Palette 2018/19 Issue

Humboldt County’s Arts Magazine

25 Year Anniversary Edition Honoring

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Sally Arnot’s Contributions to the Arts in Humboldt County Muriel Dinsmore, Floyd Bettiga Jim Stanard, Laurel Skye Eureka Utility Box Art Program Art and the Redwood Vet Center Jessie Groeschen Chainsaw Carving HLOC’s Kidco Plus Art Organizations and Galleries, Museums, Events & Festivals, and Local Artist Profiles

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The Arkley Center for the Performing Arts Wishes to Thank

Sally Arnot

for Her Extraordinary Commitment to Furthering the Arts in Our Community

Welcome to the 25th Anniversary issue of The Palette magazine!

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STAFF Executive Director-Curator, Jemima Harr Programs & Partnership Manager, Milenka Castro Education Outreach Coordinator/Art Educator Virginia Wood Museum Manager, Alexandria Sullivan Retail Consultant/Museum Store, Dennis Winstead Preparator, Matthew Oliveri 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 • Julie Alderson Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sally Arnot, Julia Bednar, Kay Harden, Peggy Irvine, Sasha Lyth, Sheila Marks, William McClendon, Jimmie Nord, Betty Osborne, Lucy Quinby EMERITUS MEMBERS Robert Yarber ADVISORY BOARD Jim Anderson, 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 FOUNDING DIRECTOR Dr. Homer Balabanis The Humboldt Arts Council appreciates the generous support of all the local businesses that have chosen to advertise in the 2018-19 Palette magazine in support of the arts in our community.

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With more artists per capita than any other county in the state, Humboldt County boasts an abundance of museums, galleries, dance companies, writers and poets, film makers, theatre groups, musicians and cultural events. Residents and visitors alike can enjoy the many opportunities to take part in the arts, and this edition of The Palette magazine highlights them all! Save this guide as your arts and culture reference for the whole year, and support the wonderful sponsors and artists contained within. For additional copies contact 101 Things To Do at 707-443-1234.

Enjoy all that the arts have to offer!

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ON THE COVER Top: Sally Arnot inside the Morris Graves Museum of Art in 2015, photo by Matthew St. Charles Bottom: Sally at the opening of the Morris Graves Museum in 2000, photo by Beti Webb Trauth

PALETTE FEATURES Sally Arnot.........................................7-9 Veteran’s Art ................................12-13 Eureka’s Utility Box Art .................. 14 HLOC KidCo .................................30-31 Jessie Groeschen ............................. 36 In Memoriam Muriel Dinsmore .........10 Floyd Bettiga ......................10 Jim Stanard ...................31 Laurel Skye..........................32 Artist Profiles and Healing Artist Profiles ....................... 47-54

Eureka Public Art Walking Tour Map .......................................................................5 Humboldt Arts Council, Get Involved with the Arts .........................................6 Morris Graves Museum Exhibitions ................................................................ 44-45 Join the Humboldt Arts Council .............................................................................46 Eureka ........................................................................................................................ 11-28 Eureka Arts Organizations ........................................................................... 15-20 First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Venues .................................................. 21-28 Farmers’ Markets ...........................................................................................................19 Arcata......................................................................................................................... 29-33 Arcata Arts Organizations ............................................................................ 31-32 Arts! Arcata Venues ...............................................................................................33 HSU Center Arts Performances .........................................................................33 Hwy 299 & Hwy 96 - Blue Lake, Willow Creek, Hoopa ....................................34 Northern Humboldt County - McKinleyville, Westhaven, Trinidad..... 35-37 Arts Organizations and Trinidad Art Night Venues ...................................37 Eel River Valley - Ferndale, Fortuna, Loleta, Rio Dell, Scotia .................. 38-39 Arts Organizations .................................................................................................39 Southern Humboldt and Avenue of the Giants ................................................40 Humboldt County Museums & Indigenous Heritage & Culture .................41 Events & Festivals .................................................................................................. 42-43

Eureka: The Mural City Old Town Eureka Public Art Walking Tour

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Following Current Events by Jack Sewell Madaket Square Sculptures artists change annually Wonderlust by Rick Kistler Theater Takes Courage by Daniel C. Nyiri Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden Nature’s Bounty by Duane Flatmo Storybook Whale by Kati Texas after Wyland A Fertile World by Sonny Wong and Sheik At the Theater by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Indian Island by Alme Allen and Brian Tripp Masabi Drum by Chuck Splady Inharmonious by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Busy Dogs--No Barking Any Time

by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Sculpture by John Fick Arkley Center for the Performing Arts

by Duane Flatmo Luigi Testa Sculpture Performing Arts by Randy Spicer Alley Cats by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Post Office Alley by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Climbing Plants by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Scenes From Eureka by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Murray Field Vintage by Duane Flatmo Animals are People Too by Rural Burl Mural Bureau Fishellation by Rural Burl Mural Bureau The Grey Victorian by Rural Burl Mural Bureau John Fick Sculpture (temporarily moved) Gregory Wescott Sculpture Saga 3rd & E Sts. (Clark Plaza) by Melvin Schuler Nature and Life of a River by Larry Laitman Sculpture by Ed Pogue (median between F & G Sts.) Dragon of Fu De Do (alley behind Vance Hotel)

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by Rural Burl Mural Bureau 33. Flags on the Eureka Boardwalk

by Eureka Redevelopment Agency 34. Mural by Roy Terms, Sage Stargate, and Safety First 35. Mandala Mural by Blaze Boyle 36. Car Night Scene by Dan Kitchner 37. Color Splotches by Anthony Quintano Utility Box Murals There are 55 Utility Box Paintings around town.

Can you find them all? #EurekaArtBox A. 4th & E by Johnathon DeSoto B. 4th & F by Blake Reagan C. 4th & G by Johnathon DeSoto D. 5th & E by Randy Weaver E. 5th & F by Genevieve St. Charles F. 5th & G by Samantha Moore Opera Alley Runs from C Street to H Street between 2nd and 3rd There are 22 different installations along Opera Alley thanks to the Eureka Street Art Festival.

Eureka Live Art Wall Following Waterfront Drive between Halvorsen Park and the Eureka Public Library, find a mural wall with new art all the time.

Waterfront Trail Art Benches There’s a beautiful trail all along Eureka’s waterfront.

Follow it, and you will find 8 different locally themed art benches from which to enjoy our beautiful Humboldt Bay.

Old Town is packed with Art, but there are pieces all over town. Find a map on our website.

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THE HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL The Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka, is open to the public noon-5pm, 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 pm, and Mini Masters at the MGMA.

HumboldtArts.org Morris Graves Museum, painting by Jim McVicker

GET INVOLVED WITH THE ARTS

through events, art education programs and exhibitions at the Morris Graves Museum of Art!

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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

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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!

he Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art has recently joined 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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CREATING THE HUMBOLDT ART SCENE, BRICK BUY BRICK

She started the “Brick Buy Brick” campaign – people contributed money to have their name appear on bricks and tiles in the museum and grounds.

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t’s hard not to fall in love with her the first time you meet Sally Arnot. Those striking silver locks of hair, her elegant style, and that shy, beautiful smile disarm and captivate. But behind that lovely exterior beats the heart of a lioness for art.

When you look at the evolution of the North Coast art scene, there were certain people who really helped get things off the ground. Any short list would have to include Dr. Homer Balabanis, who founded the Humboldt Arts Council; Morris Graves, whose donated artwork anchors the permanent collection of the HAC’s museum named in his honor; Mayor Gil Trood, an early supporter of the HAC; and certainly Muriel Dinsmore.

But there might not even be a Morris Graves Museum or a thriving Humboldt Arts Council if it wasn’t for Sally Arnot’s vision, hard work, and determination.

She was born and raised in Eureka, and since her earliest school days had a deep love of art. As a little girl, Sally frequented the magnificent Carnegie Free Library, which served the area from 1904 to 1972. Built with money donated by the famed philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it was one of over 2,500 Carnegie libraries built between 1883 and 1929 worldwide. The building was designed in the Classical Revival style by local architects Knowles Evans and B.C. Tarver. It was considered by many one of the most beautiful Carnegie libraries ever built, and was listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1986.

Sally continued her education, graduating from Eureka High in 1956 with plans to attend Humboldt State College, as it was then known. As often happens, however, life intervened. In 1957 she married Philip Arnot and moved with him to San Francisco. He studied law and Sally took art classes at various schools in between doing title searches and real estate

work. Five years after moving to San Francisco, they returned to Humboldt County. Children came along in 1964 and ’66.

1966 was also the year HSU’s Dr. Homer Balabanis founded the Humboldt Art Council.

In 1969 HAC Board member Muriel Dinsmore, who passed away in 2018 (see page 10), asked Sally if she would be the Art Chair for the Christmas Art and Music Festival at the Eureka Inn, the beautiful old Tudor-style Eureka landmark. The festival is still fondly remembered for its amazing art and the music that emanated from the Inn during those heady days – and who can forget the huge Christmas tree in the lobby that had different artistic themes every year? Sally accepted Muriel’s invitation, and thus began an extraordinary career melding civic involvement with the arts.

Authorized by the Humboldt Arts Council but personally unknown (“Can you imagine, they didn’t know me from anyone!”), she went to San Francisco to acquire art to exhibit, and acquire she did. She came back with pieces from the Museum of Modern Art and the de Young, including a Diego Rivera. It wasn’t an easy trip – she got stuck for hours at a landslide along Hwy 101 with the precious pieces wrapped in blankets in the back of her station wagon!

In 1970 Sally joined the Humboldt Art Council’s Board of Directors, and in 1971 was instrumental, along with her husband Philip, in establishing the Arts Council as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

About a year later, the Humboldt Cultural Center was born.

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Boats at Harbor, painting by Sally Arnot

Sally Arnot at fundraiser, courtesy HumboldtArts.org

in 1875. The building was leased to the Arts Council by its owners, Ray and Dolores Vellutini; prior to that, Sally recalls, they’d held exhibits at commercial galleries on F Street and at the Pierson Building on Sixth and G. Over the next few years the Arts Council brought major traveling art shows there from San Francisco and Los Angeles, and showed the work of local artists. They also organized classical music performances and opera recitals, and played a key role in helping revitalize Old Town through such projects as their Phantom Galleries, which turned vacant buildings into locations where artists could exhibit their work while showcasing the charms of those unrented properties.

One local artist, whose work had been creating a stir for decades, was a transplanted Seattle painter named Morris Graves. He had fallen in love with Humboldt County, and moved here in 1965. Morris Graves was an internationally recognized abstract expressionist, and a leading light of the Northwest School. His first Humboldt County exhibit was at the Cultural Center. Around 1990 Graves donated his entire personal collection to the Arts Council, including pieces by Jean Arp and Mark Tobey (the latter another luminary of the Northwest School).

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Sally Arnot with Floyd Bettiga, HumboldtArts.org

ished goal, but also a testament to her amazing work ethic.

1994 brought some serious growing pains and complications for the Cultural Center. The City of Eureka was required by the State of California to retrofit any unreinforced masonry structures to meet seismic safety standards or be torn down. Major repercussions ensued. For starters, the Cultural Center had to move from the E. Janssen Building while it was retrofitted. The Arts Council ended up in a rented space on E Street, where they held a series of public meetings. They had a wonderful art collection but needed a place to exhibit it.

The City of Eureka approached them and said that they would be willing to sell them the Carnegie Library Building, which had been closed to the public for 20 years. There was a catch, however – it also needed to be retrofitted, and the Arts Council would have to agree to take on the project.

Money was a huge concern. It was going to take a minimum of a million dollars just to retrofit the building and make the initial renovations necessary to convert the space from a library to a museum. And that was just Phase 1. The HAC agreed to undertake the restoration. They signed a lease with the city in 1996 and moved into the library building. They tore down a few partitions, painted the walls, and held their first art exhibit. Sally said, “The whole community was so excited, and that’s when we began the fundraising.”

It was a daunting task and a staggering amount of money

Eureka Carnegie Free Library, c. 1904, courtesy HumboldtArts.org

The City of Eureka ... sold the Carnegie Building to the Humboldt Arts Council for one dollar. Philip Arnot gave Eureka Mayor Nancy Fleming a 1904 silver dollar (1904 was the year Eureka’s Carnegie Free Library opened its doors) ...

Morris Graves, photo courtesy of Morris Graves Foundation

to raise in a small community. But, Sally thought, “The community really wants this, and we can do it!” And so she jumped in, spearheading the fundraising effort. She started the “Brick Buy Brick” campaign – people contributed money to have their name appear on bricks and tiles in the museum and grounds. There were naming opportunities galore – contributors could have galleries and other areas of the museum named after themselves or loved ones. Morris Graves and the Morris Graves Foundation contributed cash and artwork of such immense value that the museum itself, which was to have been named the Humboldt Cultural Center and Regional Art Museum, became instead the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Other large contributors included the Arkleys, Schmidbauers, Bill Pierson, the Eureka Rotary Club, and the Kresge Foundation.

Peter Pennekamp, the Humboldt Area Foundation Executive Director, was a big supporter, providing encouragement and helping to open doors to writing some of the bigger grants.

When interviewed, Sally enthusiastically rattled off name after name of people who stepped forward to make it happen. In

her own words she said, “Just know that what the Arts Council has done is an effort by the community. It’s the people who loved the arts, who loved the Carnegie Building, that all came forward together and worked together to make it happen.”

The City of Eureka was true to its word and sold the Carnegie Building to the Humboldt Arts Council for one dollar. Philip Arnot gave Eureka Mayor Nancy Fleming a 1904 silver dollar – 1904 was the year Eureka’s Carnegie Free Library opened its doors – and the deed was done. On January 1, 2000, the Morris Graves Museum of Art held its Grand Opening.

Eureka’s thriving art scene is now the envy of many cities nationwide. Not only is recognition coming in from across California and the entire United States, but our economy is benefitting from its commerce. Old Town has been transformed, and other areas along the North Coast have been inspired by the example and “can do” spirit of Sally Arnot. She has been an “Angel for the Arts,” and we are eternally indebted to her passion and example.

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PALETTE FEATURE – IN MEMORIAM MURIEL DINSMORE

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umboldt County lost a huge force of nature for getting things done when Eureka native Muriel Dinsmore passed away in her sleep October 16, 2018 at the age of 89. Although petite of stature, she was an irrepressible dynamo of activity.

Muriel was a passionate advocate for art and culture on the North Coast. She had a deeply rooted love of historic architecture, and was the Founding Director of the Eureka Heritage Society. She helped found the Humboldt Arts Council, served as past-president, and was on its board of directors. Muriel was also one of the original founders of the Fortuna Arts Council and the CR Foundation League.

During the 1960s Muriel was secretary to then-HSU Vice President and founder of the Humboldt Arts Council, Dr. Homer Balabanis. From 1970 to 1980 she was the writer and editor of the Times-Standard’s “Accent on People” section, where she interviewed a number of luminaries including Nancy Reagan and Norman Vincent Peale. She won awards from the California Press Women’s Association; in fact, the list of her activities, achievements and honors is almost endless. A few of the many other awards she received were the League of Women Voter’s Significant Contribution award, the HAC’s Contribution to the Arts Award (twice), Woman of Distinction from the local Soroptimists International Chapter, and the Humboldt County Republican of the Year award.

As titanic as her accomplishments were, however, it was her small acts of kindness that will be missed by her many friends and acquaintances. Those legendary, personal touches from this remarkable woman, and her years of giving back to her community, will never be forgotten.

Muriel Dinsmore, courtesy of Humboldt Arts Council

FLOYD BETTIGA

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loyd Bettiga, an important figure in Humboldt County’s art community, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2018 at Mad River Hospital.

Born in Ferndale in 1932, Floyd was a well loved, award-winning local painter and teacher. He was hired to teach art at College of the Redwoods in 1964, one of the college’s original faculty members, and influenced art students there for almost 30 years. He also played an important role in establishing the college’s permanent art collection, and established scholarships at CR and HSU (the College of the Redwoods Floyd Bettiga Art Scholarship and the Humboldt State University Floyd Bettiga Scholarship Endowment Fund).

Friends who wish to honor him are urged to contact those schools about supporting their scholarship programs named after him.

In addition to his work at CR, Floyd was instrumental in helping found the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, and served on its board of directors. There is a gallery named after him located at the museum’s main entrance.

His work has been exhibited internationally.

Floyd Bettiga, photo by Beti Webb Trauth

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estled in the heart of California’s beautiful North Coast, Eureka is home to a lively colony of artists working in almost every medium imaginable. Humboldt County has more artists per capita than any other county in the state, and Eureka is the de facto artistic capitol of the region. Here you will find painters and sculptors and other visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, actors and even filmmakers. A number have achieved national and international recognition. Artists find the North Coast environment supports their creative pursuits by providing a backdrop of dramatic natural landscapes, the company of like-minded souls and the slow pace of life that only a rural, or nearly rural, setting can offer.

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Named one of the top small art towns in John Villani’s book The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, Eureka is an exciting place for art lovers. Just strolling down the street, visitors and residents will 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 from local painters, sculptors, potters, weavers, jewelers and photographers.

For those who love to not only see art, but to meet artists and view and discuss art with other people who share the same passion, Eureka offers “First Saturday Night Arts Alive!” in Downtown and Old Town. This is an art walk put on in cooperation with downtown businesses. Most businesses keep later hours for this event, and the result is a lively mix of artists, art lovers and fun for the whole family.

Eureka is also a place you can enjoy wine tasting, theater, ballet, music ranging from symphonies and string quartets to world-class popular acts, and much more. The surrounding natural beauty makes it a wonderful place to visit, and a source of inspiration for artists and patrons alike. The arts are flourishing “behind the redwood curtain” in the Victorian Seaport of Eureka.

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ETERAN’S ART from the REDWOOD VET CENTER

rock painting by Dave Eberhardt

“... It’s mostly just trying to forget the bad past … It’s getting me out of the house, getting me into the world.” photo of swallow by Gura Lashlee

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he Redwood Vet Center in Henderson Center provides services for traumatized combat veterans and their families. I recently had the privilege of meeting and speaking with several of the vets who have been creating artwork as part of their healing process.

Every Tuesday afternoon for two hours, a group of veterans meets there to work on art projects. The sessions aren’t formal “art therapy,” despite being therapeutic, but are more loosely structured. The sessions facilitate making art, which is itself healing, but just as importantly they also provide an opportunity for social interaction. Many people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder become isolated and withdrawn, some even “bunkering down” and essentially cutting off contact with the outside world.

Floyd Hecker, Vietnam veteran: Art gives me a reason to get out of my little world that I’ve confined myself to from ptsd, and it gives me a chance to mingle, socialize. This is a social art class here, we do a lot of socializing and that’s very beneficial to me … It’s mostly just trying to forget the bad past … It’s getting me out of the house, getting me into the world.

Floyd eloquently described why he found it difficult to get out into the world: Out in the world my wife would want me to shop with her, and I’d choose to sit in the car and wait. Otherwise I’m alert, hyper-alert. I’m looking around … She’ll be saying something like “Look at this, dear,” and I’m not tuned in with her, I’m looking at the window or the door… I have my little things that I’m looking for, you know, little signals — watch out, is this guy going to do something weird? I’m always on the lookout; I have “eyes on” all the time, and that comes from the military I think, survival techniques.

In addition to their weekly social art sessions, the Redwood

“... I don’t think you can create art without accessing your emotions … That’s probably the biggest thing I got out of art ...”

Vet Center also holds an annual art competition, and pieces that win locally are entered in the National Veterans Creative Arts Competition. In the past two years Redwood Vet Center participant Guy Joy won first place in the acrylic paintings category at the national level, and Floyd Hecker placed second in the pastels category. Photographs of their prize-winning pieces accompany this article.

The individual artists themselves vary widely in terms of training and experience, as well as the style of their work, but they all share a deep passion for what they’re doing, and the work I saw was powerful and moving.

I spoke at some length with a few of the Vet Center’s clients, and certain themes kept recurring. Everyone I talked to spoke of how much help they’d received from the Vet Center, and how effective it was, and they all lavished praise on the center’s director, Deborah Reeves. Something else they all said was that drawing by Michael Kuhn

“Remembering Vietnam,” prize-winning painting by Guy Joy

while they were immersed in the creative process, they weren’t thinking about the traumatic events whose memories and associations were so disturbing the rest of the time.

The creative process also helps them in other ways. Michael Kuhn, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan: For me, art has been very important in the respect that when I was in the service, you don’t acknowledge any of your emotions, ever … I don’t think you can create art without accessing your emotions … That’s probably the biggest thing I got out of art … that and how art has taught me to look at the world in a different way … taking the time to really look, being in the moment.

Attempting to adjust to civilian life after being in combat can be extremely difficult and traumatic. Many Vietnam veterans were literally spit on in the streets when they returned home, and discriminated against in the job market.

Guy Joy, Vietnam veteran: It was as hard as many of the experiences I had in the military to come back and have my entire country reject me. … So basically for me, what my art is about is connecting. Connecting first with myself, with the best part of myself, and then using it to connect with others.

From what I saw, it seems that as a healing takes place, the artwork produced tends to take on a joyful quality. Clearly what happens at the Redwood Vet Center is profoundly transformative.

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Thank you Sally for your tireless efforts on keeping the arts alive in Humboldt County!

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UREKA’S UTILITY BOX ART PROGRAM

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painting by Debbi Sholes, photo courtesy City of Eureka

f you walked or drove in Eureka any time during the summer of 2018, you would have seen dozens of artists wielding paintbrushes on street corners throughout the city. The “canvases” they worked on were, in fact, 54 utility boxes belonging to the City of Eureka and to Caltrans. Most of them have been completed by now, adding delightful splashes of color in sometimes unexpected places. The Utility Art Box Program, part of the City of Eureka’s Strategic Arts Plan, complements the city’s many murals and sculptures, and is a foretaste of more public art in the works.

The idea of sprucing up urban areas with art executed on utility boxes has become somewhat of an international phenomenon since the start of the new millennium, with electrical panel and traffic control box art popping up from Germany to New Zealand, as well as all over the U.S. Eureka’s utility box art, although facilitated and coordinated by the city, is paid for primarily by local businesses and individuals, each of whom pay $500 to sponsor a box. The tens of thousands of dollars thus spent are a testament to this community’s love for the arts, and its willingness to support them.

With scores of artists and paintings to pick from, it was a difficult task to pick out just a few to highlight. These are just a small sample; I wish I had the room to include many more.

A couple of my favorite boxes were done by Arcata artist Samantha Moore. She is shown here with her shark painting, which can be found at the corner of 7th and E Streets. The yellow shark she’s petting in the closeup is called a Lemon Shark, and really is a distinct yellow color in real life. The Smooth Hammerhead in her other photo, however, doesn’t normally come in lime green. The painting was sponsored by Surfside Burger Shack.

Another of my favorites was done by students at Alder Grove Charter School, under the direction of and with a little bit of help from their art teacher, Ami Wruck. It was sponsored by MikkiMoves Realty and Mad River Radio. The design elements were selected by the students, who wanted to reflect local imagery — a forest, the mountains, salmon, a river, stars. Ami came up with the idea of the female figure to frame the elements, weaving them through her hair.

She also did the final layer of brushwork, to tie everything together and give it an integrated look. The box is located at 7th and I Streets.

Top left: Ami Wrunk with Alder Grove Charter School painting, photo by David Kaftal Bottom left: Samantha Moore working on sharks painting, photo courtesy City of Eureka Left: Samantha Moore petting shark, photo by David Kaftal

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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

245 F St., Eureka, 95501 445-8451 • NCIDC.org Art and gift items by national Native American artists. All net proceeds return to the nonprofit operations of the shop and NCIDC.

Classical Music. Local and outof-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

Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park

The Dance Scene Studio, The Sundance Ballet Company

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.

1011 H St., Eureka, 95501 502-2188 • DanceEureka.com The Dance Scene Studio offers classes in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Creative Dance, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, Belly Dance, Tiny Taps, and Pilates for ages 3 - Adult.

Brenda Tuxford Gallery

Eureka Art & Culture Commission

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

Chamber Players of the Redwoods

ChamberPlayersRedwoods.org Since 2007, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit has presented public concerts celebrating the vast diversity of

525 7th St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 search at www.ci.eureka.ca.gov Advises Eureka City Council on art programs and projects.

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CLONEY’S RED CROSS PHARMACY

CLONEY’S PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY

The Only Pharmacy in Downtown Eureka

525 5TH Street Eureka • 443-1614 Fax 443-4461

Across from St. Joseph Hospital

“Caring for you since 1902”

2515 Harrison Ave. Eureka • 443-7086 Fax 443-0302

CLONEY’S MCKINLEYVILLE PHARMACY In the Safeway Shopping Center

1567 City Center Rd. • 840-9923 • Fax 840-9928

www.cloneys.com

Gus Clark with his utility box painting, photo courtesy City of Eureka

Recology sees a world without waste.

Spo n s or of t he M orris Grav es M us eum of A rt J un qu e A rt e E xhib it RECOLOGY HUMBOLDT COUNTY 555 VANCE AVE, SAMOA, CA 95564 707-442-5711 • recology.com The Palette / 15

photos by Andrew Sible, courtesy NorthCoastDance.com

continued from previous page Eureka Chamber Music Series

At Calvary Lutheran Church 716 South Ave., Eureka 95503 445-9650 • EurekaChamberMusic.org Sponsors international artists, piano trios, string quartets, pianists and the San Francisco Opera Center Singers.

Eureka Main Street

525 2nd St., Ste. 105 Eureka 95501 • 442-9054 EurekaMainStreet.org Working toward an economically and culturally vital Main Street.

Eureka Symphony

Where Dance Lives! www.northcoastdance.org

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.

Dynamic.

Engaging.

Theatre.

Adults & Teens Children 3+ Advanced Intermediate & Beginner 16 / The Palette

Ballet, Pointe, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Belly Dance & Contemporary

Ramona j.j. Bell in 2018

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.

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EUREKA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS 21th Annual

NORTH COAST OPEN STUDIOS

Saturday & Sunday, June 1-2 & June 8-9, 2019

collage by Monica Topping

NorthCoastOpenStudios.com

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.

Mosaic and stained glass by Laurel Skye, see page 32 photo by Denise Comiskey

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EUREKA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS continued from page 16

Stained glass by Colleen Clifford, see artist profile page 47

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Carter House Inns & Restaurant 301 301 L St., Eureka | 707.444.8062 | CarterHouse.com

Humboldt Handweavers & Spinners Guild

North Coast Repertory Theatre

PO Box 370, Arcata 95518 599-2729 • HHSGuild.org Promotes textile arts through classes and exhibitions. Monthly meetings in Eureka.

300 5th St., Eureka 95501 442-NCRT (6278) NCRT.net Professional quality live theatre presenting classic and contemporary works throughout the year.

Ink People Center for the Arts

Redwood Art Association

525 7th St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 • InkPeople.org Coordinates over 100 programs, exhibitions, ongoing classes & events.

MARZ

(Media, Arts Resource Zone) 525 7th St., Eureka 95501 442-8413 • InkPeople.org Youth using analog & digital arts for community change.

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 North Coast Dance beginning photographers using a 426 F St., Eureka 95501 • 442-7779 wide range of techniques; black and NorthCoastDance.org white, color film, as well as digital Three major productions a year. media. Providing education and a Offers Ballet Kinder through Adult, Pointe, Men’s, Pas De Deux, Ballroom, forum for showing photographs.

Hula and several other disciplines.

see page 20 for more Eureka Arts Organizations

Carter House Inns Carter House Inns is a collection of five Victorian buildings perched alongside Humboldt Bay in Old Town Eureka. Luxurious amenities at Carter House Inns set an indulgent tone for a visit to nearby redwood groves, rugged Pacific beaches, and the rich history of the Redwood Coast. ~ AND ~

Restaurant 301 Featured in Bon Appétit and Art Culinaire magazines

Serving Dinner Nightly 5 to 8:30 pm Bar open 4 to 10 pm Reservations recommended but not required

At our award-winning Restaurant 301, you can enjoy innovative dishes prepared with organic ingredients sourced from local purveyors and from our on-site Carter Gardens.

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FARMERS’ MARKETS Weekly Schedule of Local Farmers’ Markets For more information go to NorthCoastGrowersAssociation.org All numbers (707), dates subject to change.

TUESDAYS Eureka Farmers’ Market - Old Town Eureka Jun to Oct 10am to 1pm, F St. between 1st and 2nd • 441-9999 • Live Music Fortuna Farmers’ Market June to Oct, 3 to 6pm 10th and Main Sts. • 441-9999 Miranda Farmers’ Market May to Oct, 2 to 6pm Miranda Market, 6685 Avenue of the Giants • 943-3025 Shelter Cove Farmers’ Market May to Oct, 11am to 3pm Machi Rd., motel parking lot • 986-7229

THURSDAYS Eureka: Henderson Center Farmers’ Market Jun to Oct 10am to 1pm, F St., Henderson and F St. • 441-9999 • Live Music McKinleyville Farmers’ Market: Eureka Natural Foods Store Jun to Oct, 3:30 to 6:30pm, 2165 Central Ave. • 441-9999 • Live Music Willow Creek Farmers’ Market June to Aug, 4:30 to 7:30pm Community Commons Park, corner Hwys 96 and 299

FRIDAYS Eureka, Friday Night Market E Street and Opera Alley, 5 to 8pm, June to Sept

Garberville: Southern Humboldt Farmers’ Market May to Thanksgiving, 11am to 3pm Church Street in Garberville Town Square • 786-9460

Henderson Center Farmers’ Market, photo by David Kaftal

SATURDAYS Arcata Plaza Farmers’ Market Apr to Nov, 9am to 2pm Thanksgiving to Mar, 10am to 2pm • 441-9999 • Live Music

Eureka 1450 Broadway (707) 442-6325 • McKinleyville 2165 Central Ave. (707) 839-3636

Thank You

Sally Arnot

We see Sally Arnot’s influence on the community almost daily and for that we say thank you to her for her continued dedication to the arts in Humboldt County.

Exciting Salad & Hotbar Items!

Fresh Organic Juices, Smoothies & Powershakes.

Organic Espresso, Coffees, Organic Produce, Natural Groceries, Microbrews & Organic Wines.

Natural, organic and GMO free foods and wellness items.

A large selection of sustainably made gifts

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EUREKA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS continued from page 18 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

Oil painting by Beverly Harper, see artist profile page 48

Fresh Local Seafood at

TheSea Sea Grill to Table since 19 88

WIDE VARIETY of fresh seafood from NEAR & FAR. Sautéed, grilled, charbroiled, pan & deep fried, complimented by delicate sauces.

NEAR: Ling & rock cod, King salmon, oysters on the half shell, Dungeness crab & bay shrimp, Petrale sole. FAR: Alaskan king crab legs, Alaskan Halibut, lobster, Hawaiian Ahi, Swordfish & Mahi Mahi, Sturgeon, Wild Prawns, Scallops...

Black Angus aged charbroiled Steaks & Prime Rib; Roast Duck & Chicken.

PO Box 8125, Eureka 95502 220 1st St., Eureka 95501 • 443-7688 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 273-8596 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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Find Us BOTH on F Street between Henderson Center & Old Town, Eureka 707.268.8959 20 / The Palette

EUREKA ARTS ALIVE! FIRST SATURDAY NIGHT ARTS ALIVE! VENUES

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o matter what the weather, art enthusiasts crowd Old Town and Downtown Eureka for the first Saturday of the month during Arts Alive! Over 70 local merchants participate in the threehour art walk from 6 to 9pm. Art lovers, residents and visitors roam the streets, wandering from venue to venue stopping for coffee, catching up with old friends, discussing art and listening to the many artists providing music and entertainment along the way. First Saturday Night Arts Alive! is co-sponsored by Eureka Main Street and Humboldt Arts Council. Specific Arts Alive! listings are available each month in the Times-Standard and the North Coast Journal.

EurekaMainStreet.org 707 Bar

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

A Taste of Bim

C Street Hall Gallery

1st & C Sts. • 443-8887 613 3rd St. • 798-6300 ATasteOfBim.org

Adorni Center

208 C St. • 445-1751

Café Nooner

Cheri Blackerby Gallery & The Studio 272 C St. • 443-1428 TheStudioOnline.org

1011 Waterfront St. • 441-4248

409 Opera Alley • 443-4663 CafeNooner.net

American Indian Art & Gift Shop

California Mentor

334 2nd St. • 443-0102

Calla Hana Boutique

3rd & E St. • 443-1947 ClarkeMuseum.org

Canvas + Clay

618 F St.

Chapala Cafe

522 F St. • 443-2778 Dalianes.com

245 F St. • 445-8451 AmericanIndianOnline.com

Amigas Burritos

317 5th St. • 443-3373

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610 F St. • 443-9113

Arkley Center for the Performing Arts 412 G St. • 442-1956 ArkleyCenter.com

317 3rd St. #4 • 442-4500 TheMentorNetwork.com 320 2nd St. #1A • 798-5002 233 F St. • 443-1428

201 2nd St. • 443-9514 ChapalaCafe.com

Ciara’s Irish Shop

Clarke Historical Museum Cottage Annex Dalianes Travel

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FIRST SATURDAY NIGHT 6-9 PM

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Ali Presented By EUREKA MAIN STREET

Art Center Frame Shop 616 2nd St. • 443-7017

Arts & Drafts

442 1st St. • 798-6329

Backroom Gallery 525 2nd St.

Paint Your Own Pottery and Mosaics

Bandit Savory & Sweet 525 2nd St.

Historic e c n e i r Expe Town & Old own Downt

Bayfront Restaurant

F Street Plaza • 443-7489

Because Coffee

300 F St. • 407-0541

Bella Baskets

311 E St. • 444-2823 Bella-Baskets.com

Belle Starr

405 2nd St. • 441-1296

Blossom’s Florist

103 5th St. • 798-6002

Blue Ox Boutique

325 2nd St. #102 • 798-6104

Booklegger

402 2nd St. • 445-1344

Brenda Tuxford Gallery 525 7th St. • 442-8413 InkPeople.org

Buttons

621 3rd St. • 407-3527

Buzzard’s Nest Antiques & Uniques 420 2nd St. • 601-5481

Over 100 pottery items to choose from...

Unique mosaic selection and supplies.

Monthly workshops too!

Creative activities for all ages.

525 Second Street Suite 105 • Eureka (707) 442-9054 eurekamainstreet.org

WALK-INS WELCOME

Birthday Parties, School Projects, Corporate Events & Fundraising See us on Facebook.

211 G St, Old Town Eureka ~ 707.268.8888

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EUREKA ARTS ALIVE!

Arts Alive! by Bob and Donna Sellers, see artist profile page 51

continued from previous page Dick Taylor Chocolates

4 W. 4th St. • 798-6010 DickTaylorChocolate.com

Ellis Art & Engineering Sidewalk Gallery

401 5th St. • 445-9050 ArtAndEngineeringSupplies.com

Eureka Books

426 2nd St. • 444-9593 EurekaBookSellers.com

Eureka Fabrics

412 2nd St. • 442-2646

Eureka Inn

518 7th St. • 497-6093 EurekaInn.com

Eureka Theater

612 F St. • 442-2970 TheEurekaTheater.org

Eureka Visitor’s Center 240 E St. • 798-6411 VisitEureka.com

F Street Foto Gallery at Swanlund’s Camera 527 F St. • 442-4522 Swanlunds.com

Five Eleven

511 2nd St. • 268-3852

Forever Young Beauty Salon 308 2nd St. • 268-8039

Gallagher’s Irish Pub

139 2nd St. • 442-1177 Gallaghers-IrishPub.com

Good Relations

223 2nd St. • 441-9570 GoodRelations.com

EUREKA ART & FRAME CO. Judged Best in America for Retail Aesthetics & Design Custom Framing Art Restoration

Impeccable Quality at Everyday Low Prices 444-2888 ❖ EurekaArtandFrame.com 1636 F St in Eureka, one block north of Wabash

Proudly Supporting Humboldt County for 115 Years!

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EUREKA ARTS ALIVE! HealthSPORT by the Bay

Kenny’s Chocolates

Here & There

Humboldt Cider Co. Tap Room

411 1st St. • 268-8220 HealthSPORT.com

335 2nd St. • 441-9312

425 Snug Alley • 499-3421 KennysChocolates.com

Himalayan Rug Trader

517 F St. • 497-6320 HumboldtCiderCompany.com

Homie

300 2nd St. • 442-3541 HumboldtHerbals.com

529 2nd St. • 268-8268 HimalayanRugTraders.net 531 2nd St. • 269-0143

Humboldt Herbals

Humboldt Honey Wine

House of Humboldt

723 3rd St. • 599-7973 HumboldtHoneyWine.com

Humboldt Arts Council at Morris Graves Museum of Art

Humboldt Marketplace

212 G St. #103 • 499-5559

636 F St. • 442-0278 HumboldtArts.org

Humboldt Bay Coffee Co.

526 Opera Alley • 444-3969 www.HumboldtCoffee.com

Humboldt Bay Provisions

205 G St. • 672-3850 HumboldtBayProvisions.com

Humboldt Carpet Showroom at The Gallery 212 F St. • 442-0291

317 E St. • 444-2823 HumboldtMarketplace.com

Humboldt Republic

535 4th St. • 497-6270 HumboldtRepublic.com

Humboldt Skate Lab 617 3rd St. • 683-6683

Ink People Center for the Arts 525 7th St. • 442-8413 InkPeople.org

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painting by Patricia Sennott, also see artist profiles page 52 photo courtesy City of Eureka

Thank you, Sally!

Supporting the Arts 77 2nd Street

Eureka, CA 95501

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EUREKA ARTS ALIVE! continued from previous page Inn at 2nd & C

139 2nd St. • 444-3344 TheInnAt2ndAndC.com

Just My Type

501 3rd St. • 267-8727

Land of Lovely

127 F St. • 273-5234 LandOfLovely.com

Livella Studios

120 2nd St. • 268-8781

Living The Dream Ice Cream

Mantova’s Two Street Music

Los Bagels / Truchas Gallery

Many Hands Gallery

Lotus Studio

Megara’s Salon

1 F St. by Bayfront Restaurant 407-3508 • LTDIceCream.com 403 2nd St. • 442-8525 LosBagels.com 630 2nd St. • 616-6504 Lotstu.com

Manhard Consulting

611 I St., Ste. A • 444-3800 Manhard.com

124 2nd St. • 445-3155 MTSMusic.com

438 2nd St. • 445-0455 ManyHandsGallery.net 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

North Coast Dance

426 F St. • 442-7779 NorthCoastDance.org

North of 4th

207 3rd St. • 268-5674

Oberon Grill

516 2nd St. • 443-3663 OberonGrill.net

Old Town Antique Lighting

Glass mosaics by Robin Friedman, see artist profile page 47

2nd & F St. • 267-5439 OldTownAntiqueLighting.com

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EUREKA ARTS ALIVE! Otters at Sequoia Park Zoo, photo by Greg Nyquist

Old Town Art Gallery

417 2nd St. • 445-2315 OldTownArtGalleryEureka.com

Old Town Coffee & Chocolates 211 F St. • 445-8600 OldTownCoffeeEureka.com

Old Town Jewelers 311 F St. • 441-9244

Om Sweet Om Hot Yoga & Dance

516 5th St. • 444-8900 BikramYogaHumboldt.com

Otto + Olive

330 2nd St. • 798-6326

Parasol Arts

211 G St. • 268-8888

Paul’s Live From New York Pizza 604 F St. • 442-5800 PaulsLiveFromNewYorkPizza.com

Philosopher’s Stone Gallery 218 F St. • 630-5034

Piante Gallery

620 2nd St. • 441-1322 PianteGallery.com

Primate Tatu

505 H St. • 443-3809

Ramone’s Bakery

209 E St. • 445-2923 RamonesBakery.com

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

Redwood Curtain Theatre 220 1st St. • 443-7688 RedwoodCurtain.com

Redwood Discovery Museum 612 G St. #102 • 443-9694 Discovery-Museum.org

Redwood Music Mart

511 F St. • 268-3829 RedwoodMusicMart.com

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Shaw Insurance Services

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The Art of Enrichment Zookeepers at Sequoia Park Zoo teach Red pandas and other species to paint with animal-safe tempera paint as a form of enrichment. This stimulates their minds and bodies and gives keepers a fun outlet to express creativity while enhancing mutually beneficial behaviors with Zoo animals. All proceeds support the Zoo Conservation Fund benefiting both local and global projects.

Animal Masterpiece izes Various s r e th o d an work rt a s ie c spe ase p r fo urch available G if t S h o p o in the Zo

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EUREKA ARTS ALIVE! continued from previous page Sailor’s Grave Tattoo

2nd & C St. • 443-0666 SailorsGraveTattoo.com

Savage Henry Comedy Club 415 5th St. SavageHenryMagazine.com

Seamoor’s

212 F St. • 444-2667

Shipwreck

430 3rd St. • 476-0991

Smug’s Pizza

626 2nd St. • 268-8082 SmugsPizza.com

Soulshine Arts

411 5th St. • 502-8194 Soulshine-Arts.com

Spa at Personal Choice

130 G St. • 445-2041 TheSpaAtPersonalChoice.com

Stonesthrow Boutique

423 F St. • 269-7070 StonesthrowBoutique.com painting by Blake Reagan, photo courtesy City of Eureka

Studio 424

424 3rd St. • 497-6438

Studio S

719 3rd St.

Summit Funding

108 F St. • 407-4018 SummitFunding.net/branch/eureka

Surfside Burger Shack 445 5th St. • 268-1295

Synapsis

212G St. #102 • 616-3104

Talisman

214 F St. • 443-1509 TalismanBeadsEureka.com

The Black Faun Gallery 212 G St. • 267-4297

The Bodega

426 3rd St. Nothing-Obvious.com

The Connection HPRC

334 F St. • 826-7988 TheConnectionHPRC.com

see page 28 for more Eureka Arts Alive!

OLD TOWN’S PREMIERE TATTOO STUDIO

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11 AM-7 PM open for arts alive!

•walk-ins welcome• •appointments Preferred•

stop by & check out our tattoo related Art, antiques & history sailors-grave-tattoo @sailors_grave_tattoo_humboldt

“Dedicated to the Art and History of Tattooing” 138 2nd st. eureka, ca • 707-443-0666

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The Madrone BrickFire Pizza & Tap House 421 3rd St. • 273-5129

The Scruffy Nerd Herder

234 F St. • 273-5274 TheScruffyNerdHerder.com

The Siren’s Song Tavern

Paige McClurg photo courtesy City of Eureka

325 2nd St. • 442-8778 SirensSongTavern.com

The Speakeasy Bar

411 Opera Alley • 444-2244

The Works

210 C St. • 442-8121 TheWorksEureka.com

Timber Boutique

514 2nd St. • 601-8521

Vanity

109 F St. • 442-8980

Vista Del Mar

91 Commercial St. • 443-3770 vista-del-mar.business.site

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A R C A T A A

rcata is home to a managed redwood forest located entirely inside its city limits, a wastewater treatment facility that doubles as a wildlife refuge, a city plaza sporting hand-inlaid trash receptacles at each of its four corners, and an army of college students determined to recycle their microbrewery beer bottles.

One of the more colorful spots in Humboldt County, Arcata offers everything you’d expect from a college town, and then some.

As you might expect, Arcata has a lively art scene. Art is one of the more popular majors at Humboldt State University, and the faculty is first rate. Be sure to check out the Reese Bullen Gallery on the HSU campus, which houses the university’s perma-

4th of July Parade, photo by Mark Larson

nent 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.

HSU 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 B.B. King, James Brown, Willie Nelson and the Julliard String Quartet. See page 33 for a listing of current performances.

Arcata’s art scene extends well beyond the HSU 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.

For events and festivals in Arcata, as well as in the rest of Humboldt County, see pages 42-43.

Humboldt Area Foundation applauds Sally Arnot for her hard work and many contributions to our community.

With the help of generous local donors, HAF has supported local art and artists since 1972.

More information and grant opportunities available at www.hafoundation.org.

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HUMBOLDT LIGHT OPERA COMPANY

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Willie Wonka, HLOC.org

The Hat Dance, Will Rogers Follies, HLOC.org

by Brad Curtis / courtesy of Carol Ryder

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umboldt Light Opera Company, founded in 1973, takes theater education seriously as a way to unite the community and spark imagination. Its classes through KidCo have been inspiring children to lead a brighter, more expressive life since 1998, and are fueled by longstanding, dedicated teachers. Arts educators Valerie Bourne and Carol Ryder, with the help of Tracey Barnes Priestley, established a set of year-round classes to give youth the tools they’d need to be successful in musical theatre, with a solid foundation in singing, acting, and dancing. There is an emphasis on developing the skills needed to work well with others on stage.

A program such as this truly benefits our youth. Research has found that music, theatre and dance breed self-confidence, imagination, empathy, cooperation, concentration and so much more. Children who participate in a performing arts program learn about themselves and the world around them. Training in the performing arts has long been recognized as a strong self-es-

teem builder. What better way to serve our young people on the North Coast?

HLOC has taken an active role in program development. All KidCo teachers have degrees in music and are seasoned musical theatre performers. With such a dedicated staff, KidCo has been able to meet the needs of the youth in our community by expanding class offerings to give participants a safe place to explore more advanced classes. Those include tap dance, monologues, and solo and choral harmony, along with preparing for performances. In recent years KidCo has sent teens to study with a Broadway teaching group in NYC. Whatever the age or class level, everyone is given the opportunity to shine, and become part of a performing team. For those in need, some limited scholarships are available.

KidCo stages fully supported bi-yearly performances. Just like on Broadway or London’s West End, participants audition for roles. Among the shows KidCo has produced are Willy Wonka,

HLOC

music -theatre - performance - education classes for all ages, concerts, small musicals, choruses

First Saturday in October On the Arcata Plaza

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www.hloc.org

A Benefit for

Northcoast Children’s Services

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Alice in Wonderland, HLOC.org

Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland, and Seussical. In addition, HLOC keeps young people in mind when choosing players for its big summer production. In recent years 15 to 25 KidCo kids have appeared in Shrek, Ruddigore, Mary Poppins and Wizard of Oz, making those multi-generational shows a positive learning experience for all involved. For more information on how to participate and to view a class schedule: www.HLOC.org/kidco.html.

ARCATA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS All area codes are (707) unless noted.

Information and venues are subject to change.

ARCATA & BAYSIDE 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

883 H St., Arcata 95521 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

Humboldt State University 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.

turn page for more Arcata Arts Organizations

o-founder of the Humboldt Light Opera Company and an HSU Professor of Voice and Composition for 35 years, Dr. James Stanard’s extraordinary tenor voice was silenced forever on February 22, 2018, when he lost his battle with cancer.

A native of Montana, Jim was well-loved and highly regarded. Under Jim Stanard, courtesy Jeana Stanard his tutelage at HSU, many of his students went on to important performing and teaching careers.

In addition to being an inspiring teacher and a well-loved performer, he was also a fine composer who excelled at creating original hymns, anthems and choral works. At Humboldt Light Opera he directed many fine, critically acclaimed productions over the years. The company continues to flourish nearly 50 years later under the direction of his former student, Carol Ryder.

Those who knew him will miss his warmth, his sense of humor and his inspiration.

His legacy will live on through his students.

Commission a Portrait of the Home You Love

and generate support to help sustain the work of

Arcata House Partnership Choose from a variety of sizes.

• Select and contact an artist:

Jay Brown Maggi Draper Matt Filar Libby George Elizabeth Johnson Joyce Jonte Kathy O’Leary Alan Sanborn Sara Starr Patricia Sennott • Agree on a price and format, sign a contract.

• When your portrait is complete, pay the artist and he/she will donate half the cost to Arcata House Partnership.

ArcataHouse.org

For more information: Jaffa Dugan, Coordinator 707-822-3534, jaffa@humboldt1.com The Mission of Arcata House is to provide a program of assistance to support families and individuals building a more stable life, to educate the community about housing issues and advocate on behalf of homeless people.

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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.

he North Coast recently lost one of its most colorful, eclectic and gifted artists after a long battle with cancer. Laurel Skye passed away July 22, 2018.

Although she didn’t hail from Arcata, it’s where she settled and proceeded to create one of the most visually interesting, artistic homes anywhere. By using her deep mosaic talents and penchant for acquiring outré objects for display, she crafted a residence that attracted visitors like bees to honey.

Humboldt Capoeira Academy

at Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 8th & L Sts. Arcata 95521 • 298-7990 Brazilian Martial Arts and Dance, in association with the Brazilian Cultural Arts Center and The Ink People. Children & adults.

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.org 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 produced since 1973. Company program, HLO/KidCo, for youth musical theater presentation.

Humboldt Music Academy

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

Humboldt State University

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

826-5253 Rotating exhibits feature works by contemporary and traditional Native American artists, located on HSU campus in Behavioral & Social Sciences Building.

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Laurel Skye in her house in Arcata, photo by Denise Comiskey She had an amazing eye for art, and was a non-stop collector of artifacts, oddities, materials, experiences and stories. She was frequently hilarious, and she loved people. She was a born creator. She studied with master mosaic artists from around the world, and her work is recognized internationally and displayed throughout the United States and Canada. Her book “Mosaic Renaissance: Millefiori in Mosaics,” a coveted resource, is still in print for the time being.

• HSU 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 HSU 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 three campus locations: 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 Humboldt State University 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, print-on-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.

SCRAP Humboldt

101 H St., Arcata 95521 822-2452 • ScrapHumboldt.org Mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community. Collaborates with artists and makers to offer a number of unique and fun classes.

Ya Habibi Dance Company

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

ARTS! ARCATA

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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

Pacific Outfitters

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

737 G St. • 822-0321 PacificOutfitters.com

Plaza

808 G St. • 822-2250 PlazaArcata.com

Redwood Yogurt

1573 G St. • 826-7677

Rocking Horse, The

VENUES All area codes are (707) unless noted.

Information and venues are subject to change.

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

Angelica Atelier

Global Village Gallery

Arcata Artisans

Griffin Arcata

Arcata Exchange

Jacoby’s Storehouse

1101 H St. • 834-1296 AngelicaAtelier.com 883 H St. • 825-9133 ArcataArtisans.com 813 H St. • 822-0312 ArcataExchange.net

Arcata Main Street

761 8th St. • 822-4500 ArcataMainStreet.com

Bubbles

1031 H St. • 822-3450 Bubbles-Arcata.com

Café Brio

791 G St. • 822-5922 CafeBrioArcata.com

Fatböl Clothing

1063 H 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 TheGardenGateArcata.com

791 8th St. • 822-3509

Sanctuary, The

1301 J St. • 822-0898 SanctuaryArcata.com

Savory

1504 G St. • 630-5083 SavoryGrillCafe.weebly.com

Stokes, Hamer, Kirk & Eads, LLP

381 Bayside Rd., Ste. A • 822-1771 SHKKLaw.com

Wildberries Marketplace 747 13th St. • 822-0095 Wildberries.com

Zen

1091 H St. • 630-5007

2019 HSU CenterArts Performances For Tickets, call 707-826-3928.

Performances at: ACPA = Arkley Center for the Performing Arts FRC = Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU KBR = Kate Buchanan Room, HSU

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy

Los Lobos

Beatrice Rana, piano

The Temptations

Mariachi Herencia de México

Plaza View Room (3rd floor)

Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal

Dustbowl Revival & Hot Club of Cowtown

Jambalaya Arcata/The Jam

Black Violin

The Tallis Scholars

Bin Huang

Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

973 H St. • 826-2323 GlobalVillageGallery.com 937 10th St. • 825-1755 GriffinArcata.com Corner of 8th & H Sts. • Pasta Luego (Plaza Level) CocoPastaLuego.com 825-0108 • Plaza Grill (3rd Floor) 826-0860 • PlazaGrillArcata.com • Jay Brown (3rd Floor Ste. 5) 915 H St. • 822-4766 JambalayaArcata.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

858 10th St. • 825-9642 OmShalaYoga.com

8pm Thu, Jan 10, ACPA, Eureka 7pm Thu, Jan 17, ACPA, Eureka

8pm Fri, Jan 25, ACPA, Eureka 7pm Tue, Jan 29, ACPA, Eureka 8pm Fri, Feb 1, FRC, Arcata

AS Presents: Tarana Burke

7pm Sun, Feb 3, KBR, Arcata

Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats

7pm Tue, Feb 5, ACPF, Eureka

7pm Tue, Feb 26, ACPA, Eureka

Masters of Hawaiian Music 3pm Sun, Mar 3, FRC, Arcata

Masters of Hawaiian Music

7:30pm Sun, Mar 3, FRC, Arcata 8pm Fri, Mar 8, FRC, Arcata 7pm Sun, Mar 17, ACPA, Eureka

8pm Sat, Mar 30, ACPA, Eureka 7pm Tue, Apr 2, ACPA, Eureka

6pm Sun, Apr 7, FRC, Arcata

Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

8pm Sun, Apr 7, FRC, Arcata

The Havana Cuba All-Stars

8pm Sun, Apr 14, ACPA, Eureka

Russian National Ballet Swan Lake

Anoushka Shankar

Joan Osborne

Che Malambo

A Way With Words

Keb’ Mo’

8pm Sat, Feb 9, ACPA, Eureka 8pm Fri, Feb 15, ACPA, Eureka 8pm Fri, Feb 22, FRC, Arcata

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he tiny town of 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, with the summer’s Mad River Festival being the highlight of their season.

This month-long extravaganza brings together performers and audiences from “around the world and down the block” for theatre, stories, clowning and music. Dell’Arte is a destination unlike any other on the American theatre map.

Also along Hwy 299 sits Willow Creek, a delightful rural community with a distinct and ever-growing art scene. & Its Studio 299 Center for the Arts, a nonprofit community organization devoted to the promotion and development of the arts in the area, offers artists a place to gather and a way to share their work with 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 and performing arts.

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

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Humboldt Folklife Festival, Blue Lake, photo by Molly Blakemore

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

Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre 131 H St., Blue Lake 95525 668-5663 • DellArte.com The North American center for theatre training and performance of original theatre. Offers performances year-round and presents the annual Mad River Festival each summer.

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

TRINITY COUNTY First Saturday Art Cruise, 5-8pm Weaverville art galleries and businesses, plus live music.

Produced by Trinity Arts Council, TrinityCountyArts.com

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.

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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 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 .

Studio 299 Center for the Arts

PO Box 32, 75 The Terrace Rd. Willow Creek 95573 • 530-629-3488 Studio299.tripod.com Studio 299 is devoted to the promotion and development of the arts in the Klamath and Trinity communities of Northern California.

Trinity Arts Council

351 Main St., Weaverville 96093 530-623-2760 TrinityCountyArts.com A nonprofit corporation with the mission to advance Trinity County through the arts and creativity.

Trinity Players/Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center

101 Arbuckle Court at Industrial Pkwy, Weaverville 96093 TAPACOnline.org Theatre company and community performing venue.

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MCKINLEYVILLE, TRINIDAD, WESTHAVEN

Spreading the word about the many classical music events on the North Coast...

ClassicallyHumboldt.com Humboldt County is home to many musicians and artists, who have an abundance of quality musical events throughout the year. Whether you are looking for an inspiring evening of music or more information about a concert series, this is a simple and quick place to learn more.

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, Temporary Resonance Trio: John Chernoff, Terrie Baune and Carol Jacobson. workshops and classes, many children’s The Trinidad Bay Art and Music Festival includes world-class musicians in a activities, poetry readings, puppet shows, stunning setting on one of the most spectacular coastal sections on the North holiday events and other art exhibits.

Coast... a must-see event. TBAMFest.com Just past Westhaven is the seaside town of Trinidad, one of the most picturesque cKinleyville is a popular, growing community communities on the California Coast. Trinidad, with its small but set along the rugged Pacific Coast. It is graced dramatic bay and coastline, is known for its traditional fishing by the Mad and Little Rivers, the beautiful Azalea State Reserve, fleet, quaint ocean-side cottages and lovely Bed and Breakfast and the Hammond Coastal Trail, which presents stunning inns. Enjoy fresh local seafood at one of Trindad’s fine restaurants, panoramic views of the coastline. Nearby Clam Beach is known and venture into one of several galleries highlighting works that for beachcombing, fishing and horseback riding. The natural star the natural beauty of the area. Trinidad has inspired the work beauty of this area makes it a favorite place for artists and art of many well-known local and visiting artists, and plays host to a noted artists’ colony. lovers to live, work and play.

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Trinidad Bay Art & Music Festival August 9-11 & 16-18, 2019 In Beautiful Trinidad, California

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CHAINSAW ARTIST Story and photos by David Kaftal

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he first gasoline-powered chainsaw small and light enough to be operated by a single person came out around 1950, and in the early 1950s the art of chainsaw carving began gaining public attention. By the 1960s it had grown into an entire art movement. Not surprisingly, the Pacific Northwest was a primary spawning ground for this budding school of art. Much of the action centered on Puget Sound’s Whidbey Island, a rustic hideaway a little north of Seattle.

It was on Whidbey Island that Jessie Groeschen began to develop her chops as a chainsaw artist. Originally interested in making furniture, Jessie became fascinated by the woodcarving work being done all around her, and when she was gifted a chainsaw on Valentine’s Day one year in the early 1990s, she was off and running. (And not with scissors, but with a chainsaw!) Today she is an internationally recognized sculptor and art historian.

Jessie was born in the Philippines, but moved to the United States at the age of two, where she lived primarily in Washington State, as well as for a few years in Germany and California before returning to Washington, until she finally moved to the North Coast in 2006. The previous winter, bad storms had knocked over about 20 redwood trees on a piece of land in Trinidad, an irresistible treasure trove for an artist who works only on wood from naturally downed trees. Although Jessie originally landed in Arcata, today she can be found working away industriously in Trinidad, on the same piece of land that has all the downed trees.

An important influence on her art is Lois Hollingsworth, a native California artist, architect, and sculptor, and one of the first women to use the chainsaw as a viable and valuable sculptor’s tool in the 1960s.

Jessie’s work varies from abstract to representational, primarily the latter, and she gravitates toward natural and mythic themes. Her largest work is a 35-foot tall totem pole on private property in Trinidad.

She carved it in situ from a standing dead Sitka spruce, and painted it as well.

Sculptures by Jessie appear in Behold My Heart, a soon to be released motion picture. It stars Marisa Tomei, who plays a woman who takes up chainsaw sculpture.

In the movie the Tomei character carves a bear and an otter that were actually made

by Jessie. In some closeups of the chainsaw in action, it is Jessie who wields it.

Jessie Groeschen is also the author of a delightful book on the history of chainsaw carving, entitled, appropriately enough, Art of Chainsaw Carving. First published in 2005, it has since been revised and expanded, and released as a second edition.

You can learn more about Jessie and her work at Groeschen.com. She can be reached at studio@groeschen.com.

Jessie carving a dragon.

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NORTHERN HUMBOLDT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS MCKINLEYVILLE No Limits Dance Academy • 1547 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville 95519 • 825-0922

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

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.

Right: by Patricia Sundgren Smith, see page 52 Left: by Antoinette Magyar, see page 50

TRINIDAD ART NIGHTS - VENUES 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 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

All area codes are (707) unless noted.

Information is subject to change.

Ned Simmons Gallery

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

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THE EEL RIVER VALLEY: FERNDALE, FORTUNA, LOLETA, RIO DELL, SCOTIA “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 everpopular 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.

Watercolor by Pat Cahill, see artist profile page 47

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he towns and villages of the Eel River Valley are home to outstanding theater and music, antique and collectibles shops, arts cooperatives, charming accommodations and first class restaurants that rival those of much larger cities. The area also plays host to an abundance of local festivals.

Ferndale has been named one of America’s prettiest towns by Forbes magazine. AP reporter Jennifer Marin called it

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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 probably best known for the Loleta Cheese Factory and Queso Kings Grilled Cheese Bar. Enjoy their lovely garden and sample their award-winning cheeses. 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.

ARTS ORGANIZATIONS * All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change.

FERNDALE Ferndale Arts

PO Box 723, Ferndale 95536 580 Main St. at Shaw Ave. 786-9634 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 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.

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.

FORTUNA Fortuna Concert Series

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

SCOTIA Scotia Band

PO Box 3, Scotia 95565 599-4872 • ScotiaBand2.org Humboldt County’s community band. Performs at local festivals year round. Scotia band is a not-for-profit organization.

“Portrait of Laurel” pastel drawing by Nila Kaftal, see artist profile page 49

The Creative Cornerstone of Ferndale

Oil Paintings • Ceramics • Jewelry • Woodwork Fiber & Lapidary Arts • Photography • Glass Watercolors • Greeting Cards • Much More!

Oil painting by Camille Regli, see artist profile page 51

OPEN DAILY 10am to 5pm

580 Main St (Corner of Main St and Shaw Ave)

(707) 786-9634 • www.FerndaleArts.com

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BENBOW, GARBERVILLE & ALONG THE AVENUE OF THE GIANTS

S O U T H E R N T

The Benbow Inn sits across Hwy 101 from the Benbow Valley Golf Course and Benbow KOA, just a couple miles south of Garberville.

BenbowInn.com

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.

Thank you Sally Arnot for your many Contributions to the Arts in Humboldt County Member of Historic Hotels of America Open Daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Benbow Historic Inn 445 Lake Benbow Dr. Garberville 707-923-2124 800-355-3301 www.benbowinn.com

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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 Humboldt Hills Hoedown, (see Events & Festivals, pages 42-43) 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-dyed clothing. There are also artist studios and galleries where visitors can find fine paintings, blown glass, hand-wrought 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 has Riverbend Cellars, a winery with a wine tasting room, nestled in the redwood forest, serving 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.

ARTS ORGANIZATIONS Also check Facebook for more on each organization.

Information is subject to change.

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.

M U S E U M S All area codes are (707) unless noted. Information and venues are subject to change.

Blue Ox Millworks & Historic Park

1 X St., Eureka 95501, 444-3437 BlueOxMill.com Self-guided tour of Victorian-era woodworking shop, skid camp and farm; workshops in woodworking, blacksmithing and ceramics.

Clarke Historical Museum

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.

Discovery Museum

612 G St., #102, Eureka 95501, 443-9694 Discovery-Museum.org Hands-on children’s museum with art, science, ocean and health exhibits. Please call for events available for children’s parties.

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

3 Park 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.

The Eureka Visitor Center at the Clarke Museum, 240 E St., Eureka photo by Brad Curtis

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.

Samoa Cookhouse Logging Museum

Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum

Across the bridge from Eureka in Samoa 77 Cookhouse Rd., 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.

HSU 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.

Across the Samoa Bridge off Cookhouse Rd., Samoa, 442-1659 SamoaCookhouse.net Logging equipment, photographs and memorabilia from the heyday of logging in Humboldt County in the very early 1900s.

Trinidad Museum

400 Janis Ct. at Patrick’s Point Dr., Trinidad 95570, 677-3883, TrinidadMuseum.org Photos of the area’s whaling and logging history, native plant garden, marine shells and Yurok artifacts.

Willow Creek-China Flat Museum

Hwy 299 at Hwy 96, 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.

INDIGENOUS HERITAGE & CULTURE

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merican Indian tribes have called the North Coast home for thousands of years. Although relationships between European settlers and Native Americans were often tragic, today the stories and ceremonies of local American Indians are valued throughout the community at large, providing a rich cultural experience. Objects of ancient as well as contemporary art and culture can be found on display in abundance in many parts of 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 Weeott Way, Arcata 95521, 825-5000 UIHS.org/locations/potawot-health-villagearcata 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.

Sumeg Village Heritage Attraction

Patrick’s Point State Park 4150 Patrick’s Point Dr., Trinidad 95570 677-3570, www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=417 Features recreated Yurok village with plank homes set in the ground.

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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 42 / The Palette

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MAY-OCTOBER

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

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

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

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 Mad River 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

HUMBOLDT COUNTY EVENTS & FESTIVALS JULY 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 • RedwoodRun.org Ruth Lake Summer Festival Ruth Lake Recreational Campground 574-6143 • RuthLakeCSD.org Sumeg Village Day Patrick’s Point 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

Humboldt County Fair in August, photo by Molly Blakemore

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 / 43

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MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM The Sculpture of Dan McCauley

Paul Flippen: 36days, January 5 - February 24

December 1 - August 25 Artist and welder Daniel McCauley of Dan’s Custom Metals learned the art form and technique of welding as a child in his grandfather’s machine shop. “I was always up there and got interested because I could take raw materials and make something,” McCauley says.

McCauley’s scrap art is created with material he finds in scrap yards. The artist’s work is nothing if not sustainable. Turning objects that would otherwise end up in a landfill into things the community can gather around and enjoy is the essence of recycling. He also mimics nature’s art, as he builds realistic and life sized mountain lions and bears. McCauley also hopes by sharing his work he can encourage other people who dream of doing art to embrace their hopes and work to see their own pieces in the public eye.

I lost my father to a stroke his third day in the hospital.

He didn’t die for another month.

Thirty-six drawings of pen and ink layered over eroded surfaces of paint weave in and out of thirty-six text panels that detail my relationship with my father and my reactions to his passing. Shifting from crisp scientific renderings to the atmospherics of memory, the words and images navigate one account of modern medicine meeting family history.

20 Years: The Victor Thomas Jacoby Award, December 8 - January 27

February 23 - April 21 Nicole Havekost’s exhibition includes works from her Sewing and Cooking Doll series. This body of work was begun when her son was small and she was finding her way as a new mother. Since, the sewing pattern paper of the dolls surface has inspired new works exploring the body in a group of embroidered works and stitched three-dimensional forms.

Victor Thomas Jacoby was a local artist whose medium was French tapestry. He was internationally renowned for innovation in his field. When Jacoby passed away in 1997, he left a generous bequest to set up a fund with Humboldt Area Foundation, which would support visual artists and craftspeople, and encourage the exploration of new ideas, materials, techniques, mediums, images, and excellence.

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Victor Thomas Jacoby Award and view the work of over 20 artists that the award has supported. The works of these grantees will be showcased alongside Jacoby’s tapestries and sketchbooks from the HAC Permanent Collection.

Chris Motley: Feelings in Fiber January 5 - February 17

Humboldt Collects, February 2 - March 17

Why are we a nation of storage units, packed basements, and reality TV shows about hoarding?

Humboldt Collects presents extraordinary collections from Humboldt County residents, exploring the fascinating practice of collecting. Celebrating the intrinsic beauty and insightful stories found within the collections and the people who make them, this show examines how the items we collect inform notions of who we are as individuals and a community.

Nicole Havekost: Massed

Youth Arts Festival- Celebrating Humboldt County Youth in Visual and Performing Arts

March 2 - April 14 The Morris Graves Museum of Art in partnership with the Humboldt County Office of Education proudly presents the Youth Arts Festival; a celebration of student creativity in visual, media, and performing arts. This exhibition features various styles of visual artworks in both traditional and communication media created by Humboldt County preK-12 students in their public and charter classrooms during the 2018-19 school year. The exhibition highlights the promise of equity and access in quality arts education for all students preK-12, in every school, every day, made real by Humboldt County’s Arts Education Plan.

28th Annual Images of Water Photography Competition & Exhibition

CHRIS MOTLEY

Chris Motley’s sculptural forms use knitting in a unique way. She takes a familiar medium and expands its possibilities, using texture, color and dimension to explore universal themes.

Often her sculptures tell personal stories. “Slice of Life,” like a tree, has a ring for each year of her life.

“Living Alone” is about her Mother’s first year as a widow. “Up, Really Down and Up Again” reflects the changing moods of our daily life.

Widely familiar in its usual functional form, knitting in her art brings the technique up to date.

Motley has received wide recognition and critical praise for taking the craft of knitting and elevating the process into the realm of contemporary sculpture.

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quilting it with many threads which add depth and texture to her work.

Divine Providence, April 27 - June 2

Divine Providence features selected photographs, works on paper, and sculptures by three artists that each explore what it means to own and exploit a landscape. As a national debate rages over public control of land and resources, the Lee Running, Meredith Lynn and Nicole Jean Hill are interested in fundamental questions about how a struggle for dominance has impacted the current relationship to a sense of place and environmental stewardship in the American West. The artists grapple with the physical and cultural remnants that point to the struggle for power and mythmaking that molded the national character of western expansion. The works question the impact of this violent relationship to the natural world and critique a narrative that was written by men and glorifies a decidedly masculine relationship to the environment.

Ian Carey: Blunder-Bus, May 18 - June 30

This current body of work is a result of my reflections on an often confusing and absurd world.

A world that beyond any existential belief is created by the actions and inactions of all those involved.

I believe that my use of painting and drawing strategies is akin to thinking out loud. The process of making helps me to navigate my interaction with an extraordinarily complex and conflicting world. The

April 3 - May 12 Celebrating years of creative visions of water, this annual competition highlights the inspiring beauty of water. From images of lakes and streams to ice-cube trays and snow, Images of Water is a fun, theme-based show to take part in or to just take a look at. Open to all photographers, this is an exciting opportunity for all to become involved in the arts on the North Coast.

Pat Durbin: Picture this... April 20 - May 26

Pat Durbin is inspired by the beauty of creation.

Many of the art pieces are large and most reflect the places in and around Humboldt County. The familiar medium of fabric and thread are her tools. She uses them to build works of art that bridge the gap between fine art painting and traditional quilting. Pat’s style is to complete a pictorial fabric piece by machine

IAN CAREY

visual language that exists within my work embodies my perception of human activity that mimics our current reality. If the free use of gestural marks at one time suggested an internal struggle likened to the musicality of jazz, I believe the intermingling of a painterly and aggressive visual dialogue now represents the progressive attitude of what could be called punk.

Wesley Hurd: The Odyssey of These Days

June 1 - July 7 Wesley Hurd’s painting series, The Odyssey of These Days, explores intimate depths of loss, struggle, grief and hope. The paintings present an abstract visual narrative evoking the intensity of human suffering and our journey beyond it, into hope.

According to Hurd, “This series of abstract paintings formed an unexpected narrative in three movements: shock and struggle, loss and grief, and finally memoriam and acceptance of loss. Rather than focusing on the social, political and ideological, I am interested in how we form meaning from life experiences – good and bad, pleasurable and painful.”

The tragic shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College in 2015 occurred in the midst of the making of this work, deeply influencing the final two paintings.

Miya Hannan: Layered Stories

June 8 - July 14 For the last 13 years, I have been working on installations, sculpture, and drawings that are driven by my cultural perception of death. After working for a hospital and experiencing death for seven years, I came to view the world as layers and linkages of histories. This exhibition “Layered Stories” depicts this view. Every dead person becomes a part of our land both physically and spiritually, creating rich histories around us. In my home county Japan, people inherit the histories of the land where they live. Whatever happened and whoever died underneath one’s feet become a part of one’s own story. I am interested in stories buried beneath the present layer.

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda: Spirit of the Day

July 6 - August 11 Spirit of the Day is an attempt to highlight an oftforgotten engagement in contemporary society—a deeper connection with their own spirit. The paintings present a moment of this spiritual engagement through mindfully cultivated marks on the surface.

Sumi-ink brings out subtle and nuanced shifts in values and highlights a myriad of layers so that viewers may get lost in them and find their core of shared humanity and the core of their humanity.

Laura Corsiglia: Points of View: Everything Happening All at Once

July 13 - August 25 Point of View: Everything Happening All at Once is a use of drawing to explore wildness, belonging and reciprocity – to notice our participation in a deepening network of points of view. The exhibition is made of large drawings on paper, an installation inviting viewers to enter with their faces, an immersive piece made of light and artist books.

Lida Penkova: Dreams of Far Away Places

July 20 - September 1 My show will present a selection of some of my favorite black & white and hand colored linocuts, canvases and painted driftwood sculptures created in the last 8+ years. My art works are memories of different cultures, their customs, ceremonies, myths, as well as honoring their artists and artisans. I lived and traveled in some of them, have studied and admired others.

JACK SEWELL

stimulating, thought provoking, frustrating, and ultimately, rewarding.

This collection depicts people dancing as if they are free in the moment. I enjoy watching dancers: the focused concentration of the professional, the practiced grace of a couple moving seamlessly together, and the wildly free movement of the street dancer. My dancers are children and adults, moving to their own rhythm, as each of us must do in life.

Junque Arte: 25 Years!

LIDA PENKOVA

My inspiration comes from self-taught artists of aboriginal Australia, Mexican and Nepalese villages, Inuit communities, from Irish and Indian festivals, etc. They all tell stories reflecting their everyday life, religious beliefs and folk celebrations. Last, but not least, Humboldt County, my home of the last 11 years, has inspired my later pieces.

(Exhibition sponsored by Lucy Quinby)

Lynn Beldner & Steve Brisco: Asking the Same Question Twice

August 17 - September 29 We decided to exhibit our work together as a way of sharing with others what it means to lead a creative life together. Amidst the domestic regularity there is always the question of art and the discussion of what we are working on. Our work is always installed together in our home and is in conversation with each other across time and media. In the more formal environment of the museum we are showing works that represent the work of the past 10 years and hope that the conversations can still be heard.

October 5 - November 25 Designed to celebrate artistic creativity on the North Coast, and heighten the awareness of renewable resources in the art making process, each artwork in this juried exhibition is made from 100% recycled materials…reclaimed, reused, recovered, secondhand, salvaged, anything un-new! This year’s juror is Dan McCauley from Dan’s Custom Metals.

(Exhibition sponsored by Linda Wise & Recology Humboldt County)

HAC Member Exhibition

November 2 - December 15 The Annual Humboldt Arts Council Member Show is a juried exhibition designed to highlight the fabulous art being produced by HAC Artist Members.

As always, this exhibition is eclectic, surprising and enjoyable.

Through Humboldt Fog: Atmospheric Watercolors of the North Coast Landscape November 30 - January 12, 2020

Jack Sewell: Dance Like Nobody is Watching, September 7 - October 27

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.”

— William W. Purkey The process of creating art is different for every artist, but the urge to create is common to all of us who call ourselves artists. Sculpture, especially figure sculpture, is my most compelling means of artistic expression. Conditions of the human predicament are easily conveyed using the human figure. My work can show beauty, grace, movement, struggle or humor, all aspects of the human condition. I use sculpture to illustrate particular moments of life. The time that I spend creating these images is intense,

JODY BRYAN

Jim McVicker, Steve Porter, Jody Bryan, Ken Jarvela and Paul Rickard, also known as the Humboldt Open Air Watercolor Painters, are inspired by direct on-location painting. From the windswept beaches to the mountaintops, the artists meet weekly to paint the mundane and the magnificent in an association of friendship and artistry.

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HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

H

umboldt 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 one million dollars in donations from the local community. The Morris Graves Museum of Art houses seven galleries as well as the Melvin Schuler Sculpture Garden, a Museum Gift Shop, Youth Gallery and Classroom facilities, Arts Resource Center and Performance Rotunda.

Check our website HumboldtArts.org for updates on Special Events at the Morris Graves. We always have more to see!

PROGRAMS: For more info call 707-442-0278.

Free First Saturdays and Arts Alive!

6 to 9pm – Join us at the Morris Graves the first Saturday of every month for live musical performances sponsored by Redwood Capital Bank, exhibition openings, a wine bar and free admission for everyone from noon-5pm and for Arts Alive!

Mini Masters, First Saturdays

Noon to 2pm – A FREE monthly workshop for children including story time, tours of current art exhibitions, hands on art activities, and each family gets to take home a FREE BOOK!

Art Talk Sundays, First Sundays

2pm – Learn from professional visiting and local artists as they share their inspiration, techniques and the meaning behind their work through guided gallery tours. Included with Museum Admission.

Family Arts Day, Second Saturdays

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.

Family Arts Day, HumboldtArts.org

Afternoon of Dance, Second Sundays

2pm, September to May – FREE for kids and members and included with Museum admission. Enjoy dance performances by local dance groups performing a wide array of styles, from belly dance to ballet!

Wine and Jazz, Third Sundays

ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS: 25th Annual Junque Arte

Each artwork is made from 100% recycled materials.

28th Annual Images of Water Photography Competition HAC Annual Member Exhibition

Designed to highlight the fabulous art being produced by our artist members.

3 to 5pm – FREE for kids and members and included with Museum admission. Wine and Jazz features a performance by a different local jazz group each month, followed by an open jazz session. Sit back, enjoy a glass of wine while listening to great local jazz.

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 noon 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, and even birdhouses! 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: HumboldtArts.org/humboldt-artist-gallery

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.

AS A MEMBER OF THE HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL YOU...

• KEEP INFORMED of exhibits and events at the 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.

• 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 performances for children and much more!

• 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 two dozen art-themed presentations available to schools.

• 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.

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• JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS, CIRCLE OF 100 OR ABOVE and receive free admission during museum hours at more than 500 museums in the U.S., plus 10% discount in the Museum Gift Shops.

INTERESTED IN JOINING? For information on joining the Humboldt Arts Council you can: • Call 707-442-0278 • Download a membership form at HumboldtArts.org and mail to Humboldt Arts Council, 636 F St. Eureka, CA 95501 • Email: membership@humboldtarts.org ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE: • 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

HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES Brad Curtis

Humboldt Artists Profiles

On these pages you’ll find a sampling of Humboldt County artists, some photographs of their work, and ways to contact them. In addition, the Humboldt Arts Council maintains an Arts Online Directory of members’ work on the website HumboldtArts.org.

Introducing Healing Arts Artist Profiles

They’ve been around for centuries: the healing arts – and today the North Coast is home to a variety of professional healing artists. We’ve added some of their listings on the last two pages.

Voice Artist

bradcurtis70@gmail.com at Parasol Arts in Eureka 707-268-8888 with singer Melanie Barnett

I’ve made it a lifelong passion to refine my voice in as many disciplines as I can including: singing, theater, broadcast news, commercial work, documentaries, and teaching...a path that has taken me all over the US, Canada and parts of Europe. Let me help you find that Stradivarius within you. Rates for voice lessons upon request.

Susan Bloch

amy fowler

1632 Broadway #214 Eureka, CA 95501 707-564-6147 sbw@blochstudio.com www.susanbloch.com

707-400-9416 info@millinerybyamyfowler.com www.millinerybyamyfowler.com Instagram: HumboldtHaberdashery Facebook: Humboldt Haberdashery Pinterest: HumboldtHats

Millinery - Fiber Arts

Glass & Mixed-Media

The luminous sky and Pacific Ocean inspire my interest in energy. The spirit of nature appears in my work as atmospheric patterns or undulating color. It surrounds faces, flying birds or abstractions. I am driven to work on glass because its radiance and fragility mirror nature and humanity. I sand-carve, engrave, paint and kiln-fire glass.

My passion is creating unique head wear inspired by international runway and horse racing fashion. My millinery is designed to stand out in a crowd; to be a wearable form of art.

Pat Cahill

Robin Friedman

1300 Pleasant Point Rd. Ferndale, CA 95536 707-786-9321 prcahill39@gmail.com

707-633-6966 robinsmosaics@gmail.com www.robinsmosaics.com

Watercolor

Glass Mosaics and Dichroic Fused Glass Jewelry

Landscapes, flowers, animals and birds are my favorite subjects. I use lots of color in my watercolor paintings which are detailed and representational. My work can be seen at Ferndale Arts Gallery, 580 Main St., Ferndale, 707-786-9634, www.

FerndaleArtGallery.com

Colleen Clifford

Spring Garrett Fiber, Upcycled, Wearable McKinleyville, CA 707-601-6566 springmay@mac.com www.rumpelsilkskin.com

Stained Glass

415 Orange Dr. Arcata 707-834-2870 dunebean@gmail.com www.colleencliffordart.com

Mosaics opened my life in a most rewarding way.

I love playing with color and glass. In addition to creating my own art and commissioned work, I love to teach and help others create. I offer monthly Mosaic 101 and Mosaic Technique classes. Come play and create with me at Parasol Arts in Old Town, Eureka.

“Flow”

Serving Humboldt County and beyond with my stained glass, I have the intricate knowledge of the medium and use my skills of precision and fine craftsmanship to take your vision to a beautiful, intimate piece of art.

My unique line of accessories are created from beautiful fabrics derived from upcycled neckties. To these I often add bits of vintage trims, old buttons, and salvaged leather. Each Rumpelsilkskin hat, bag, collar or pin joins elements of the past and the present, and points to a beautiful and sustainable future.

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HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES John Gibbons

Beverly Harper

804 Broadway, Eureka, CA 95503 619-964-5277 gibbonsglass@gmail.com www.gibbonsglass.com

707-442-8929 www.beverlyharperartwork.com

Glass

I make glass starfish, turtles, vases, bowls and more! Custom designs welcome. Visit my studio to see me blowing glass during the week or call to make an appointment.

My studio is on the corner of Washington & Broadway behind Six Rivers Solar.

Oil Paintings and Limited Edition Prints

My work can be viewed on my website.

Lori Goodman

Susan Walsh Harper

707-445-0565 by appointment loribg@suddenlink.net www.loribgoodman.com

1671 Bella Vista Rd. McKinleyville, CA 95519 707-496-4332 sueharper46@yahoo.com www.susanwalshharper.com

Sculpture

Transparent Watercolor

I have been making washi (handmade Japanese Paper) and sculptures for 30 years and am in the process of moving some of the large installations and sculptures to my field where they will grow or deteriorate. Time will tell.

I love watching the pigment work its magic on wet paper, and introducing others to this exciting medium is also rewarding. Children portraits are my specialty, although I paint a variety of subjects. My work can be seen at Old Town Art Gallery in Eureka.

Private lessons, studio visits and commissions are welcome by appointment.

Shawn Gould

Colleen Hole

3960 D St., Eureka, CA 95503 707-476-8197 shawn@shawngould.com www.shawngould.com

Hole Studios Humboldt County 707-407-5364 colleen.holestudios@gmail.com HoleStudios.com Glass fusion is a fascinating medium. Craft and design fuse perfectly into sushi dishes, dining sets, bowls and other serving and art pieces.

My glass artwork has vibrant colors, bold geometrical shapes, is sometimes whimsical and asymmetrical, but is always useful in form and function. I have been an artist forever and happily create at home in my studio under the Redwoods. Custom work and awards are welcome.

Acrylic Painting

I create detailed paintings of animal and nature subjects.

Fine Fused Glass

Rick Gustafson

Jan Hollander

PO Box 6482, Eureka, CA 95502 530-604-9165

3560 Nevada St. Eureka, CA 95503 707-442-5690 jans4cats@yahoo.com

Photography

rickgustafsonphoto@gmail.com www.rickgustafsonphotography.com Abstract (Impressions of Imagination, the Art of Landscape Blur) and Representational Photography. Showing in galleries, shops, and venues in Northern California counties. Studio visits by appointment. All archival work is printed, matted, and framed by artist.

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Oil & Watercolors

I am a landscape painter working primarily en plein air.

The beauty and diversity of the North Coast inspires me every day to set my easel up along a wooded pathway or pristine beach to attempt to capture the beauty I see.

My studio is open by appointment and my work is posted on Facebook.

HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES Lynn M. Jones

Lisa Landis

501 3rd St., Old Town Eureka 707-267-8727 jmtletterpress@gmail.com www.justmytypeletterpress.com Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @jmtletterpress

70 River View Lane McKinleyville, CA 95519 707-499-0953 lisaclandis@gmail.com

Relief Printing

Pastel Landscapes

I learned how to print in 1999, under the tutelage of Berkeley artist David Lance Goines. I print everything from wedding invitations to greeting cards to Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate packaging, but I enjoy carving and printing linoleum blocks the most.

Visit my studio/retail shop in Eureka, Just My Type Letterpress & Illustration, Tues.-Sat., 10-5:30 (or by appointment) to see the presses in action.

www.lisalandispastels.weebly.com

Nila Kaftal

Mimi LaPlant

Pastels, Prismacolors, Acrylic Paints 707-617-0385 nkaftal@gmail.com www.CafePress.com/NilaKaftalArt

Inspired by the abundant beauty on the north coast, I attempt to capture the emotion it stirs, through the colors and texture of pastel.

Mixed Media on Paper and Canvas

Artwork at Arcata Artisans Gallery 707-826-1680 MimiLa@humboldt1.com www.arcataartisans.com

Wildlife art, landscapes, flowers, portraits of people and pets. Original drawings and paintings, as well as affordable giclée prints. Now available online — mugs and journals with my artwork. See above for Web address.

Art celebrates life! Beauty heals!

Abstraction offers endless possibilities. I hope that the desire for a free and exuberant expression is evident in my work. I feel that something delicious, albeit not completely understandable, begins to breathe through the art making process. This practice is constantly in flux, and is an elusive but a deeply engaging lifelong pursuit.

Marisa Kieselhorst

susie laraine

824 L St. Suite 13, Arcata, CA 95521 707-672-9203 marisredfox@gmail.com www.mykindesigns.com

707-441-1343 slaraine@suddenlink.net Facebook: Susies Carved Ceramics

The daily practice of painting has become an important anchor in my life! I take my wanderings and interactions, using color and form as an expression of my present thoughts and feelings. I have a studio in Arcata at the Creamery Building. Look for my works around Humboldt County and check my website for monthly events, workshops, and to inquire about my work.

These are hand carved and glazed 6-inch square tiles. I come up with an image and carve it into clay or plaster to make a mold. There are many color choices – nice accents in a tiled area! Commissions welcome.

Henry Kruger

Claudia Lima

138 2nd St., Old Town Eureka 707-443-0666 Facebook Sailors-Grave-Tattoo Instagram @henry_kruger

535 Cedar Hill Lane Arcata, CA 95521 707-498-1324 claudiajlima@gmail.com www.claudialimaart.com

Watercolor/Design

Custom Tattoo Artist

Tattoos are a lifelong commitment, and I’ve dedicated my life to tattooing. As a Custom Tattoo Artist, I enjoy taking a person’s ideas and creating a one of a kind piece of art that we both can be happy with for life.

Stop in Sailor’s Grave Tattoo Tues - Sat, 11am - 7pm, to look at my portfolio and set up a consultation.

Ceramic Carved Tiles

Oil, Acrylic and Pastels

I like to paint Humboldt County. The loggers, sawmills, cowboys and cowgirls, cows, sheep and the flora and fauna. I love the sights, sounds and colors. Studio visits are welcome by appointment.

Commissions also welcome.

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HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES Peggy LOUDON

Claire MacKenzie

148 Myrtle Court, Arcata, CA 95521 peggyloudon@gmail.com www.peggyloudon.com

Eureka, CA 808-495-5202 artbyclaireastra@gmail.com www.claireastra.com

By integrating form, proportion and texture, I strive to create work that brings a sense of calm and beauty to the home, work that transcends time and will continue to have integrity throughout my lifetime and beyond.

My traditional forms are individually hand thrown and high fired in a reduction atmosphere in my gas kiln.

I am interested in capturing impressions of nature as a form of contemplative listening. I enjoy exploring nuances in abstract and representational imagery, offering various entry points for the viewer. I seek to make art that is accessible and enriching. I received a BFA from the University of Hawai‘i and studied Faith and the Arts at Regent College in Vancouver.

Jim Lowry

Antoinette Magyar

Wheel Thrown Functional Pottery

Limited Edition Archival Pigment Prints 320 Park Ave. Arcata, CA 95521 707-498-3050

Oil, Watercolor and Wool Painting

Acrylic Painting, Jewelry, Mixed Media

PO box 44, Trinidad, CA 95570 559-355-8896 mattbrody888@gmail.com

jmzlowry@ humboldt1.com My work can be seen locally at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, the Arcata Artisans Gallery and the Trinidad Art Gallery. Studio visits by appointment.

Numbers baffle me, words are befuddling......

But all things creative; painting, drawing, jewelry making, construction, fashion and mural design...... that’s where I shine.... visit me at the most beautiful studio in the world, overlooking camel rock....by appointment.

Mark Lufkin

Reuben T. Mayes

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

Back Room Gallery & Art Studio 525 2nd St., Eureka CA 95501, 707-633-5048 or 707-798-7288, reubenmayes@gmail.com www.artinmyworkboots.com Reuben paints in work boots as did famous Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, wearing heavy leather boots while painting, commenting that it made him feel grounded and connected to the earth. Open for Arts Alive! and Wed-Sat middays painting live.

Paintings~Cards~Prints~T-shirts~Ceramics The spontaneity of the artist’s approach to his work draws from and releases the creativity of his unconscious mind.

Digital and Film Photo Services

I have been making serious photographs since the early ‘70’s.

In 1999 I opened LUFKIN PHOTO, concentrating on commercial photography for businesses, including their products, spaces, services and people. I also do portraits for family, executives and talent, and artists’ services (Art Copy), working in studio and on location.

Please call before stopping by for a visit or consultation.

Kathé Lyth Celtic Harp

707-499-3920 kathelyth@gmail.com www.kathelythcelticharp.com I perform on the Celtic harp, compose for chorus and Celtic harp, and present workshops locally and nationally. I also perform at special events such as weddings, birthdays, memorials, garden parties, art openings, Christmas and other seasonal parties. Add a touch of elegance to any special occasion.

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Acrylic on Canvas

Michelle Murphy-Ferguson Fine Art - Oil Paintings

207 G St., Eureka, CA 95501 www.michellemurphy-ferguson.com 707-768-3421 A native to the North Coast, Michelle was raised surrounded by the natural beauty and serenity of the Redwood Forests and the Pacific Ocean. These elements reflect in her works. In her studio she paints an arrangement of still-life and figurativeportraits, and also works on location (plein-air) painting landscapes and seascapes. Commissions are welcome.

HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES Kathy O’Leary

Camille Regli

Studio: 208 C St. Eureka CA 95501 707-616-5315 olearyfineart@gmail.com www.kathyoleary.com As a long time painter of the landscape, my focus has evolved to expressing the incredible beauty and variety of the Oak trees of California. I travel extensively throughout the state painting en plein air (on location) and developing material for larger studio paintings. Studio visits are welcome by appointment. Commissions considered.

Showing at Ferndale Arts Gallery 580 Main St. Ferndale, CA 707-786-9634

Anna Oneglia

Patricia Rose

1235 P St. , Arcata CA 95521 831-477-9904 annaon@earthlink.net www.annaoneglia.com

the Salt Marsh” 1159 Hayes Rd. McKinleyville CA 95519 707-499-2511 patriciaannrose@yahoo.com Instagram: patriciarosestudio Facebook: Patricia Rose

Oil

Oils & Block Prints

My artwork is colorful, bold and figurative. It begins as drawings done out in the world, the images then combining and evolving in the studio. Size range is from 8” x 10” to 3’ x 4’ . Paintings and prints are on display at Arcata Artisans, with studio visits by appointment.

Katie Pasquini Masopust

Textile, Art Quilts, Acrylic Stitched Paintings 505-470-5202, Fortuna, CA www.katiepm.com

Oil Painting

camilleregli@frontiernet.net / www.FerndaleArtGallery.com My paintings are inspired by the beautiful local landscape and the hardworking lifestyle of the people who live here.

Acrylic on Canvas

“Sun Setting on

Inspired by our beautiful Northern California Coast, I paint local aquatic scenes. My paintings are abstract but with some realism added and lots of room for a viewer’s own interpretation. I hope to inspire others to enjoy the beauty of our rivers, ocean and watersheds and to help preserve them for future generations.

Barbara Canepa Saul Acrylic Paintings and Mixed Media 1808 P St., Eureka, CA 707-442-4497 barbaralousaul@yahoo.com

I create art quilts for the wall from commercial fabrics. I also paint with acrylics and some of those paintings are translated to quilts, some of those with the actual painting incorporated into the quilt. I like working both in representational images as well as abstract designs with vibrant colors. I teach at “Stitch” in Ferndale, please check out my website.

Flowers and local architecture are the subjects of many of my paintings. I also accept commissioned house portraits.

My other endeavors include creating altered books and encaustic collages.

My paintings are displayed at the Adorni Center in Eureka.

Cathy Ray Pierson

Bob & Donna Sellers

Pottery, Functional Stoneware

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

Mixed Media and Acrylics 707-442-2123 castlelightart@yahoo.com

“Early Birds” www.artofbobanddonnasellers.com Our art, which we call ‘Moments In Time,’ is full of color and stories, stimulating the imagination. Our focus over the past 20 years includes “Reflections of Humboldt” and “Reflections of the Feminine.” See our work at Old Town Art Gallery, 417 2nd St., Eureka, EurekaOldTownArtGallery.com.

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HUMBOLDT ARTISTS’ PROFILES Patricia Sennott

Kathryn Stotler Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Graphite 3122 F St., Eureka, CA 95503 707-601-2333 kathryn.stotler@gmail.com www.kathrynstotlerart.com

Monotype Printmaking, Watercolor, Acrylic Painting of Wildflowers and Native Birds 707-496-1922 psennott@gmail.com Instagram: @patriciasennott www.arcataartisans.com Arcata studio open by appointment. My work is on exhibit year round at Arcata Artisans Gallery on the Plaza.

I paint a magnified vision of volcanic masses, fissures, and crevices in delicate balance to one another. I bring a strong abstract visual style to my subject matter. The public is invited to view my work at my F Street Gallery/Studio located at 3122 F St. in Eureka. Call or email for hours or appointment.

Jack Sewell

Dolores Terry

Sculpture

748 W. Carson St., Eureka 95501 707-499-5506 jsewellart@suddenlink.net

Oil and Acrylic Painting “Michael and Adrienne” photo by Brandi Easter

I generally work in figurative sculpture, often using traditional tools and materials and adapting them to fit my contemporary vision. I work in a wide range of materials, in different scales from miniature to monumental, and prefer working with life sized human figures. My 2012 sculpture ”Following Current Events” is kinetic and is a permanent water piece, located in the Madaket Plaza on the Eureka boardwalk.

PO Box 423, Cutten, CA 95534 707-444-1445

Focusing primarily on local landscapes using oils or acrylics. Studio open by appointment.

Shoshanna

Beti Webb Trauth

707-616-6876 dance@shoshannaland.com www.shoshannaland.com

707-407-3232 lightpow@arcatanet.com

Middle Eastern Dance Artist

Multi-Skilled Artist

As a performer, I strive to bring my audience with me on a journey into the heart of Arabic music, expressing celebration of life through dance. I teach locally and nationally, founded Ya Habibi Dance Collective, direct Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, and produce music and dance events. I’ve studied this style since 1992, and in 2004 earned the title “Belly Dancer of the Year.”

I’m a professional photographer, journalist/ theater critic, actress/singer, advertising copywriter and media-marketing expert promoting the arts and tourism in Humboldt County since 1986. I’ve also performed as voice-over (and/or on-camera) talent; and helped create successful radio and t.v. commercials for non-profits and businesses.

Can my skills help you?

Patricia Sundgren Smith

Barbara A. Wright

Mosaics & Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Fine Art Printmaking, Collage, Drawing, Pastel, Photography

McKinleyville, CA 707-845-4990 barbright754@gmail.com

I use a wide range of techniques in works both abstract and figurative. My subjects are birds, sea mammals, redwoods, seashells, kimonos and koi. 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.

I work basically from my unconscious.

Creating each piece from an idea of color, design or what moves me at the moments of creation, ending up with a surprise every time. My work is exhibited at Trinidad Art Gallery and other venues around Humboldt County.

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

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INTRODUCING HEALING ARTISTS’ PROFILES Kendra Anderson Astrology, Tarot, Flower Essences

PO Box 273, Arcata, CA 95518 707-633-8560 freethinkingtarot@gmail.com I have been a practitioner of the esoteric arts for over 33 years. Astrology with its practical use of timing, tarot with it’s luminous dream images, and flower essences with their gentle healing messages are my mediums. A reading from me gives you insight, recognition of the path with the most love, and if necessary, a spiritual intervention. Sunday office hours available.

Maya Cooper Healing Practitioner

Wholistic Heartbeat Online and 1660 Central Ave. Suite A, McKinleyville 707-825-8300 WholisticHeartbeat.com Wholistic wellness is a journey of self-discovery. We are an in-person and online resource center designed to simplify your access to the healing arts.

At WholisticHeartbeat.com you will find healing practitioners, events, information, and opportunities to inspire and support a positive state of wellbeing.

Carolyn Ayres

Jolene Hayes

707-442-4240 Eureka, CA carolyn@tarotofbecoming.com www.tarotofbecoming.com

707-499-9207 jolene@divinesoulwisdom.com www.wisdomofthesoulhypnotherapy.com

Art of the Tarot Instructor and Guide

Hypnotherapy, Soul Coach

Experience a heightened sense of who you are with a Tarot reading. Take a class in the Art of reading the cards and so your Self.

Classes begin January 2019. Call or email Carolyn, or check out her classes on the website above.

I am an Advanced Soul Realignment practitioner, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a spiritual mentor. I have helped patients to free themselves from anxiety, smoking, unwanted weight, unwanted behaviors and habits, and so much more. Part of the help is to let go of the past and take control of one’s own personal success; to reconnect with one’s own inner resource to handle life’s challenges.

Tina Rae Ball

Glenda Hesseltine

Biodynamic Bodywork and Spiritual Support 822 G St., Arcata, 707-496-8606 info@tinaraeball.com www.tinaraeball.com Facebook: Tina Rae Ball

Tai Chi Instructor & Life Coach 707-268-3936 gkhesseltine@gmail.com www.taichiforeveryone.net

Collaborating with clients who want to change the habits that hold them in patterns of suffering and discomfort is my lifelong passion and joy. I use and teach many effective tools to help shift the body and mind into their natural state of balance and healing.

I help you find joy through movement in this slow, gentle, easy to learn exercise.

Modifiable to fit your comfort level, Tai Chi/QiGong promotes wellness, strength, flexibility, mobility, vitality and longevity.

Classes are 1 1/2 hour for $15, morning, afternoon and evenings, located in Eureka, Arcata and Westhaven. No prior experience necessary.

Maya Cooper

Amanda Malachesky

Humboldt Healing Path A DreamMaker Project of The Ink People 1660 Central Ave. Suite A McKinleyville, 707-496-6616 WholisticHeartbeat.com

707-629-3533 amanda@confluencenutrition.com www.confluencenutrition.com

Healing Practitioner

We seek to bring skilled healing arts practitioners together in a cooperative way to offer affordable drop-in wholistic care clinics throughout the Humboldt area. The Healing Co-op also intends to foster a spirit of collaboration amongst the practitioners so they can turn to each other for support, referrals, inspiration, and guidance.

Functional Nutrition Practitioner

I help you get beyond your digestive symptoms to find your TRUE, lasting solutions. We work together to uncover your root causes, and make the highly individualized diet and lifestyle changes that can restore your best health and balance. Visit online for your free copy of Roadmap to Recovery, or your free 30-minute Assessment Session.

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HEALING ARTISTS’ PROFILES Melinda Pedersen

Jill Rice

Transformation Guide/Facilitator

Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Fieldbrook, CA 707-499-7861 claritybridge@gmail.com

3020 H St., Eureka, CA 95501 707-798-6305 urwholesome@gmail.com www.wholesomelyu.com

My passion is to create healing space for personal transformation. I am a trained facilitator of the Transformation Game®, a playful intuitive way to gain clarity, hope and direction on a life issue. I also guide “Entering the Healing Temple, A Day of Sanctuary for Women” – a meditation retreat and healing spa: www.enteringthehealingtemple.com.

I do techniques and methods from my alternative health care education that I share with my clients in regard to physical, emotional and therapeutic ways of proper elimination, hydration, nutrition, physical activity, and an overall umbrella of preventative health care: Colon Hygiene, Detoxification, Massage Therapy, Infrared Sauna, Ion Detox Footbath, BioEnergetiX WellNES.

Rev. Elisabeth Zenker, MSW

Kiernan & Jay Powers Life Coaching

44 Sunny Brae Center, Arcata, CA 95521 707-496-8218 powerslifecoaching@gmail.com

Vibrational Energy Healing & Celestial AstroSpirit

Imagine exactly how you would like your life to look and feel. Now believe your experience in the world can match your best possible imaginings. Life Coaching with the use of PSYCH-K® is designed to achieve just that.

We offer Relationship Coaching together. Jay enjoys working individually with men. Kiernan offers Individual Coaching, Dynamic Light Therapy and Chi Nei Tsang.

2917 D St., Eureka, CA 95501 707-845-1450 RevZenEnergy@gmail.com www.sacredenergyspace.com Using psychic energy & AstroSpirit, I offer deep healing work to individuals and couples to clear buried issues – releasing energy towards their authentic life purpose. As all challenges that arise are here for a reason, to both accept & let them go creates self-empowerment that we can actually feel. This increases our vibrations & contributes towards raising them collectively!

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