt Botanical Gardens Foundation 7707 Tompkins Hill Rd. Eureka 95503 Located just north of College of the Redwoods Main Campus. 442-5139 • HBGF.org

Providing educational opportunities for the community as it works to create the Humboldt Botanical Gardens.

Humboldt Handweavers & Spinners Guild PO Box 370, Arcata 95518 599-2729 • HHSGuild.org

Promotes textile arts through classes and exhibitions. Monthly meetings in Eureka.

Ink People Center for the Arts 527-3rd St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 • InkPeople.org

Coordinates over 100 programs, exhibitions, ongoing classes & events.

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(Media, Arts Resource Zone)

627 3rd St St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 • InkPeople.org

Youth using analog & digital arts for community change.

North Coast Dance 426 F St., Eureka 95501 442-7779 • NorthCoastDance.org Three major productions a year. Offers Ballet Kinder through Adult, Pointe, Men’s, Pas De Deux, Ballroom, Hula and several other disciplines.

North Coast Repertory Theatre 300 5th St., Eureka 95501 442-NCRT (6278) • NCRT.net

Professional quality live theatre presenting classic and contemporary works throughout the year.

Redwood Art Association 603 F St., Eureka 95501 268-0755 • RedwoodArt.us

A community of artists who value art as an indispensable part of life in Humboldt County. Membership is open to all artists.

Redwood Camera Club 1812 N St., Eureka, 95501 443-8796 RedwoodCameraClub.com

Open to professionals, amateurs and beginning photographers using a wide range of techniques; black and white, color film, as well as digital media. Providing education and a forum for showing photographs.

Redwood Coast Children’s Chorus 499-3920 RedwoodCoastChildrensChorus.net Celebrating nearly 40 years. RCCC is adding The World Children’s Concert Chorus (Children Survivors of Natural Catastrophes), a concept proposed by Kathé Lyth, Founder/Director. An adult chorus offers several workshops a year. Under sponsorship of The Ink People.

Redwood Coast Music Festival 523 5th St., Eureka 95501 445-3378 • RCMFest.org

Nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to support area programs that benefit seniors and youth music education. Produces Redwood Coast Jazz Festival in April.

Redwood Curtain Theatre PO Box 8125, Eureka 95502 220 1st St., Eureka 95501 440-9208 RedwoodCurtain.com Presents plays of contemporary theater, and new interpretations of the classics.

Redwood Empire Quilters Guild PO Box 5071, Eureka 95502 445-5844 • REQG.com

Nonprofit organization promoting quilting. Meetings the first Thursday of the month, Sept. - June, at Faith Center on Bay St., Eureka.

Representational Art League PO Box 6175, Eureka 95502

Producing artists working in various representational styles meet monthly to critique, discuss and support. Paint-outs, retreats and in-studio painting sessions. Find them on Facebook.

Viols, Recorders, Krumhorns and All 2135 F St., Eureka 95501 476-0421

ViolsRecordersKrumhorns.org Early music performance group that performs in costume at events such as Arts Alive! Features 14th through 17th century music.

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Arts Alive Venues

All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. 707 Bar 1st & C Sts. • 443-8887 A Taste of Bim 613 3rd St. • 798-6300 ATasteOfBim.org Adorni Center 1011 Waterfront St. • 441-4248 American Indian Art & Gift Shop 241 F St. • 445-8451 AmericanIndianOnline.com Amigas Burritos 317 5th St. • 443-3373 Annex 39 610 F St. • 443-9113 Arkley Center for the Performing Arts 412 G St. • 442-1956 ArkleyCenter.com Art Center Frame Shop 616 2nd St. • 443-7017

Arts & Drafts 422 1st St. • 798-6329. Bayfront Restaurant F Street Plaza • 443-7489 Bella Baskets 444-2823 • Bella-Baskets.com Belle Starr 405 2nd St. • 441-1296 belle-starr.com Blossom’s Florist 798-6002 Blue Ox Boutique 515 2nd St. • 798-6104 Booklegger 402 2nd St. • 445-1344 Brenda Tuxford Gallery 627 3rd St. • 442-8413 InkPeople.org Buttons 621 3rd St. • 407-3527

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Buzzard’s Nest Antiques & Uniques 420 2nd St. • 601-5481 C Street Hall Gallery 208 C St. • 498-0059 Café Nooner 2910 E St • 407-3664 CafeNooner.com Calla Hana Boutique 3300 Broadway •267-2161 Canvas + Clay 272 C St. • 443-2428 canvasandclaystudio.org Chapala Cafe 201 2nd St. • 443-9514 Cheri Blackerby Gallery & The Studio 272 C St. • 443-1428 Ciara’s Irish Shop 334 2nd St. • 443-0102

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Humboldt Carpet Showroom at The Gallery 212 F St. • 442-0291 Humboldtcarpetshowroom.com Kenny’s Chocolates 425 Snug Alley • 445-8015 KennysChocolates.com Humboldt Cider Co. Tap Room 517 F St. • 497-6320 HumboldtCiderCompany.com Humboldt Herbals 300 2nd St. • 442-3541 HumboldtHerbals.com Humboldt Honey Wine 723 3rd St. • 599-7973 Humboldt Marketplace 317 E St. • 444-2823 HumboldtMarketplace.com Humboldt Republic 535 4th St. • 497-6270 HumboldtRepublic.com Humboldt Skate Lab 617 3rd St. • 683-6683 humboldt-skate-lab.business.site Ink People Center for the Arts 525 7th St. • 442-8413 InkPeople.org Inn at 2nd & C 124 C St. • 444-3344 TheInnAt2ndAndC.com Just My Type 235 F St. • 502-2446 JustMyTypeLetterPress.com Land of Lovely 127 F St. • 273-5234 LandOfLovely.com Livella Studios 120 2nd St. • 268-8781 Living The Dream Ice Cream 1 F St. by Bayfront Restaurant 407-3508 • LTDIceCream.com

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Arts Alive Venues Los Bagels / Truchas Gallery 403 2nd St. • 442-8525 LosBagels.com Lotus Studio 630 2nd St. • 362-6833 Lotstu.com Mantova’s Two Street Music 136 2nd St. • 445-3155 MTSMusic.com Many Hands Gallery 438 2nd St. • 445-0455 ManyHandsGallery.net Megara’s Salon 521 6th St. • 382-2851 Mendenhall Studios 215 C St. MikkiMoves’ Living Room Gallery 805 7th St. • 515-6683 MikkiMoves.com North Coast Co-op 25 4th St. • 443-6027 NorthCoast.coop

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Tour the open studios of 100+ Humboldt County artists and craftspeople at this free community event. From Trinidad to Redway, and everywhere in between, local artists open their creative spaces and processes to the public. Information is available at their website or by contacting coordinator Monica Topping at 707-442-8413. Artist Christy Tjaden at 2022 Open Studios. See Christy’s Artist Profile on page 54

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Arts Alive Venues Paul’s Live From New York Pizza 604 F St. • 442-5800 PaulsLFNYPizza.com Piante Gallery 620 2nd St. • 441-1322 Primate Tatu 505 H St. • 443-3809 PrimateTatu.net Ramone’s Bakery 209 E St. • 442-1336 RamonesBakery.com Redwood Art Association 603 F St. • 268-0755 RedwoodArt.us Redwood Curtain Theatre 220 1st St. • 440-9208 RedwoodCurtain.com Redwood Discovery Museum 612 G St. #102 • 443-9694 Discovery-Museum.org

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support artists and creators to harness their voices through art, poetry, and music. It is the premier contemporary art space in Eureka. It is filling the void created by the loss of the beloved Accident Gallery, Black Fawn Gallery, The First Street Gallery, The Accident Gallery, and The Empire Squared Gallery of Contemporary Arts. The gallery is run by Artists for Artists. When artists work with artists, the collaboration creates a synergy that benefits everybody and provides a space for cutting-edge contemporary art to thrive. They are proud to be the permanent home of the REWORDED POETRY PROJECT spearheaded by Wil Gibson, Eureka’s poet laureate. REWORDED is a new and used mobile poetry-only bookstore in Humboldt County, California.

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Nancy Tobin Artist of the Year by Courtney Ramos

eet Nancy Tobin: Site-specific artist and local Arcata business owner of boutique Vintage Avenger. Her years of elaborate installation and performance art creates a unique narrative that transforms the experience of space and time. With back-to-back shows in 2022, The first was the vast installation Journey to the Center of Milks exhibit at the Morris Graves Museum, where you entered the surreal prehistoric garden. Greeted by a giant volcano, waterfall, and tortilla tent that were embedded in a carpet of six hundred pounds of corn kernels that took you on a dreamlike journey while giving the metaphorical gift of self-empowerment. Her following show, Outer Roominations, where “Toebin” Estates was a funny take on spiritualism and homesteading that included a foil-covered tent topped with a giant stuffed foot that sprayed water into a 20’ x 15’ pool made of tarps and straw wattles. It kept growing and ultimately incorporated the adjacent cabin and junked car. It lured you in with its lowbrow humor but really told the story of

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Jesus’ washing of the feet, which symbolizes humbling oneself to serve others. In addition, she did performance art that will be in her documentary released in late 2023 or 2024, which captures her creative process by award-winning filmmaker Jonathon DeSoto. Her story begins: Nancy is no stranger to the paradoxes of life. Her narrative is honest and raw, transcending her life’s pain and adversity into bizarre and ephemeral interventions. Growing up as a military brat and later being a single mother. “I experienced two very difficult sides of life: a great deal of displacement and a lot of responsibility. But, on the flip side, I also experienced many different cultures, landscapes, and climates.” Dualities pull her in every kind of way. Which is apparent in her art. Nancy’s work is nomadic, ephemeral, and site-specific. She refers to them as either land art, interventions, sculpture, painting, and/or performance. They are flexible in nature, and their primary characteristic is their mutability.

Nancy’s installment from 2022 at the Morris Graves Museum. Nancy in residence in her own exhibit.

She explains her disjointed childhood was spent playing in what she would later come to realize was a juxtaposition: “From the sweaty jungles and fort-like military bunkers on post-war Okinawa to adapting to the unforgiving Arizona desert, where man-made swimming holes poked nearly every inch of the city’s concrete skin, affording the lie that survival was somehow due to fitness. I also survived the toe-snatching seventy degrees below zero sub-arctic winds that screamed off the frozen lakes of Madison, Wisconsin, only to be slapped in the face by understanding that they were far warmer than the welcome. I wouldn’t be receive from the insular high school cliques, which I could never seem to penetrate, and be constantly being shown that, under no circumstances, would I ever.” There is a sense of nomadic belonging in her work, no matter who you are. She collects materials and uses them to create when inspired by a space. Documenting those moments and then, just as quickly, removing them. She likes humor and surprise. Unrestrained by nostalgia, many juxtapositions play a role in Tobin’s installations. Objects like holiday decorations, kewpie doll heads, molded plastic souvenirs, and scary stuffed animals all make you raise a brow at the cheaply made and most often dollar store and thrift store finds that represent the impoverished part of society. She refurbishes these ‘things’ into a magical scene. These juxtapositions deliberately break a familiar reality and evoke existential questions and feelings of surprise. She noticed that something fortuitous occurred each time she was doing an intervention. Unexpectedly, she has had the ocean reunited with a river while filming, and wild animals show up to inspect

her work. Once, she even ran into her mail carrier while atop the Ma Le’l Dunes. There is always a surprising element in the familiar that suddenly makes us question our reality, all of what we thought we already knew and have ever experienced. Expecting that something magical would meet her each time, awed at its consistency. “There was a lot to see, which was good. But, there was a lot I did not want to feel.” She frequently turned to the landscape of her inner

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outgrowth of her urge to control the environment by using what is at hand to transport the viewer into a physical and psychological landscape of her imagination, where rooting and nurturing creates surreal spaces to be traveled through and experienced. Enveloping the viewer with central themes of nurturing, adapting, creative reuse, encouragement, and self-belief. “Too often, we are conditioned to give our power and problem-solving abilities away to others. It is incredibly satisfying to watch the gears click in a viewer’s mind upon experiencing my work and see them come out more inspired and empowered, allowing themselves to take more personal risks while, above all, having fun.” Engineering within the given space becomes a welcomed challenge and aesthetic element of the work. She works in a forward motion, rarely questioning or reworking first impulses. There are no mistakes. “To be the freest, I must have spaces unencumbered by constraints, be it financial or otherwise. I prefer remote spaces where I can work in isolation in a type of conversation between myself and my intuition. It’s a form of meditation that helps me hone my faith and self-confidence. The limits then become how much I can construct with only the items I can carry. “ Her gallery work shares similar traits with her untamed art in both response to site and construction techniques, but they differ in that they can be grown further under the safety of a roof, and then they become quite elaborate. She says she is often asked how I know when I am done with a gallery installation? The answer has become, “When the show opens.” Artist’s Final Note: “My recipe for long-term success in any situation is this: start where you are with what you already have on hand and build from there. Accomplish by applying yourself consistently and figuring it out along the way. Play. Listen to your intuition. Override the negative voices of the doubt when facing challenges. Do not wait for the stars to align before you begin because that day will never come. You really don’t need Amazon to solve all of your problems. Get going, and believe in yourself! It is my life practice, in addition to my art practice, to nurture and encourage self-esteem; after all, happy, confident people make the world a better place!” —Nancy

Start where you are with what you already have on hand and build from there.

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A peek at “Toebin Estates” from Summer 2022 making as a defense mechanism. Residing within, she could keep everything she owned, and no one ever parted from her. “My code was to be self-sufficient. I modeled my lifestyle after Gilligan’s Island, where survival depended upon one’s creative problem-solving and everything was made by hand, preferably bamboo.” Her sculptures and layered installations are an

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Scroll on her Instagram @nancy_._tobin for a plethora of visual vocabularies.

A Long Game The Slow Play of Architecture Trends by Ted Loring

rchitecture is just as subject to the whims of fashion as clothes are – with a difference. Fashions in clothing change seasonally. Trends in architecture play out over generations. What was au courant when I was a kid didn’t become passé until I became an adult. We might not consider architecture to be subject to whim, but only because we don’t view it in time lapse. If you know something about trends in architecture then you can use that information to decode a community. If you know when a style was fashionable, then you can look at a house and approximate when it was built. Expand your horizon and look at a street of houses. If the houses are all relatively similar in style, it’s a good guess that they were part of a subdivision, all built during a relatively short period of time. If the styles are varied, it’s likely that it took generations to complete the street you are examining. Expand your horizon to the city as a whole, and the architecture can tell you the story of how the community grew, from earliest settlement to the current day. A knowledge of architectural trends can tell you a lot about Eureka. Nothing standing is older than 1850. (That’s when white settlers arrived to claim Wiyot land.) Very few buildings survive from that first decade. The city grew slowly. It never got rich enough to make demolition pay; so, the vast bulk of the buildings you see today are first generation, the first structures to be built on that particular piece of land. Walk (or drive if you must) from the bay front to the water tower. Along the way you will pass by a parade of houses in a variety of styles. That parade of styles will tell you the story of how Eureka grew. I hope to help you to see that story for yourself. I want to introduce you to the most popular of the styles that were fashionable in Eureka during its first century, from 1850 through the 1940s. Before I start talking about specific styles, there are a couple of myths that deserve to be busted. • “Architectural styles” are like “national heritage” in America. I may claim to be Irish; but a closer examination shows the influence of Swedish, Hungarian and, perhaps, native American ancestors who have con-

tributed to who I am. It’s much the same with styles. Buildings are often mongrels, they’re seldom purely one style. • The most basic element of an architectural style is the form of the building. Is it a big, square box? Is the box taller than it is wide? Is the building composed of different geometric solids joined together? Or does the box become a rectangle, low to the ground, much wider than it is tall? The preferred forms for residential buildings change with time; but not as quickly as architectural styles change. • Think of ornament as the clothes and accessories that embellish the body, the architectural form. Different styles favor different types of windows, doors, trim and roof lines. Sometimes successive styles ornamented a shared building form. • Some people think of style and ornament as the same thing. They aren’t. An architectural style has a preferred form as well as its own vocabulary of ornaments. Greek and Gothic Revival • No one would mistake a Greek revival house for one of the temples of ancient Greece; but that’s what inspired the style. And you can see the resemblance if you squint really hard. At least locally, the Gothic applies a different ornamental vocabulary to the same basic form. In this case the inspiration was the arches and ornament of gothic cathedrals. Greek and Gothic Revival buildings are the oldest standing structures in Eureka, few in number, dating from 1850 through the 1860s. The form is most often a box with a steep gabled roof facing the street. Think of a kid’s drawing of a house: a box with a triangle on top. Local examples are usually one and a half or two stories tall. The ornament is spare. Siding is horizontal. Plain boards are trim for doors, windows and building corners. A wide board marks the point where the wall meets the roof, a reference to a classic temple frieze. Windows are almost twice as tall as they are wide and multi-paned, often six-over six (six panes each in upper and lower halves of the window) and, if you are lucky, made of old, imperfect glass. Put triangles on top of the windows and

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add dripping, wooden curlicues to the edge of the roof gable (a bargeboard) and Greek becomes Gothic…at least in Eureka.

Italianate and Stick-Eastlake • Queen Victoria reigned from

1837 to 1901; so, technically, Greek and Gothic Revival styles are Victorian. And so are a lot of distinct, later styles. The Italianate is the first that most people Queen Anne would recognize as Victorian. Ancient Rome was the inspiration for its ornament but not the form of the buildings. Columns and brackets imitate their stone ancestors abound. Steam power, and the mechanization of house part production, Norman Revival is at least partially responsible for the dropping cost and increasing density of ornament. Eastlake was a furniture designer Queen Anne who paraded his honesty. His chairs and tables celebrated the fact that they were made out of wood, not wood disguised as antique stone. The sentiment became architectural. Ornament on Stick-Eastlake houses wasn’t ‘Roman’. It was unabashedly wood, cut, turned and arranged to delight the eye. Stick-Eastlake and Italianate ornament differ radically. In Eureka you can see homes where the two different styles were applied to the same basic house form. Locally, Italianate and Stick-Eastlake houses are most likely to have been build circa 1860-1890. That’s 22 | The Palette

the time when the temporary, gold rush settlement was becoming a settled town. The form of Italianate and Stick-Eastlake houses is often a narrow, tall box capped by a low roof, sloping to the ridge from all sides. Symmetrical fronts are common, at least in early versions. Sometimes there is Queen Anne a tower. The emphasis is Colonial Revival on verticality. Ornament is indulgent, though not as indulgent as it would become in the high Victorian era. Expect brackets, ornamental braces to hold up the roof edge, or a porch roof, or a little awning Tudor Revival above the window. Bay windows are common, with sloping sides for the Italianate and square for Stick-Eastlake Stick-Eastlake. Columns are common, classical for the Italianate and sometimes fancifully turned wood for Stick-Eastlake. Wood that is carved, turned or cut to form geometrical patterns or to mimic nature is typical of Stick-Eastlake.

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was a Queen Anne; but the historical lady had nothing to do with this style, one that stands at the pinnacle of Victoriana. If you think of the successive Victorian styles as becoming increasingly elaborate, then Queen Anne was when too much ornament was not nearly enough. As

the style matured, some of the designs became more restrained, applying ornamental elements from America’s colonial period to the sometimes picturesque form of a Queen Anne house. Locally, Queen Anne-Colonial Revival houses are most common circa 1880-1910. That’s a period when the town was growing and Eureka’s potential seemed limitless. The form of Queen Anne, at its best, is elaborate. A house may be composed of multiple geometric forms, mostly vertical, joined together to present a varied and picturesque silhouette. There can be a tower, round or octagonal or square, sometimes topped with a conical cap or, even, an onion dome. Roofs tend to be steep and prominent elements of the composition. Porches (and balconies) can be expansive. You can see all of this on a high-style Queen Anne house. In Eureka, simpler forms were ornamented with the same exuberance and are equally Queen Anne. Ornament starts with the building skin. Often shingles and board siding are used to differentiate upper and lower floors. The plane of vertical, double hung windows may be broken up by mullions into smaller spaces. Colored glass may be used. Brackets, turnings and carvings may be applied profusely. The more the merrier…and anything goes, stylistically. Eureka’s queen of the Victorians, the Carson Mansion and the adjacent Carson House, are extraordinary examples of the Queen Anne style. Craftsman or Arts and Crafts Style • The pendulum of style swung from Victorian excess to a cultivated simplicity as the Craftsman Style became fashionable. The honest work of the craftsman was celebrated. Wood – and wood joinery- were given center stage. This style turned its back on the compartmentalized, formally differentiated rooms of the Victorian house in favor of rooms that were more connected to each other… and to the home’s exterior (or at least a front porch). It was a new century and a new way of living. Locally, Craftsman cottages were most common circa 1905-1930. That’s the period when our isolated community was permanently connected to the outside world, first by rail and then by an all-weather road, 101. Eureka’s population doubled during that period. The form of a Craftsman house looks nothing like a Victorian. Victorians are largely vertical. The basic box of a Craftsman home is horizontal, often with a roof line that emphasizes that horizontality. Most have a wide entry porch. Chimneys are prominent. Roofs are gabled and often a major element of the design. The ornament is integral to the house, at least when compared to a Victorian. Roof overhangs are commons. Rafters may project or have profiles cut into their ends.

Porch posts often sit on massive, pyramidal bases. River rock or mis-shaped, burnt brick may be incorporated into a chimney, the foundation or porch post bases. Windows, often horizontal in form, may have multi-paned tops sitting over single pane bottoms. Revival Styles • Perhaps it was Hollywood. Perhaps it was Williamsburg, an historic colonial village rebuilt with Henry Ford’s money. Whatever the reason, the eye of fashion turned to mimicking historic styles of architecture. Colonial Revival homes looked much more like their historical antecedents than the Victorian version of the style. Mission Revival adopted the ornamental vocabulary of buildings from California’s Spanish settlement era. Tudor houses were inspired by the half-timbering of Shakespearian cottages. The Norman style aped early French castles. Like the Victorians, different styles could and would be applied to the same basic form of house. Co-existing, toward the end of the period associated with the revival styles was the Streamline or Moderne Style. Moderne is an architecture that celebrated and embodied speed. Lines were clean and horizontal, simple, trying to freeze the essence of a streamlined train in motion. Locally, revival styles were most common circa 19201940. They flowered in the first quarter of the twentieth century. They flourished until the Great Depression hit and suppressed local growth through the 40’s, when the economic stimulus of WWII revived growth. Most of the revival styles tend to share the same, basic form of structure. They tend to be composed of a main block with an attached wing. Roofs tend to be steeper, gabled or pyramidal. The effect is a balanced verticality, more upright than a Craftsman but less than a Victorian. Ornament depends on the historical style being emulated. Colonials will have horizontal siding, vertical windows and, usually, a gabled roof. Missions might be stucco with a flat or Spanish tiled roof. Tudors tend to have exposed boards on a stucco wall, mimicking the half-timbers of an Elizabethan building. Normans might have a short, round tower as the entry, a vague allusion to a massive Norman keep. Look for flat roofs, horizontal rim, round windows and clean, curves in metal on a Streamline-Moderne home. That takes us through the 1940s, through the first hundred years of Eureka’s post settlement history. After World War II the area enjoyed the biggest boom every. The town’s population doubled once again. None of the styles I have described here survived the war. A whole new architectural vocabulary took over, one that we are just now beginning to appreciate and put into an historical context. The Palette | 23

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Libby Maynard An Interview with the Emeritus Director of the Ink People by Courtney Ramos Where did you start? What is your background? What brought you to where you are today?

I grew up in a home filled with art. My mother came to the US from France in 1939 to see the World’s Fair in New York. She was 15 years old and was hosted by family friends Charles and Eugenie Prendergast. World War II erupted and the Prendergasts agreed to take care of her, which included making art with Charles in his studio. Charles’ and Maurice’s artworks covered the walls of my family’s Washington, DC home and I was encouraged to be creative. Additionally, growing up in DC meant that for school field trips we went to National Museums, Theatres, Symphonies, and Smithsonians. When I was 11, my father joined the US Agency for International Development (the folks who distribute foreign aid) and we moved to Bangkok, Thailand. There and in Laos, I discovered a whole new way of looking at art and culture, seeing the importance of arts and culture on healthy communities. After graduating from the International School of Bangkok, I briefly attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts before I ran away to be with my fiancé in Menlo Park and then Arcata. I was an art major at Humboldt State College for my BA and Teaching Credential, and later went back to get my MA in Art from Humboldt State University. While in the graduate program, I met Brenda Tuxford. We knew how hard and expensive it was to have access to printmaking (etching and lithography) machinery and supplies, so we decided to start a nonprofit in 1979 and “get lots of grants.”

What kind of economic woes did you face in the late 1970s? Do you see the same struggles today or in the future?

In 1979, Ronald Reagan was elected President and most of the grants went away. In the 1980s, interest rates soared to 24% and we bought our first lithography press and stones. Initially, Brenda, local donors, and I financed the Ink People. Brenda liked to say that we always had $13.27 in the bank. Slowly, we built a donor base and created other revenue streams, as well as winning those elusive grants. The Covid-19 pandemic has created new financial challenges. At its most basic, arts and culture are about people sharing with each other, doing things together. This has been the hardest, not being able or safe to gather. Many arts organizations of all kinds have shut down permanently. It is a great loss to our communities. Others have struggled and pulled through, so far, thanks to loyal donors and state and federal government support. The arts have always been underfunded. It may have something to do with this country’s misunderstanding of the value of the arts and their power to heal, fuel economic growth, and create healthy communities.

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We have one of the highest percentages of artists per capita in CA. What does the average creator in our community need to be more economically successful? Artists of all stripes need opportunity, encouragement, and being appropriately compensated for their work. Until the pandemic, there were lots of opportunities, if artists were inclined to market themselves, but

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Honor (left) and Mt. Lion (above) they were almost always underpaid. Creative works don’t just spring into being. Most visual, performing, literary, cultural, and digital artists study and practice for years before they find a measure of success. And those years aren’t cheap. Whether it’s paints, canvases, studio space, practice rooms, presentation venues, the artist must feed, house and take care of themselves and their loved ones. That’s why many artists have day jobs to stay alive, but those jobs suck time and energy from the creative process.

What inspires your art? What’s your favorite art piece you have done? What’s your definition of an artist?

First, let me say that being any kind of artist is not really a choice, it is a calling. If you are an artist and you don’t do art, you will be unhappy and go crazy. I think anyone who creates is an artist. Some are just better at working the system and some are content to create for themselves and their community. I don’t like the artificial hierarchical ranking systems put in place by creative gatekeepers who decide who gets shown and who doesn’t. I don’t like the imposed division between fine art and craft that fuels the economic hegemony of the elite art world. For 20 years, I was a printmaker, primarily making etchings. I have a lot of allergies and chemical sensitivities, so after a while I became severely compromised by the harsh etching chemicals, though I tried to employ safe practices. Now, I make mixed media on paper works that may also include parts of my etchings. My favorite piece is a large (40” x 120”) mural on paper called Gort which means Spring in Gaelic. It is composed of an etch-

ing of a bison in 4 parts and several etchings of circling wolves on a background of lush spring growth. To me, it speaks to the strength and majesty of the bison who is not afraid of the wolves.

Who’s your favorite artist or your all-time favorite work?

I have two favorite artists, each very different from the other: Vincent Van Gogh for his intense brilliance and Henri Matisse for his lyrical playfulness.

Is there anything you want to add about yourself ? (hobbies)

I have spent the last 43 years building community arts engagement. During most of that time, I was able to continue making art, if on a limited scale. I am looking forward to spending much more time creatively. Other than that, I’m a sci-fi/fantasy aficionado, and believe in magic.

Does your art parallel your real life or the work that you do?

My art is about being in touch with the spirit world and I am an instrument through which it can express itself.

What’s your most significant career accomplishment? The Ink People has grown to encompass many expressions of our communities. I have always tried to serve compassionately and to listen well. I believe that the Ink People has changed Humboldt County for the better, making it vibrant and joyful.

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be shown continuously on the channels, they had no perspective about community need or fairness. They were also unskilled in being board members. ACAT had good policies and procedures, but they weren’t being followed. As board president, I insisted on process according to our established guidelines and most of the producers got bored and resigned. We could then fill their positions with community-minded people.

What lessons have you learned? What advice would you give?

I have learned so much. It is important to be a good listener. Compassion will always serve to get to the best solution. Collaboration and working together is hard, but worth it. It may be easier to do it yourself, but it’s more powerful to teach someone else to do it. Always treat others as you would like to be treated.

What do you value most?

I value and work to practice compassion, love, and joy. Red Crow

Are you working on any current projects?

Right now, I am a recovering Executive Director. Forty years of intense work has left me more burned out than I was aware and for the last two years I have had long covid. My current project is healing and regaining my balance in life.

Who is a mentor/teacher who impacted or set you on your current path?

Two wonderful women greatly influenced me. When I was growing up, my Godmother, Carol Crotty, inspired me to be compassionate and adventurous. Around 40, I met Nina Wolf, who mentored me on my spiritual path.

What is your most significant contribution at the national/local level?

In 2011, I was awarded the Selina Roberts Ottum Award for Arts Leadership by Americans for the Arts (AftA) and the National Endowment for the Arts at the annual AftA Convention. After the ceremony, at least a dozen people from all over the country came up to me and told me how people who had been part of the Ink People had come to their communities and contributed so much to make them more vibrant and engaging. It was even better than getting the award.

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Tell me about the DreamMaker Program, which has incubated over 300 community-initiated projects in the past 40+ years and currently manages 100 community-initiated projects?

The DreamMaker Program grew out of seeing so many great community arts and cultural projects wither and die while people worked through the bureaucracy of establishing an IRS designated 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Many of the projects were short term in nature, so it didn’t make sense to set up a corporate structure that would need to live beyond the life of the project. In 1984, Rural Arts Services needed a fiscal receiver so the California Arts Council could give them money. I was on the RAS board and volunteered the Ink People. From there, with the guidance of the Ink People board, we developed and grew the program. This community has so many creative people! I have always believed that top down programming doesn’t reflect a community’s true needs. The people know what they need and have the vision and passion to make it happen. As DreamMakers, they get to benefit from the resources, experience, and reputation of the Ink People. Some are short term, defined projects, while others may continue for many years. There is no set “graduation” time. We have helped a few gain their own 501(c)(3) status, such as the Redwood Discovery Museum and Redwood Curtain Theatre. Some stay with us for a long time, because we do the back office work like bookkeeping and insurance. Anyone can propose a project as long as it has arts and/or cultural elements.

How do you think these programs benefit and serve your local community?

DreamMaker projects have enabled residents to be actively involved in making their community better. It has created a sense of ownership and pride in the community

What opportunities are there for the arts community that need focus?

Humboldt County has a national reputation as an arts active community. Unfortunately, local government agencies have taken this resource for granted and do not actively support their arts and cultural communities. This was magnified by the pandemic. All arts organizations, artists of all disciplines, have been negatively impacted and changed to either stay alive or close down. This is not a zero sum problem where the arts are pitted against child care, the environment or housing. This is an opportunity for visionary leaders to engage the arts in addressing these challenges. Artists are creative. They can see things in new and innovative ways. By not funding arts organizations, the governments might as well be cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

a safe, accepting place to be. At the same time, they have found something to be proud of in themselves and turned their lives around. Out of this focus on supporting youth, we have been working for over 25 years with the Humboldt County Probation Department to bring the arts into Juvenile Hall. Thanks to funding from the Probation Dept. and the California Arts Council’s JUMP StArts program, we have placed artists in Juvenile Hall to offer incarcerated youth alternative ways of communicating, discovering talents, and benefiting from adult role models who are professional artists.

What is your hope in legacy for the Ink People and DreamMaker Program?

The Ink People, and not just the DreamMaker Program, but core programs like the MARZ Project, arts and cultural classes, the Brenda Tuxford Gallery, and many more have changed Humboldt County. The proliferation of public art isn’t all due to Ink People, but much of it is. We have partnered and collaborated with other arts organizations, tribes, cultural groups, government agencies, and businesses to make this a better place in which to live. The arts are not a separate part of life. They are what makes us human.

What’s the most remarkable success story in your line of work?

One of the Ink People’s core programs is the MARZ Project (Media Arts Resource Zone). It started as the result of a meeting in 1997 where we convened youth service providers from all over the county, from DHHS to schools to United Indian Health Services. We asked: “Who is not being served?” It was those youth who were falling off the edge of society. We said: “We’ll do it!” The program has always been free to the youth. It is drop in and participant driven, though recently through partnerships with charter schools, there has been more structure in some cases. Participants can work one on one with skilled artist mentors in areas such as music (digital and analog), video, graphics, or analog arts (painting, etc.). Many of the youth have come to find

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Emma Constant Clothing The Story Behind the Brand and Sustainable Slow Fashion by Courtney Ramos

emmalee is a local self-made clothing designer and a mother of a beautiful daughter. Involved in the community with dance and different organizations in Humboldt County for thirteen years. She has had her business Emma Constant Clothing and Goods advocating slow fashion full-time for two years. She grew up sewing and was around women who loved to sew. Celebrating her black-owned clothing line, here is her story.

Tell us how you started sewing.

My grandmother and my mother both taught me how to sew. My mother always had a sewing and art room full of drawings, pens, notions, photographs and I would sneak in there and play with everything. There was always that magical sense of creating in my childhood because of the artistic abilities of the women in my family. My Grandmother opened an alteration shop in downtown Chicago in the late 50s. For a Black woman to own her own shop during that time was a really big deal and her story of bravery, style, class, work ethic and resourcefulness has been passed through the generations. Now as I sit at my own little studio shop I think of my mother and Grandmother often and of times in my childhood when we would sit together and dream of one day owning our own shop together. I made my first sewing project in high school with my grandmother’s help. I designed and sketched three skirts, and my grandmother helped me put them together. When I was able to envision a piece and take something and be able to manipulate it to create something beautiful and useful, that’s when I really fell in love with the 28 | The Palette

process. To me it is my own form of alchemy to continually learn from.

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importance of quality over quantity and to help educate people about slow fashion and everything it encompasses.

One of a kind creations in How did you create your brand? honor of my ancestors, of What are your values behind What was Ginger Love inimy art, in honor of living tially? the brand? Originally, my brand was Ginger love was my Grandfree. Slow fashion to be mother’s creative business after named Ginger Luv, after my Grandmother’s creative business. retiring from her alteration and cherished for a lifetime. dressmaking shop in Chicago I hadn’t sewn much since high

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school but I inherited my mothers sewing machine when she passed away five years ago. My daughter was three months old and it was a really hard time to lose my mother. I didn’t have much time or drive since I was a new Mom and I was busy trying to find ways that I could help to support my family. At that time I was able to be a stay at home mother and sewing was also something I could do fairly easily at home and it also made me feel connected to my mother. As I began to create more and establish myself as a maker I realized that there was a movement happening with the online sewing world. A lot of women were empowering themselves by creating their own clothing and having conversations about the environmental issues around the fashion industry. Once I started researching I knew I wanted to create a fashion brand that would be about sustainability, about craftsmanship, about generational knowledge and craft, and about a celebration of culture. I strive to show the

and moving to a small town in Kentucky. Ginger Luv was her first time for her to express herself through her textile art however she wanted. Many of the quilts were the traditional nine block quilts with lil’ brown children in the eight surrounding blocks and a big heart in the middle. One day I asked her why she called it Ginger Luv, she said “because the color of each child’s skin on the quilt was like a cinnamon stick” but Grannny I said it’s GINGER Luv ‘’ she just laughed and so did I. I grew up under these quilts with lil children who looked just like me smiling up at me. My daughter has 4 of her Great Grandmother’s quilts, and a couple dolls. They are so precious to me and a constant reminder of the spark that started a generational dream. That is what Ginger Luv is, it’s that spark.

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What does your brand stand for? What is the culture behind your business?

So when I started sewing after I had Alma, I asked my grandma “ Can I continue the family business of ginger love?” And it was actually funny because I was making clothes and adding African indigo and just had my own vibe and my own style. When she saw what I was doing, she was like, “This is not ginger love!” That was when I was first getting started and I kept the name Ginger Luv even though I had been denied it by my grandmother. HA. But one day I was talking to a mentor about my brand and what I wanted to create and how far I had already come. She suggested changing the brand name to my name and I thought of what my Grandmother had said. I changed my name this past year, to Emma Constant. It really felt in line with my brand, my business and with what I want to create. A brand that represents my story, my mothers and my grandma’s story of a black woman making a way to support their family and feed their creativity through art. I embodied everything about my ancestors’ story and my Grandmother’s legacy. And so me having this brand is like my own homage to her and continuing our lineage of women’s seamstresses. It’s really important to me, my brand is really about slow fashion and craftsmanship and the importance of mastering a skill and having the creations from that skill last a long time and really be cherished. The idea of creating heirlooms and breaking the cycle of fast fashion, investing in creations that people can cherish.

What is Slow Fashion, and how do you incorporate that?

Slow fashion is about getting back to a sense of pride in the clothing we wear. It’s about a shared story that you can feel good about investing your money into. It’s about using less, making less, buying less and finding the truth worth of the phrase less is more. I know it might seem silly to create a clothing business around buying less clothes! Worldwide, people consume about 80 billion items of clothing per year. Americans consume more clothing than any other country on Earth. All of this contributes to the clothing industry being one of the world’s largest polluters, second only to the oil industry. It’s about the choice to limit scale and by doing so, limit impact. It’s about sustainable practices in all aspects of our lives but especially what we interact with on a daily basis. The slow fashion is a movement that is not only happening in fashion but in many different areas in life i.e. all the people leaving corporate america to buy land and reconnect with a simpler way of life, a slower way of life. To connect deeper with the Earth that is suffering right now and moves through a complex network of natural recycling processes, and these processes are slow.

What is Sustainable Fashion?

Sustainable fashion is a big topic and there are entire books on it so it’s hard to know what exactly to say here. I guess my main point to press is if you’re reading this and you never considered sustainable fashion please do a quick google search on environmental impact on the fast fashion industry. I promise it won’t take long to jump on this bandwagon! I guess another thing to think about is once you decide to shop more sustainably, what next? There are a lot of companies jumping on the bandwagon just to make sales so before you shop from a place ask them where they get their fabrics from? Do they pay their employees a decent living wage? Find out who exactly is making your clothes! It’s really important to know. And if you are shopping from a company that is truly sustainable and takes pride in what they are creating, asking questions will probably be a really enjoyable experience. I love telling my clients about the fabrics I create with, each one has a story and I get excited to share it.

What inspires you?

I get a lot of inspiration from my story, from thinking of my mother and my grandmother who have both passed. I have a distinct memory of me as a child, driving around Old Colorado City with my grandma and my mom. Old Colorado City is older than downtown and filled with quaint brick buildings and lil shops everywhere. Whenever we would see little buildings for rent or for sale my mom would be like, Oh, let’s start Ginger Luv in there and we’ll make quilts and dolls and sew 30 | The Palette

together. And, you know, it was just kind of a dream that they would joke about. But for me as a little girl it sounded like heaven to me. I would imagine all of us just sewing and creating in a beautiful lil shop. I think of that story a lot and sometimes when I’m sitting there alone sewing, I think about them and I wish they were here. They are my inspiration and planted a seed which I am now nourishing and growing. My daughter also is a huge inspiration for how I choose to create and live. She’s really proud of me for what I do, and I wanted her to see me working hard towards something I love, and something I am passionate about. Even though she sees me working ridiculously hard and sometimes not having enough or sometimes upset, it’s ok! I wanted her to see all the facets of someone who really fights for what they believe in and fights for their art. It’s really important to me.

What would you like to see with small business owners/designers in the local community?

I’m super inspired by small business owners and I know how hard it is and I’m in awe and I love learning from people. I love learning different methods. I love how open, and this is just from my experience, I’ve had really good experiences with other small business owners and people just being open to share and see each other succeed. It’s like a very supportive community and everyone’s trying to uplift each other, locally, especially here in the Humboldt community. I’ve had so many people wanna bounce ideas around or will just sit with me and help me try to figure out where I’m stuck. I feel everyone is real down to support each other through this journey because it is a lot to have a small business and most people are doing all facets of the business.The accounting, the scheduling, the plan like is just so much the, the financing, the marketing, the Instagram, like, it’s just so many different facets. And so when people create small communities and help each other figure all this out, which is what I’ve experienced, it’s really amazing and makes you feel not so alone. I’m really happy that I’m a part of the small business community and I use Instagram and I follow so many small businesses throughout the country and it just makes me feel proud to be a part of this movement. I love seeing all these different kinds of people finding their art and their passions and following it. It inspires me also. So yeah, that’s another thing that inspires me.

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What’s your website? Where do you sell? How can people contact you?

Instagram has been working well for me @emmaconstant I do small batch collections and you can follow me there and DM me if you wanna buy. And keeping it pretty simple and it’s working out really well. You can also check out my website emmaconstant.com.

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Dressed for Destination Humboldt Humboldt Style, Origin & Where to shop by Courtney Ramos

he future of tomorrow, is designed from the past. When living in Philadelphia, PA, I frequently rode the train to NYC to go shopping. I was such a city girl, and I’ve always been a sucker for fashion. Until I moved to Humboldt about ten years ago, I never really imagined myself out in the woods or wearing some of the items I own now. I wouldn’t dare be caught in a pair of wool socks under some Birkenstock sandals and I’ve never been a Patagonia jacket type. I was addicted to new trends and spent quite a bit of money on big brands, never thinking twice about their impact or what they represented. Humboldt changed not only my style but opened my eyes in philanthropy and the weight of what I actually choose to support. I often have an obsessive curiosity about what got us to where we are now and what’s next? Why is Humboldt’s style so different? Art, creativity, and fashion are ways to build bridges. It’s a symbol of culture and an art form. Designers are artists who draw up innovative ideas that later become the clothes we all love to wear. Fashion is definitely an art. It connects us and helps us express ourselves, like painting and drawing. In this land of eccentrics,“looking Humboldt” never gets boring. Of course, it depends on the weather but its fashion is a plethora of inspirations, something hard to define, and anything goes. We have it all, including; boutique stylists, Carhartt cuties, wizard wardrobes, rasta roots, grunge radioheads, Humboldt Honeys, freegans (people who only shop the free piles on the side of the street), and the list goes on. It’s okay to let your freak flag fly! Everyone is chill with the individuality and uniqueness that in most other places, the fashion police would be on your, you know what. Where can we find research on decades of Humboldt 32 | The Palette

coastal fashion? Has anyone ever wondered why we dress this way in our region? It’s hard not to notice the hodge podge of different styles that gather at the Arcata Farmers Market every weekend or the quirky people who walk their goats through town that make you say “only in Humboldt”. The platitude, “creativity is everywhere” is true, we can not deny that it shows in the way we dress. There’s not much on the web on Humboldt Fashion but these are the dots I connected with friends and the amazing crew at the Humboldt County Historical Society. Let’s go back some 60 years and start with the “hippie” when countercultural fashion originated in the late 1960s; with California as the hippie’s epicenter; a cultural uprising was taking place. The Summer of Love was an art, fashion, and rock ’n roll experience: Mixing music and matching high fashions with vintage treasures embarked a revolution in style. People were getting over living in cities and The Back to Land movement brought the migration of city dwellers to Humboldt. After the collapse of the fishing and timber industries, farmers had to supplement their income. Multigenerational farms and The Emerald Triangle cannabis culture influenced a particular type of subculture. In the 80s, Jamaica and Humboldt found one another at Reggae on the River. Fashion is instrumental, and style is ever-changing. More than ever, people are conscious of cultural appropriation and the fashion industry’s impact on the environment. It’s paramount to recognize the complexity and inner dialogue to acknowledge the social change that may show in our

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style and what we wear. We may not even realize the number of people it took from all over the world who contributed to the “Humboldt look”. These days, we live virtually inspired by what we see online but have to mix what is practical or utilitarian for our region. Most of Humboldt supports and fawns over local hand mades and the community contribution to sustainability. You have a little bit of everything here: the chilly Cali coast, the redwoods, mountains, and rivers. Humboldt is quite a special place that manifests diversity in style hence the array of clothing. The result? An individual preference of being whoever you want to be-tailored to our terrain. Humboldt is home to creatives. The future is now.

Here are some of our favorite stores to discover a sense of community, meet the designers, and fall in love with the experience of shopping in Humboldt.

UNIQUE SHOPS

•Sacred Geometrix: Handmade Geometric clothing made with USA grown organic cotton. •District7: A unique collection of underground brands from all around the world and barbershop.

VINTAGE

•Vintage Avenger •Redwood Retro •Shipwreck •Humboldt Exchange •Little Shop of Hers •The Clothing Dock

BOUTIQUES

•High Tide (Garberville) •Belle Starr •Timber •Hot Knots •Sage •Blue Ox •Angelica’s

OUTDOOR CLOTHING & WORKWEAR

•Picky Picky Picky •Adventure’s Edge •Pacific Outfitters

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alk down the street in Arcata, California and you will come across an unusual black and silver mural. The mural is a modern interpretation of what is called a “rock packer” among the local tribes and this image is borrowed from the White Deerskin Dance, a world renewal ceremony. This “rock packer” is a dancer with a specific function during the ceremony, they carry a large ceremonial obsidian blade that spiritually cuts the sickness and bad away from the world. Allen painted this mural for many reasons, but one of the main themes is that it is for healing for our community. Allen is a Karuk and Yurok artist who practices and believes in these world renewal ceremonies, and he is also a California Indian artist who has been at the forefront of public art installations in recent years locally. Allen was born in 1970 and raised in Orleans, CA on the Klamath River and in the Karuk people’s traditional homelands. He grew up immersed in the land, culture, and traditions of his father’s people, learning the songs, dances, and ceremonies that help to balance the Natural World. Allen has been an artist his entire life. His experiences and family inspired him to go down this path of translating his thoughts and sharing Karuk and Yurok stories and teachings with the community through different mediums. Allen was trained and grew as an artist through all of the California Indian artists around him. He is quick to share his gratitude toward Brian Tripp, Julian Lang, Frank Tuttle, Lyn Risling, and other artistic giants for their role in helping him on his journey. Over the years, Allen has accomplished many things within his art and cultural community, from public murals, facilitating art workshops for youth, administering carving projects with young men, an art and cultural tour in Portugal, and numerous local and regional Native American art shows. Their family, community and cultural obligations always took precedence over opportunities that arose from out of the area over the years, and they continued to stay rooted to the community that had nurtured and raised them. Around the year 2000, Allen’s life, and his commitment and his approach to art changed. At this time, Charlie Thom and Amos Tripp asked him to carry out the work of rebuilding the Katimiin Ceremonial Brushdance House in Somes Bar, Ca which is located near the confluence of the Klamath and Salmon Rivers. Allen’s late father-in-law, Amos Tripp, was a ceremonial leader

Artist Alme Allen at work

–Alme Allen III

Images taking shape.

and community pillar who was recognized for his commitment to working to strengthen and share culture to help build wellness for Indian People. Charlie Thom was a nationally-recognized Karuk elder and culture bearer who had held on to their culture when it was slipping away. Through this rebuilding effort, these cherished

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elders showed Allen that he had a responsibility to do something for the people. “When you choose something or something chooses you, it is a pivotal moment,” Allen stated about this project. He had never built a ceremonial house before, but received help and advice along the way. After this project, Allen wanted to do something more. Indian stools and other utilitarian objects became his next contribution, this in turn inspired Allen to focus on traditional art. Allen first became known as a contemporary artist that same year when he completed a mural with Brian Tripp. Entitled “The Sun Set Twice on the People That Day,” the piece came from a line in a poem written by Tripp about the 1860 massacre of Wiyot people on their sacred island, Tuluwat. Tripp was a prominent Karuk poet, nationally-renowned artist, educator and a ceremonial singer and dancer. Tripp helped revive traditional Native ceremonies and is a recipient of the California Living Heritage award. Like much of the work by both Tripp and Allen, the mural is about balance and renewal, but it also pays an homage to the Wiyot people. Allen would learn many things from Tripp over his life on the subject of art. “It wasn’t the hands-on art or technique with the brush that I learned from uncle, it was learning his philosophy behind it all that allowed me to inherit his values and layers of meaning,” Allen said about their conversations. They would discuss Tripp’s artistic lens, symbols and how they relate to the people, and how to convey the messages they wanted to share. Allen showed a warm nostalgia when sharing how he and Tripp talked about family, old Indian stories, and ceremonies. Allen remained dedicated to making art and community works to bring balance and a sense of healing to communities from then onwards. In 2017, Allen molded his Indian stool carvings and created permanent concrete stools for the Yurok Tribe along Klamath Boulevard. These stools were also placed on “The People’s Return” art bench installation on the Eureka Waterfront Trail in 2018, in front of Tuluwat Island, the 36 | The Palette

A collective of native artists works to create windows of art Wiyot Center of the World that was returned to the Wiyot Tribe. Allen created these works for the entire community to be able to go to those places and commit themselves to nature and reflect that the earth and all of nature is sacred. Allen hoped to provide a native lens for people to see the utilization of land in a different way, and understand balance and respect of the land. In September, 2022 Allen took on the management of a Native mural project funded by the Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC). NCIDC funded three community murals that would be painted by Native artists in Eureka, Hoopa, and Arcata, CA to celebrate and share Indigenous culture. Alme painted one of the installations, the Rockpacker silver and black mural in Arcata, CA. It was a tribute and creation of nostalgia in many ways. It is the biggest mural Allen has ever created and pays homage to Brian Tripp and his iconic Rockpacker piece from 1987. The image was created in collaboration with Tripp during his final days before his passing. Allen stated that he wanted to use silver and black to do something unique and nostalgic. The imagery of the Rockpacker is about world renewal, and meant to encourage human beings to consider our responsibility to take care of the land. The act of paint-

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–Alme Allen III ing the mural itself was a celebration of Brian Tripp’s life. It was painted as a community. The project was funded by REBOUND and NCIDC’s Da’luk youth program, and six Native youth from the Da’luk program helped with the painting. A lot of the mural was also painted by Tripp’s family. At any given day, you would find several of his family members there working on the mural. They treated it as an intergenerational piece and passing of tradition, contemporary art, and their culture. As they painted, they shared stories and laughs about their memories of Tripp. Tripp always believed that turning his pieces into collaborations made them stronger and this mural was interwoven with human connection. “We lost a family member and cultural and art icon in California (when Brian Tripp passed). But through that work we will create a place and opportunity for his work to live on through all of us. Nothing is really gone. We are left with a lot of inspiration.” - Alme Allen III It was a crossroads and time of reflection for Allen when the community lost Brian Tripp. One of the last things that Tripp said to him was that Allen should be bold. Tripp told him not to be afraid of putting his work out there and writing how he feels on his paintings. To Allen, this felt like permission to not be afraid. Going forward, Allen wants to work with partners and share his ability to influence others like the artists that influenced him to make a difference when he was younger. Artists such as Brian Tripp. Allen wants to keep doing his community and youth work to inspire and encourage the younger ones to pursue themselves and help them get to where they want to be. To do this and spread their messages to the greater community, Allen and the Tripp family created the Brian Tripp Red House People Fund at the Humboldt Area Foundation. Tripp encouraged so many people that they want to use this fund to support one local Native artist each year to acknowledge their work and allow them pursue art without limitations. Tripp supported the creation of the fund before his passing. They are currently fundraising and you can donate through the foundation’s website. Meanwhile, Allen is fearlessly working on new multi-media art, remaining true to the culture around him, dedicated to the people, and telling anyone that will listen not to let their dreams or visions simmer. And the title of the Rockpacker mural? “We been healing that way.”

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The Great Humboldt Marble Hunt By Joy Sandhill Topher Reynolds at the torch.

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t all started in 2007 for Topher Reynolds when he took a glassblowing class at Mirador Glass in McKinleyville, CA. Mirador ( which has since relocated to the Hudson Valley area in New York) made and sold everything from glass earrings and pendants to mugs and custom chandeliers. Topher had always been fascinated by the art form and took a beginner’s class where he felt an instant connection and draw to the process. “After that, it really was all I could think about for weeks,” said Topher. “I actually dreamt about the subtle combination of heat, gravity, and centrifugal force used to manipulate the glass.” Topher credits the owners and teachers at Mirador Glass, Bryan Raskin and Wesley Hodges, with changing his life. After renting studio space for a while, Topher built a home studio, and then a few years later opened his current location called Glass Garage in the Mendenhall Studios complex at 215 C Street in Eureka’s Old Town. “It’s great to have a larger studio I can share with a few friends. We are primarily a production shop and don’t have a store or gallery, but it’s nice to be able to open up for Arts Alive and other Old Town events.” The glassblowing community in Humboldt County is a subculture unto itself. Its origins date back to the 1970s when Ro Purser lived here and began making glass fishing floats. Ro eventually got into marble making and is considered the founder of the modern marble movement. Humboldt County also has the distinction of developing some of the world’s most-renowned functional glass artists. Marble hunting in Humboldt County has also become quite a subculture. For Topher it began in 2016 when he asked his wife for a peculiar birthday gift: he wanted to purchase postage to send one-of-a kind glass art marbles to people in a new Facebook group

called World’s Biggest Marble Hunt. The plan was to have one of his marbles hidden in every state in the nation on the opening day of the hunt. Topher’s wife, always supportive of his glassblowing ventures, thought it sounded like a fun event and a good way to promote his work. The World’s Biggest Marble Hunt was the brainchild of Missouri-based glass artist Will Stuckenberg. He wanted to create an ongoing event which would serve the dual purpose of getting people to interact with their surroundings while also drawing attention to the incredible art created by contemporary marble makers. People buy or are gifted marbles to hide somewhere out in the world (adhering to rules about private property, not disturbing vegetation, etc.) then post clues about the location on the Facebook page. Other people go out to search for the artfully crafted orbs and reply to the post when they find one. Paying it forward, the enjoyment of the hunt, and visiting new places are core ideas to marble-hunting. Anyone can join the Facebook group and participate. Since that opening day, Topher has hidden more than 500 marbles throughout Humboldt County, the United States, and numerous foreign countries. “Before all of this, I didn’t have any over-arching life plan,” explains Topher, “but now I want my lasting legacy to be having inspired hundreds of small, happy moments amongst strangers who find and then pass on my marbles.” Topher stands by the claim that Humboldt has the most active marble-hunting community in the nation: “I think it’s the combination of our citizens wanting to support the arts, our pay-it-forward attitude, and the immense diversity and accessibility of our natural beauty that attracts so many people to marble hunting.” Humboldt’s marble-hunting community is so active, in fact, it caught the attention of National Geographic, which published an article in the February 2021 online edition, focusing on the allure of making, hiding, and finding marbles within the county. Topher is also the organizer of Humboldt Marble Weekend. The event grew from the idea of wanting to present the world’s top marble makers to Humboldt County while also showing off Humboldt County to the artists and traveling marble collectors. “I feel like a lucky man every day to be able to live and work as a marble artist in Humboldt County,” Topher added with a big smile. Started in 2017, the show has grown to be the largest contemporary marble event in the world. The last show in 2019 featured over seventy artists from twenty-six states and more than 5,000 participants. Unfortunately, the pandemic and family responsibilities have postponed the show for a few years, but plans are in place to bring it back in February 2024.

The Business of Art By Cathy Ray Pierson My journey in clay began when my mother decided I had an artistic bent and during a summer break in 1968 I walked the five blocks to an unknown woman’s home. There, in her dirt floor garage, she had room for eight people around a rough hewn table. It was there I had my first taste of ceramics. She used molds and I was offered a selection from which to choose. The cat came first followed by praying hands and my biggest effort, a slip cast vase with dogwood flowers embedded in the clay. That was in 1968, and all three pieces are still with me. Fast forward to 1972 where, in college in Nashville I was introduced to Master Potter Sylvia Hyman and I was hooked. Throughout the next ten years I moved from TN, to NC, then to MI, all the while still making pottery. But it wasn’t until I came to Humboldt County that my real and true studio came to be in 1990 in Freshwater. My job at the time was Marketing. So once I retired from that job, I knew what was necessary for promoting my pottery business. Here are a few tips that have helped me in my 50 year journey in the arts. 1: Establish an identity. What are you making and who are you making it for, and be flexible. 2: Do not be an elitist. Throughout history “humble” has always worked. Look for the role models and emulate them. Make it your rule. 3: Know your market. Don’t try to out price others who are trying to make a living with their wares. Compromise and share the business. 4: Advertise. Get a business card and hand it out for no apparent reason to strangers. Just say “Hello”. You would be surprised at the result. 5: Donate. Your community needs you. Local non-profits are eager to showcase your works. Let them. Word of mouth is still a thing. Use it. 6: Finally. Love what you do, and do what you love. It’s worked for me for the past fifty years. I’m hoping for a few more! All good wishes. Cathy Ray Pierson is a potter living in Humboldt County. She owns PIERSON POTTERY in Freshwater. See her Artist Profile on page 53. The Palette | 39

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e v e n t s Kinetic Grand Championship at the Arcata Plaza, Memorial Day Weekend, photo by Denise Comiskey

ONGOING

Humboldt Roller Derby Eureka • HumboldtRollerDerby.com

ART WALKS:

Arts! Arcata Second Friday each month ArcataMainStreet.com First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Eureka EurekaMainStreet.org

Trinidad Art Nights!

First Fridays May through October TrinidadArtNights.com

JANUARY

Humboldt Ice Rink Fortuna • HumboldtIceRink.com

FEBRUARY

Ferndale Firemen’s Games Ferndale • 786-4477 VictorianFerndale.com Trinidad to Clam Beach Run Trinidad • 677-1610 TrinidadToClamBeach.com

MARCH

Daffodils by the River Fortuna • 725-7572 Fortuna Garden Club on Facebook Foggy Bottom Milk Run and Walk Ferndale • 845-0001 FoggyBottomMilkRun.com Humboldt Wine Festival 840-4771 • Arcata HumboldtWineFest.com HumDog Expo Redwood Acres, Eureka 444-3862 • HumDog.org Perilous Plunge Eureka • 443-9694 Discovery-Museum.org/plunge.html Sunrise at the Refuge Aleutian Cackling Geese Fly-Off Loleta • 733-5406 www.fws.gov/refuge/Humboldt_Bay 40 | The Palette

APRIL

A Taste of Main Street Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org Dolbeer Steam Donkey Days Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Eureka • 445-6547 Ferndale Easter Egg Hunt Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Godwit Days Bird Festival Arcata • 826-7050 • GodwitDays.org Home Show Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Humboldt International Film Festival Arcata • 826-3566 • HSUFilmFestival.com Rhododendron Parade Eureka • 599-3332 • RhodyParade.com

APRIL-NOVEMBER

First Friday Happy Hour Free concerts, Eureka • 442-9054 EurekaMainStreet.org

MAY

Avenue of the Giants Marathon TheAve.org Ferndale Memorial Day Parade Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Kinetic Grand Championship Memorial Day Weekend Arcata, Eureka, Ferndale • 786-3443 KineticGrandChampionship.com May Day Celebration Eureka • 444-3437 • BlueOxMill.com Mother’s Day Kinetic Classic Kid-Powered Art Race Eureka • 786-3443 • KineticClassic.org Redwood Coast Music Festival Eureka • 445-3378 • RCMFest.org Tour of the Unknown Coast 845-6117 • TUCCycle.org

MAY, JUNE

Pony Express Days McKinleyville • 839-2449 McKinleyvilleChamber.com

MAY-OCTOBER

Friday Night Market Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org

JUNE

Arcata Bay Oyster Festival Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com Arcata Fairy Festival and Twilight Ball Arcata Plaza • dance@shoshannaland.com Art and Wine in the Park Rohner Park, second Sunday in June 725-7620 • FriendlyFortuna.com Best of Humboldt Redwood Acres Fair Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Garberville Rodeo Garberville • 223-1046 GarbervilleRodeo.org North Coast Open Studios Arcata • 442-8413 NorthCoastOpenStudios.com Portuguese Holy Ghost Festa Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Rose Show, Humboldt Rose Society Redwood Acres, Eureka, 443-1284 HumboldtRose.org Summer Arts and Music Festival Benbow Lake State Recreation Area 923-3368 • Mateel.org Trinidad Fish Festival Father’s Day • 677-1610 • TrinidadCalif.com Yurok Brush Dance Patrick’s Point State Park, Trinidad 677-0211 ext. 2726

JUNE, JULY

Dell’Arte Baduwa’t Festival Blue Lake • 668-5663 • DellArte.com

JUNE, JULY, AUGUST

Humboldt Crabs Baseball Arcata • 840-5665 • HumboldtCrabs.com Summer Free Concert Series Eureka • 442-9054 EurekaMainStreet.org

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4th of July Festival Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org 4th of July Parade & Fire Truck Rides Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com 4th of July Jubilee Arcata • 822-3619 • ArcataChamber.com Fortuna Fireworks Festival Fortuna • 725-7600 • FriendlyFortuna.com Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo Fortuna • 572-7855 • RedwoodAutoXpo.org Fortuna Rodeo Fortuna • 725-3959 • FortunaRodeo.com Gem Faire Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Get Out and Play Day Eureka • 441-4248 • ci.eureka.ca.gov Humboldt Folklife Festival Blue Lake • HumboldtFolklife.org Orick Rodeo Orick • 488-2885 • Orick.net Redwood Empire Quilters Guild Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show Eureka • 445-5844 • REQG.com Sand Sculpture Festival Samoa Drag Strip • 444-1397 FriendsOfTheDunes.org Southern Humboldt 4th of July Fireworks Show • Benbow • Garberville.org

AUGUST

BridgeFest & Flying Saucer Contest Bridgeville • 777-1775 BridgevilleCommunityCenter.org/ bridgefest.html Buddy Brown Blues Festival Blue Lake • 668-5932 • HumboldtFolklife.org Hops in Humboldt Fortuna • 725-3959 • HopsInHumboldt.com Humboldt County Fair Ferndale • 786-9511 HumboldtCountyFair.org Reggae on the River French’s Camp • 923-3368 • Mateel.org Trinidad Bay Art & Music Festival Trinidad • 845-1125 • TBAMFest.com Wildwood Days Rio Dell • 764-3329 • on Facebook Woofstock Eureka • 442-1782 • SequoiaHumane.org

SEPTEMBER

Cars for Kids Benefit, Car & Bike Show Willow Creek • 503-629-3564 www.DreamQuestWillowCreek.org Cruz ‘N’ Eureka Car Show Eureka • 441-1030 • BGCRedwoods.org Humboldt Hills Hoedown Redway • 923-3368 • Mateel.org Natural Fiber Fair Arcata • 599-2729 • NaturalFiberFair.com North Country Fair Arcata • 822-5320 • SameOldPeople.org Redwood Run Motorcycle Event, Piercy

Eureka Art Festival, photo by Marni Zum Brunnen Ruth Lake Summer Festival Ruth Lake Recreational Campground 574-6143 • RuthLakeCSD.org Sumeg Village Day Sue Meg State Park Trinidad • 677-3110 Trinidad Rockfish Wars Kayak Fishing Tournament 443-6328 • PacificOutfitters.com

OCTOBER

Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival 725-3959 • FriendlyFortuna.com Loleta Volunteer Fire Dept. Antique Show • Loleta • 498-2671 Medieval Festival of Courage Blue Lake • 825-8804 ext. 0 MedievalFestivalOfCourage.org Pastels on the Plaza Arcata • 822-7206 • NCSHeadstart.org Trick or Treat On & Around the Plaza Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com

NOVEMBER

Fig Twig Market Ferndale Fairgrounds, Ferndale 298-3162 • FigTwigMarket.com Holiday Open House Henderson Center, Eureka Henderson Center Merchants on Facebook Humboldt Gem and Mineral Show Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Intertribal Gathering and Elders Dinner Redwood Acres, Eureka • 445-8451 • NCIDC.org Mushroom Fair Arcata • 822-8856 • HBMycologicalSociety.org Snowball Drop Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org

Thanksgiving Day Marsh Walk Arcata • 826-2359 Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org

NOVEMBER, DECEMBER

Humboldt Artisans Arts & Music Festival Redwood Acres, Eureka 444-8817 • HumboldtArtisans.com Humboldt Ice Rink Fortuna • HumboldtIceRink.com Season of Wonder & Light Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com

DECEMBER

Christmas Lighted Tractor Parade Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Christmas Tree Lighting (World’s Tallest Living Christmas Tree) Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Electric Lighted Parade and Downtown Open House FortunaDowntown.org Fortuna Christmas Music Festival River Lodge Conference Center, Fortuna 725-7572 • SunnyFortuna.com Holiday Craft Market Arcata Community Center, Arcata 822-5951 • CityOfArcata.org Holiday Crafts Fair River Lodge Conference Center Fortuna • 725-7572 RiverLodgeConferenceCenter.com KEKA Truckers’ Christmas Parade Eureka • 442-5744 • KEKA.com Victorian Holidays Fridays in Ferndale until Christmas 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Winter Arts Faire Redway • 923-3368 • Mateel.org The Palette | 41

l o c a l a r t l o c a l a r t l o c a l a r t h w in 2021 to revitalize the use of Soulatluk, the Wiyot Language. Dell’Arte is a destination unlike any other y on the American theatre map. Also along Hwy 299 sits Willow Creek, a delightful 2 rural community with a distinct and ever-growing art scene. Its Studio 299 Center for the Arts, a nonprofit 9 community organization devoted to the promotion and development of the arts in the area, offers artists 9 a place to gather and a way to share their work with

The Dream Quest Store in Willow Creek offers all types of local art.

he tiny town of Dadiqhoughuk (Blue Lake) rests near the banks of the Mad River off Hwy 299. It is home to a surprising number of artists, musicians, writers and actors. At the center of its art community is Dell’Arte International, a world-famous school of physical theatre. Their professional training program attracts students from all over the globe, offering the only accredited MFA of its kind in the world. Celebrating over 40 years in Blue Lake, Dell’Arte presents performances at various venues throughout the year, highlighted by the Baduwa’t Summer Series, celebrating arts, community and connectivity. Baduwa’t is the name for Mad River, so the festival was renamed

the community at a variety of local events. The organization provides support for the entire art community on the Hwy 299 corridor of Humboldt and Trinity Counties. Another important art resource is Willow Creek’s Dream Quest, which offers a wide range of programs and activities for local children and teens, including fine arts, electronic media, performing arts and also hosts a retail thrift store. Any excursion inland devoted to arts and culture needs to include the art created by the Native American tribes of the region. The Hoopa Tribal Museum, located on Hwy 96 in the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich cultural history and artistic practices of Northern California Native Americans. The museum displays one of the finest collections of Hupa, Yurok and Karuk artifacts in Northern California. Their collection includes a fine display of local Indian basketry, ceremonial regalia, dugout canoes, tools and implements. The Hoopa Tribal Museum is a “Living Museum.” Most of the artifacts on display are on loan to the museum by members of the local native community, and are removed annually to be used in the traditional tribal ceremonies.

Arts Organizations & Venues Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre PO Box 816, Blue Lake 95525 • 668-5663 • DellArte.com

The North American center for theatre training and performance of original theatre. Offers performances year-round.

Dream Quest Teen & Youth Center 100 Country Club Dr. • Willow Creek 95573• 530-629-3564 www.DreamQuestWillowCreek.org

A community-supported grass roots organization offering a wide variety of programs that teach youth how to pursue their passions and follow their dreams. Provides a safe, drug-free environment with access to vocational and artistic resources.

Hoopa Tribal Museum PO Box 1348, Hoopa 95546 • Hwy 96 Shopping Center 530-625-4110 • see on Facebook

TRINITY COUNTY

First Saturday Art Walk, 5-8pm Weaverville art galleries and businesses, plus live music. Produced by Trinity Arts Council, TrinityCountyArts.org Highland Art Center PO Box 1270, 691 Main St., Weaverville 96093 530-623-5111 • HighlandArtCenter.org

In cooperation with the Snyder Highland Foundation, HAC presents a new show of local and regional art each month throughout the year in their galleries.

Trinity Arts Council PO Box 1887, Weaverville 96093 • 530-623-2760 • TrinityCountyArts.org A nonprofit corporation with the mission to advance Trinity County through the arts and creativity.

A nonprofit entity of the Hoopa Valley Tribe created to preserve, and to share, the rich culture and history of the native people of Northern California.

Trinity Players/Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center PO Box 453, Weaverville 96093 • 530-623-8695 • tapacOnline.org

Studio 299 Center for the Arts PO Box 32, 75 The Terrace Rd. Willow Creek 95573 • 530-629-3488 Studio299Arts.com

EarthDance Studios & Gallery 140 S. Miner St., Weaverville 96093 • 530-778-3135 • EarthDanceArt.com

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Theatre company and community performing venue.

Guest artist shows, gift shop, classes, workshops, gatherings, custom matting and frame shop.

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offers everything you’d expect from a college town, and then some. Arcata has room to love coffee, music, celebrations, intellect, the outdoors, and any possible chance to watch or participate in art. As you might expect, Arcata has a lively art scene. Art is one of the more popular majors at Cal Poly Humboldt, and the faculty is first rate. Be sure to check out the Reese Bullen Gallery on the Cal Poly campus, which houses the university’s permanent art collection and sponsors exhibitions by professional artists as well the annual Juried Student Exhibition. While on campus you will also want to visit the Native Arts Gallery, which highlights contemporary and traditional Native American Arts. Cal Poly also offers multiple venues for the performing arts, including student performances and film festivals presented by the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, and recitals by the Music Department. CenterArts hosts world-class entertainment; acts they’ve presented over the past few years have included George Clinton & Funkadelic, Ziggy Marley, Lyle Lovett, Suzanne Vega, David Lindley, Jake Shimabukuro, B.B. King, James Brown, Willie Nelson and the Julliard String

4th of July Parade, photo by Mark Larson Quartet. See page 45 for a listing of upcoming performances. Arcata’s art scene extends well beyond the Cal Poly campus, however, and has given rise to cooperative galleries and studios as well as numerous public events and celebrations, all stamped with the city’s inimitable style. The performing arts, too, have a thriving presence off-campus, with well-established theater and dance troupes. The city also offers a lively night life, replete with good music and good food.

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Arcata Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. No Limits Dance Academy 1093 10th Street Arcata CA 95521• 825-0922 NoLimitsDanceAcademy.com

Emphasizing technical perfection and fun in a positive environment. Tap, Ballet and Jazz/Hip Hop.

All Seasons Orchestra D Street Neighborhood Center 14th & D Sts., Arcata 95521 Saturdays 10am to noon 443-2626

A community orchestra open to all ages and orchestral instruments. The group plays a mixture of popular and classical pieces. Sponsored by the City of Arcata and is a Parks and Recreation Program.

Arcata Artisans PO Box 4327 Arcata CA 95518 825-9133 • ArcataArtisans.com Cooperative gallery of over 30 local artists, featuring fine art, fine crafts and gifts.

Arcata Arts Institute Arcata High School • 1720 M St., Arcata 95521 825-2400 • ArtsInstitute.net Program open for all Humboldt County students grades 10-12 who are dedicated to the arts.

Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir PO Box 171, Arcata 95518 822-4444 • AIGChoir.com

A 60+ member choir of community singers, inspired by black Gospel Music, that has performed for 27 years throughout Humboldt County and beyond.

Arcata Main Street 761 8th St., Ste. C • Arcata 95521 • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com

In service to the community since 1987 to restore, maintain and build a clean, safe and diverse downtown; hosts Arts! Arcata on the second Friday of each month.

Arcata Playhouse 1251 9th St., Arcata 95521 822-1575 • ArcataPlayHouse.org Presents exciting, high quality music and theater in an intimate setting for young and old alike.

CenterArts Cal Poly Humboldt 1 Harpst St., Arcata 95521 Tickets: 826-3928 Humboldt.edu/centerarts

CenterArts offers a wide range of music, dance, theater and performance art, educational opportunities for children and a commitment to supporting culturally diverse creative work.

Fire Arts Center 520 S. G St., Arcata 95521 826-1445 • FireArtsArcata.com Fire Arts Gallery open daily. Offers studio membership and classes in ceramics and fused glass, including wheelthrowing, handbuilding, tile making, sculpting, and children’s ceramic classes.

Humboldt Area Foundation 363 Indianola Rd. Bayside 95524 • 442-2993 HAFoundation.org HAF grants more than $100,000 annually to support the arts in our region.

Humboldt Folk Dancers Friday events, visit website: HumboldtFolkDancers.org

Weekly international folk dancing instruction and request dancing at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, and monthly dance parties with live music, first Fridays at Redwood Raks World Dance Studio.

Humboldt Folklife Society Arcata HumboldtFolklife.com Promotes traditional music and dance; bimonthly newsletter. See website for performances.

Humboldt Light Opera Co. 92 Sunny Brae Center Arcata 95521 • 630-5013 HLOC.org More than 100 major productions staged since 1973. Company program, HLO/KidCo, for youth musical theater presentation.

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Humboldt Music Academy Cal Poly Humboldt 1 Harpst St., Arcata 95521 826-3411 Humboldt.edu/hma Music instruction and performance ensembles for students 2 to 18.

Cal Poly Humboldt 1 Harpst St., Arcata 95521 Humboldt.edu Art Dept., 826-3624 Theatre, Film, Dance, 826-3566 Music Dept., 826-3531 CenterArts Tickets, 826-3928 •Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery

826-3629

Rotating exhibits feature works by contemporary and traditional Native American artists, located on Cal Poly campus in Behavioral & Social Sciences Building. •Cal Poly Sculpture Garden

9th St., Arcata 95521 between H & I Sts., behind Humboldt Glassblowers Rotating sculpture exhibits. •Reese Bullen Gallery

826-5814

The heart of the University’s Museum and Gallery Practices Certificate Program, located within the Cal Poly Art Building, presents exhibitions of works by local, regional and visiting professional artists and an annual exhibition of student art by HSU Art Department graduates. •Student Access Gallery

826-4149

Student-run exhibits in Foyer Gallery, Karshner Lounge, Student Business Service Building, 1st floor.

KHSU & KHSUBBC Diverse Public Radio -FM 90.5 Arcata - Eureka 91.9 Crescent City Brookings 88.7 Ferndale - Fortuna 89.9 Garberville 99.9 Willow Creek 103.3 No Hum Co. 90.2 Eel River Valley Cal Poly Humboldt

1 Harpst St., Arcata 95521 Office, 826-4807 Studio, 826-4805, 800-640-5911 KHSU.org Mix of national news, local public affairs and music programming.

KidCo Musical Theater 92 Sunny Brae Center Arcata, 95521 • 630-5013 HLOC.org/KidCo

Humboldt Light Opera Company’s youth program offers classes ages 3-18, and bi-annual youth productions. Students learn vocal, acting, movement and ensemble skills.

Meridian Fine Art by appointment, 826-7184 MeridianFineArt.net

Photography services specializing in the documentation of art and history for reproduction including e-media, competitions, portfolios, printon-demand, and fine art printing. Services include digital printing up to 64 inches on diverse range of media.

No Limits Dance Academy 1093 10th St., Arcata 95521 825-0922 NoLimitsDanceAcademy.com

Emphasizing technical perfection and fun in a positive environment. Tap, Ballet, Jazz/Hip Hop and DanceFit, an adult exercise class.

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio 824 L St., Old Creamery Building Arcata 95521 • 616-6876 RedwoodRaks.com

Classes, performance / event space.

Ya Habibi Dance Company 826 L St., Old Creamery Building, Arcata 95518 • 616-6876 RedwoodRaks.com Middle Eastern Dance group directed by Shoshanna.

Arts! Arcata

he second Friday of each month businesses stay open late for Arts! Arcata, featuring local artists working in nearly every conceivable media. This list is subject to change from month to month. For an updated listing, call 822-4500 or visit: ArcataMainStreet.com

Arts! Arcata at Arcata Exchange, photo by Alexandria Mitchell, ArcataMainStreet.com

Upcoming CenterArts Performances For Tickets, call 707-826-3928. Performance Locations: ACPA = Arkley Center for the Performing Arts JVD = John Van Duzer Theatre, Cal Poly Humboldt FRC = Fulkerson Recital Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas

International Guitar Night

7pm Dec 15 2022 • JVD

7pm Feb 28 2023 • JVD

Peking Acrobats Featuring The Shanghai Circus

John Craigie

7pm Jan 24 2023 • JVD

8pm Mar 3 2023 • JVD

Margo Price 8pm Feb 11 2023 • JVD

Delvin Lamarr Organ Trio 8pm Feb 24 2023 • JVD

Jay Leno 4pm and 7:30pm Feb 26 2023 • ACPA

7pm Mar 1 2023 • JVD

One Night of Queen Alexander Malofeev: Piano 6pm Mar 14 2023 • FRC

Pattie Gonia 7pm Apr 26 2023 • JVD

Ryan Keberle with the Cal Poly Humboldt Jazz Orchestra 8pm May 6 2023 • JVD

Arts! Arcata Venues All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change. Angelica Atelier 1101 H St. • 834-1296 AngelicaAtelier.com Arcata Artisans 883 H St. • 825-9133 ArcataArtisans.com Arcata Exchange 813 H St. • 822-0312 ArcataExchange.net Arcata Main Street 761 8th St. • 822-4500 ArcataMainStreet.com Bubbles 1031 H St. • 800-398-7627 Bubbles-Arcata.com Café Brio 791 G St. • 822-5922 CafeBrioArcata.com Fatböl Clothing 1618 G St. • 844-432-8265 Fire Arts Center 520 S. G St., #A • 826-1445 FireArtsArcata.com Folie Douce 1551 G St. • 822-1042 FolieDouceArcata.com Foodwise Kitchen 971 8th St. • 633-8328 FoodwiseKitchen.com Garden Gate 905 H St. • 822-2156 Global Village Gallery 973 H St. • 826-2323 GlobalVillageGallery.com Griffin Arcata 937 10th St. • 825-1755 GriffinArcata.com Jacoby’s Storehouse Corner of 8th & H Sts.• 825-0108 •Plaza Grill (3rd floor) 826-0860 • PlazaGrillArcata.com •Plaza View Room (3rd floor) •Jay Brown (3rd Floor Ste. 5) The Jam 915 H St. • 822-4766 TheJamArcata.com

Libation Wine Bar 761 8th St. • 825-7596 Moonrise Herbs 826 G St. • 822-5296 MoonriseHerbs.com Moore’s Sleepworld 876 G St. • 822-9997 MooresSleepworld.net Northtown Books 957 H St. • 822-2834 NorthtownBooks.com Om Shala Yoga 101 H St. • 825-9642 OmShalaYoga.com Pacific Outfitters 1600 5th St. • 822-0321 PacificOutfitters.com Plaza 808 G St. • 822-2250 PlazaArcata.com Redwood Yogurt 1573 G St. • 826-7677 Rocking Horse, The 791 8th St. • 822-3509 therockinghorsearcata.square.site Sanctuary, The 1301 J St. • 822-0898 SanctuaryArcata.org Savory 1504 G St. • 630-5083 SavoryGrillCafe.weebly.com Stokes, Hamer, Kirk & Eads, LLP 381 Bayside Rd., Ste. A • 822-1771 SHKKLaw.com Umpqua Bank Upstairs Gallery 1063 G St. Wildberries Marketplace 747 13th St. • 822-0095 Wildberries.com Zen 1091 H St. • 630-5007

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“Falling Fences,” Acrylic Painting by Kathryn Stotler. See Artist Profile on page 53.

Botanical Printing by Patty Demant at Trinidad Art Gallery

cKINLEYVILLE is a popular, growing com-

munity set along the rugged Pacific Coast. It is graced by the Mad and Little Rivers, the beautiful Azalea State Reserve, and the Hammond Coastal Trail, which presents stunning panoramic views of the coastline. Nearby Clam Beach is known for beachcombing, fishing and horseback riding. The natural beauty of this area makes it a favorite place for artists and art lovers to live, work and play. North of McKinleyville is the tiny community of WESTHAVEN, featuring the Westhaven Center for the Arts. The center features new exhibits and artists’ receptions each month, concerts and drama events, workshops and classes, many children’s activities, poetry readings, puppet shows, holiday events and other art exhibits. Just past Westhaven is the seaside town of TRINIDAD, one of the most picturesque communities on the California Coast. Trinidad, with its small but dramatic bay and coastline, is known for its traditional fishing fleet, quaint ocean-side cottages and lovely Bed and Breakfast inns. Enjoy fresh local seafood at one of Trindad’s fine restaurants, and venture into one of several galleries highlighting works that star the natural beauty of the area. Trinidad has inspired the work of many well-known local and visiting artists, and plays host to a noted artists’ colony.

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Wood turned bowls by Tom Kingshill at Trinidad Art Gallery

Northern Humboldt Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change.

McKINLEYVILLE Trinity Ballet Academy 1981 Central Ave., McKinleyville 95519 839-1816 TrinityBalletMck.com A full ballet curriculum for ages 3 to adult.

TRINIDAD & WESTHAVEN

Trinidad Art Gallery 490 Trinity St., PO Box 395, Trinidad 95570 677-3770 TrinidadArtGallery.com

A fine art and craft cooperative featuring original art from more than 20 local artists.

Trinidad Museum Society 400 Janis Ct., Trinidad 95570 677-3883 TrinidadMuseum.org

Photos of the area’s whaling and logging history, native plant garden, marine shells and Yurok artifacts, sets up special school or organization group tours.

Westhaven Center for the Arts 501 S. Westhaven Dr., Trinidad 95570 677-9493 WesthavenCenter.org Art exhibits, workshops and classes in a variety of media, healing arts and spoken word, community concerts.

Trinidad Arts Nights Venues Beachcomber Cafe 363 Trinity St. • 677-0106 Forbes and Associates 343 Main St. • 677-1600 Headies Pizza and Pour 359 Main St. • 677-3077 The Lighthouse 355 Main St. • 677-0077 TrinidadLighthouseGrill.com Moonstone Crossing Tasting Room 529 Trinity St. • 845-5492 MoonstoneCrossing.com Ned Simmons Gallery at the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust 380 Janis Ct. • 677-2501 Saunder’s Plaza • Main St. at Scenic Dr. Seascape Restaurant and Pier 1 Bay St. on the Pier • 677-3762 Trinidad Art Gallery 490 Trinity St. • 677-3770 TrinidadArtGallery.com Trinidad Eatery 607 Parker St. • 677-3777 TrinidadEatery.com Trinidad Elementary School 300 Trinity St. • 677-3631 Trinidad Museum 400 Janis Ct. at Patricks Point Dr. • 677-3883 TrinidadMuseum.org Trinidad Trading Company 460 Main St. • 677-0711 TrinidadTrading.com Wind N Sea 410 Main St. • 677-3223

Trinidad Art Nights are held the first Friday of each month from May through October, 6 to 9pm, and made possible by Community Arts Trinidad, a nonprofit DreamMaker Project of the Ink People. Join the town in a night of exploration and celebration of the diversity and talent of local artists. Many businesses and organizations participate as well as artists, dancers and musicians, and after hours extravaganzas. TrinidadArtNights.com

Photography by Alan Liles

490 Trinity st Trinidad, CA Open 10–5 Daily 707.677.3770 trindadartgallery.com Blown Glass by Matthew Gagliardi

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Gallery Spotlight: Trinidad Art Gallery

Trinidad Art Gallery is a local artist cooperative boasting some of Humboldt County’s finest artwork and high quality wares. This past year marked the 10th Anniversary of this gem of a gallery. Local artists created this symbiotic business in 2012. Converted from a former residence, tourists and locals alike will discover unique treasures inside the historic Riecke House, built in 1900. Upon entering the building, guests often comment on the original wide, wooden floorboards, a reminder that it is one of only five structures in Trinidad still standing from the turn-of-the-century. Visitors will find paintings, woodwork, fabric art, jewelry, glass, beadwork, ceramics, and more. Much of the art showcases the gorgeous flora and fauna of the North Coast, allowing patrons to take home a sampling of the area’s natural beauty. For example, wood-turned bowls by Tom Kingshill and cutting boards by Kurt Hellmich highlight the monumental trees surrounding Trinidad. Paintings by Amanita Mollier, Annie Reid, and Howdy Emerson each uniquely create images of beachscapes, forest flora, and other captivating scenery. Mara Friedman’s paintings celebrate the grace of sacred feminine subjects, while photographers Alan Liles and Jim Lowry capture scenes from local beaches, forests, and dunes or their worldly travels. Glass is represented in three forms: enchanting stained glass windows, suncatchers, and boxes by Colleen Clifford, bold and beauMosaics tiful mosaic hangings,

frames, and jewelry by Jennifer Pierce, and elegant blown glass tumblers, goblets and vases by Matthew Gagliardi. Patricia Sundgren Smith works in a variety of materials, including linocuts and original pencil drawings, as does Doniveve who makes multimedia masks as well as felt creations. Oceana Madrone makes intricate beadwork and fabric art, and sometimes a combination of the two. John Wesa shares serigraphs of local nature, each an individual work of art even while printing multiples. Bringing delight and whimsy to the gallery are Eleanor Seeley, with Woollies in the form of owls, pigs, frogs and woodland folk, and Diane Sonderegger with her ceramic banana slugs, egg-laying birds, bunnies and more. Music may be purchased in the form of CDs, with folksy tunes by JD Jeffries or harp and bagpipes by Howdy Emerson. Drew Forsell carries his line of exquisite silver and gemstone earrings, bracelets, and pendants. The gallery shares the distinctive ceramic styles, both functional and decorative, of Elaine Y Shore and Loryn White. Sarah Magnuson displays an assortment of fairies, dragonflies, and other animals made from copper and adorned with cyrstals, glass vessels, or air plants. And Patty Demant uses local botanicals to Ceramics by Elaine Y, Shore print onto natural fabrics with incredibly detailed, colorful results. Overlooking the rocky shores of Trinidad, the artist members keep the gallery in order by welcoming customers on a daily basis and performing various responsibilities. Members bring not only their talented artwork, but also maintain the historic building and charming gardens, publicize and host monthly events, or keep the finances in order. This truly cooperative approach gives everyone a voice in the business and provides an atmosphere curated by the hearts of artists. Reflected by the now 10 years in service of selling beautiful artwork, Trinidad Art Gallery has been generously supported by the community of customers, from Humboldt County residents to visitors from afar. Trinidad Art Gallery begins shorter Winter Hours in January, open daily 11 am through 4 pm. Normal hours return in Spring. Visit or call any day to find a member artist on duty, happy to discuss the gallery and the wonderful artwork displayed inside.

by Jennifer Pierce

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fortuna ferndale scotia rio dell c e he towns and villages of the Eel River Valley are home to outstanding theater and n music, antique and collectibles shops, arts cooperatives, charmt ing accommodations and first class restaurants that rival those of much larger cities. The area also plays host r to an abundance of local festivals. Ferndale has been named one of a America’s prettiest towns by Forbes magazine. AP reporter Jennifer Marin l called it “A genuine Victorian hamlet,”

and Los Angeles Times former travel editor Jerry Hulse dubbed Ferndale “the best preserved Victorian village in California.” The entire Main Street has been designated a National Register Historic District. The village is home to a number of notable artists and galleries and the ever-popular Ferndale Repertory Theatre, as well as the Humboldt County Fairgrounds, site of the County Fair every August and a venue that has hosted some of the biggest acts in the world. Fortuna’s warm weather and friendly atmosphere make it a particularly good setting for a number of well-attended annual events including a rollickingly good time AutoXpo, one of the oldest (and best) rodeos in California, and the town’s signature Apple Harvest Festival. In addition, on the first Friday of every month, artists, businesses and art lovers get together for a monthly celebration of art and music. Loleta is also home to Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Table Bluff County Park, favorite destinations for photographers and plein air painters. Rio Dell hosts Wildwood Days, representing its heritage with logging events, a parade and festivities. In Scotia, you can tour the historic logging museum and the Fisheries Exhibit, featuring Humboldt County’s largest indoor aquarium.

Art in front of the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce

The Creative Cornerstone of Ferndale Paintings • Ceramics • Jewelry • Woodwork Drawings • Fiber Arts • Photography • Prints Raku • Greeting Cards • Much More!

OPEN DAILY 10am to 5pm 535 Main St, Ferndale, CA

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Central Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change.

FERNDALE Ferndale Arts PO Box 723, Ferndale 95536 535 Main St. at Shaw Ave. 298-1699 FerndaleArtGallery.com

A cooperative art gallery featuring original work of local artists; includes paintings, photography, quilting, needlecraft, woodwork, ceramics, jewelry, greeting cards and stained, fused and blown glass.

Ferndale Repertory Theatre PO Box 892, 447 Main St. Ferndale 95536 • 786-5483 FerndaleRep.org

The Ferndale Repertory Theatre is the oldest and largest of the North Coast’s resident community theatres. Since 1972, they have produced more than 270 productions including comedies, classics, mysteries, musicals, dramas and more.

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Fortuna Concert Series Fortuna Monday Club, Main St. at 6th St., Fortuna 95540 • 845-5652 FortunaConcertSeries.com

Scotia Band PO Box 3, Scotia 95565 599-4872 • ScotiaBand2.org

The Fortuna Concert Series is a private, nonprofit corporation formed in 1990 for the purpose of bringing quality music to Fortuna and the Eel River Valley.

Humboldt County’s community band. Performs at local festivals year round. Scotia band is a not-for-profit organization.

Ferndale Community Choir PO Box 67, Ferndale 95536 FerndaleChoir.com The Ferndale Community Choir has been a part of Ferndale for over 45 years. The choir presents a concert of an eclectic selection of sacred music during the Christmas season and again in the Spring.

The Scotia Band

Finalist in the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for California’s Second District.

Art Quilt by Katie Pasquini Masopust. See Artist Profile on page ## 50 | The Palette

Ivy Cleek Humboldt Finalist Behind the Glass Fortuna Union High School, Fortuna Grade 11

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David Hinds performs with Steel Pulse at the Mateel Community Center.

he arts along Southern Humboldt’s famous Avenue of the Giants (Old Hwy 101) are thriving. The majestic towering redwoods and gently flowing Eel River make for a natural wonderland, perfect for creative inspiration. The small rural communities in the heart of the redwoods, once booming mill towns, are now havens for artists, musicians and craftsmen. Benbow, Garberville and Redway, located just outside the southern entrance to the Avenue of the Giants, are home every year to major musical and theatrical events. The Mateel Community Center in Redway operates as both an event venue and in-house arts presenter. Famous for such festivals as Reggae on the River, the Summer Arts & Music Festival and the Northern Nights Festival, (see Events & Festivals, pages 40-41) the Mateel Community Center also offers an annual calendar of events which covers a wide range of artistic styles and media, and a wide variety of programs, from youth athletics and children’s theater to cooking classes and clown workshops. Many of these programs are offered at no cost or at minimal cost to students and schools. The area is home to retail shops, restaurants, roadside vendors and rural galleries all along the Avenue of the Giants. At many of the roadside stops along this route you will find whimsical carvings hewn from some of the glorious redwood trees that help give this region its name. However, it is a mistake to think that the artistic offerings of Southern Humboldt are limited to redwood bears and tree houses, woven hemp products and tie-

Summer Arts & Music Festival at Benbow

dyed clothing. There are also artist studios and galleries where visitors can find fine paintings, blown glass, handwrought jewelry, pottery, sculpture, and many other one-of-a-kind pieces. Miranda, near the southern entrance to the Avenue of the Giants, is one of the towns where you can find places to admire and purchase these treasures. The peaceful village of Myers Flat, nestled in the redwood forest, serves as a centerpiece of the Avenue of the Giants. The whole Avenue journey, through Weott and Redcrest north to Pepperwood, is a visual treat for the traveler, both in the form of natural beauty and in the work of gifted artists.

Southern Arts Organizations All area codes are (707) unless noted. Mateel Cooperative Art Gallery 773 Redwood Dr. Garberville, CA 95542 707-923-4895

Artists from Humboldt and Mendocino counties. See on Facebook.

Mateel Community Center PO Box 1910, 59 Rusk Ln. Redway, CA 95560 707-923-3368 Mateel.org Event venue and in-house arts presenter. Central to fundraising for public programs in Redway/ Garberville. Responsible for the Summer Arts & Music Festival.

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Humboldt Artists’ Profiles Bespoken Glass

Humboldt Artists Profiles

Meet some of Humboldt County artists, see photographs of their work, and view their contact information. Humboldt Arts Council maintains an Arts Online Directory of members’ work on the website HumboldtArts.org.

Healing Arts Artist Profiles

They’ve been around for centuries: the healing arts. Today the North Coast is home to a variety of professional healing artists. We’ve included their listings on page ##.

Karla Kaizoji Austin

Kiln Formed Glass

www.BespokenGlass.com creatingstuff@gmail.com Art glass and its reflections mesmerize me. Glass, heat, gravity and time fuse in my kiln to create unique art and home décor. My glass radiates luscious colors, shapes and textures … from flowers to Fibonacci patterns. Glass is amazingly versatile. What would you like to see in my kiln? Commissions are welcome.

Jeremy Hara

Aerosol, Acrylic, Oil Watercolor

Mixed Media on Paper

www.kkafineart.com I have tried to capture the essence and feelings of forms from nature. My “Sun on the Water” paintings can be described as “expressionistic or atmospheric“. Inspiration comes from the beauty found in the natural world. My work has been shown in international and prestigious national juried shows in galleries on the west coast.

www.JeremyHara.com info@JeremyHara.com PO Box 879, Eureka CA 95502 707-613-3399 Jeremy Hara is a multi-talented artist. His work has been described as witty, ironic and refreshingly different. You should do yourself a “The Time is Now” favor and go check out his work at jeremyhara.com or @jeremyhara_art on IG. Jeremy Hara’s work is all the superlatives!

Cate Be

Jasmine Johnson

Mutlidimensional Artist

Mixed Media & Wearable Art

@Cbeceramics CBeCeramics@gmail.com linktr.ee/cbeceramics

Instagram & Facebook: Oddly Alluring Arts jjohnson9987@gmail.com

Primarily porcelain and stoneware. Work I create is a reflection of self: an amalgamation of all I’ve opened my heart to. This ranges from natural resource aspects e.g. botany, wildlife and mycology, to sexual awareness, identity, social and racial injustice, self-care, self-love, cannabis-culture, and more. For custom and pet portrait opportunities, contact me.

My art ranges from bone and specimen art to jewelry making, costume design, and home decor. Everything I make is one of a kind using various found objects and upcycled materials. I’m available for commissions, displays, gallery showings, and community vending opportunities. Please contact me by email, IG or FB.

Matt Dodge

Yvonne Kern

www.MattDodgeImages.com

1094 Vernon St., Eureka, CA 95501 707-616-4886 | ykern@reninet.com www.YvonneKern.com

Oil, Watercolor, Prints, Cards

Sculpted Photographs

Modern Images capturing Contemporary Man’s celebration of the Eternal Earth.

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Landscapes are my subjects, sometimes close and sometimes distant. Curiosity about the occupation of space is what compels me to paint. I work from photographs on a computer monitor. Paintings can be viewed at ACV Airport, Glow Salon, during North Coast Open Studios, or by appointment.

Humboldt Artists’ Profiles Jim Lowry

Cathy Ray Pierson

Limited Edition Archival Pigment Prints

Pottery, Functional Stoneware

JmzLowry@humboldt1.com 320 Park Ave. • Arcata, CA 95521 707-498-3050

www.piersonpottery.com CathyRay@pierson1.com 455 Freshwater Rd., Eureka 707-443-1665

These pigment prints started life as photographs. Some have been built from several photos stitched together. Other effects from photo editing software have been applied to give them a super real feeling. Studio visits are welcome. My work can also been seen at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Arcata Artisan Gallery and Trinidad Art Gallery.

My use of a masking technique makes my work distinctive and a piece of Humboldt County. I choose a wide variety of ferns and other leaves in this process. My Spirit Horses are made as one-of-a-kind pieces either pit fired or Raku. I am behind Freshwater Stables. Enter the stables and follow the signs to my pottery.

Mark Lufkin

Kim Reid

Digital and Film Photo Services

www.lufkinphoto.com lufkinphoto@yahoo.com LUFKIN PHOTO, 202 3rd St. • Eureka 707-442-4275

Watercolor

KimReidStudio@protonmail.com Artists Gallery: 636 F St., Eureka Gallery phone: 707-442-0278 Hours: 12-5pm Wed-Sun

I have been making photographs in Humboldt County since 1973 and have an established studio in Old Town, Eureka. I prefer to make photos for local businesses (Commercial), artists (Art Copy), and families (Portraits, etc). My studio is by appointment, so call ahead to visit.

My work represents a lifetime of professional illustration experience. A love of capturing the magnificent beauty of the redwoods is my favorite topic. I’m an artist member of the Humboldt Arts Council “Sequoia Hikers” and show/sell my paintings in the Artists Gallery in the Morris Graves Museum of Art (see address/phone above).

Kathy O’Leary

Emily Reinhart

Oil, Cold Wax and Oil

KathyOLeary.com OLearyfineart@gmail.com 1912 H St. • Eureka • 707-616-5315

Charcoal

emily@emilyreinhart.com www.emilyreinhart.com

I’m an oil painter focused on California’s beautiful landscapes. I work solely in “Summer Path to the Oaks” oil when working on large canvasses and incorporate cold wax on my smaller work. Palette knives, stencils and other drawing tools allow me to create and experiment with a more impressionistic or abstract interpretation of a landscape’s natural forms. Studio visits by appointment. Landscape commissions considered.

Emily is a photo-realistic portrait artist, working primarily with charocal. Works can be seen through the large windows of her gallery 24/7 — grab a coffee from The Grind and go for a short walk to see what’s happening in the EMRart gallery! Commissions are always welcome! Please permit at least 2 months lead time for commissions with deadlines.

Katie Pasquini Masopust

Kathryn Stotler

Fiber Art

www.katiepm.com katiepm505@gmail.com 3236 Church St Fortuna, CA 95540 505-470-5202 I make abstract art quilts from inspirational photos from nature and also from my watercolor or acrylic paintings.

Painting

KStotler.com 1339 Azalea Ave. • McKinleyville 707-601-2333 I paint abstract land and seascapes with an emphasis on unseen, spiritual, and precarious coastal phenomena. I show work locally and on the central coast. Information can be found at kstotler.com. Studio visits are welcome.

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Wisdom of the Soul Soul Realignment Practitioner

Soul Realignment Practitioner

Soul Realignment is an energy-based, intuitive, spiritual and personal growth practice. As a Soul Realignment Practitioner and Akashic Record Reader I can help you discover your Soul gifts, as well as, help you clear issues that may be energetically blocking you from becoming who you are at the Soul level.

DivineSoulWisdom.com

Jolene Hayes | 707.499.9207 | jolene@divinesoulwisdom.

Humboldt Artists’ Profiles Patricia Sundgren Smith

Fine Art Printmaking, Collage, Drawing, Pastel, Photography

TrinidadArtGallery.com psundgren3@gmail.com 2971 Wales Lane, Eureka, CA 95503 707-476-0408

I use a wide range of techniques in works both abstract and figurative. Redwoods, ravens, “Hummingbird Nest” raptors, shorebirds, whales, owls and koi are some of my subjects. See my work at Trinidad Art Gallery in Trinidad, Highlight Gallery in Mendocino and Humboldt Artist Gallery at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka.

Courtney Ramos

Mixed Media & Resin

@AllSeaingEye allseaingeye.courttianna@gmail.com 707-498-7722 As a scuba diver, surfer, and all-around water person, my art represents ocean scenes inspired by love, time, and mystery. Fluid energy that flows together and apart. In dedication to helping heal our oceans and appreciating all the wonders. Originals only.

Loew’s State Theater, G st. Eureka, Circa 1920’s PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT LIBRARY — PALMQUIST COLLECTION

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IMMORTALIZE the events of your life.

THE REDWOODS Longevity.

DAHLIA A symbol of commitment and a bond that lasts forever. STRENGTH You signed an oath that never expires; this art will never expire as well. Our deep gratitude to our military.

NORTH STAR Your personal mission statement – a fixed destination you can depend on in your life.

825 West 14th St. | Eureka, CA 95501 | 707-443-0934 BTArchitectural.com

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Central Arts Organizations

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Gallery Spotlight: Trinidad Art Gallery

mckinleyville westhaven trinidad

The Great Humboldt Marble Hunt

Finding Renewal

What’s Your Humboldt Look? Dressed for Destination Humboldt Humboldt Style, Origin & Where to shop

Emma Constant Clothing

Libby Maynard

A Long Game The Slow Play of Architecture Trends

Nancy Tobin Artist of the Year

Eureka

humboldt arts council

in memory of

Humboldt County Museums

street art Eureka Utility Box Art Program

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