Arts
MMF Lunchtime Lecture Series
Mendocino Music Festival is presenting a Lunchtime Lecture Series Wednesdays, through July 29, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Grab your lunch and your device, and join the lecture for a sumptuous conversation with Daniel Lockert, Jenny Matteucci and special guests. Learn about the flavorful world of the accompanist, what whets a composer’s appetite and the varied menu of vocalists and their international careers. For information and tickets, visit https://mendocinomusic.org/events/category/education/lecture/. Mendocino Film Festival Virtual Cinema Series
The Mendocino Film Festival Virtual Cinema Series will be featuring more films in the coming weeks. MFF receives 50 percent of every ticket sold. Two new films will be added to the virtual cinema each week, through July 31. More information and trailers can be found at https://mendocinofilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema-series/.
The Mendocino Film Festival is also featuring the Magnolia Pictures “A Few of Our Favorite Docs” series. For more information about this series, please visit https://mendocinofilmfestival.org/magnolia-docs/.
Northcoast Artists Gallery features Sue Ellen Parkinson
Gallery member Sue Ellen Parkinson’s uplifting show, titled “Affirmation,” will be at Northcoast Artists Gallery, from July 10 through Aug. 2. Parkinson is a visionary artist who explores the Sacred Feminine. Coming from outside the Christian tradition, her work has led her on an unexpected journey that has profoundly changed her life. Her non-traditional icons are interesting from both a philosophical and everyday perspective. Within them, she weaves elements of her own life, into the legends surrounding the Christian mystics. Parkinson is a strong believer that creativity is soul-work, and an essential component in transformation.
Northcoast Artists Gallery will be open weekends: Friday through Sunday, from 11 to 4 p.m. Parkinson will be at the gallery on all the Saturdays during the month of her show, and will be happy to share stories about her paintings. Social distancing guidelines will be required, with a limit of eight customers at a time. Northcoast Artists Gallery is located at 362 N. Main St., Fort Bragg. For more information, call (707) 9648266 or visit northcoastartists.org.
Update from Mendocino Art Center:
Although we desperately want to recapture our pre-pandemic life at our lovely Mendocino campus, we know that however hard we hope, nothing
will ever be exactly like it was in 2019. Consequently, our leadership has over the past few weeks been thinking deeply about what we can do safely, and when we can do it.
We all have been experiencing significant challenges through these times: isolation, anger, fear, claustrophobia, and the deep changes that these bring. You, this family, have supported us in ways you can never imagine, keeping us alive through your donations and love, and we are so grateful. We have worked around the clock to shift our offerings online so that everyone can take advantage of art classes and inspiration even though we cannot all leave our homes. As well, we offer for sale online the beautiful pieces from our artist family, because we know how important it is to them to keep sales going during these raw times.
Back in March, we had all hoped this situation would be temporary, yet we have observed the pandemic to wax again unpredictably, and the last thing the Mendocino Art Center would want to do is to bring people into our home and endanger our residents, our staff, and other students.
The Board of Directors of the Mendocino Art Center has made the decision to continue our closure to in-person experiences until the end of the 2020 calendar year. This means that our campus will be closed to the public at least until January 1, 2021.
We do this reluctantly, but with expert advice about the continuing dangers of the current pandemic, and we deeply believe it is imperative to protect our staff, volunteers, students and instructors.
In the meantime, our remaining staff will continue to work with the Board of Directors to reimagine the MAC as a nimbler, more responsive center of creativity, and we will be reaching out to you for your advice.
Thanks again for being part of our family. Stay safe. Wash your hands. Be kind to all. For information about online exhibitions, classes and workshops, visit mendocinoartcenter.org.
From Arts Council of Mendocino County
Did you know that the Arts Council of Mendocino County has a COVID-19 Resources and Response Page? If your inbox is like ours, it’s full of reflections, news, responses, pleas, webinars, charts, projections, links, videos, at-home lessons, virtual tours, snapshot impact studies, surveys, CARES ACT information — and the list goes on. In order to organize and simplify this deluge of information, we are gathering the links and information that may be of use and organizing everything in one place: ACMC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Response Center. For the duration of this crisis, we will use Arts Weekly to share online arts education resources that may be helpful to you. Each week will feature a new project. Mendocino County can be reached at 707-463-2727 or artsmendocino.org.
California Arts Council updates
The latest California Arts Council (CAC) updates, plus important links and resources for California artists, cultural workers and creatives on the coronavirus pandemic can be found by visiting their website at cac.ca.gov/.
Arts and Entertainment listings by noon on Friday to events@advocate-news. com, 690 S. Main St., Fort Bragg, CA 95437. Art openings are listed the week of First Friday in Fort Bragg and Second Saturday in Mendocino. Please contact us about how to publicize paid classes and workshops.