Community Calendar

In January Partners Gallery is showing work exploring the use of black and white. Pieces by gallery members include mushroom spore prints, solarplate etchings, Kabbalistic Tree of Life images, Pygmy Forest paintings using local soil, a tiny house with a forgotten occupant, photos of unusual trees looking back at us, an acrylic painting called “Bone on Bone,” a polka dot wet felt bag and much more.

The show opens January 8 and continues through February 9 with a
Second Saturday Meet the Artists January 10 from 5 to 7pm.

Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-4pm.
The gallery is located at 45062 Ukiah St in Mendocino.
www.partnersgallery.com

SELVA at Willits Center for the Arts

Experience SELVA, a collaborative exhibit featuring painter Salvador Andrade and ceramic artist Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba. Join us for a transformational art experience with these two young artists opening on Saturday February 7, 2026 from 6 to 8pm. As always, our festive openings are free events offering art, food and drink, and an interesting community experience. SELVA will remain on exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm through Sunday March 1, 2026. WCA is located at 71 East Commercial St., Willits, CA, 95490.

SELVA at Willits Center for the Arts

Experience SELVA, a collaborative exhibit featuring painter Salvador Andrade and ceramic artist Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba. Join us for a transformational art experience with these two young artists opening on Saturday February 7, 2026 from 6 to 8pm. As always, our festive openings are free events offering art, food and drink, and an interesting community experience. SELVA will remain on exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm through Sunday March 1, 2026. WCA is located at 71 East Commercial St., Willits, CA, 95490.

SELVA at Willits Center for the Arts

Experience SELVA, a collaborative exhibit featuring painter Salvador Andrade and ceramic artist Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba. Join us for a transformational art experience with these two young artists opening on Saturday February 7, 2026 from 6 to 8pm. As always, our festive openings are free events offering art, food and drink, and an interesting community experience. SELVA will remain on exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm through Sunday March 1, 2026. WCA is located at 71 East Commercial St., Willits, CA, 95490.

In February Partners is presenting Pink, a show exploring pinkness, or the presence of pink in the work of gallery artists. There is a wonderful variety from a tiny pink square on a crossword page to several pink-tinged landscapes, watercolor cactus flowers and a 16 foot pink velvet earthworm. Pink can be soft, feminine and receptive, but also brazen, shocking and aggressive. Pink’s presence is sometimes surprising as in a tinge on rusty metal or a reflection in the water. Works include porcelain sculpture, mixed media collages, photography, painting, stuffed fabric, weavings and wet felt wool.

There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artists February 14, 5-7pm.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-4pm.

SELVA at Willits Center for the Arts

Experience SELVA, a collaborative exhibit featuring painter Salvador Andrade and ceramic artist Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba. Join us for a transformational art experience with these two young artists opening on Saturday February 7, 2026 from 6 to 8pm. As always, our festive openings are free events offering art, food and drink, and an interesting community experience. SELVA will remain on exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm through Sunday March 1, 2026. WCA is located at 71 East Commercial St., Willits, CA, 95490.

In February Partners is presenting Pink, a show exploring pinkness, or the presence of pink in the work of gallery artists. There is a wonderful variety from a tiny pink square on a crossword page to several pink-tinged landscapes, watercolor cactus flowers and a 16 foot pink velvet earthworm. Pink can be soft, feminine and receptive, but also brazen, shocking and aggressive. Pink’s presence is sometimes surprising as in a tinge on rusty metal or a reflection in the water. Works include porcelain sculpture, mixed media collages, photography, painting, stuffed fabric, weavings and wet felt wool.

There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artists February 14, 5-7pm.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-4pm.

SELVA at Willits Center for the Arts

Experience SELVA, a collaborative exhibit featuring painter Salvador Andrade and ceramic artist Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba. Join us for a transformational art experience with these two young artists opening on Saturday February 7, 2026 from 6 to 8pm. As always, our festive openings are free events offering art, food and drink, and an interesting community experience. SELVA will remain on exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am to 5pm through Sunday March 1, 2026. WCA is located at 71 East Commercial St., Willits, CA, 95490.

The Willits Center for the Arts is pleased to present a lecture on African art on Thursday, February 13, at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will take place at the Willits Center for the Arts and will be delivered by Art Historian Gary Martin, M.A.
This lecture offers an introduction to the richness and diversity of African art, emphasizing its historical depth, regional variety, and cultural significance. From ancient sculptural traditions to contemporary artistic practices, the presentation will examine how African art functions as a visual language shaped by ritual, community, belief systems, and historical exchange. Particular attention will be given to materials, symbolism, and the ways African artists have influenced global modern and contemporary art.
Gary Martin, M.A., is an art historian and educator with extensive experience teaching art history throughout Mendocino County and beyond. His lectures are known for their clarity, visual richness, and ability to make complex material accessible to a broad audience.
This event is open to the public and is suitable for both general audiences and those with a particular interest in art history. The Willits Center for the Arts is located at 71 E. Commercial Street, Willits, California.

In February Partners is presenting Pink, a show exploring pinkness, or the presence of pink in the work of gallery artists. There is a wonderful variety from a tiny pink square on a crossword page to several pink-tinged landscapes, watercolor cactus flowers and a 16 foot pink velvet earthworm. Pink can be soft, feminine and receptive, but also brazen, shocking and aggressive. Pink’s presence is sometimes surprising as in a tinge on rusty metal or a reflection in the water. Works include porcelain sculpture, mixed media collages, photography, painting, stuffed fabric, weavings and wet felt wool.

There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artists February 14, 5-7pm.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-4pm.