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Art Talks Presents: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo
Friday, June 13, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Willits Center for the Arts
71 E. Commercial Street, Willits, CA 95490
Willits, CA — The Willits Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the next installment of its Art Talks lecture series, featuring an illuminating presentation on the life and work of Frida Kahlo. The event will take place on Friday, June 13 at 6:30 PM at the Willits Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public.
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) remains one of the most compelling and iconic figures in 20th-century art. Her vivid, emotionally charged paintings explore identity, post-colonialism, gender, class, and cultural heritage, rooted deeply in Mexican folk traditions and personal experience. Through both her artwork and her defiant persona, Kahlo has become a symbol of resilience and creative expression.
This Art Talk will delve into the major themes of Kahlo’s work, the influence of her tumultuous personal life on her art, and her lasting impact on global artistic discourse. Attendees will gain insight into her symbolic language, her political affiliations, and the ways in which she subverted artistic norms of her time.
The presentation will be led by Gary Martin, M.A., a noted art educator and Art historian, who brings depth and clarity to his public lectures. As part of the ongoing Art Talks series, this event continues the Center’s commitment to providing high-quality cultural programming to the Willits community and beyond.
Join us for an engaging evening celebrating the power and passion of one of art history’s most unforgettable voices.
Event Details:
What: Art Talk – Frida Kahlo: The Life Behind the Canvas
When: Friday, June 13 at 6:30 PM
Where: Willits Center for the Arts, 71 E. Commercial St., Willits, CA
Admission: Free

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Willits, CA — The Willits Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the next installment of its Art Talks lecture series, featuring an illuminating presentation on the life and work of Frida Kahlo. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 PM at the Willits Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public.
The gallery is located at 71East Commercial St. in Willits, next to the Noyo Theater.

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Willits Center for the Arts Kid’s Summer Camp with Caroline Hambright, art teacher at Willits Charter School. July 7-11, 2025 Monday through Friday, Ages: 7 – 12, 10am - 3pm. Tuition is $325. Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org.
Activities have included Street Art, still life draw/paint-along, plein air painting, butterfly symmetry monoprints, radial symmetry, mandala block printing, paper sculptures, paper mache ice cream cones, collage, assemblage, read-aloud, as well as park playtime.
Caroline Hambright’s recent work was born out of a passion for creating art that captures the beauty of nature, expresses the wonder of childhood, and inspires internal peace.
In addition to teaching children, Caroline is an accomplished fine artists. Caroline explores many sides of painting. She uses the Alla Prima oil painting method in order to capture the immediacy of her inspiration. While her subject matter may vary from epic vistas to old cars to kitchen items, her color palette remains subdued with pops of bright color. For her murals, Caroline uses acrylic paint. Through years of practice and experimentation, she has honed her craft and mastered different mediums and techniques. While her teaching expertise helps her create art pleasing to children, her background in fine art informs her creations for the seasoned eye.
A Santa Barbara native, Caroline has been making art since she could hold a pencil. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design program and later studied art at Santa Barbara City College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art from San Francisco State University and is a credentialed teacher. While teaching art in Goleta, her Summer Solstice poster design earned her Summer Solstice Artist of the Year. She went on to create three separate parade floats. Caroline ended up turning her attention to murals, and between jobs she set up an oil painting studio at home. She now teaches junior high and high school art at Willits Charter School in Willits, CA.
more about Caroline: https://carolinehambright.com .
Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Willits Center for the Arts Kid’s Summer Camp with Caroline Hambright, art teacher at Willits Charter School. July 7-11, 2025 Monday through Friday, Ages: 7 – 12, 10am - 3pm. Tuition is $325. Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org.
Activities have included Street Art, still life draw/paint-along, plein air painting, butterfly symmetry monoprints, radial symmetry, mandala block printing, paper sculptures, paper mache ice cream cones, collage, assemblage, read-aloud, as well as park playtime.
Caroline Hambright’s recent work was born out of a passion for creating art that captures the beauty of nature, expresses the wonder of childhood, and inspires internal peace.
In addition to teaching children, Caroline is an accomplished fine artists. Caroline explores many sides of painting. She uses the Alla Prima oil painting method in order to capture the immediacy of her inspiration. While her subject matter may vary from epic vistas to old cars to kitchen items, her color palette remains subdued with pops of bright color. For her murals, Caroline uses acrylic paint. Through years of practice and experimentation, she has honed her craft and mastered different mediums and techniques. While her teaching expertise helps her create art pleasing to children, her background in fine art informs her creations for the seasoned eye.
A Santa Barbara native, Caroline has been making art since she could hold a pencil. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design program and later studied art at Santa Barbara City College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art from San Francisco State University and is a credentialed teacher. While teaching art in Goleta, her Summer Solstice poster design earned her Summer Solstice Artist of the Year. She went on to create three separate parade floats. Caroline ended up turning her attention to murals, and between jobs she set up an oil painting studio at home. She now teaches junior high and high school art at Willits Charter School in Willits, CA.
more about Caroline: https://carolinehambright.com .
Register at https://www.willitscenterforthearts.org

Art and Photography by Mary Rose Kaczorowski

June 3 through June 30, 2025

Headlands Coffeehouse

120 E. Laurel St. Fort Bragg, CA

Monday- Thursday 7AM- 3PM, Fridays & Saturdays 7AM- 8PM

Any child can come to Redwood Elementary School (324 S. Lincoln Street) to receive a FREE BREAKFAST and/or a FREE LUNCH from June 11 through July 10. Breakfast is served 8:00-8:30 a.m. and Lunch is served 11:00-11:45 a.m. Mondays through Fridays. Kids can just drop in during service time.
We’re happy to accommodate groups of children. If you are bringing a group please call the kitchen in the morning and leave a message saying how many will come, so they’ll have plenty ready for you 961-3570.
Free meals are only available to minors during the dates and times listed.
Meals are provided by Fort Bragg Unified School District and USDA. USDA and FBUSD are equal opportunity providers and employers.
For more information please call Pilar Gray at 961-3521 or 961-2850.
Additional Summer Feeding Sites can be found on-line at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sh/sn/summersites.asp or by calling 1-866-3-HUNGRY
FBUSD is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Hey there: Are you a wanna- be gardener, but have no yard, or place to cultivate a garden/vegi garden ,or exercise that passion? Well look no further, then to our very own Community Garden here in" Happy Willits," located next to the Recreation Grove; (adjacent to the Social Service Dept.) A Non Profit Project. With once a year fee (like renting a plot) grow whatever you want, but must commit for a year, no abandoning it. Serious gardeners welcomed. There's limited spaces-sign ups begin in March. Contact Mike Adair, Garden Manager, at 707-456-4395. Hope to see you there!!

People Power Over Money Power Workshops One & Two Coming up bi-weekly on Saturdays from 9AM-11Am at Mendocino College Coast Center in room 112...

Workshop One is on Saturday, May 31st about The Problem: The Rich Thrive while the People & Planet Suffer

Workshop Two is on  Saturday, June 14th about The Solutions: Take Back Public Policy to Institute Change

All workshops are free, Hybrid/zoom available, presented by GrassRoots Institute, a local non-profit. Please email rtp@mcn.org for more information or to sign up

Come join us in our little sanctuary, where we all love to play/work in the dirt/mud (and those words aren't dirty words either!)
The Non-Profit Community Garden in Willits is "NOW" accepting sign-ups to reserve garden spots. If you are interested in growing your own produce, yet have no place to do so, then get on the ball and call Michael ADair at 707-456-4395.

Household items.  Tools.  Vintage items. Free puzzle exchange.  And more!   Tables for $15, $10 for grange members.  Call 707-367-0693 to reserve a table.

PSA information:

Take a step forward on your way to Line Dancing at the Ukiah Elks Lodge on Taco Tuesday’s. Start your evening at 5 with a 3 dollar taco and at 6 slide into the dance hall for an hour of energetic line dancing. Event leader Tammy Mathews says, come learn and have some fun, open to all levels. As a membership drive a charitable contribution of 5 dollars will get you an hour of great camaraderie. Line Dancing on Taco Tuesday at the Ukiah Elks Lodge.

The Lodge is at 1200 Hastings Rd, Ukiah. It opens at 3pm. This is a membership drive and open to the public to join in on the "Come and have some Fun" line dancing.