Weaving the Arts into the Fabric of Our Community

Come celebrate the spirit of the season with us!  Starting October 6th and running for 4 Mondays through October 27th, Kathryne DeLorme will instruct on how to create a life mask of your own face with a plaster gauze cast, papier mache, and embellishing materials.  The class will include “mask and mirror” play, a slide show, and a display of masks from various cultures.  The classes meet from 6:00 to 9:30 pm; the $75 fee includes materials … just in time for Halloween!  For more information or to register contact Kathryne at 442-7850.

Si, Se Puede: Expressions of Latino Culture exhibit at the Ink People.

For the last several years, show founder and curator, Jamie Binder, worked seemingly tirelessly to make connections and encourage Latino artists to make art and share it with the community.  This past year, we lost Jamie to the universe, but his spirit is still alive in this exhibit that he cared so much about.  The show is dedicated to his memory, and his wife, Carol, is sharing some of her favorite paintings of his with us.  As always, local Latino artists will share their unique visions and celebrate the vibrant Latino culture. 

Also dear to Jamie’s heart was initiating a local public celebration of Mexican Independence Day on September 16th.  Thanks to Suzanne Guerra and Helen L’Annunziata, this will continue.  First 5 Humboldt’s Better Together Program is helping to fund this celebration.  For more details or to volunteer to help, please contact Suzanne at sguerra@humboldt1.com.

The Ink People Center for the Arts

Presents The Art Collector’s Excavation Auction!

• The online portion of the auction runs July 30^th - August 28^th.

• The Silent Auction will take place August 30^th from 5 to 8 pm in the Tuxford Gallery at The Ink People (between E & F St. on 12th St.)

• Reception and Celebration will begin at 5:00. During the celebration, local performance artists will be serving delicate refreshments while providing ambient entertainment. Music and costumes along an old-timey theme will be decorating the auditory and visual space.

• All artwork being auctioned comes from local collectors’ archived treasures unearthed from basements, attics, storage spaces, etc. Collectors have gone through their personal collections to find pieces that they’re ready to let move on.
• Included in this auction are pieces from Brenda Tuxford’s private collection. Brenda’s collection can be found at our online auction at www.cmarket.com. Our on-line auction ends August 28th 2008 (just in time for the silent auction at the Ink People Gallery. 50% of the funds raised through the sale of Brenda’s collection will go to help care for her husband, Gregory Maestas. The rest will enable the Ink People to continue Brenda’s dream of creating the best art community in the world!
• All proceeds from the Silent Auction will be split 50/50 with the collector(s) who submitted the piece(s.)

We request the following from art collectors who submit or donate pieces to this auction:

1. Submit work that is collected by you, NOT created by you

2. Submit no more than five items

3. Submissions should be brought to the Ink People the week of August 26-28 between 11 am and 4 pm or by appointment (call 442-8413).

Friday night and all day Saturday, September 12th and 13th, 2008 at Patrick’s Point State Park in Trinidad, CA.

The festival will feature storytellers Beth Horner, Carol Larsen, Michael Parent, Skip Lowery and many other special guests.

Barbecue grills and pits are available for use, as well as lunch and dinner options catered by Teri’s Catering (Pre-pay by August 29th, 2008.)  During lunch and dinner, an open mic/story swap will take place.  Story Tellers - young and old, beginners and longtime tellers - are all welcome to sign up for a chance to tell a story.

For more information about the Storytelling Festival by the Sea, call 707-677-3840 or leave a comment here.

For Patrick’s Point State Park Information, call 707-677-3570

To see information on the individual storytellers … click here

To see more information on the festival … click here

To view the storytelling festival schedule and the registration form with the ticket prices … click here

JUNE: Fabrications: 3-D Art Assemblages

All types of media accepted but it does say 3_D, so BUILD IT! Call Jeremy at 499-0920 to find out when and where to do what how. Open to all, $5 fee.

JULY: The Nylon, The Stitch, & My Wardrobe

Body coverings as Art. If you can WEAR it you can submit it! Contact Megan at 864-353-4029 or via workman.meg [at] gmail [dot] com Open to all, $5 fee.

AUGUST: Mixed Match

Collage or 3-D Creation - the choice is yours, as long as you can mix it up and get crazy with it!  Experiment with found objects, create an assemblage, even weave a basket out of recycled materials!  Use your imagination and have fun … Artwork drop-off is Tuesday, July 29th … there is a $5 fee per piece.  Contact Lunel Haysmer at haysmer@humboldt1.com or call 445-9434 for more information.

OCTOBER: Maskibition

Competition show of masks. You know what a mask is, right? Make one; there’ll be PRIZES! Contact Kathryne at 442-7850 or via mythicfaces [at] juno [dot] com $10 fee per mask. Check out our mask-making classes.

In continuation of the Ink People’s annual color-themed show, the Tuxford Gallery welcomes Gold: Studies in Gilding the Lily showing throughout the month of May. All work will explore the color gold and is curated by Kati Texas. The show opens with a reception 6-9 pm during Arts Alive! on Saturday May 3. Come experience what Ink People artists are creating through the inspiration of gold color.

Also beginning this Arts Alive!, local students will share their insights on the topic of driving safety in the Brenda gallery. The Drive Safe — Drive Smart High School Poster Contest invited young people to join in the discussion of how we can work together to keep each other safe in cars. Forty-nine entries were received from students across the county. The top ten entries were selected by a panel of judges. The students from the Ink People’s Rural Burl Mural Bureau will also have an installation in the gallery. The event will offer the public a unique opportunity see the creativity and insight of some very talented local youth.

The Invasion of the PromBots begins at 7pm on Friday, April 25th and ends at midnight (or does it?) Everyone — especially robots — is welcome!

All-Ages, Drug and Alcohol Free

Thank you to all the local businesses and organizations who have generously provided costume and door prizes, including:

• Booklegger
• The Coffee Break
• DUHC
• Fabric Temptations
• Figueiredos Video Movies
• The Ink People
• Northtown Books
• Smug’s Pizza
• Sushi A Go Go
• Wildwood Music
• The Works

The Placebo is a DreamMaker Program of the Ink People

An incredible evening of Celtic-themed brilliance

• Amazing Live & Silent Art Auctions featuring floor cloths, ceramics, mirrors & adornment
• Delicious Dinner
• Marvelous Music
• Dazzling Dancing
• Delectable Dessert as Art Competion
• and more!

Saturday, April 12th, 5-10pm
at the Wharfinger Building

Tickets $40 each or $280 for a table of eight. Available at the door or at the Ink People or by calling 442-8413.

Many thanks to our underwriters:
KHUM
Lost Coast Brewery
Schmidbauer Lumber, Inc.

Cultivating love, forgiveness, and heroes of social justice

During the month of April, The Ink People will be hosting the Open Heart Show, featuring expressions of love, forgiveness, and social justice. The Open Heart Show was created with the intention of encouraging artists to examine their experience of love, forgiveness, and/ or social justice. Artists are then contributing artwork that was created out of this journey of self-exploration.

You won’t want to miss the Open Heart Show’s opening, 6-9PM during Arts Alive! on April 5, which will feature a one-time only viewing of the performance-based contributions to the show. Damiian Lang will be hosting a talk show along the theme of his new book Making Love in Traffic. Many talk show guests will be featured including Dillon Reed Wyant who will be working words to open ideas with his poems. Attendees will also be invited to experience a short film entitled Smartee Loves Hank by David DeAngelo, Tyler Pacini, Steve Spain, and Evan Wrye.

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Spring is in the air! If you or someone you know feels the need for a change of pace from winter’s boring rut, then look no further … snap out of the wintertime doldrums with one of our fun spring classes!

Some of the groups that meet regularly are the Redwood Writers’ Group, the Rural Burl Mural Bureau, the MARZ program,the ABC Group, and the Yoga class.

The Redwood Writers’ Group meets on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm in the Drawing & Painting studio at The Ink People. The group meets to discuss and critique the group’s writing from the week prior. New members are always welcome; there is a suggested donation of $1.

The Rural Burl Mural Bureau is a fantastic program aimed at keeping graffiti off of Eureka’s buildings while administering to the youth of the Eureka area. Headed by Kati Texas, RBMB meets Saturdays and Sundays in the Printmaking Studio at The Ink People. Teens and young adults from the ages of 14-21 are welcome to drop in on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 am - 3 pm. There is no charge. [Read more →]