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In September Partners Gallery presents a retrospective of work by Joan Burleigh. Burleigh has been living and making art on the Mendocino coast for more than 50 years. She has worked mainly with acrylic on paper. She exhibited with Partners Gallery for a number of years. Now, the gallery is honoring her with a retrospective show of selected works from her lengthy career. Of her work she says: “I paint to reach the place within me that is free of controls and boundaries; where, on a fortunate day, my spirit can soar!”
The show opens September 11 and continues through October 6.There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artist September 13, 5-7pm.
Partners is at 45062 Ukiah St in Mendocino, CA.Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday 11 to 5pm.
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.
Painted with Fire exhibit opens at Willits Center for the Arts
The Willits Center for the Arts presents Painted with Fire, with wood-fired ceramics by Leslie Campbell, Jason Sanovich, and Margi Gomez. This wide ranging exhibit, featuring functional stoneware as well as sculpture, opens on Saturday September 6 in the WCA galleries. See an outstanding presentation of the ages-old but newly popular ceramic art, and enjoy tasty nibbles, live music, artist talks, and a choice of beverages. Check in with your community and see what our galleries have to offer in September.
Painted with Fire will be on exhibit through Sunday September 28, 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.
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