Luxe Places Int’l Realty
Location: 601 S. State Street, Ukiah
Local legend Wayne Knight’s work will be displayed for all to enjoy. Knight would sometimes paint from a live model, and at other times would form composite portraits of various people. His paintings often sport broad, deep fields of color, with the subject situated in the center of the painting, gazing directly out at the viewer. The effect is sensual and emotional at once.
Knight earned his Master of Arts degree at San Francisco State University and his Bachelor of Arts at UCLA. From 1996 to 2002, he was art director and graphics specialist at SoftMed Systems, in Sacramento. A long-time freelance artist, he engaged in a broad variety of projects, including computer and traditional graphic design, portraiture, set design, murals, architectural rendering, video production and photography. Raised in Southern California, Knight came to the northern part of the state for a quieter lifestyle after earning his MFA. He built a homestead on Black Bart Trail above Redwood Valley and lived a back-to-the-land lifestyle. He designed posters for local businesses and organizations, including Ukiah Players Theatre, and worked as a graphic designer professionally. His exhibits spanned galleries from Rome to Los Angeles. Knight was dedicated and disciplined as both an artist and a teacher. He would rise at 4 a.m. to paint before going off to teach at Mendocino College. He later pursued a tenure-track position at Humboldt State University in Arcata. Sadly, he passed too soon from H1N1 virus in 2009.
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The Grace Hudson Museum
Location: Location: 431 S. Main Street, Ukiah
Spend a part of your June First Friday Art Walk at the Grace Hudson Museum, where we’ll have a celebratory reception for our latest exhibition, Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women. This traveling exhibition features woodblock and collage prints by Julie Lapping Rivera that focus on significant women, many of whom were underappreciated in their time. For the Grace Hudson Museum presentation, the show also includes 15 Mendocino County artists who have created artwork depicting women who were family members, friends, mentors, public figures, or otherwise inspirational. Our musical guest will be long-time Mendo County favorites Redbud, bringing their high energy music to the party — some of you will definitely be dancing!
You’ll also be able to spend time discovering or getting reacquainted with our core galleries, featuring Grace Hudson’s artwork, exquisite Pomo basketry, and Carpenter-Hudson family history. Also, enjoy an evening walk in our Wild Gardens as many spring flowers will still be in bloom. Refreshments, including wine, will be available. First Fridays at the Grace Hudson Museum are always free all day and evening.
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The Lot on Main
Location: 200 N. Main Street, Ukiah
We know there’s A LOT going on in Ukiah and whether you need a last minute grad gift or your heading over to the spring fair make sure to stop by and check out our monthly market and support local artists and musicians. Live music by Clay Hawkins’ band @hill.shaker.
The Mendocino College Gallery will be hosting a Pop-Up Gallery at the Lot on Main featuring works from Mendocino College students: Fur, Tone Dogg, Trinity Thurner and the Figure Drawing class. They will also be hosting a Makerspace where the Mendocino College Textiles Club will be offering a Patches and Stamps project, FREE and minimal cost to the public. This project is funded in part by the Community Foundation of Mendocino County.
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MEDIUM Art Center
Location: 110 S. School Street, Ukiah, California
Medium Art Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary on Friday, June 5, with “There Will Be Cake,” a group exhibition featuring artwork created by the organization’s board of directors.
The exhibition opens during Ukiah’s First Friday Art Walk and marks the first time the nonprofit’s leadership team has shown their artwork together in a public exhibition.
“There Will Be Cake” celebrates both the artwork and the people behind the scenes who have spent the last five years hanging shows, writing grants, moving pedestals, cleaning galleries, organizing events, and somehow keeping the whole thing going.
The opening reception will take place Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. during First Friday Art Walk at Medium Art Center, 110 S. School Street in downtown Ukiah. The event is free and open to the public.
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Corner Gallery & Art Center Ukiah
Location: 201 S. State Street, Ukiah
Corner Gallery Ukiah is featuring “Ken Edwards and Ross Hollowell”
Guest artists in the front windows bring new dimensions to natural and found objects. Ken Edwards exhibits acrylic paintings on wood along with unique expanded designs of found objects. Ross Hollowell’s special medium is manzanita wood exhibiting sculptures and assemblage works.
Young Artist Wall: Returning young artist Redwood Valley resident Trinity Thurner exhibits oil paintings and sample or the printing process MCAA Pony Wall: Karen Falconer, landscapes and abstract works, Clare Jones abstract acrylic paintings north pony wall. Joe Crookednose jewelry east pony wall. Ursula Partch felting and paper sculpture and wall hangings, south pony wall.
The First Friday opening celebration will include live vocal and keyboard music by local legend Charlie Seltzer throughout the evening, in addition to a couple of very special songs by musician and actor Bhavvy Ducharme of Willits.
Art Center Ukiah (ACU)
Location: 201 S. State Street, Ukiah
Art Center Ukiah is partnering with Mendo Pride to increase publicity, awareness and attendance for both the May Pride parade and the June art show. The art show at ACU will open on Friday, June 5, and shares the Pride parade’s theme of ‘We All Belong.’
Regular gallery hours for Corner and ACU are 11am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.
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The Ukiah Branch Library, from 5-7 PM
Location: 105 N. Main Street, Ukiah
Featuring the ceramic work of My Tong with music by Equinox.
The Ukiah Branch Library invites the community to join us for our Art Walk opening on Friday, June 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. The library will feature a ceramic show by local artist, My Tong.
Tong gets inspiration from looking at fossils of animals and plants from long ago. She sculpts creatures that could have existed, fusing them with human-made objects from the Anthropocene Age, our current era in which humanity has become a planetary force of change. Tong’s work becomes her own interpretive record of the interdependence between living beings and their environment.
The branch will host live music by Equinox and an all-ages craft. During the Art Walk opening, guests can shop the robust book sale, hosted by the Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library. This art exhibition is free to the public, open to all ages, and is sponsored by the kind and generous support of the Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library and Mendocino County Library.
The exhibit runs May 1 to June 26, 2026. For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Ukiah Branch at (707) 463-4490.
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Bona Marketplace
Location: 116 W. Standley Street, Ukiah
Join us a Bona Marketplace on First Friday as we host “Out of the Ordinary,” new works by Jeanne Kennedy, featuring Dimensional Compositions.
Jean Kennedy is a local textile artist that has curated new work that is “Out of the Ordinary.” These pieces will make you pause and question. Stop by and see Jeans new collection and enjoy music by Jerry Rubio. Light refreshments will be served.
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