Suk Choo Kim: Beyond Photography
Jun
14
to Jul 20
On View

Suk Choo Kim: Beyond Photography

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Thonson, Knight and Bettiga Galleries

Beyond Photography started in the early 1970s when Suk Choo Kim experimented with Polaroid SX-70 film, manipulating the emulsion to create painterly, jewel-like images. Despite the small format limitation, the project initiated a lasting creative interest. Decades later, after a gastric cancer diagnosis, Suk Choo revisited the concept, using his studio time for therapeutic purposes. This exhibition acknowledges his 54-year journey in photography and highlights his contributions to the medium until his passing in 2024.

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Nothing to See Here Recent Work by Jesse Wiedel
Jul
12
to Aug 24
On View

Nothing to See Here Recent Work by Jesse Wiedel

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Anderson Gallery

Wiedel has been living and working in Eureka, California since 1991, and his narrative paintings have been inspired great by the local community and it’s landmarks. His work also incorporated stories and landscapes in the Mojave desert region. Wiedel studied art at Shasta College in Redding, California, and at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his degree in painting in 1988. His work has been exhibited in many places in Humboldt, as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Portland and Joshua Tree. Most recently he was exhibited in London and Berlin. Wiedel’s paintings have been described by others as “a cross between VanGough, Brugel, and Mike Judge.” His imagery teeters between depictions of gleeful celebration of life and hard luck stories of failure.

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Marceau Verdiere: The Calm, the storm and the forgotten in between…
Jul
26
to Sep 7
Upcoming

Marceau Verdiere: The Calm, the storm and the forgotten in between…

Thonson Gallery

Marceau Verdiere is a French-born, California-based artist whose work explored the emotional and aesthetic resonance of the passage of time. For over two decades, his practice —Abstract oil painting and photography—has focused on memory, impermanence, and the quiet beatu found in worn and weathered surfaces. Living textures of his surroundings and the emotional traces they carry. In addition Verdiere has been influenced by his extensive travels around the world and the humans and artists he encounters. In Japan, he began to engage with and study traditional Japanese transience.

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From the HAC Collection: Brian Tripp
Aug
2
to Sep 21
Upcoming

From the HAC Collection: Brian Tripp

Knight Gallery

This special exhibition will showcase the entirety of the Humboldt Arts Council's collection of works by the esteemed Brian Duane Tripp (1945-2022). As a member of the Karuk Tribe, Brian Tripp achieved international recognition for his multifaceted artistic practice, which included visual art, poetry, traditional singing, and dance. This will be the first opportunity for the public to view the complete HAC collection of his significant artistic contributions, all together in one place at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. This comprehensive presentation will offer a valuable insight into Tripp's artistic legacy and the collecting practices of the HAC. This exhibition promises to be quite insightful. It will delve into the enduring artistic legacy of Tripp, offering a comprehensive overview of his significant contributions to the art world. Furthermore, the presentation will provide valuable information regarding the collecting practices of the Humboldt Arts Council. We will explore the principles and strategies that guide our acquisition of artworks, offering a deeper understanding of how our collection is shaped and curated.

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Renewal Collaborations by Becky Evans & Robert Benson
Aug
30
to Oct 5
Upcoming

Renewal Collaborations by Becky Evans & Robert Benson

Anderson Gallery

This exhibition emerges from our individual and collaborative explorations of resilience and regeneration. Through sculpture, mixed media, and works on paper, we document and interpret the cycles of renewal witnessed in our natural world and in traditional cultural practices. These collaborations are rooted in place and in conversation, and emerge during our visit to landscapes marked by fire, water, and ancestral significance.

The inspiration for this exhibition began with witnessing seasons of wildfire in ancestral lands, particularly Ironside Mountain (Tse:nding), a sacred site of profound cultural importance to the Tsnungwe people. This is a mountain where, as elders said, "you could go when you were old and come back young again." After wildfire swept the mountain, we were drawn there to document the damage and the following years to witness the first green shoots emerging in a blackened landscape. These moments sparked our creative response to the question: how does the land renew itself? And how do traditions, ceremonies, and communities also participate in renewal?

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Morris Graves Museum of Art

636 F Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707.442.0278

Museum Hours

12pm-5pm Wednesday through Sunday

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Humboldt Arts Council Office Hours
By appointment only.

Please contact jemima@humboldtarts.org or meghan@humboldtarts.org

Admission

$5 for adults;
$2 for seniors (age 65 and over) and students with ID;
children 17 and under free;
Museum members are free.

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