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Fall 2012–Winter 2013
MendocinoArts
COMPLIMENTARY
art AND Culture In Mendocino County
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ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
• Sustaining and Patron members are invited to special gallery events and listed in Mendocino Arts.
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• Permanent Legacy Society members giving $25,000 or
more are listed in the gallery in perpetuity.
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Mendocino Arts Magazine
Table of Contents
Published by the Mendocino Art Center
Vol. XLIII, No. 3, November 2012
Editorial: From Our Board President. . . . . . . . . . 5
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Jim Moorehead: Life Through the Viewfinder. . . . . . . 6
Karen Urbanek: art + chocolate. . . . . . . . . . .
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The Imaginary Archaeology of Dayle Doroshow . . . . . 14
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Creative Retreats at the Mendocino Art Center . . . . .
16
Meet the Staff: Education Director Karen Bowers . . . .
18
Art Classes March through June 2013. . . . . . . . . 20
Potter Valley Author and Playwright Jody Gehrman . . . 22
14
William Keith in Ukiah: A Centennial Exhibit. . . . . . 24
On Exhibit at the Mendocino Art Center. . . . . . . . 27
Mendocino County Gallery Guide . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mendocino County Restaurant Guide . . . . . . . . . 38
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Donors and Members Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Events Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Poetry: Laurel Moss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Fall 2012–Winter 2013
Mendocino Arts promotes the arts by offering space to artists, writers, craftspeople and performers
and by providing information on arts and entertainment in Mendocino County. Submissions of unsolicited non-fiction articles, photographs or artwork for consideration in Mendocino Arts must include a
SASE or we cannot be responsible for their return. We welcome announcements of upcoming events
to be included as space permits.
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Mendocino County Museum
Discover unique artifacts and exhibits reflecting our
heritage. Wine History, Stagecoaches and Wagons,
the racehorse Seabiscuit, and More.
WINE HERITAGE LUNCHEON
November 4 · 12:30–3:30 p.m.
Celebrating the publication of Mendocino Roots & Ridges. Join author Heidi
Cusick Dickerson and photographer Tom Liden as they share their
experiences creating this book. Lunch
features wines from the book and
mushroom dishes.
Exhibits: Veterans History: Personal, and Art by Veterans;
75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge; Bicentennial
Stamps and Signatures; Annual Vintage Toy Display
HOLIDAY EXPRESS—December 1
Roots of Motive Power: Santa Claus and
Steam Engine rides. Mendocino County
Museum: Crafts, Reading and Games.
Bobbi Chamberlain
Browse in our Museum Shop
400 East Commercial Street, Willits, CA
Call 707-459-2736 for more information
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00am–4:30pm
www.MendocinoMuseum.org
FAMILY
HANDS
• Discover
• Decorate
• Design
A gallery of unique furnishings for your home!
Lighting • Art Rugs • Furniture
Gifts from around the globe
Corner of Franklin and Redwood,
Fort Bragg
707 961-0236
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Mendocino Arts Magazine
MendocinoArts
FALL 2012–WINTER 2013
ART AND CULTURE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
PUBLISHER
Mendocino Art Center
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Mike McDonald
EDITOR
Peggy Templer
ART DIRECTION / GRAPHIC PRODUCTION
Elizabeth Petersen, RevUp Creative Media
SALES
COAST: Steven P. Worthen – 707 964-2480,
707 813-7669
INLAND: Jill Schmuckley – 707 391-8057
Gallery of ARTISTS ADS: David Russell – 707 513-6015
WINTER DISTRIBUTION – 15,000
SPRING 2013 DEADLINE – January 15, 2013
MENDOCINO ART CENTER STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Lindsay Shields
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Mike McDonald
EDUCATION DIRECTOR: Karen Bowers
GALLERY DIRECTOR: Megan Smithyman
BOOKKEEPER: Virginia Neira
REGISTRAR/CASHIER: Marja Kay
PROGRAM COORDINATORS:
Ceramics — Nick Schwartz
Fiber Arts — Nancy Collins
Fine Art — Arlene Reiss
Jewelry — Nancy Gardner
Sculpture — Keith Middlesworth
FACILITIES: Gabe Arreguin
MENDOCINO ART CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Liliana Cunha
VICE PRESIDENT: Patrick Keller
TREASURER: John Cornacchia
SECRETARY: Dale Moyer
Chuck Bush
Nick Schwartz
Janis Porter
Lucia Zacha
Eileen Robblee
MENDOCINO ART CENTER
45200 Little Lake Street • P.O. Box 765
Mendocino, CA 95460
707 937-5818 • 800 653-3328
FAX: 707 937-4625
[email protected]
www.MendocinoArtCenter.org
Mendocino Art Center Mission Statement:
The mission of the Mendocino Art Center is to be a vital
cultural resource, providing a broad range of the highest
quality educational and exhibition opportunities in the arts
to all people.
Founded by Bill Zacha in 1959 as a nonprofit organization
to support, foster, advance and promote artistic awareness and participation.
COVER IMAGE: Karen Urbanek, an orb 3, naturally dyed,
layered, compacted silk fiber, 40”x53”.
Fall 2012–Winter 2013
From Our Board President…
Summer flew by. One minute it was spring and then it was May with our
Taste of Chocolate, Wine and Ale event (in partnership with the Mendocino
Music Festival). Then June and our 20th Anniversary Garden Tour, July and
the Summer Fair and the Stussy show, then September and the arrival of
our new Artists in Residence plus the MAC/Rotary Benefit Auction. Life
in a small town is often not as quiet as one would expect. There is no lack
of art, theater, music, dance, and did I say Art?
We have begun a Capital Campaign to fund future building needs. Plans
are drawn and permitted for reconstruction of our damaged administration
offices, and a grant from the Mendocino County Community Foundation
will fund the new concrete floor in that building. We were fortunate to be
the recipient of a grant from the Hind Foundation which paid for the artist’s rendering of the planned state-of-the-art Stussy Studio building. Many
thanks to both these wonderful organizations for their generosity.
The artful work of Jean Cunnington, former board president, resulted in
a Google Advertising grant for the Art Center. Thank you Jean! And Google! And former board member Marge Stewart wrote a grant to the Enamelist
Society of America which resulted in a wonderful new enameling kiln for
the jewelry studio. Many thanks to Marge and the Enamelist Society.
Our upcoming spring schedule abounds with classes for all. The classes,
listed on pages 20 and 21, are perfect for short art retreats away from the
hustle and bustle of daily life in urban America. Creation always lifts the
spirits and our spectacular coastal views bring relief to eyes overburdened
with billboards and freeway signs. The calendar of events continues to be jam-packed. On the Friday and
Saturday after Thanksgiving, be sure to come to our Annual Arts and Crafts
Fair. I do some of my best Christmas shopping there. A wonderful selection of unusual and beautiful art gifts and the children’s handmade toys in
the gallery gift shop make short work of holiday shopping lists. And one
cannot pass up an opportunity to share a glass of mulled wine. December’s
Second Saturday is also our holiday party, in appreciation of our volunteers
and members. Please join us if you can. For more details be sure to check
the Art Center Web site. ~ Liliana Cunha, Board President
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Jim Moorehead:
Life Through the Viewfinder
By Michael Potts
Clearing Storm, Point Cabrillo, photograph ©Jim Moorehead
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Jim Moorehead’s
photography began when
his mother bought him a
Brownie Hawkeye. “I never
got any training, but the
world through the viewfinder is very interesting.”
Early photography was all
black-and-white, including
the familiar travails of the
darkroom. “In the Navy,
duty-free Japanese cameras
were one of the perks. I got
a Minolta – still have it –
plus three good lenses. The
Navy also launched my love
for travel, twice around the
Horn and to Rio on the USS
Enterprise.”
Out of the Navy, Jim’s
first big photographic success came while he completed his MBA at San
Francisco State, working
in a darkroom he and his
wife Arlene put together
in their five-by-five bathroom. “Out on the Bay
one sunset, I started snapping pictures of a sailboat.
Looking at the developed
film: sailboat, another sailboat, then, Wow! Sailboat,
sunset, San Francisco skyline all reached right out
and grabbed me. The picture won second prize in
Mendocino Arts Magazine
the Examiner’s weekly photo
contest. That really sparked
my interest.”
Looking back, Jim
muses that he should have
kept photography going,
but instead, he and Arlene
both joined Bechtel, the San
Francisco-based global construction firm, she in cost
engineering and he in personnel. “We traveled a lot.
I did time in Saudi Arabia,
Papua New Guinea, other
foreign countries, Texas.
When we realized we wanted out, we engineered our way back to San Francisco.
“We knew what we didn’t want, but weren’t sure what
we did want, so we inventoried things we like: remodeling,
cooking, being hospitable. Our next step didn’t come into
focus until we were staying at a nice inn in Santa Cruz.
Fortuitously, we met Tom there, an innkeeping consultant.
After listening to my enthusiasm, Tom suggested a ‘boot
camp’ for Innkeepers. ‘If you get through that, come see
me.’”
Boot Camp clarified the downsides of innkeeping,
but Arlene and Jim agreed that they could make the right
inn work: northern coastal California, a destination, no
business travelers. They asked Tom to look for a likely
property, and got ready to bail out of Bechtel. “We weren’t
retiring, we were escaping,” Jim recalls. When they heard
that Mendocino’s Joshua Grindle Inn was on the market,
they jumped.
During their dozen years as innkeepers, photography stayed in the background. Urged to get a digital
camera to promote the inn
on the Internet in 1999, Jim
spent $800 on a state-of-theart one-megapixel camera.
“Talk about Moore’s Law!”
he laughs, referring to the
principle that electronics
double their capabilities
every two years. Nowadays
Jim shoots with a Canon
EOS 5D Mark II that cost
twice as much but has 20
times the resolution.
In 2001 Jim and Arlene
retired from innkeeping, “…
and boy, did that feel good,”
Jim exclaims. “Plenty of time, and I was freed from the
darkroom.” Photography re-emerged as a primary focus
after decades of being consumed by his career. Classes
at College of the Redwoods with Judy Detrick showed
Jim how to enhance his pictures with his computer. “The
image that comes out of the camera is never as good as
what I see with my eyes. Ninety percent of photography
is through the viewfinder, but that last ten percent makes
all the difference. I can tweak an image until it shows what
my eyes saw. I have so much more control with Photoshop
and Lightroom (two high-end image editing programs)
than in the darkroom. In the darkroom when you make a
mistake dodging and burning, you throw the print away
and start over. If I make a mistake in the Lightroom, I just
click ‘undo’ a couple of times and try again.”
When Arlene, the cost engineer, noted that he was
“doing good stuff and ought to try to sell some,” Jim joined
the Mendocino Coast Photographers Guild. “Being with
a group of great photographers, I learned a lot in a short
Canola Panorama, South Australia, photograph ©Jim Moorehead. Above: Jim Moorehead portrait by Larry Wagner.
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time; that for me at least, photography isn’t a money-making proposition. And that I love making photographs.”
Currently on leave from the Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino
to head up the Broadband Initiative, Jim still shows with
Mendocino Eco Artists (MEA), appreciating the chance
to work with artists from many media. “This pushes
me beyond being a photographer. By osmosis, I guess,
I’m more concerned about artistic things. I like that the
MEA dedicates part of their sales to local environmental
non-profits like Mendocino Area Parks Association and
Salmon Restoration.”
Moore’s Law continues to impact Jim’s work.
“Photographers have always struggled with the fact that
cameras don’t handle bright sun and dim shadows as well
as our eyes do.” In the darkroom, an accomplished photo
print-maker could spend hours painstakingly combining images, one exposed correctly for the bright parts of
a scene, another for the mid-range, and a third for the
shadowy details, into a single print. Jim notes, “Five years
ago, digital cameras began offering semi-automatic bracketing. Now digital cameras have an HDR (High Dynamic
Range) setting that automatically takes three images and
combines them into one. Of course, computerized darkroom software keeps getting better, too.”
Jim’s current pre-occupation is the Mendocino
Broadband Alliance (mendocinobroadband.org). “More
than half Mendocino County’s residents still get onto the
‘information superhighway’ with dial-up or crummy
expensive satellite links – that’s like traveling the autobahn
on a bicycle! With a great group of volunteers, the support
of the county’s political leadership, and
a friendly regulatory climate, it’s time
to get people in ‘the last mile’ like me
connected.”
Jim Moorehead is an exhibiting
artist with the Mendocino Eco Artists.
MEA has an exhibit, “Into the Forest”
in the Art Center’s Main Gallery,
October 28 through November 19.
MEA exhibits benefit the Mendocino
Land Trust’s Big River Watershed
Restoration Projects.
To see more of Jim’s work visit
www.jimmoorehead.com
Audrey, Noyo Harbor. Above right: Sunset Stroll, Mendocino Bay.
Photographs ©Jim Moorehead.
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Mendocino Arts Magazine
53rd Annual
Thanksgiving
Arts & Crafts Fair
November 23 & 24, 10:00am–5:00pm
Rita Crane
Shop Locally this Holiday Season!
Original High Quality Art from Juried
Northern California Artists
Unique Gift Items
JC Herrell
Festive Food & Drinks
Free Admission • Indoors
A Benefit for the
Mendocino Art Center
Yarrow Summers
Fall 2012–Winter 2013
Jan Wax & Chris Bing
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street, Mendocino
707 937-5818 • 800 653-3328 • MendocinoArtCenter.org
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