Art Center Ukiah & Corner Gallery

First Friday Art Walk

“Darkroom to Lightroom” Mendocino County Office of Education/ROP 4rd Annual Student Photography Show

 

Three Mendocino County comprehensive High Schools, Mendocino, Laytonville & Ukiah are participating in the 2013 Photo Show opening May 3, Friday.

Opening reception 5 pm – 8 pm held at the Art Center Ukiah/Corner Gallery at 201 S. State Street, Ukiah.

Participating High School's Ukiah High School (Digital) 170 students Lech Slocinski teacher , Laytonville High School (Digital) 50 students Carolyn Carpenter teacher, Mendocino High School ( Darkroom) 50 students Barbara Albanese, a total of over 500 photographs will be displayed.

New this year to the 4th Annual Students Photography show; there will be 40 student photography exhibits displayed outside on the streets of downtown Ukiah for the May 3rd Friday Art Walk event.

Musician Michael Barrish, guitar, dobro, tiple has been writing songs for 30 years, covering a variety of styles, from cowboy to blues.

He is a past winner of the Best Performance Award for the West Coast Song Writers in San Luis Obispo County.He will be performing at the Corner Gallery on Friday May 3rd from 5 pm – 8 pm. Student Photography Exhibit supported by Savings Bank of Mendocino and The Art Center Ukiah.

November 2, 2012 6:30 - 8:30

_{November 2, 2012 6:30 - 8:30} 
^{It’s Wild! Mushrooms, Wine, Desserts, 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
ACU /Corner Gallery will host Eric Schramm, Mendocino Mushrooms presenting “Man’s Relationship with Mushrooms” a historical perspective, plus delectable wild mushroom appetizers, desserts and Mendocino wines.
A benefit for the Art Center Ukiah. $10 donation}

<sup>Artist Reception 5 pm – 8 pm, Wine served by Jaxon Keys, Music Steve Smith.

ART CENTER UKIAH with Mendocino County Library 
Searching for Democracy 
Mendocino County Library is participating in statewide initiative for books, exhibits, lectures and programs to drive discussions about the nature and needs of our democracy in Searching for Democracy, an unprecedented statewide initiative by Cal Humanities (formerly the California Council for the Humanities) designed to animate public conversation on the nature and needs of democracy. 
Mendocino County Library is presenting a range of public programs inspired by our focus book, A Paradise Built in Hell: the Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster, by Rebecca Solnit. Programs include a poetry reading, lectures, community discussions, a October 21st author visit and talk by Solnit, and a juried art show featuring interpretations of the theme, “Searching for Democracy.” Students, families and people from all walks-of-life will explore what discoveries and lessons about democracy lie in works of fiction and nonfiction, provocative cultural exhibits and public conversations.
201 S. State Street, Ukiah, 707 462-1400 
www.artcenterukiah.org</sup> 

 

^{CORNER GALLERY
Photography, Wayne Menger 
Wayne’s former profession as an elementary school teacher was the major influence in his decision to take up a camera. As he saw each new class go by and the children growing up so fast he knew that time goes by too quickly. Only by putting people and places in a photograph can we relive the beauty and wonder of life around us.
After living in south Florida for thirty years Wayne moved to San Francisco in the 1980’s. He saw that few places on Earth offered such beauty and varied landscapes as the Bay Area and he wanted to surround himself with the splendors that are all close to each other. Where else can a person be so near beaches, mountains, deserts, redwood groves, country towns, rolling hills and magnificent vineyards? A ride on Route 128 from Ukiah to the seaside village of Mendocino goes through five of these in just over an hour.
Inspired to record the beauty he saw he decided to photograph what made him feel something inside and to share that feeling through his photographs with others.
Having recently retired he has the time to travel. Several trips to Europe expanded his world and views of the beauty in it. Wayne wanted to express in his way all these new discoveries. His work now expands beyond the Bay Area and as such he refers to his work in this exhibit as From Here And There.}

^{Painting, Sherri Carroll
I am a native California artist. I have always drawn but began painting in watercolor in1989 while taking an art class in Arcata. I did not take art seriously until about 2001, when my children were young and my stepfather helped me to acquire a few painting jobs doing murals in homes and businesses, on trailers and boats, and holiday window art.}

^{Eventually I used my G.I. Bill to take art classes at Mendocino College and I finally began calling myself an artist. I began using acrylics more often and developed my style and chose subjects I enjoy painting. !I have been fortunate to have art jobs and commissions almost all the time and have sold many pieces through restaurants, cafes, galleries, art walks, fairs and shows and through friends.} 

^{My favorite subjects to paint currently are dancers, especially belly dancers, musicians, animals, ocean life, and guinea pigs! Most of my art has natural themes including music, fire, water elements and tribal influences. The purpose behind my art is simply to give the viewer a happy uplifting moment. I look around my home and paint what I personally enjoy looking at. I seek bright and festive environments and my art reflects this. !I have cards and prints available and I am glad to take commissions on acrylics on canvas or signboard, as well as murals. I can be found on the web at:sherricarroll.weebly.com and on Facebook at Sherri Lynn Carroll Art Studio. In the future I hope to do more artwork on boats, murals overseas, and develop a line of hand painted clothing.
201 S. State Street, Ukiah, 707 462-1400}

First Friday Art Walk

CORNER GALLERY

ART CENTER UKIAH

Celebrate our Veterans who are Artists!
During the month of July to celebrate Independence Day, Art Center Ukiah recognizes military Veterans who are artists with a special exhibit. Regional veterans will be showing paintings, drawings, pastels, sculpture, photography, pottery, carving, woodworking, metal work, glass work, assemblage and more. The fifteen featured veteran artists range from World War II to the Iraq dates of service.

 

Photography: 

Jim Moorehead, Mendocino, US Navy.

Steve Eberhard, Willits, US Army.

Dale Dingman, Willits, US Navy Air Corp.

Edward Davies, Mendocino, US Navy.

Rick Druz, Mendocino, US Marine Corp.

Oil Paintings:

Frank Montesonti, Ukiah, US Navy.

Sarah Reith, Potter Valley, US Army.

 

Acrylic Paintings:

Bill Geer, Windsor, US Marines.

Robin Thompson, Laytonville, US Navy.

Michael Laybourn, Hopland, US Army.

Watercolor Paintings:

Don Pagano, Ukiah, US Marines.

Craig Keiser, Ukiah, 82nd Airborne Division Army.

Roger Butler, Ukiah, UA Marines. 

 Mosaic Ceramic and Glass:

Sarah Reith, potter Vallley, US Army.

Gourd Sculpture:

Linda Troeger, Ukiah, US Army.

Video:

Jim Rickels, Ukiah, US Army.

Woodworking:

Michael Laybourn, Hopland, US Army.

CORNER GALLERY

“Colors of Fall” Carol Heady, artist
"My favorite time of the year is Fall. I am trying to capture the beauty of Fall in a new technique of oil painting. Most of these paintings are portrayals of Trinity Wilderness on the north fork of the Trinity River. Drawing is my forte' and I have illustrated many books. I have been a member of the Mendocino Art Association for many years and was a founding member of the Corner Gallery in Ukiah. I was born and raised in Ukiah Valley and now have a studio in Redwood Valley."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A reception for all exhibitor veterans, families and friends will be held on Friday, July 6th. Art works will be moved at the end of July to the Veterans Personal History exhibit at Mendocino County Museum in Willits exhibited through October 2012.

201 S. State Street, Ukiah, 707 462-1400

 

 

First Friday Art Walk

 

Fashion Design By Local High School Students 

Students of Beverley Spence at Ukiah High  will showcase this program through MCOE-ROP, which allows them to design and craft elegant clothing.  Join us to celebrate one of the successful programs of art in the schools.

Larain Matheson, encaustics

She is a multi-media artist who received her M.F.A. from U.C.L.A. She works in encaustic beeswax and oils, an ancient medium from Greece and Egypt. Her acrylics, pastels and  figure work have been exhibited throughout California and the Southwest. She is a member of the Encaustic Art Institute and her encaustic work is included in a book published by EAI in Santa Fe, n.M. Her inspiration from living on the coast is in the colors, forms, and transparencies that are in her encaustic art. Her work ranges from abstract to realism. She has taught at Jr. colleges in California, including theCollege of Marin. Presently, she teaches workshops in encaustic, at her studio in Gualala. She states, "I try to shoe the connections in life, to air, earth, fire and water and hope the viewer sees beyond the visible."

She frequently has exhibited her work at the Gualala Art Center, Mendocino Art Center, Edgewater Gallery, Ft. Bragg, Cirrus Gallery, Marin, Dolphin Gallery, Gualala, Kensington Invitational, S.F., Artisan's Gallery, Colorado, and Taos, N.M. and at the Encaustic Art Institute, N.M. Her work is in private collections throughout the USA and Mexico. She will be on the STUDIO DISCOVERY TOUR in Gualala on August 25-6 and Sept 1-3rd. and you are welcome to come and visit her at her studio then to see her work in-depth. Larain Matheson Art.com  707-884-3660

Tim Hayes, oil painting

Tim Hayes is one of the founders of Art Center Ukiah and the Corner Gallery, Tim is one of Mendocino County’s most talented painters.  Time is an excellent colorist an his often provocative subject matter and accomplished brushwork are hallmarks of his work.  Whether his stye is loose or more graphic, Tim’s work is alway compelling.  Time is a Ukiah native and lifelong oil painter.   

Zvika Greensfield, sculpture

Zvika melds hand carved marble and wood to readymade (found) objects in a perfect marriage of total opposites. He juxtaposes the beauty of marble and wood with the “ugliness” of found objects to make a poignant commentary on humanity at a time when this so called perfect world is rapidly deconstructing into the imperfect future ahead. He began studying sculpture in his teens, then studied at the Basis Academy of Sculpture and the Midrasha Academy of Contemporary Arts and with prominent sculptors in Israel. “One of the most satisfying experiences I know is to spend time with a block of marble and a chisel…”Zvika has lived in the US since 1979 and now resides in Gualala CA.

 

Just eleven days left to enter your artwork into the Juried art show Artist and the Automobile the Driving Force. Deadline August 26. Any paintings, photographs, sculptures, mixed media featuring some element of the automobile, or truck or even motorcycle. Pick up entry form at the Corner Gallery.

Drawn to Perfection with three artists and Quilt Artist, Laura Fogg

Reception Friday, June 4, 5 - 8 pm
Music by the Schlep Tones of Potter Valley 
Refreshments and wine by Cesar Toxqui Cellars (CTC)

Three artists are showing their work during the month of June:

Mark Roller is a San Francisco artist showing his work, Spinal Column.  His formidable drawing skills, honed by the many drawings of his wife, Colette Crutcher (also wonderfully accomplished artist), on a weekly, sometimes daily basis for almost thirty years, are the base on which he builds work in a variety of media.

Eva Strauss-Rosen has recently morphed her artistic direction from many years of crafting Judaic jewelry to the basics of graphite on paper.  When viewing her large, detailed drawings of people, trees and architecture; carved bas-relief of the entire city of Jerusalem on a tiny gold necklace, it is hard to believe she has been doing this work for only a few years.

Robert Ross, who has been teaching figure drawing at the Mendocino Art Center for a number of years, completes the trio of talent in "Drawn to Perfection".   While the human form is at the core of much of his work, he goes far beyond mere observation and recording, allowing glimpses into the worlds his models inhabit.

Meet featured quilt artist Laura Fogg at the Corner Gallery Ukiah reception.

Laura will have new work on display through June 30th. Her development of style and imagination continues to astound artists and quilters alike.

Laura has been a mural painter and seamstress for many years. The combination of these two media gives us her wonderful art quilting. She uses a "painterly" collage style in her art, with landscapes as her primary focus. Much of her inspiration comes from the beauty she enjoys on a daily basis in Mendocino County.

Laura's work has been shown both locally and nationally. Many pieces have been juried into major shows, and a number have been prizewinners. She recently won a grand prize for her entry into the Arts For The Parks Exhibit.  Her work has been published in calendars, magazines, and books. She lectures and teaches art quilting classes throughout northern California.

DeMania Trio Pre European Tour Concert ... April 9

Featuring Alex de Grassi on guitar, Michael Manring on bass, and Chris Garcia on percussion.

This is the first time this trio has appeared in the Ukiah area!

Two innovators of solo instrumental music, acoustic guitarist Alex de Grassi and electric bassist Michael Manring, join forces with percussionist and tabla player Chris Garcia (of the Zappa alum group, The Grandmothers) for a set of arranged and improvised music.

With influences from India to Appalachia to Latin America and the Blues, this trio fuses new sounds together with their original compositions and unlikely arrangements — think the Stones' Paint It Black in 7/8 time, and an improvised take on the traditional folk melody, The Water is Wide. De Grassi's sympitar (sympathetic string guitar) and Manring's liquid and ever-changing fretless sounds combine with tabla, kanjira, mbwata, and a myriad of percussion to produce a distinctly world twist to many of the tracks.

From moments of introspection to pure grooving, the DeMania trio covers a lot of terrain and leaves no stone unturned.

"...a jaw-dropping performance mixing warmth, humor, inventiveness and monster chops ... Each member of the group is a master ... a musician's musician." — San Jose Mercury News

Art Center Ukiah, 203 S State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482
Doors Open at 7:30
Performance from 8:00 to 10:00 pm
Tickets $15.00, or $17.00 at the door
Tickets Available at the Corner Gallery Ukiah and Dig! Music

Tom Johnsen is Featured Artist on Friday, April 2nd

We all know Tom Johnsen's paintings...like him they are abstract and bold. Showing along with Tom's paintings will be his New York cityscape photographs...colorful sunsets in the backdrop of the famed city.

Refreshments will be served complemented with wine from Weibel Family Vineyard at the reception from 5 to 8 pm. Music will be performed by Jim Tuhtan of Jazz Illusions.

 Come meet Tom Johnsen, hear music, and taste wine at 201 South State Street in Ukiah!

Special exhibit of Haitian art

Art Center Ukiah is featuring a special exhibit of Haitian art. Kirsten Gantzel Turner has generously put together an exhibit from her private collection of Haitian art in support of the fundraiser benefit for Haiti to be held Saturday March 6. Donations of Haitian art to be offered in a silent auction are also on display. The art will be on exhibit through March 27. For more information on benefit for Haiti please call Lynn Meadows at 707-462-2439.

First Friday featuring Christos Nikopoulos on March 5th

In March, Corner Gallery Ukiah features Christos Nikopoulos with his unique creation of “ARTGRAPHY…the blending of art, lens and technology…”  His dynamic expressions of every day experiences take the viewer to a new perspective of the world. Meet Christos at the First Friday reception on March 5th.

Christos is professionally trained in photographic portraiture, commercial photography and is an expert with enhancement skills. He is also the creator of “Design Art Images,” a boutique art form where he photographs a portrait of you or one of your personal items, and artistically enhances them, creating your personal one-of-a-kind work of art.

Christos resides in nearby Anderson Valley. He was winner of Best of Show at the 2007 Art in the Redwoods Fine Art Exhibit. He also shows his work at the Dolphin Gallery in Gualala, the Burnett Gallery, Gualala Arts Center, Howard Fine Studios in Hollywood, and Third Dimension Gallery at the Mauna Lani Resort, Kohala Coast Hawaii.

At the First Friday reception on March 5th, Chris Gibson with the Broadcasters will provide musical entertainment. Wayne Bauer of Tahto Winery will pour his local Mendocino County wine and the gallery will serve appetizers.