One of the benefits of having the Morris Graves Museum in our midst is its ability to mount exhibits from outside our area. Starting on July Arts Alive! the Graves hosts a show called “Fiber Enriched” from California Fiber Artists, a group of diverse independent artists dedicated to promoting fiber art through public exhibitions and […]
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Open: Art
The big news in June is North Coast Open Studios, two consecutive weekends when artists throughout the county open their studios and homes, giving you a chance to see much more of an artist’s work than you’d see in any gallery show. “This is a wonderful opportunity for people to meet their favorite artists and […]
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June Beat
Get out your calendar: June is filled with overlapping opportunities to enjoy the visual arts. As usual, Eureka Arts Alive! is on the first Saturday, June 4, and Arts! Arcata on June 11. As noted elsewhere, North Coast Open Studios encompasses two weekends, June 4-5 and 11-12. In Southern Humboldt, the annual Summer Arts and […]
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Let Go of the Wheel
One thing you can count on when you talk with an artist; you’re going to be speaking with an individual who enjoys exploring the connections between who they are and what they do. My recent conversation with veteran photographer, William S. Pierson (Bill), was no exception. Pierson has been seriously pursuing photography as a fine […]
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On the Beat in May
The month of May is filled with art. Here’s just some: At Saturday’s Arts Alive! Jennifer Metz is showing beautiful paintings on silk at Humboldt Baykeeper. Three of my favorites are Blooming Lotus, Beginnings and Home Visions. Her lyrical artist’s statement is “I paint because I am alive and I love life.” C Street Hall […]
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Dynamic Duos
Seventy new paintings. Seventy! That’s what you’ll find at First Street Gallery in this April show packed with watercolors, oils and acrylics by two of Humboldt’s most accomplished painters, Jim McVicker and Steve Porter. The two artists’ work is interspersed in the front galleries, creating a challenging but fun sport of guessing whose is whose. […]
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A Thousand Words
The acceptance of photography as a legitimate medium for fine art was a highly controversial issue in the early part of the 20th century. The ease of taking a photo, the commonplace subject matter and the attempts to “copy” paintings were all off-putting detractions for artists of more traditional disciplines, and for audiences of that […]
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Head in The Cloud, Feet on The Beat
[image-1] There’s a fortuitous synergy that seems to happen each time I begin gathering material for this column, some event in the art community relevant to what I intend to write about that calls out for recognition. This time out I envisioned a wide overview of how those in the Humboldt art scene use the […]
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Public Art: Past, Present and Future
Eureka would be a far less lively place without the many murals that uplift its public spaces. Duane Flatmo’s transformation of the inescapable bulk of the rear of The Arkley Center into a monumental poster praising the performing arts is the iconic example of what a mural can do. The fabulous array of fauna depicted […]