January 2020 First Friday Art Walk

 January 2020 First Friday Art Walk

Art Center Ukiah 201 S School Street   “GREAT ESCAPES” (benefit for the Bahamas) January 2020,
When the mercury drops and the north winds blow through our PolarFleece, we winter-weary folk
indulge in dreams of an exotic tropical paradise where it never freezes. Artist visions of the
perfect winter getaway. We are exhibiting works in all media, both two and three-dimensional, paintings, photographs, quilts, fabric art, sculpture.  Exhibits on display through February 4th.
At First Friday we will collect donations for the survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.  Live music with Suni and her harp. 

Enoteca Wine Bar 206 W Church Street will feature art by Chat Ko

Grace Hudson Museum 431 S Main Street To kick off the final weekend of our popular “Stitching California” exhibition, the Museum will open a two-week popup show in our public room that revisits the Vagina Quilt Project from 2002. That year, in support of V-Day 2002, the Mendocino Quilt Artist Guild created original art quilts reflecting themes of femininity, sensuality, birth, mothering, and womanhood. The quilts and the efforts of these Ukiah quilters were featured in the 2003 documentary film, “V-Day: Until the Violence Stops,” written by Eve Ensler, the author of the 1996 play, The Vagina Monologues, which became a global phenomenon. (The film will be screened at the Museum on January 12 at 2:00 PM.) “Revisiting the Vagina Quilt Project” is scheduled to run through Friday, January 17. Please note: A few of the artworks in the popup show are anatomically explicit — viewer discretion is advised. (Quilt image is a detail of “A Rose Is A Rose Or Is It?” by Dede Ledford)

Mama’s Medicinal’s 328 N State Street Stop by Mama’s Medicinal’s to see the stunning work by Pete Ethan Castro and hear Jean François Buy on guitar

Craft Distillers 110 W Clay St Visit the Museum to see the featured one of a kind art pieces

Corner Gallery 201 S State St The Corner Gallery will feature the art of Michael Romero. Michaels says: I want someone to see my artwork in their home like feathering a nest.  “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”  Pablo Picasso Our normal lives are spent nine to five working.  Most people do not create.  They get home, watch tv and tie up loose ends before starting the whole mundane process again.  Art frees your mind and helps infiltrate your dreams for all to see and share.  You expose your most special and intimate dreams for all to see.  You open yourself up to criticism and praise, it is both a dangerous rewarding thing.

Additionally the Corner Gallery Hosts: Jon Wolfard, a local woodworker, will be showing some of his new work. Jon works with native hardwoods which he mostly milled from storm downed trees in the Lost Coast area. Although he occasionally uses tropicals, he prefers natives which include Madrone, Tan Oak, Canyon Oak, Chinquapin, Walnut, and others.

Moonstone Gold 104 W Church Street Open Studio

Ukiah Valley Networking Agency 104 N School Street UVNA will feature the beautiful work by Gene Avery North. Gene will be on hand to discuss the stories behind her paintings.

  If you have questions or want more information you can call Mo Mulheren at 707-391-3664, email at ukiahvalleynetworking@gmail.com or Check our Facebook page for updates @ukiahartwalk