You otter have art. And Trinidad does! Discover it at the Trinidad Art and Otter Walk on Sunday, June 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Trinidad. Check out five of those adorable otter art statues from the North Coast Otters Public Arts Initiative at spots throughout town. Start at Trinidad Art Gallery to […]
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County to Begin Reviewing Applications for Outdoor Live Performances
The state of California has released limited guidance that could allow live performances to resume in a limited capacity outdoors on the North Coast in the near future. The interim rules — which the state is expected to followed up with more thorough guidance soon — allow two types of live performances in counties in […]
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Eureka Street Art Festival Announces Artists for Third Annual Event
This year’s Eureka Street Art Festival (Aug. 10-15), which will include a virtual component due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will feature 12 new murals and eight sidewalk poetry installations in the Henderson Center neighborhood (E and F Streets between Henderson and Harris) by Humboldt County and California artists alike. According to a release, four of the […]
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Art for Your Face: Snarky Mouth Coverings by Humboldt Artists for Sale
If your neighbor’s children aren’t already scared of you and you’d like to look more like Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, or just generally deck up your current boring COVID-compliant face mask, two local artists have you covered. Aimee Hennessy, local artist and co-owner of Richards’ Goat Tavern and Tearoom in Arcata, is flogging her […]
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Local Artist’s ‘Flatten the Curve’ Stained Glass was Purchased as a Gift for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Lost Coast Outpost Reports
The Lost Coast Outpost is reporting that local artist Colleen Clifford‘s “Flatten the Curve” stain glass was purchased as a gift for Dr. Anthony Fauci. Read the full story here.
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Front Window
In one of Janessa Johnsrude’s photos, a mother and daughter sit perched in an open window, smiling at one another, a big, milky-eyed dog between them. Their tableau, framed by the window of the house, is overlaid with the branches of an apple tree bright with pink blossoms and a set of copper wind chimes […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Art Utility Boxes of Eureka: Marine Life Triptych
Wintertime has dampened my nighttime roaming and kept my photography a little closer to home of late. But as a famous photographer once said, though I can’t recall who it was, and I’m afraid I must paraphrase, “You can find plenty of beauty to photograph right in your own backyard.” That idea has stuck with […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Harry the Honorable Hound Dog
Growing up, I didn’t think of Eureka as beautiful. Never mind that I was a kid, and what would I know about that? Maybe I simply wasn’t tapped in to the art scene, I don’t know, but I don’t recall driving down the street and seeing so many interesting art pieces, or art being as […]
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Artists Inside
Tucked in the golden rolling hills of the Tomales Bay watershed, a dozen miles north of Mt. Tamalpais, sits the Marin Museum of the American Indian in Miwok Park. Henry Frank, the museum’s vice president, sits beneath a canopy of redwoods in late October while scrolling through his phone for photographs he took of hawks […]
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Spreading the Gospel of Good Fire
It’s been clear for decades that re-thinking fire management in the West is as much art as craft and science, so it’s fitting that the annual prescribed burning training program called TREX, just ending in and around Orleans, invited in a gang of real artists this year to help spread the message. Since its inception […]
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Pole Fight: Fortuna Art Installation Draws Councilmember’s Ire
Fortuna City Councilmember Dean Glaser wanted to be very clear that he didn’t intend to sit passively by and watch the Arcatafication of his city. “There’s two people in the audience. There’s 14,000 people in this city,” Glaser declared at the council’s Aug. 18 meeting. “Where is the support for this monumental idea to put […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Memorial Day Flag
There will be many words written and sentiments expressed in honor of Memorial Day, but none will be as significant as the thoughts and feelings, wishes and prayers we hold within ourselves. One’s heart is a special place, and when we had our moments of silence this weekend it was in order to bring to […]