Upcoming Events
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Walking Tour of Noyo Harbor
Walking Tour of Noyo Harbor
Join the Noyo Harbor staff for a walking tour of Noyo Harbor. Learn about the different fisheries and vessels that operate out of the marina and how a healthy kelp forest relates to healthy fisheries and thus healthy communities.
Closing Celebration: Speaker Panel & Seaweed Happy Hour
Closing Celebration: Speaker Panel & Seaweed Happy Hour
Join us for the closing event of KelpFest! with a program about Urchin Aquaculture and Ocean Foodways. Our panel of presenters includes Severino Gomes from the Kashia Band of Pomo; Grant Downey, Commercial Urchin Diver and Harbor Commissioner; Gabe Tsuruta, Bodega Marine Lab; Luke Gardner from SeaGrant/Moss Landing Marine Lab, and Corine Pearce from the Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo. Noyo Center Executive Director Sheila Semans is our host-moderator for the program, which will begin at 5 pm. Tristin McHugh, Kelp Project Director with the Nature Conservancy, will close out the program with a quick update on Kelp Forest Recovery work on the North Coast, and a toast to 2024 KelpFest!
Seaweed Happy Hour follows with some tasty organic bites prepared by local Chef Zenith Hilliard, Minus Tide wines and local beer from Anderson Valley Brewing Company, and an opportunity to meet our guest speakers. After the reception, we hope you will support the local Blue Economy and visit some excellent restaurants in the harbor or in town.
Capacity: 50
Fee: $35
Register online at Eventbrite.com
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA
Photo Urchin Barren by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Open House at the Urchin Ranch
Open House at the Urchin Ranch
Visit the Noyo Center Marine Field Station in Noyo Harbor and learn about the organization's land-based urchin aquaculture system, or urchin ranch. While you are there, see the underwater photo and video installation featuring the work of Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster, taste wild and farmed uni, and learn more about the fascinating purple urchin from Noyo Center educators.
Donations welcome.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA
Photo Urchin Barren by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Art & Algae: Cyanotype Printing with Seaweed and Sunlight
Art & Algae: Cyanotype Printing with Seaweed and Sunlight
Josie Iselin, Instructor
Saturday, June 9, 12 - 3 pm
Mendocino Art Center
Josie will introduce participants to cyanotype printing (an alternative photographic technique) using her vast collection of dried seaweed specimens as image-making material. Josie will introduce us to her work and how she became so entwined with the fascinating world of seaweed. You will be inspired by algae's diverse biology and ecology, learn to identify a variety of green, red, and brown seaweed, and become more aware of the importance of a healthy intertidal zone and kelp forest—all while creating beautiful blue and white cyanotypes using the power of the sun. Known for its distinctive blueprint-like images, this simple, camera-less photographic technique is the same process used by pioneering, curious, and innovative botanist and photographer Anna Atkins (British, 1799-1871). Want to bring your own specimens to identify and print with? Please do! The end results are joyous and revelatory; while making art, participants have learned about an ocean ecology they haven’t thought much about before.
About Josie
Josie Iselin is a visual artist, writer and designer, and the author of The Curious World of Seaweed among other books. She is co-director of Above/Below, an ocean literacy campaign that created The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp (bullkelp.info)— a deep dive webstory that was released at the end of 2023. Josie has been integrating cyanotype printing with her seaweed scans for many years and constantly gains inspiration from Anna Atkins, who used the nascent photographic process of cyanotypes to document her algal findings in 1840. Josie’s work is at josieiselin.com.
All coated paper and material supplied
4-5 pieces of art on fine art paper to take home
Capacity: 15
Register online at the Mendocino Art Center (available soon).
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Seaweed Science Social with Josie Iselin & Julie Drucker
Seaweed Science Social with Josie Iselin & Julie Drucker
Saturday, June 8, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
World Ocean Day
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
Following the morning tide pool program we will gather at the Noyo Center Marine Field Station with our guest leaders to learn about pressing seaweed for cyanotypes or as herbarium pressings, and a presentation about the food and health components of seaweed.
Capacity: 25
Fee: $35 (includes Low Tide Seaweed Walk in the morning)
Register online on Eventbrite (available soon).
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Participating artists include:
Monique Sonoquie
Leila Alhemali
Siobhan
Doug Smith
Derek DiOrio
Mariko Irie
Josie Iselin
Suzanne Frazier
Marjo Wilson
Diza Hope
Margaret Seelie
Christina Harkness
Christian Saucedo
Raymond C. Rice
L. Frank Manriquez
Tess Felix
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Low Tide Seaweed Walk with Josie Iselin, Larry Knowles, & Julie Drucker
Low Tide Seaweed Walk with Josie Iselin, Larry Knowles, & Julie Drucker
Saturday, June 8, 7:00 am - 9:30 am
World Ocean Day
MacKerricher State Park
The day begins with a low tide seaweed walk at MacKerricher State Park with Josie Iselin, Larry Knowles and Julie Drucker. Josie Iselin is a visual artist, writer and designer, author of The Curious World of Seaweed, and is the co-director of a collaborative known as Above/Below, working to bring the recognition afforded the forests on land to the kelp forests below the ocean’s surface. Larry Knowles is a Fort Bragg resident and long-time commercial seaweed harvester, being the proprietor of Rising Tide Sea Vegetables. Julie Drucker is the founder of Yemaya Seaweed Company, specializing in wild, hand-harvested seaweed on the Mendocino Coast. Our artist-educators will share their knowledge and experience in seaweed gathering and give us an in-depth understanding of the delicate intertidal ecosystem.
Capacity: 25
Fee: $35 (includes Seaweed Science Social in the afternoon)
Register online at Eventbrite.com
MacKerricher State Park
24100 MacKerricher Park Road
Fort Bragg, CA
Science Social with Virj Kan
Science Social with Virj Kan
Virj Kan is a designer, engineer, media artist, and entrepreneur, based in Berkeley and Mendocino. Her work investigates new paradigms for design, through transdisciplinary research and technology development. This program will focus on her work with purple urchins and creating materials that serve as alternatives to plastics and other less environmentally friendly products currently in use. A Q&A follows the program. Wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
This event is open to the public with a $10 suggested donation to attend.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Urchin Festival
Urchin Festival
The 2024 Mendocino Coast Purple Urchin Festival is June 7th to June 16th and celebrates the delicious, spiky, undersea creatures. Local restaurants get creative in the kitchen with purple urchin, including the outstanding fest feast held at Little River Inn Saturday night.
Find out more at urchinfest.com.
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Meet & Greet with Author/Designers Josie Iselin & Marianna Leuschel
Meet & Greet with Author/Designers Josie Iselin & Marianna Leuschel
Sunday, June 2, 1-3 pm
Gallery Bookstore, Mendocino
Book signings for Josie’s books, including The Curious World of Seaweed, and demos of The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp web-based book. Come celebrate a local-legend bookseller.
Gallery Bookshop
Corner of Main St and Kasten St
Mendocino, CA 9546
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Kelp! Art Exhibit
Saturday, May 18 - Monday, June 17th
Mendocino Art Center
An exhibit of bull kelp forest-centered artwork by local and regional artists.
Two spacious galleries at MAC will feature a range of sculptural, wall-based, and installation art by local and regional artists, all prompted by a fascination with and reverence for bull kelp, or Nereocystis luetkeana. All artwork is for sale through MAC.
Featured artists include Leila Alhemali, Derek DiOrio, Pat Doyle, Siobhan Elder, Suzanne Frazier, Christina Harkness, Diza Hope, Mariko Irie, Josie Iselin, L. Frank Manriquez, Corine Pearce, Raymond C. Rice, Christian Saucedo, Laurie Sawyer, Margaret Seelie, Doug Smith, Monique Sonoquie, and Marjo Wilson.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street at Kasten Street
Mendocino, CA 95460
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
Kelp! Underwater Photography Exhibit
by Abbey Dias and Patrick Webster
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, June 16th
Noyo Center Marine Field Station, Noyo Harbor
Two accomplished underwater, kelp forest photographers will show their work capturing the luscious bull kelp forests of the north coast along with imagery from kelp recovery projects. A series of videos will accompany the survey of photographs.
Noyo Center Marine Field Station
32430 N. Harbor Drive
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Photo by Abbey Dias