Weaving the Arts into the Fabric of Our Community

Welcome the New Year with the Ink People’s fourth annual color show. Artists from a variety of mediums will be presenting work that expresses green, the middle color from the visible spectrum. Come enjoy this unique encounter with green in its multifarious interpretations.

This work is a combination of the 19th century Czech folk winter play of the Incoming Star, with physical performance art, christmas carols, 100 year old puppets and class humor of the fieldworkers. Hosted by the Prague Project.

Performance is Tuesday, December 30th at 7pm
Tickets: $10 for adults / $5 for kids

Join us on Saturday the 6th for the fifth annual Artists’ Challenge … the evening starts with the Early Bird Sale - a mere $10 gains you access to hundreds of pieces of great local art before the general public is let in at 6pm … from 6pm - 9pm is the ArtsAlive opening … there will be lots of great art, great food & drink, and great people, so don’t miss it!

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The Ink People’s Hidden Treasures Auction is running online from November 13th through December 10th 2008.

We are auctioning off a variety of art, including Statues, Poetry, Photographs, Paintings, Etchings, Masks & More.

Bid on one of our hidden treasures and turn it into one of your own treasures! Just in time for the gift giving season, there are steals and deals galore!

All profits from this auction go toward continuing the mission of the Ink People Center for the Arts.

Join us at The Ink People on December 6th for the Fifth Annual Artists’ Challenge! There will be a special “Early Bird” Sale from 5pm to 6pm for a $10 fee … come early to get first pick from over 250 pieces of original artwork! After the Early Bird sale is the ArtsAlive! opening from 6pm until 9 pm … there will be music, refreshments, and a few hundred pieces of artwork to choose your favorites from! Don’t miss out on this once-a-year opportunity to pick up great original local art at awesome prices … tell your friends! Call Jules at 442-8413 for more information or to volunteer for this event.

 Join us November 15^th for the COFFEE OPP’S GRAND OPENING FESTIVAL from 4pm to 10 pm at the Ink People Center for the Arts at 411 12^th street (between “E” & “F” st.s) Eureka.There’ll be a BBQ & hours of live music, creative workshops & celebration.  Price of admission is $5 for adults, $2 kids 5-18, Free to ages 4 and under.

We’ll start off the event with a Boom from :  sambAmore, follow by The Jeff Kelley of The Miracle Show, the band ~ 2010, leading into the enchantments of Julian Lang ~ Master of Mid-Tempo Carnage, & finishing off with the love and light of Arcata’s own Jah Sun, to help us bring our evening to a close.

 We’ll have a special appearance by “International Super Clown ~ Shae Freelove,” as well as, a variety of creative workshops, including: Juggling & Poi with the Humboldt Circus; Storytelling w/Dan O’Gara & the North Coast Story Tellers; Samba Dancing w/sambAmore; a MARZ DJ Workshop w/Kyle Stasse; A Coffee Opp Spontaneous Theater Workshop; Fantasy Wing Constructing; “The Call of the Masks” w/Kathryn DeLorme; & a Live Music Recording workshop with Eddy Bear.

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Come join us for a night of fun and festivities revolving around the wonderful world of masks!  View the work of some of Humboldt County’s best mask-makers on Saturday, October 4th from 6 - 9 pm.  The evening will include refreshments, a special video presentation, a live performance by Rudy and Flo, and of course, lots of marvelous masks!

This event requires each participating artist to create 15 NEW works of art within a 30 day period. Each piece is then offered for sale for a set price, $30, $45, or $60, dependent on size; the sizes are 5×7, 8×10, or 11×14 and all 15 of the pieces have to be the same size. Artwork may be 2 or 3 dimensional, as long as all of the pieces fit the size requirements. All artwork will be sold at the Artists’ Challenge Art Show & Sale starting Saturday, December 6th and running through Saturday, December 13th. Collaborations may only be done if EACH of the artists contributes to EACH of the 15 pieces of artwork. Artists will receive 2/3 of the selling price of the artwork. You have until Tuesday, November 4th to register and all artwork should be received by Wednesday, December 3rd from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. For more information call Jules at 442-8413 or email jules@inkpeople.org. To print a registration form click here.

Calling all Volunteers! The Holiday Gift Fair and Artists’ Challenge is approaching quickly and more volunteers are still needed to perform tasks such as cashiering, sitting at vendor’s tables for a few minutes to give breaks, sitting at the food and kids’ activity table, greeting people at the door and giving them a program, and various other jobs … for the Artist’s Challenge we need people to paint and hang shelves, hang the artwork, cashier, and repaint the gallery afterward. If any of these jobs appeal to you, or if you know someone who would be interested in helping out, call Jules at 442-8413 or email at jules@inkpeople.org.