Ann Savageau

William Thonson Gallery

Ann Savageau

Guardians: Spirits of Protection

March 16 through April 27

Ann Savageau is a mixed-media artist and teacher whose career spans over 45 years. Her work focuses on the intersection of the natural and manmade worlds. It is in this space that she finds the most interesting issues, processes, and statements. She focuses on the natural materials and manmade detritus that are routinely discarded as worthless, combining, and transforming them into new entities that bear the marks of their origins, history and alteration. The underlying theme in Savageau’s work is the inherent worthiness of all matter and rejection of a hierarchy of values, and the urgent need to take the necessary steps to preserve our ecosystem.

Ann began creating the guardian spirits of protection series in 2018 after the death of her sole surviving child, as a way of coping with the profound loss of her three children. The project took 2 ½ years to complete; as Ann worked, she expanded the content to include protection from climate change, species extinction, the COVID pandemic, social injustice, and war. The seventeen life-size figures of animals and humans are composite beings fashioned from castoff materials, including driftwood, and found objects. The Guardians messages of loss, grief and healing are intended to inspire the viewer and it is Ann’s hope the element of community involvement will enrich and deepen the Guardians installation at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

Shawn Gould

Knight Gallery

Shawn Gould: The Art of Getting Lost

March 30 through May 19

The Art of Getting Lost is the result of Shawn Gould’s multiple trips to the Punta Gorda Lighthouse on the remote stretch of coastal wilderness called the Lost Coast. This new body of work is due in large part to Gould receiving a Victor Thomas Jacoby Award from the Humboldt Area Foundation in 2021. It was the spark that he needed to return to a subject he began to explore decades ago. The Lost Coast Trail and Punta Gorda Lighthouse caught his interest on his first camping trip in 2002 and he has returned a number of times since. Over the years he had created a few paintings based on these trips, but inevitably got pulled away by other projects and commitments. Despite this, he always hoped to go back and continue what he had started. Who travels to an abandoned lighthouse in search of enlightenment you might ask? An artist who had to get lost to find new inspiration.

Anderson Gallery

Works by the 2024 BFA cohort of Cal Poly Humboldt

April 6 through April 27
Humboldt Arts Council and Cal Poly Humboldt’s Art + Film Department are proud to present a collection of artwork by the 2024 cohort of Bachelors of Fine Arts students.

Museum Store/Permanent Collection Gallery

Visit the Museum Store for a selection of gifts and merchandise inspired by the artwork on view by Morris Graves, Glenn Berry, Melvin Schuler and Romano Gabriel. The Museum Store carries a wide selection of posters, contemporary art books, cards, exhibition catalogs, children’s books, note pads, tote bags, jewelry, scarves, felted products and artsy coffee mugs. Humboldt Arts Council Members receive a 10% discount on all merchandise in the store.

Homer Balabanis Gallery/Humboldt Artist Gallery

Venture into the Humboldt Artist Gallery in the Morris Graves Museum of Art—the perfect place to find that unique, original gift. The gallery features many exceptional Humboldt County artists currently working in our region.  Designed as an artist cooperative, the gallery features local artists working in a variety of media from representational and abstract paintings, prints, jewelry, photographs, and ceramics. Members of the Humboldt Artist Gallery include Vicki Barry, Julia Bednar, Jody Bryan, Allison Busch-Lovejoy, Jim Lowry, Paul Rickard, Patricia Sundgren-Smith, Sara Starr, Kim Reid and Claudia Lima.

The Morris Graves Museum of Art, located at 636 F Street, Eureka is open to the public noon-5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is by donation, $5 for adults; $2 for seniors (age 65 and over), military veterans, and students with ID; children 17 and under free; Families with an EBT Card and valid ID receive free admission through the Museums for All initiative, Museum members are free. Admission is always free for everyone on the first Saturday of every month, including First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m.

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