ELK/MENDOCINO SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY OPENINGS
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The following venues are participating in this month’s Second Saturday:
Artists’ Collective in Elk
Artist’s Collective in Elk is featuring our newest member Alexandra “Alex” Magnan of Granite Mountain Arts to the Elk gallery. A California resident since childhood, her creations are often inspired by the ocean and its treasures. Alex uses locally sourced, natural, and repurposed materials to design windchimes, suncatchers, and mobiles. The Artists’ Collective in Elk is located at 6031 S. Highway 1 in Greater Downtown Elk. Open every day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call 707-877-1128 or visit www. artists-collective.net.
Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino
“Fog Works” by watercolorist Karen Bowers is the Featured Art for May at the Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino. Karen’s paintings are rendered interpretive and suggestive by her painting process. She begins her work on paper with water. “Water is my foundation.”
“Navarro Beach,” her show’s central artwork, represents the beginning of Karen’s use of fog as a key ingredient: “Clarity was gone. I let it go. On a foggy day, my work became open to possibilities unseen. In my studio, I soak the paper and use gouache to recreate this atmosphere: Soft sky water landing on my paper, no chance of paint drying. Pigment floating over the wet paper. Water and color. No direction is known. These days, clarity seems harsh. Fog Work is what I have turned to.”
Karen’s soft peaceful atmospheric paintings of sea and landscapes, botanicals too, are showcased from May 4 through June 6. Come and see them for yourself at the Artist’s Coop of Mendocino located at the corner of Kasten and Albion Streets in Mendocino, open daily from 11 am to 4 pm; phone is (707) 937-2217. If you cannot visit the gallery in person, then find our art online: www. artcoopmendocino.com. Find out about Karen’s teaching Expressive Watercolor in her Navarro Ridge Studio by visiting www. karenbowersstudio.com
Highlight Gallery of Mendocino
Highlight Gallery in Mendocino is pleased to announce it is hosting, once again, the Mendocino College, Krenov School of Fine Woodworking Graduation
Show, May 14-22. It will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall, the gallery’s new home. There will be no reception this year. Gallery hours are 11-4 everyday. New address: 10480 Kasten Street, Mendocino 95460. 707-937-3132
Lansing Street Gallery
Discover unique contemporary fine art and jewelry at our gallery. Our featured artist is the oil painter Elizabeth Gorek. Lansing Street Gallery is located at 10466 Lansing St., Mendocino. For more information, call 707-3976330. Visit their website at www.lansingstreetgallery.com.
Mendocino Art Center
The Mendocino Art Center hosts “We Are Still Here,” an exhibit that allows for three artists from three different Pomo regions to honor the continued cultural landscape and lifeways of the Pomo people. The exhibition, shown in all three MAC galleries, features the artistry of Bonnie Lockhart (Northern Pomo/Kai Poma), Meyo Marrufo (Eastern Pomo), and Eric Wilder (Southwest Pomo/Kashaya). For more information please call 707-937-5818 or visit MendocinoArtCenter.org. The Mendocino Art Center is located at 45200 Little Lake Street (at Kasten Street) in Mendocino. The gallery is open daily, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Partners Gallery
In May Partners Gallery is showing Here and Now with works by Pamela Hahn. The paintings and collages in this exhibit are inspired by a variety of interests and experiences. A piano concert performed for her by a good friend resulted in Debussy and Tea. Beach Nights incorporate objects found going to picnics with friends. There Is A Place portrays a peaceful destination inspired by the song Somewhere. Whatever the subject matter, her work is influenced by the natural world, and the fluidity of nature is always evident on the Mendocino Coast. “Nothing,” she says, “seems to stay still for long.” This is compatible with abstraction and her medium, encaustic. “One has to be prepared for the unexpected while working with hot wax.” There is a Second Saturday Meet the Artist Event on May 14, 5-7 pm. The gallery is located at 45062 Ukiah St in Mendocino. Hours are Thursday through Monday from 11 — 5 pm. www.partnersgallery.com 707 962-0233
Prentice Gallery
Discover new works from all your favorite local artists at Prentice Gallery. Their website is prenticefineart.com. For more information, email prenticegallery@mcn.org, call 707-937-5205, or for framing 707-813-8316. Prentice Gallery is located at 45050 Main St., Mendocino. Recent works can be viewed at www.prenticeart.com.