First Fridays Art Walk Ukiah

Enjoy one or all of the First Friday venues-- art, music and refreshments

ART WALK: emphasis on ART and WALK. City lots have been made available to Art Walkers from 5-8 pm. (All but the lot next to the Ukiah Brewing Company.)  Ukiah is a very walkable town.

GALLERIES:

BELLA VIDA COLLECTIVE

Bella Vida will feature several artists in a show entitled  "Van Gogh doesn't Live Here anymore!".  Kick off "May is Mental Health Month" and suicide prevention awareness by visiting this wonderful show of talent. Each of the featured artists  have had their lives touched by mental health issues in some way; as a lived experience or as a family member, friend or loved one.  Come share good food, talent and a celebration of life and the road of recovery.

312 N. School Street, Ukiah
www.bellavidacollective.com

ART CENTER UKIAH & CORNER GALLERY

North Coast Artists Guild visits Art Center Ukiah
Bill Apton, Marianne Baxter, Jennifer Bundey, Carol Chell, Steve Chell, Scott Chieffo, Zola DeFirmian, Tom Eckles, Hal Fogel, Jan Fogel, Mel Gerst, Jennie Henderson, Michael Henderson, Victoria Hodge, Doric Jemison-Ball, Bruce Jones, Larain Matheson, Arna Means, Jim Meilander, Sharon Nickodem, P.T. Nunn, Miriam Owen, Jane Raymond, Joan Rhine, Walt Rush, Dean Thompson, Julie Verran, Jim Vickery.

“The North Coast Artists' Guild was formed in 1997 as an affiliate of Gualala Arts. The Guild's central objective is to assist local artists in improving their incomes and reputations. We are working to make our art community an art buying destination like the towns of Mendocino and Carmel. We define our potential membership as working artists in the Mendocino and Sonoma coastal communities, from as far south as the Russian River to as far north as Little River. Membership has been around 100 artists for the past 10 years.

Guild activities include:

• The annual Studio Discovery Tour.
• Exhibits in local venues.
• Artist-to-Artist critique nights monthly at Gualala Arts
• The Guild presents member shows at the Gualala Arts Center.
• Membership meetings.
• An Internet list serve and web site, facilitating Calls to Artists, group purchases, etc.
• Scholarship funding.

The Studio Discovery Tour is our largest event. It is managed by the Guild and is held on two weekends keying on Labor Day. Over 15,000 color brochures are printed and distributed in July and August to promote this event. You can download a free copy of the brochure from the North Coast Artists' Guild's studio-tours.com website.

April 6th Friday reception  5 pm - 8 pm
Music performed by David Partch
Wines served by McFadden Vineyards, macfaddendvineyards.com

201 S. State Street, Ukiah, 707 462-1400
www.artcenterukiah.org

ARTS COUNCIL OF MENDOCINO COUNTY - The Depot

“Seeds of Inspiration”  Ukiah Valley Artists Cooperative will show their work at the Depot.  Reception, wine and hors d’oeuvres, 5-8pm.

The Arts Council welcomes exhibition proposals from members who would like to curate an exhibit in the Ukiah Depot Gallery. Please see our website for more information about proposing an exhibit.

309 East Perkins Street, Ukiah, 707 463-2727
www.artsmendocino.org

BEAT GALLERY

The Beat Gallery will be showcasing a new section in the gallery dedicated to unique supplies for creative endeavors. Come check out the extraordinary blank journals by Attic Journals, vintage pages from Art Avenue, gathered curiosities and ephemera! Appetizers, grog, and general frivolity.

109 West Perkins, Ukiah, 707 462-4180

GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM AND SUN HOUSE

“Out of the Comfort Zone--New Directions in Quilting,”

Deanna Apfel, Lisa Bowles, Holly Brackmann, Marian Drain, Timothy Easterbrook, Laura Fogg, Renee Gannon, Kelly Gaughen, Cassie Gibson, Daphne Gillen, Dee Goodrich, Vicky Groom, Ann Horton, Leila Kazimi, Betty Lacy, Mary Ann Michelsen, Ursula Partch, Joyce Paterson, Catherine Reed aka Boutlona, Marilyn Bohlen Simpson, Charlotte Tefft Ane Turner, and Marilyn Zensen.  March 3 to July 29, 2012

431 South Main, Ukiah, 707 467-2836
www.gracehudsonmuseum.org

KIT ELLIOT GALLERY

116 South State, Ukiah, 707 468-1600

UKIAH VALLEY ARTIST COOPERATIVE GALLERY

The gallery will be closed because the artists are showing at the Depot (see Arts Council). (Otherwise open Thursday-Saturday  11am to 5 pm.)

518 E. Perkins, (next to Rod’s Shoes), in the Pear Tree Center, 463-0610

WESTSIDE RENAISSANCE MARKET AND GALLERY

The Westside Renaissance Market Gallery will feature work by Michael Eich. Mr. Eich grew up in a little town on the Danube River in the south of Germany. While attending high school there, he met his first art teacher, who instilled in him the importance of art in our lives. He travelled extensively in his twenties and took in the expressions of many cultures. Shortly after coming to the States in 1980, he became caretaker of the Walter Bischoff Gallery Artist-in-Residence program in the east foothills of San Jose. Informed and inspired by many of these European artists passing through, he began more seriously to experiment and play with colors, textures and form.  In 2002, he  moved to Hawai’i and there too continued his expression of inner and outer landscapes through the use of acrylics and mixed media on canvas and wood.  He is now in the process of settling in Mendocino County.  Samples from the deli case.

1003 West Clay, Ukiah, 707 462-0083

Local lodging vendors around Ukiah want to help and have pitched in to offer discounts of 25% and more for visitors of the Art Walk. You can come to town and stay, make it an overnighter!

Hopland inn  $79.00 (as available, limited rooms)
http://www.hoplandinn.com/

Marriott Fairfield Inn 25% off for Art Walk
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/stsuk-fairfield-inn-and-suites-ukiah-mendocino-county/

Holiday Inn Express 25% off for Art Walk
http://www.holidayinnukiah.net/

Stanford House bed and breakfast 15% off for Art Walk
http://www.sanfordhouse.com/rooms.html