Grace Hudson Museum – Friday, May 2, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Make the Museum part of your May First Friday Ukiah Art Walk. Our musical guest will be singer/guitarist Steve Winkle, known for his eclectic mix of Classic Rock, R&B, Country, contemporary pop, and his own compositions. Also, this may be your last chance to check out our exhibition, Reclamation: Aboriginal Ancestral Homeland and Resilience of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, which closes on May 4. You can also spend some time discovering or getting reacquainted with our core galleries, featuring Grace Hudson’s artwork, exquisite Pomo basketry, and Carpenter-Hudson family history. Enjoy a walk in our Wild Gardens where spring wildflowers are in bloom. Light refreshments will be available. First Fridays at the Grace Hudson Museum are always free all day and evening.
The Lot on Main – Friday, May 2, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
This month we’re sponsored by the non-profit Mendo Utopia!
Live Music by Back Porch Trio
Food: It’s a Bao Time
And we’ll have a may pole at the Lot!
MEDIUM Art Center – Friday, May 2, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Drawn to Create Juried Art Show Opens at Medium Art Center
MEDIUM Art Center (formerly Deep Valley Arts Collective) invites the community to experience Drawn to Create, a juried group exhibition celebrating the expressive
power of drawing. Featuring works in graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, conte
crayon, ink, and marker. The show highlights the immediacy and intimacy of
mark-making, honoring both traditional techniques and experimental approaches.
Artists are encouraged to submit pieces that showcase the full range of what these
mediums can achieve—from refined realism to gestural abstraction, quick sketches
to fully developed compositions. This exhibition welcomes a variety of styles and
subject matter, with an emphasis on the creative process and the unique voice that
emerges when artists are drawn to create.
An opening reception will be held on First Friday, May 2nd, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m. during Ukiah’s First Friday Art Walk. Invite your friends and family to a fun
community event that supports the arts.
There will be music, light food, and drinks. There will be a community drawing project that begins at the opening and continues
throughout the show’s duration. Supplies provided.
● Opening reception: Friday, May 2nd, 2025, 5:00-8:00 PM PDT.
● The show runs through Saturday, May 31st, 2025.
● Medium Art Center – 518 East Perkins Street, Ukiah, in the Pear Tree Center
Corner Gallery and ACU are hosting together – Friday, May 2, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Corner Gallery Ukiah and Art Center Ukiah, May 2025
“Moments” 16 th Annual Student Photography Show
Corner Gallery Ukiah and Art Center Ukiah join forces to host the 16th Annual
Student Photography Show. The work on display will be from Ukiah High School
students taking either the Introduction to Photography class or the dual enrollment
College Art 140 class.
Ukiah High School teacher Lech Slocinski and curator of the show “Moments”
gives picture of the motivation behind this exhibit. “Photography is the eternal chase
of moments that flee the instance you take the photo,” he says. It’s always ‘has been’,
a death at birth. But it also looks into the future – us patiently waiting for that moment, a unique light obscured by a cloud, perfect tilt of a head, a glance, or a foot lifting off the ground that will be immortalized the moment we press the shutter button on our cameras. Preserving the moments for the future, that’s what my students have done in so many beautiful and creative ways. It’s the relationship between photography and time. And now I have to cull out 120 of the very best photos for the show from over 1200 that could be included!”
Enjoy all original art work demonstrated through photography by these talented
students through May 31, 2025. Visit both the front Corner Gallery Ukiah and the
back Art Center Ukiah Gallery.
The MCOEC is the supporter of the 16 th Annual Student Photography Show.
Additional support provided by Phil Gary and Donna Mecca
The First Friday opening reception for “Moments” will be on Friday, May 2 nd from
5pm-8pm.
Young Artist Wall. Fifteen-year-olds Lucca Hudson and Santiago Noriega.
Santiago preferred medium used to be graphite, but now its acrylic paint. Lucca
works prolifically in pen and alcohol marker. Both young men are students in
Ukiah High’s Advanced Art class, have been in school together since kindergarten.
Jeanne Koelle, local acrylic artist is the featured artist on the Mendocino County
Arts Association’s pony wall.
Melissa Staehle guest artist new to the gallery exhibits collage art and acrylic
paintings. Live music will be provided throughout the evening by Chris Gibson and Char Jacobs.
Corner Gallery is at 201 S State Street, Ukiah, CA cornergalleryukiah.com
The Ukiah Branch Library – Friday, May 2, 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Art Reception for We Are You: Voices of the Unhoused
The Ukiah Branch Library invites the community to join us for Art Walk Ukiah on Friday, May 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. The library will feature a group art exhibition by the Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center. This art show is designed to give an expressive voice to the unhoused in Ukiah.
Unhoused people are perhaps the most marginalized population in most communities. Studies by UCSF have found that 78-82% of unhoused people have deep roots in their current area. Many are working people or students who live out of their cars or “couch surf.” An increasing percentage of the unhoused population are seniors. The staggering reality is that we are all potentially one job loss, weather event, or major medical bill away from losing our home. This exhibition highlights this shared vulnerability and aims to break down the barriers of stigma and outsider status because truly, We Are You.
Local artists Janet Rosen, Laura Fogg, Betty Lacy, and Melissa Eleftherion Carr have led workshops with clients and residents of Building Bridges since July 2024, along with the support and vision of the Building Bridges staff. The exhibition utilizes a range of mediums – including painting, mixed media, fiber, textile, and poetry – to allow the workshop participants to express their visions, personal stories, and humanity. The finished art pieces will be curated and installed in public venues throughout Ukiah. We invite you to take part in this important community event.
The Branch will host live piano music by Deanne California. Guests can enjoy an all-ages collage crafting program and a book sale by the Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library as they browse the Art Walk. This exhibition is free to the public, open to all ages, and is sponsored by the generous support of the Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library and Mendocino County Library.
For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Ukiah Branch at 707- 463-4490.
The Ukiah Library is located at 105 N. Main Street Ukiah, CA 95482
W Real Estate – Friday, May 2 from 5 to 8 PM
We Real Estate will feature local artist Isabel Lopez. Born and raised in Ukiah, Isabel’s creative process often starts with photography—capturing the local scenery—then transforming those images through sketching, then turning that into vibrant, expressive works of art. Her pieces reflect a love for color, texture, and the feeling of place. Each painting is a reimagined snapshot of life, full of energy and emotion.
The festivities will include offerings from a taco truck and other light refreshments.
W Real Estate is located at 101 N State St Ukiah, CA 95482
Bona Marketplace – Friday, May 2 from 5 to 8 PM
Bona will be featuring Jameelah Dorhosty. Jameelah will be sharing her collection of graphics curated over the years, including paintings, drawings and photographs. This show is accompanied by music by Teddy Keez.
Bona Marketplace is located at 116 W Standley St Ukiah, CA 95482