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Open daily, 10 am – 5 pm
Thousands of visitors are attracted to the region each year to attend the Art Center's annual events, including the Mendocino Coast Garden Tour in June, the Summer Arts & Crafts Fair in July, the Artists Open Studio Tour in September, and the Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts Fair in November. Artists receptions are held the second Saturday of each month.
may 2012
MENDOZERO'S PAPER CUP PROJECT
May 12-24
Grand Opening: May 12, 4 pm
Have you ever thought about what happens when you use a paper cup? When you throw it in the trash, where does it go? Does it just disappear? Think again.
Most paper cups are covered with plastic or resin that makes it unable to compost and biodegrade like normal paper products. The cups end up floating in our oceans, littering our forests, and eventually get burned into sky-covering smoke at a landfill. Every time you use a paper cup, you are hurting our Earth.
MendoZero’s mission is to promote the use of reusable cups. MendoZero is a group of middle school independent study students who want to give our community a visual of the average amount of paper cups used in Mendocino.
MendoZero will achieve this by building a large sculpture, on the Mendocino Art Center grounds, out of used paper cups that they have collected for a month by setting out special garbage cans with an explanation of the project and the MendoZero logo. MendoZero will have reusable coffee cups for sale donated by Thanksgiving Coffee, as well as cloth shopping bags with the MendoZero logo.
Just a little support from the community could help save our planet.
For more information visit the MendoZero Web site.
MENDOCINO ART CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Wednesday, May 23, 4 pm
Mendocino Art Center
The Mendocino Art Center holds its monthly board of directors meeting. Board meetings are open to the public and feature a brief public comment session. Come find out the latest news and happenings at the Mendocino Art Center.
A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE, WINE & ALE
Saturday, May 26, 1 pm – 4 pm
Mendocino Art Center Lawn
Tickets: $25 in advance • 707-937-4041
$30 day of the event
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The Mendocino Art Center and the Mendocino Music Festival are collaborating to bring you a tasty way to spend your Memorial Day Weekend in Magical Mendocino. A Taste of Chocolate, Wine & Ale features chocolate gelato, pies, candies, cakes, truffles, cheese, pastries, sauces, even oysters and sea vegetables – you name it – it all tastes good with wine and beer.
Wander the Silent Auction where you can bid on Mendocino County food and wine products to take home. Life is good!
All proceeds benefit the Mendocino Art Center and the Mendocino Music Festival.
The Taste of Chocolate, Wine and Ale is sponsored by Pamela Hudson Real Estate.
june 2012
2ND SATURDAY ARTISTS RECEPTION
Saturday, June 9, 5 pm – 8 pm
The Mendocino Art Center hosts a free 2nd Saturday Artists Reception each month. Meet and mingle with the featured gallery artists. Enjoy snacks, wine and, of course, fabulous art.
DINE OUT AT THE ALBION RIVER INN
Monday, June 11
A Benefit for the Mendocino Art Center
Enjoy dinner out at the Albion River Inn and support the Mendocino Art Center at the same time. The Albion River Inn hosts a Dine Out dinner benefit with 50% of the evening’s proceeds benefiting the Mendocino Art Center.
Chef Stephen Smith's “Coastal Cuisine” draws its inspiration from the sea, and showcases perfectly prepared seafood, meat, poultry and pasta dishes, and local organic produce in season to create a memorable dining experience.
The award winning wine list, acclaimed cuisine, cozy fireplace, full service bar, attentive service, and incomparable Mendocino coast ocean views offers one of the best dinning experiences on the coast.
Visit the Albion River Inn Web site
20TH ANNUAL MENDOCINO COAST GARDEN TOUR
Saturday, June 23, 10 am – 5 pm
Tickets: $40 • Lunch: $20 • 707 937-5818, ext. 10
Donna Jensen Burke,
Garden Tour Poster Artist
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a diverse selection of some of the Mendocino Coast’s most beautiful private gardens at the Mendocino Art Center’s 20th Annual Mendocino Coast Garden Tour, Saturday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The day’s activities include a gourmet vegetarian luncheon at Ravens Restaurant at Stanford Inn by the Sea, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Mendocino Art Center. The popular garden shop and plant sale on the Art Center’s grounds will be held two days this year, Friday, June 22, and Garden Tour day. The Garden Tour is the Art Center’s largest annual fundraiser.
This year’s self-guided tour includes:
• Gardens at Harmony Woods, nestled into a cathedral of redwoods, reflecting the owners’ penchant for collecting an enormous range of unusual and beautiful plants, including an emphasis on rhododendrons and conifers, with over 300 specimens of each.
• An organic vegetable garden and fruit orchard situated on approximately one acre, produces crops that are canned, dried and frozen for the winter months for the owners and their friends.
• An artist’s English-themed garden at the edge of the Pygmy forest, accented by a timber-framed English-style garden shed and a perfectly handcrafted reproduction of Claude Monet’s Giverny Bridge. The gardens have received widespread accolades, having appeared in Sunset and Coastal Living magazines and featured as the cover story in Country Gardens.
• An ocean view garden with onion top fences, meandering pathways, a wisteria arbor and a wonderful variety of rhododendrons, helleborus, irises, heathers, bamboos, roses, ferns and trees.
• An eclectic garden featuring a mix of annuals, perennials, shrubs and repurposed material sculpture, as well as a koi pond.
• Digging Dog Nursery, nestled among towering redwoods on a rural ridge top, features elaborately planted grounds covering approximately two acres. The landscape designer and co-owner will be giving two informative guided tours amidst the nursery’s surrounding gardens.
Ravens Restaurant, the north coast’s premier organic vegetarian restaurant, will host a special gourmet meal for Garden Tour guests and friends. From the dining room, enjoy the breathtaking view extending from the Big River Estuary to the Pacific Ocean.
Garden descriptions and garden photos
july 2012
53RD ANNUAL SUMMER ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR
Saturday & Sunday, July 14 & 15, 10 am – 5 pm
Free admission
Mendocino Art Center's annual summer fair features over fifty arts and crafts booths displaying an exciting mixture of unique handmade artwork, including glass works, fiber wearables, jewelry, functional and sculptural ceramics, paintings, photography and much more. Food court and live local music.
Download a Summer Fair artist application (PDF).View highlights from the 2011 Summer Fair...
september 2012
ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO TOUR
Saturday & Sunday, September 15 & 16, 10 am – 5 pm
Free self-guided tour
Some of the north coast's finest artists open their private art studios for a behind-the-scenes peek on this free, self-guided tour along the beautiful Mendocino coast. Meet the artists, watch demonstrations and see and buy original artwork.
There is an accompanying exhibit, September 2-17, at the Mendocino Art Center, featuring the artwork of the north coast artists who will be participating in the Artists Open Studio Tour.
A full-color Studio Tour brochure and map will be available in summer at the Mendocino Art Center and at Mendocino area shops, visitor centers, lodging establishments and more.
Download an Open Studio Tour Application
november 2012
53RD ANNUAL THANKSGIVING ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR
Saturday & Sunday, November 23 & 24, 10 am – 5 pm
Free admission • Indoors
Mendocino Art Center's annual fair features 35 arts and crafts booths displaying an exciting mixture of unique handmade artwork, including glass works, fiber wearables, jewelry, functional and sculptural ceramics, paintings, photography and much more. Food court and live music.
Artist applications will be available in July.