Arts & Culture

With more artists per capita than other county in the US and an artistic history that goes back half a century, perhaps it’s no surprise that this unspoiled, rural paradise also boasts galleries, music, and culture that is on par with many large urban centers.

Ananse Village

Ananse Village

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience, For Kids

Like ethnic art? Love fine textiles? Looking for unusual beads? Enjoy world music? Have a craving for fine fair trade produced crafts? Ananse Village is a  unique collection of handmade crafts from Africa and around the world. Since 2001, Ananse Village has  been proud to offer the finest traditional African crafts produced in a fair trade environment.

at One yOga

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Learning and Experience, For Kids

 at One yOga is Fort Bragg, CA’s 

Balo Bocce

Balo Vineyards

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience

Visit Anderson Valley's newest family owned tasting room and winery. You can savor organically farmed, premium small lot wines while looking out over our mature vineyards(planted 1998) and our newly constructed, world class production facility and tasting room.

Gallery Bookshop

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience
Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House

Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Galleries/Studios, Museums, Learning and Experience

The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah is one of northern California's cultural treasures. Telling the story of nationally esteemed artist Grace Carpentner Hudson (1865-1937), and her anthropologist husband, Dr. John Hudson (1857-1935), the museum features permanent exhibits showcasing Grace's oil portraits of Pomo Indians and John's collection of Pomo basketry.

Gualala Arts Center

Gualala Arts Center

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Galleries/Studios, Museums, Theaters, Learning and Experience

This multi-million-dollar cultural facility in the little community of Gualala on the Northern California coast is home to art exhibitions, performing arts, and community events of Mendocino and Sonoma counties.

Laughing Dog Books

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience

Laughing Dog Books is a book retailer located in the heart of Boonville along Highway 128. Shop their great selection of current and classic books, new and used releases. Rotating art exhibits from local artists are on display and authors and titles of note are highlighted each month in this charming space.

Little River Improvement Club (1885) & Museum (2010)

Little River Museum

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Galleries/Studios, Museums, Learning and Experience, For Kids

Little River Improvement Club & Museum was built in 1885 and was Little River's community center continuously until 2010 when it was converted to a Museum. Free admission.

Living Light Culinary Arts Center

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience

The Living Light Culinary Arts Center, an 8,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility located in Fort Bragg, California, on the beautiful Mendocino Coast, is designed to provide the latest advances in raw culinary education and services.

Lost Coast Culture Machine

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience

Lost Coast Culture Machine is a contemporary art space, handmade paper mill & shop in Fort Bragg, CA focusing on interdisciplinary & sustainable creative practice.

Mendocino Bootcamp for Women

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience

We offer complete body conditioning for women of all abilities in a pristine outdoor setting utilizing cutting edge fitness instruction and team motivation. Rain or Shine! Sign-up includes a full before and after fitness assesment and t-shirt. Drop in, private and make-up classes offered by calling ahead.

Mendocino Theatre Company

Arts Type: 
Art Centers, Theaters, Learning and Experience, For Kids

The mission of the Mendocino Theatre Company is to produce plays of substance and excitement, ranging from the classics to cutting edge, to nurture local talent, and to provide meaningful theatrical experiences for our local and visiting audiences. MTC is a vital component of both our coastal artistic community and the local economy.

Moon Catcher Studio

Moon Catcher Studio

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience

Mooncatcher Studio

Visit the art studio of award-winning artist, Barbara Kelley, painter and printmaker, during your visit to the north coast. Her fine artworks are shown in her studio and in local galleries and shops.

 

 

Our Yoga Center

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience, For Kids

 Our Yoga Center is located in Willits in the Heart on Mendocino County.  Open 7 days a weeks. Classes start as early as 6:30 am and go through out the day into the evening. Our Yoga Center's has two studios, dressing rooms with showers and a common area.

Roots of Motive Power

Roots of Motive Power

Arts Type: 
Museums, Learning and Experience, For Kids

Roots of Motive Power began in 1982 as a loosely organized group of friends in the timber industry who shared a love of local history and the antique machinery that shaped it. Working closely with the Mendocino County Museum, Roots volunteers embarked on an enthusiastic course of acquistion and restoration.

Sculpture Gallery at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Learning and Experience

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens has partnered with the Arts Council of Mendocino County to present annual exhibitions of sculpture on the grounds of the Gardens. Drawing on the wealth of regional artistic talent, the Sculptre Gallery primarily features the work of California artists.  All sculptures in the exhibit are for sale.

Solar Living Center

Solar Living Institute

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience

The Solar Living Institute is a 501 (c) 3 educational nonprofit.  Classes cover sustainable subjects ranging from landscaping for bees to solar PV installation.  School groups visit the 12-acre demonstration site (The Solar Living Center) on environmental field trips.  We also host a 7 month internship program that helps young adults find a green career path. 

 

SPACE (School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education)

Arts Type: 
Theaters, Learning and Experience, For Kids
Antiques in Mendocino, Vintage, antiques

The Attic of Mendocino

Arts Type: 
Galleries/Studios, Museums, Learning and Experience, For Kids

Imagine poking around in your grandparent's attic - there's a beloved bike leaning in one corner, tools, toys, and figurines in carefully packed boxes, your Aunt Mary's mementos from her trip to Russia, china, a shelf stacked with vintage quilts, your 1960s surf board hanging from the rafters, an erector set, and museum quality family heirlooms waiting to be adopted and lovingly displayed in a

The Mendocino Ballet Company

Arts Type: 
Learning and Experience, For Kids

The Mendocino Ballet Company is the area's ONLY dance company with performance opportunities for the serious dancer featuring classical and contemporary ballet as well as children's story ballets.

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