IN THE ART CENTER GALLERIES
March 4 – April 4
Open Daily, 10 am – 5 pm
Free Admission

Lillian Cartwright, "Figure 1"

On exhibit will be artwork by the Mendocino Figure Drawing Collective and paintings by father and daughter John and Jacquelyn Hewitt from their recent travels in Ireland.

Read more about the exhibits.

SPRING EQUINOX DANCE PARTY
Music by Tommy Brown and the Smokin' Mirrors
Saturday, March 20, 8 pm – 11 pm (Doors open at 7 pm)
Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Rd, Caspar
Admission: $10 – $20 (sliding scale)

MENDOCINO ART CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Wednesday, March 24, 4 pm
Mendocino Art Center, Room TBA

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.

Mendocino Art Center Bylaws (PDF Download)

 

18TH ANNUAL MENDOCINO COAST HOME & GARDEN TOUR
Saturday, June 19, 10 am – 5 pm
Tickets: $40 • 707 937-5818

Dorr Bothwell, 2010 Garden Tour Poster Artist
"Snowball and Nasturtiums"

Capture an insider's glimpse into a selection of some of the most beautiful and interesting homes on the north coast, all designed by iconic architectural pioneer David Clayton (1933-1983), and also featuring their accompanying gardens.

This year for your luncheon experience, we are asking our faithful Garden Tour fans to support us through our local restaurants. Your Garden Tour ticket will have a list of participating restaurants.

David Clayton Retrospective – An Architectural Pioneer

David Clayton (1933-1983) did not come to the Mendocino coast to build houses, he came to create modern paintings, using acrylic on canvas. He regularly showed in Mendocino's galleries with Jim Bertram, Bob Ross, Ken Brandon, Dorr Bothwell and Emmy Lou Packard, Byron Randall and Hilda Pertha, just to name a few. He was invited by the Vorpal Gallery to have a one-man show in San Francisco. He could have become famous for his paintings.

David learned his craft from such luminaries as Cedric Hollingsworth, Albert Reynolds, Harold Brayton – who taught him how to use bridge timbers – and Bob Nelson. Mike Nielsen was his foreman, and they taught a whole generation of builders. His high intellect and artistic vision produced some of the most interesting houses on the coast. Sunset magazine featured a beautiful bay window he designed and built using wood and glass for Dick and Estelle Grunewald.

He was concerned about the community, working with the Mendocino Historical Review Board and the Coastal Commission. Barry Cusick, who at the time was on the Historical Review Board, is quoted praising one of David's project as "one of the best blends of contemporary and historical renditions this board has ever seen." His wife, Mary, was an integral part of David's success.

During the racially turbulent 60's, David organized a group from Mendocino to go to Mississippi, to help the Quakers rebuild churches that had been burned out by arsonists. David Clayton was an icon.