art beat / By Jennifer Savage

Art on the Town

Clark, whose brilliantly colored paintings leap from the C Street Hall Gallery and whose mural adorns the shuttered Go Fish restaurant, filled notebooks with drawings, scribbles and writing. Being able to peruse them allowed viewers to experience a bit of what it must be like to see through Clark’s eyes. Fortunately, Eureka Books gave Clark bound hemp journals, asked him to paint the cover, spine and back, and those remain for sale (426 Second St.). Make your own crazy art book!

Now to Arts! Arcata, happening this Friday. (Aside: can we please declare a moratorium on extraneous exclamations points?) The hippest place to hang out is the still-new Jacoby’s Storehouse-based photography studio, appropriately named Arcata Photo Studios. Proprietors are Martin Swett, Sheldon Sabbatini and Terrence McNally (disclaimer: my coworker at the Arcata Eye). They don’t invite just any old anybody to hang work on their walls. No, they seek to focus on emerging photographers, “people who haven’t done a lot of shows — and whose take on Humboldt County is a little less pretty,” says Terrence. This month, Eureka’s Charles McNally (no relation).

If APS roadmarks the cutting edge of A!A, then Arcata Artisans, located on the H Street side of the Plaza, serves as a halfway point, always displaying an eclectic collection of nascent and established artists. This month’s featured artists include Oceana Madrone, whose quilts and beadwork inhabit that place where art and craft overlap. No matter your taste, the airy space serves up such a variety, you’re bound to find something you like.

Despite its relative newness, Meridian Fine Art Gallery, on Ninth past the glass shop and through the sculpture garden, hosts the most serious of the serious Humboldt County artists. These are familiar names, people making a living by putting paint to canvas. In general, expect landscapes. Really beautiful, well-done landscapes. This month, they’re done by Derek Bond. They’re pretty, particularly the one with the snowy plover.

See it all Friday, March 13, between 6 to 9 p.m. You’ll find full details somewhere else in this paper.

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