Community Calendar

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

As a part of the Garden Conservancy Open
Days our Sculpture Garden and Stone carving studio will be open to the public.
We carve in many different types of stone
Granite ,Basalt serpentine and many others
Our sculptures range from table top
To monumental in scale
Many of our pieces combine water with the
Stone to create unique one of a kind water sculptures

"The Art of Wonder" highlights work by 15 Mendocino County artists that create a sense of wonder, emanating from the subject matter, the style, or both. Ranging through various mediums and featuring a vast catalogue of creatures, "The Art of Wonder" playfully and reverently pushes the boundaries of their artwork.

We are pleased to host a show featuring gorgeous hand-painted scarves and shawls by local textile artist, Siobhan! She will be our featured artist here at Highlight Gallery from June 6th through June 30th so please come and see all of her lovely wearable art. Siobhan has adorned many of these lovely silks with gingko leaves which represent resilience, longevity and hope, among other things. The ginkgo tree's ability to survive for millions of years and its resilience to environmental stressors have made it a symbol of hope and overcoming challenges! We are open 11am to 4pm every day and are located at 10480 Kasten Street in Mendocino and look forward to seeing you.

Partners Gallery is featuring mixed media paintings by Mina Cohen in June with a series entitled Palimpsest. Palimpsest means something reused or altered but bearing visible traces of its earlier form. This work comes out of desire to revise older works, most of which are very large and break them down into smaller units. Mina has reworked the individual pieces into new works that are unique smaller works.

The work is based on a very large encaustic painting from the late 1970’s, a time that encaustic painting, an ancient painting technique, was having its revival. The underlying original media and color comes through in the new work in a subtle way. Mina’s current interest in texture and pattern gives these new works a three dimensional quality.

The show opens June 12 and continues through July 7.
There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artists June 14, 5-7pm.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11-5pm.

'Playing With Perception' is an exhibition of mind-bending optical illusion paintings by local artist Richard Weiss here at Highlight Gallery in Mendocino. Henry Matisse has said: “We should always see life as we did in childhood.” Adhering plainly to this statement, Richard says, "I enjoy creating interactive mind bending optical illusion paintings. The work is in relief but is painted to appear like a conventional flat picture. Movements of the observer result in fluid distortions of the pictorial image, engaging viewers into a playful participation. The goal of my work is to infuse whimsical happiness to viewers by surprising and engaging them into a playful participation, allowing them to create their own unique experience of the optical illusion."

It’s going to be a hoppy summer thanks to the Kelley House Museum’s new exhibit on Mendocino’s beer brewing heritage. On Tap traces the deep roots and rich stories behind one of Northern California’s most spirited industries—from the small breweries that served the local lumber workers to the craft beer renaissance that put Mendocino on the national brewing map. Kelley House members are invited to an opening reception on Saturday, June 7th, 4:00pm – 5:30pm.

The exhibit showcases the evidence left behind by the 19th century breweries through archival photographs, newspaper clippings, and maps, while spotlighting the people—German immigrants, local entrepreneurs, and counterculture trailblazers—who turned hops and barley into a beverage that has sustained the community for almost two centuries. Well, except for those Prohibition years, but even then the beer makers and consumers could not be thwarted! (You’ll have to visit the exhibit to discover what a “blind pig” was.) Learn how the region’s natural abundance, independent spirit, and love of experimentation gave rise to groundbreaking breweries like the North Coast Brewing Company, one of the pioneer craft beer makers in the United States. Guest Curator: Robert Dominy.

Paint & Paper exhibit at Willits Center for the Arts

The Willits Center for the Arts presents Paint & Paper, with work by oil painter Eva Strauss-Rosen and collage artist Sandy Oppenheimer. This wide ranging exhibit featuring these two highly dedicated artists will open on Saturday June 7 in the WCA galleries. Enjoy world-class art along with tasty nibbles and beverages of your choosing. Check in with your community and see what the galleries have to offer for the month of June.Paint & Paper will be on exhibit through Sunday June 29, with galleries open from 11am to 5pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. We await your visit at Willits Center for the Arts, 71 E. Commercial St., in Willits. For further information, please check out our website at willitscenterforthearts.org, email manager@willitscenterforthearts.org or call the Center at 707-459-1726.

Art Center Ukiah will host a PRIDE show for the month of June. The opening celebration is on Friday June 6 from 5-8pm with live music by Charlie Seltzer. Entry forms for art and storytelling submissions are available at the Corner Gallery (201 S State St in Ukiah) or online at the website www.cornergalleryukiah.com.

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