Join us for upcoming events on our campus to see art, meet artists, and support the work of the Mendocino Art Center.
Events
MOPO 2026
Join us for our 2026 Mendocino Open Paint Out. (MOPO)
Nestled along the stunning Mendocino Coast of northern California, our festival offers a picturesque canvas where the Pacific Ocean meets stunning landscapes. With its rugged coastal views, charming Victorian buildings and pastoral vineyards, Mendocino is not only a place with sublime natural beauty that inspires artists and nature lovers alike, but is also the ancestral lands of the Northern Pomo people.
Their future, along with Mendocino’s landscape, is once again placed in a precarious position. The gradual amplification of climate change and deregulation of environmental policies has brought to the fore the important role communities have to play in preserving the biodiversity and ecologies that still remain. MOPO offers an unique opportunity for artists, visitors and local residents to build community around a shared love for art and nature, and to contemplate the fragility of the remarkable coast that we call home.
Whether you’re looking to gather with fellow artists, enhance your technique, collect new works or simply celebrate art in one of the most scenic settings on the West Coast, MOPO promises an enriching experience for all.
Revel - Tavia Christina
Revel l Tavia Christina
In-Studio Showing - Aug 14th, 5pm - 6pm
Please join resident artist @tavschristina this Friday 5-6pm in the Winona studio. They will offer an informal showing that brings together the work from their time here, providing a glimpse into their performance practice alongside readings of some of their research focusing on their feature film “Revel.”
Tavia Christina (they/he) is a Toronto-based director and choreographer creating work across film and live performance. Their practice is rooted in movement as a narrative tool, using the body to explore relationships, power, memory, and transformation. Working between mediums, they are drawn to stories where emotion is carried through image, gesture, and atmosphere as much as dialogue.
With a background in contemporary dance, theatre, and performance, Tavia approaches directing through choreography—building visual worlds that are intimate, cinematic, and physically expressive. Their work often examines the ways people hold, lose, and remake one another, asking how the body carries what the mind cannot.
Their film Want You received Best Director at the Silver Screens Festival Prague, the Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short) at IndieX Film Fest and Indie Short Fest in Los Angeles, and Best Choreography at Canada's Innovate Film Showcase. A Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee and Metcalf Foundation Internship recipient, Tavia is currently expanding their directing practice across narrative film, music videos, and interdisciplinary performance.