GALLERY HOURS:
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 and concerts are held the first Sunday of each month.
may 2013
A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE, WINE & ALE
Sunday, May 26, 1 pm – 4 pm
Heider Field, Mendocino
– One Block from MAC
For tickets call 707-937-4041 or
Purchase tickets online
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 12 wineries, 6 breweries, and 13 food purveyors featuring ice cream, fudge truffles, chocolate tarts, jams, sea vegetables, oysters and designer chocolates – you name it – it all goes good with wine and beer!
Wander the Silent Auction where you can bid on Mendocino County food and wine products to take home.
Our participating food, wine and ale vendors
All proceeds from this event will be used to support the Mendocino Art Center and the Mendocino Music Festival.
MENDOCINO ART CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Wednesday, May 29, 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.
june 2013
SERGEI BASSEHES AND FRIENDS, Solo and ensemble guitar
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, June 2, 5 pm
Mendocino Art Center Main Gallery
Tickets: $15. MAC Members (with valid membership card): $10
Sergei Bassehes and Friends will present a collection of solo, duet, trio and quartet pieces written for (or transcribed for) guitar. The concert will include pieces from Frescobaldi, Lauro, Turina, de Falla, Granados, Carulli, Sor, Morel, Schubert, Scarlatti, Boccherini, Praetorius, a member of the ensemble David M. Brown, and more. The music chosen is full of lush intertwined melodies and counterpoints from the 16th century to the present, and will demonstrate the broad abilities and capabilities of the guitar.
Joining Sergei Bassehes will be guitarists Rick Keller, David M. Brown and Steven Porter, and mandolin player Melinda Miller.
2ND SATURDAY ARTISTS RECEPTION
Saturday, June 8, 5 pm – 8 pm
Free Admission
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. Showing in June is all media artwork in the Members' Juried Garden-Themed Exhibit and Sue Siskin's "Shards of Shakespeare."
21st ANNUAL MENDOCINO COAST GARDEN TOUR
Saturday, June 22, 10 am – 5 pm
Tour Tickets: $40 per person. Lunch Tickets: $20 per person.
Or call 707-937-5818 ext. 10 or 800-653-3328 ext. 10
Garden Tour Poster Artist
Mariko Irie,
"Sunny Roses"
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a diverse selection of some of the Mendocino Coast's most beautiful private gardens on this self-guided tour. Also look for the return of the popular garden shop and plant sale, June 21-22, on the Art Center's grounds, and a gourmet vegetarian benefit lunch at the Ravens Restaurant at the Stanford Inn By the Sea. The Garden Tour is the Art Center's largest annual fundraiser.
More information on the gardens
july 2013
MORE JAZZ ON THE LAWN
Big Band Celebration
Saturday, July 6, 1 pm – 4 pm
Mendocino Art Center Grounds
JOHN F. KENNEDY: 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CONCERT
With Jay Sydeman
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, July 7, 5 pm
Mendocino Art Center Main Gallery
Tickets: $15. MAC Members (with valid membership card): $10
WILLIAM JAY SYDEMAN is one of America’s most prolific and inventive composers. In an era in which many of his colleagues have defined their careers through a handful of brief works, he has produced an output whose scope and variety are absolutely unique. His work is a prominent part of late 20th century American music – widely published and frequently performed – but the full extent of his accomplishments will probably not become entirely clear until we are well into the new millennium. At that time, when classical radio stations and mainstream ensembles have exhausted their repertoire of 18th and 19th century music, they will begin to explore our century, and there is no doubt that the rich veins of Mr. Sydeman’s creation will be a much-mined and frequently heard treasure.
“Imagination and fantasy, allied with a contemporary musical vocabulary and a solid sense of structure, make Mr. Sydeman’s works unusually fascinating.” – The New York Times
John F. Kennedy: 50th Anniversary Memorial Concert
Songs
Marja Liisa Kay and Jack Leung will perform a selection of
Sydeman’s works for voice and piano.
I
Five Short Songs
II
The Fence
III
Who Coverest
Retrospective
The composer will discuss his works and play recordings in this 85th year of his life.
I
Study No. 2 for Orchestra
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
on November 22, 1963
II
In Memoriam: John F Kennedy
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Narrated by E. G. Marshall
54th ANNUAL SUMMER ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
Saturday & Sunday, July 13-14, 10 am – 5 pm
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. The fair also features delicious food treats and live local music.
Download a Summer Fair Artist Application (PDF)
august 2013
IN THE MIX
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, August 4, 5 pm
Mendocino Art Center Main Gallery
Tickets: $15. MAC Members (with valid membership card): $10
CONCERT TO BE ANNOUNCED
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, September 1, 5 pm
Mendocino Art Center Main Gallery
Tickets: $15. MAC Members (with valid membership card): $10
MENDOCINO OPEN PAINT OUT
A PLEIN AIR EVENT
September 9–14
John Hewitt
The Mendocino Art Center is hosting the first Mendocino Open Paint Out, September 9-14, 2013. The event will include five days of plein air painting on the Mendocino coast, culminating with a wet-paint sale on Saturday, September 14, and show and sale in the MAC galleries of the work produced during the week. Join fellow artists on the picturesque northern California coast for the Mendocino Art Center's first plein air event. Judged by our panel of prominent plein air artists, all registered artists are welcome to compete for cash and merchandise awards in this open competition.
more information about the Mendocino Open Paint Out
october 2013
MENDOCINO BRASS QUINTET
Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, October 6, 5 pm
Mendocino Art Center Main Gallery
Tickets: $15. MAC Members (with valid membership card): $10
Ken Cave organized the Mendocino Coast Brass Quintet from musicians in the Symphony of the Redwoods in February 2008. The Quintet plays a variety of music including classical, ragtime, marches, musical theater, big band and swing. Special thanks go to the two trumpet players who commute from Sonoma and Lake Counties for rehearsals and performances. The Quintet has played at the Symphony of the Redwoods’ Pops concerts, with the College of the Redwoods Community Chorus, at the Botanical Gardens’ Festival of Lights, and for weddings. Most recently, they played a Symphony of the Redwoods Opus concert in the Mendocino Presbyterian Church.
november 2013
54th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
Friday & Saturday, November 29-30, 10 am – 5 pm
In what has become a north coast tradition, the Mendocino Art Center's is transformed into a two-day holiday marketplace, showcasing a wide array of unique, high quality artwork and gift items, including handcrafted metal, beaded, fused glass and sterling silver jewelry; original paintings and photographs; functional and decorative ceramics; fiber art and clothing; handcrafted herbal body care products; leather and lamp work; and gourd and basket art. There will also be booths serving seasonal food treats.