In our third hour at Toni’s restaurant the other night, I told my three friends, each visiting the North Coast for the first time from a different city, about the art show we were going to see the next day. “The work depicts a kind of psychedelic homelessness,” I said. My comrades all laughed at […]
L.L. Kessner
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Art Outside-in on the Bluff
It was raining lightly and a little windy when I arrived with a friend at Outer Roominations for the third and final day of this year’s site-specific installation and performance festival on the Bluff in Loleta. The weather didn’t detract from the playful and enthusiastic atmosphere of the event, for which more than 30 local […]
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Art for an Another Life
Deep in the COVID weirdness of the fall of 2020, Blue Lake artist and Cal Poly Humboldt lecturer Gina Tuzzi got a call from a friend about contributing to a “small indie film.” Tuzzi didn’t find out until later, but the film was the locally filmed A24 and Apple TV+ production The Sky is Everywhere, […]
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Analog Wisdom, Analog Weight
Walking into Bernadette Vielbig’s ANALOG at the Morris Graves Museum, the wooden yoke suspended along the gallery’s back wall doesn’t demand immediate attention among the careful arrangement of found-object sculptures. Yet this piece, minimal in its color and construction, embodies several themes of the show, which include reflection on balance, explorations of certain dualities, transformation […]
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Dealing the Art Community In
If you’re in the market for unique $30 gifts this season, you can bypass the typical options and pick up one-of-a-kind artworks at Epitome Gallery’s exhibition The Card Show, supporting local artists in the process. Even if you aren’t shopping, this accessible and inclusive community art event, with its wildly diverse showcase of Humboldt makers […]