Featuring the works of Evan Hobart, Heather Law, and Kala Stein

The three artists featured in Mendocino College Gallery's latest exhibition create works that consider the implications of our human imprint on nature. Art that creates a deeper awareness of the environmental impact of our actions and inspires a shift toward more sustainable living is Heather Law's passion. 

Kala Stein works at the intersection of craft, design, and sustainability, exploring notions of beauty and loss in the natural world. 

Evan Hobart describes his work as, "A platform to discuss the past, present, and future, utilizing the intersection of humanity and nature to comment on modern-day life." He continues, "My work examines today's world and elaborates on many of its facets such as global climate change, politics, war, religion, society, over-development, and possibly the eventual extinction. Unpleasant as it is to confront some of these issues, it is the work (obligation) of the artist and teacher, now and in the past, to do so - in a creative and thought-provoking way." 

All three artists work primarily in the medium of ceramics.

Free and open to the public!

Reception Thursday, February 13 at 4:30 pm

Light refreshments will be served.

Regular Gallery Hours:  

• Tuesdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
• Wednesdays: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
• Thursdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
• and by appointment 

Mendocino College Gallery is located in the Center Theatre Lobby: 
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah

Join us for the Krenov School’s class of 2025 Mid Winter Exhibition at the TC Space gallery in downtown Fort Bragg. As always, our class has produced an exceptional body of work. On display will be examples of the fine skills, attention to detail, and sensitivity that our students have striven for in their first semester’s work.

The show is free to the public and will be open for viewing daily, 10 AM – 6 PM.

For more information, please visit the Krenov School webpage here. 

The Ukiah Community Concert Association presents

Professional Pianists Concerts

Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 7 pm
and Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 2 pm

Don’t miss the 32nd annual Professional Pianist Concerts, a collaborative production by the Ukiah Community Concert Association and Spencer Brewer, and a benefit for the Mendocino College Recording Arts Club, the Allegro Scholarship Program, and the Ukiah Community Concert Association.

This utterly fun and stimulating series features the finest regional pianists inviting you into their onstage “living room” and, throughout the performance, trading stories and melodies with two pianos on stage to accommodate impromptu collaborations.

The event is legendary and an annual sellout because of the diversity and quality of a multitude of styles of music, spiced with humor throughout the show.

Tickets:

Tickets are $25 for open seating and $30 for the “I wanna see the hands” section. 

Tickets go on sale the second week of December and make great Christmas gifts! 

Available at the Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, Mazahar in Willits, and through Brown Paper Tickets. If not completely sold out, tickets may be available at the door.

For more information: 707.463.2738

From the whimsical and humorous to the punk and dark, each piece created by Spencer and Esther is one of a kind. By creating “new compositions” from vintage or unusual objects, they inspire viewers with a sense of delight, surprise, and sometimes awe.

Regular Gallery Hours:
Tuesdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Wednesdays: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
Thursdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
and by appointment

Mendocino College Gallery is located in the Center Theatre Lobby: 
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah

For more information about the gallery, please visit the Mendocino College Art Gallery webpage here. 

Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade Presents:

A Woman’s Song for Peace

Featuring
HOLLY NEAR, FERRON & DANCE BRIGADE
with Christelle Durandy, Jan Martinelli, Tammy Lynne Hall, Michaelle Goerlitz, Shelley Jennings

A Tribute to the Past, A Vision for the Future

The highlight of Dance Brigade’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Season will be the creation, performance, and touring of A Woman’s Song for Peace – a new dance theater work featuring original, live music by iconic musician and activist Holly Near, seminal queer feminist singer-songwriter Ferron, and groundbreaking Afro-Caribbean jazz artist Christelle Durandy, intertwined with Dance Brigade’s fierce, nuanced choreography and signature melding of styles with Hip Hop, Modern, Salsa, and Taiko – utilizing these storytelling components to convey a larger narrative about social justice and liberation.

A Woman’s Song for Peace is Dance Brigade’s contribution to the current political and social dialogue around peace, war, and foreign policy in our society and in the world. We bear witness to wars in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Sudan, and a culture/rhetoric of war and violence in our own society and at our Southern border. As we move through an intense and divisive Presidential election cycle in which these issues are front and center, we argue about specific details of foreign policy – and it’s easy to forget that we all share a basic desire for peace.

A Woman’s Song for Peace aims to reorient our audiences towards this priority, helping us remember our shared humanity. We believe that this collaboration can unify and activate people, and we offer our artistic response – a creative cry for peace – as a gift to our communities, an aid for individual and collective healing and transformation, and a vision for a way forward.

Mendocino College Repertory Dance Company Presents: Light Matters

A captivating performance of original works!

Directed by Eryn Schon-Brunner

Choreographed by Eryn Schon-Brunner, Christopher Campbell, Katherine Abbott Dowdney, Melany Katz, Justine Alexia Lemos, and Paloma Rodriguez

Live Music by Heidi Peterman, Larsen Schon-Brunner, & Cassius Mayhue

Costumes by Kathy Dinman-Katz

Lighting by Steve Decker's Technical Theatre Students

Light Matters is a captivating performance of original dance works contemplating light. Choreographers utilize artistic techniques of Contemporary Classical Indian Dance, Release Technique, Contemporary, Line Dancing, Film, Butoh, and Performance Theatre. Under the direction of Eryn Schon-Brunner, dancers will bring to life new choreographic works by local and nationally esteemed choreographers. 

The Mendocino College CVPA Gallery will be open before each show and during intermission for viewing the current exhibit.  

Performance Dates

• Nov 21, 2024
  Mendocino College Gallery Opening
  Reception 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Performance @ 7:00 pm
• Nov 22, 2024 
  Gala 6:30 | Performance @ 7:30 pm
  Food & wine generously donated by Campo Vida & Frey Vineyards
• Nov 23, 2024 
  Performance @ 7:30 pm
• Nov 24, 2024 
  Performance @ 2 pm

Tickets

• Available at the door or the Mendocino Book Company (cash or check ONLY)
• Available online at www.artsmendocino.org
• $15 General Admission
• $10 Students, Seniors, & Children 12 and Under

The Mendocino College Ceramics Club invites you to join us for the annual holiday ceramics sale! Find a one-of-a-kind gift to give or stock up for yourself. In addition to ceramics, there will be handmade sewn goods, collectibles, holiday wreaths, and snack items from the Caring Kitchen, Textiles Club, and Horticulture Club. All proceeds benefit the Ceramics Club.

Cash & Check only. There is an ATM in the entryway.

The Friends of Mendocino College Music Program invites you to attend an evening of fundraising and live entertainment featuring Alex de Grassi, faculty, friends, and students of Mr. de Grassi's upper-level guitar class, on Friday, November 22nd at 7:00 pm. All proceeds will benefit the Friends of Mendocino College Music Program, an affiliate of the College Foundation. 

November 12th, 2024 - January 23rd, 2025

Photo and print media exhibition featuring over 20 works from the Mendocino College Permanent Collection generously donated by artist Loren Madsen. Also featuring works by Coast Center photography instructor Markus Pfitzner, as well as a wall of his students' work. 

Opening Reception November 21st from 4:30 - 7:00 pm

Light refreshments will be served.

Regular Gallery Hours:

Tuesdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Wednesdays: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
Thursdays: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
and by appointment

Mendocino College Gallery is located in the Center Theatre Lobby: 
1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah

Ukiah Symphony Orchestra Presents Copland the Poetic

Phillip Lenberg, Music Director

Join the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra with the Mendocino College Choirs for this poetically rich concert! Featuring mezzo-soprano soloist, Melinda Martinez Becker, & the Mendocino College Chorale directed by Janice Hawthorne Timm. Pre-concert talk hosted by Dr. Phillip Lenberg one hour before the concert begins. 

MONTGOMERY  Source Code

CORDERO  Escucha
with the Mendocino College Choir, directed by Janice Hawthorne Timm

CORIGLIANO  Fern Hill
with the Mendocino College Choir & featuring Melinda Martinez Becker, mezzo-soprano

BARBER  Adagio for Strings

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring suite, original version

TICKETS:

At the door

• $35 Adults (all payment methods)
• $25 Seniors (CASH only, no advance purchase)
• $10 Full-time Students (8th grade through college)
• Free - Kids age 12 and under (must be accompanied by a full-price paying adult)

Online

• $30+ fees per adult ticket (senior & student pricing not available online)

NOTICE:
Please do not bring your pets into the theater or leave them in your vehicle! The only animals allowed on the Mendocino College Campus are certified guide and assistance dogs.