KELSEYVILLE
Clear Lake State Park February Nature Walk
Join Brad Barnwell on Saturday Feb. 16, 2019 for an Osprey themed bird walk along the Kelsey Creek Trail.
The two hour walk will start at the Visitor Center parking lot at 8:30 AM. The walk will be at a slow pace and cover about 1 and-a-half miles of relatively flat paved road and trails. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars/scopes, birding guide, and water. Rain will cancel the walk.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Rd, Kelseyville, CA and entry into the park is free to those participating in the walk.
Anyone having special needs should contact Clear Lake State Park staff at (707) 279-6742 Sunday through Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
For further information on California State Parks go to www.parks.ca.gov
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UKIAH
Mendocino College Art Gallery will show work of highly respected print makers
The Mendocino College Art Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of Northern California luminaries in the medium of printmaking. The public is invited to attend an opening on Feb. 7 from 4 to6 p.m., where they can meet some of the artists and talk with them about their work. Refreshments will be served.
The exhibition features eight artists who employ many different techniques of printing. Tom Killion, the celebrated Marin printmaker, is well known for his wood and linoleum-cut landscape prints inspired by the iconic style of Japanese artist Hokusai. The College Gallery is also very pleased to host Fort Bragg artist and longtime Bay Area art educator Larry Thomas on campus as part of the show. Jonathan Palmer and Anne Beck, two Mendocino College instructors will also be showing their evocative printed artworks.
For more information on some of the featured artists visit https://www.mendocino.edu/ event/indelible-impressions- art-gallery-opening, or contact the gallery at (707) 468-4500. The Mendocino College Art Gallery is open Tuesdays 12:20–2 p.m., Wednesdays 12:30 – 4:30 pm, and Thursdays 12:20–2 p.m., and is located in the Center for Visual and Performing Arts Building on the main Ukiah campus of Mendocino College, 1000 Hensley Creek Rd.
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Grace Hudson Museum presents poetry exhibit
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m., the Grace Hudson Museum presents “Poetry of Love, Friendship, and Creativity.” Ukiah poets Armand Brint and Theresa Whitehill and Bay Area poet Judy Halebsky will explore the emotions and passions found in the Museum’s current exhibit, “Artful Liaisons: Connecting Painters Grace Carpenter, Edward Espey and Grafton Tyler Brown,” through individual and collaborative readings of their own work and the poems of others. The event is free; donations are welcome.
The Grace Hudson Museum is at 431 S. Main St. in Ukiah. For more information please go to www.gracehudsonmuseum.org or call (707) 467-2836.
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SACRAMENTO
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond commends New K–12 California Arts Standards
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond praised the recent adoption of new California Arts standards by the State Board of Education, stating it is a critical step in enhancing creativity in students and preparing students for California’s “creative economy.” The last update to the state’s arts standards was in 2001.
“This was long overdue. Creativity and appreciation for the arts is important for all students to have a well-rounded education, exposing them to new ideas and perspectives.” Thurmond said. “In addition, proficiency in the technology related to creative work is becoming an important skill for students as they progress into college and career.”
According to a 2018 report by the Otis College of Art and Design, California’s creative economy generated $407.1 billion in economic output and 1.6 billion jobs, resulting in $141.5 billion in wages earned statewide.
In 2016, Governor Brown signed AB 2862, which directed California’s Instructional Quality Commission to recommend revised visual and performing arts standards. Shortly thereafter, AB 37 directed the addition of media arts as a fifth discipline.
Adding media arts as a discipline addressed its diverse categories, including photography, digital imaging, video, animation, sound production, web design, graphic design, virtual design, interactive design, multimedia, and virtual reality.
The state met with focus groups and later convened a Visual and Performing Arts Standards Advisory Committee of classroom teachers, and other educators. That group developed the standards using the National Core Arts Standards before being adopted by the California State Board of Education.
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