Winter Programming
We Remain Closed to the public due to covid restrictions.
In the interim, we are offering a virtual exhibition, as well as a combination of virtual programs and Wild gardens in-person events during the winter and early Spring months.
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for regular features and updates about our status
When COVID numbers improve in Mendocino County and our surrounding region, restrictions will begin to ease.
This will eventually lead to the reopening of our museum.
Our
Next
Events
Curry Village Amphitheater, July 2014;
Photograph by Jonas Kulikauskas
yosemite people
an online exhibition
February 1 to April 11, 2021
Grace Hudson Museum members will have exclusive access to the show, January 18 to 31
The complex and nuanced relationships between people and Yosemite’s natural wonders come to life in this new online exhibition from Exhibit Envoy. The show features photographs from award-winning artist Jonas Kulikauskas, who brings his street photography sensibilities to the wilderness. His sharp eye reveals crowds clamoring to take the perfect selfie with Half Dome in the background and families cooling off in Tenaya Creek, while servers prep for diners at the Ahwahnee Hotel and rangers patrol the expansive Park.
Click YOSEMITE PEOPLE access the show. Please note, the exhibition is password protected during the member-only preview period. The password requirement will be removed on Feb 1.
Spirits in the Arctic by Pudlo Pudlat
INUIT PRINT ART WITH
LESLIE SAXON-WEST
Now on YouTube!
We are finally able to make available the recording of Leslie Saxon-West’s illustrated lecture on Inuit print art that originally livestreamed on October 15, 2020. The Inuit people largely inhabit Arctic North America. Learn how stonecut printmaking began in this rather desolate, snowbound part of the world, and how Inuit print art has become a highly desirable collectible across the art world. Saxon-West is Professor Emeritus of Dance and Native American Art at Mendocino College and has traveled extensively above the Arctic Circle.
Click INUIT PRINT ART for the recording. Fast forward to the 15 minute mark for the beginning of the presentation.
Meyo Maruffo
pomo tule toymaking
with Meyo Maruffo
Saturday, February 20
3:00 to 3:45 PM
Discover how to make traditional Pomo tule toy dolls and birds in this virtual workshop with Meyo Maruffo. Also learn why tule is important, both culturally and environmentally. Meyo is Eastern Pomo from the Clear Lake Basin, tribally from Robinson Rancheria.
Craft kits will be available at the Museum so that you can make your own tule toys at home during and after the workshop. Pick up your kit from February 16 to 19 between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, or on February 20 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Click TULE TOYMAKING to join the livestream on our Go To Meeting platform.
Jonas Kulikauskas in Yosemite National Park
jonas kulikauskas on yosemite people, an illustrated talk
Thursday, March 4
12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM
Join us for a special virtual presentation by the person behind our online exhibition, Yosemite People. Photographer Jonas Kulikauskas will discuss what inspired him to take on this exhibition and book project, the people and scenery he encountered, and also share many images that do not appear in the online show. Kulikauskas is an an award-winning artist and photographer, and is on the faculty of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Yosemite People was originally exhibited last year at the California Museum in Sacramento. The book took 1st place in the People category at the prestigious International Photography Awards in 2017, and in 2019, 33 images from Yosemite People were accessioned into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Click JONAS IN YOSEMITE to join this livestream presentation on our Go To Meeting platform.
Lula Mae Graves and Susie Keef Smith, the adventuring pals of Postcards from Mecca.
POSTCARDS FROM MECCa
May 1 to August 22, 2021
We are hoping that the pandemic is under control by early spring and summer. If so, we plan to open the exhibition, Postcards from Mecca, an early 20th century story about two women friends adventuring in the desert areas of Southern California near the Salton Sea. Organized and traveled by Exhibit Envoy.
More details to follow.
writers read,
ukiah’s literary salon
Due to COVID-19, Writers Read has been on hiatus since March 2020. We hope the program will be able to resume by spring or summer 2021.
Writers Read happens on the last Thursday of most every month and has been happening in Ukiah since 1999. The program focuses on poetry, spoken word, short stories, song, and expository prose. A featured author takes the podium at 7:00 PM, followed by Open Mic at 8:00. Please check back to see when we might start up again and who the first featured author will be.
For general information about Writers Read, contact Michael Riedell at innisfree@pacific.net.
Greenfield Ranch, Easter 1977
Promise of Paradise
Back to the Land Oral Histories of Mendocino County, on KZYX website
The Grace Hudson Museum is a proud supporter of this important oral history project. The weekly broadcasts have concluded, but you can still listen to all the episodes by clicking here for the Promise of Paradise archive on KZYX.
And to learn more about how it all got started click here to check out Jerry Karp’s November 2018 article in the Anderson Valley Advertiser.
The Fall 2020 / Winter 2021 issue of The Sunletter is now available.
Grace Hudson in the Sun House, 1912.
We are proud that Grace Hudson is featured in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s recent blog about
ten women who have given significantly to the world of art. All are affiliated with a historic artist's home in the
Historic Artists Homes and Studios program, of which the Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House is a founding member. Check it out!
https://savingplaces.org/stories/10-women-who-influenced-historic-artists-homes#.WqqHvsPwa70
Rufous Hummingbird and Scarlett Fritillary
Photograph by Rob Badger and Nita Winter
And in June, the National Trust for Historic Preservation website featured the Museum in an article
on our spring exhibition, Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change,
which ran from February 10 to June 17th. Read the article HERE!
Click on images or text for more information.
The galleries
Short-term exhibits in The Main Gallery highlight contemporary art, Native American cultures, Western American history, historic California art and local natural history. Permanent collections showcase Grace Hudson’s art; her family’s history; and Pomo culture and basketry.
the wild gardens
An outdoor Art and Education center is under development on the museum grounds. Located in a parklike setting, The Wild Gardens features native plant gardens with exhibits and art that teaches about our local environment and how Pomo Indian people managed this landscape.
The Grace Hudson Museum highlights regional art, culture and natural history in the tradition of an extraordinary family – that of Ukiah native and nationally admired artist Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865-1937), her ethnologist husband, Dr. John W. Hudson (1857-1936) and her pioneering forebears. We provide opportunities for cultural engagement, art appreciation, historical reflection and hands-on learning.