EXHIBITS
Meet the Artists First Saturdays 6-8pm unless otherwise noted
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
Art Under Twenty
Willits Center for the Arts, 71 E. Commercial St. Willits, CA 95490
707-459-1726
Opening reception for the artists: Friday, April 4th from 3:00-7:00
Show will be open from 4/4/25-4/27/25
Non-Profit Free Event
Art Under Twenty ~2025 is coming up! Opening reception for the artists is Friday, April 4th from 3:00-7:00 at the Willits Center For the Arts, 111 East Commercial St.
Artist's from Willits High School, Willits Charter School & Potter Valley High School will show their work in the downstairs galleries. On display you'll enjoy drawings, paintings, mixed media artworks, woodworking and metal. Our poster art this year was created by junior Monica Chavez. It is a skilled and meticulous graphite portrait of her lovely grandmother. I've attached the poster for your viewing pleasure.
As a special treat, We're pleased to welcome alumni artists: Velvet Bandit, Danza Davis, Issac Frankel, Maya Joy Griffin, Diza Hope, Crystal Kamaroff, Anne McGratten, Ellie Miller, Holly Madrigal, Malakai Shindel, Martin Wattenburger, Meghan White & Noel Woodhouse to our show. They will present their work in the Grand Gallery upstairs.
This year's show is dedicated to Kathleen Kirkpatrick, WHS Emerita. We wanted to honor Kathleen who has recently passed by inviting her former students to show their work. Kathleen was a passionate and dedicated visual arts educator (and my mentor) who taught at WHS for 25 years! She started Art Under Twenty in 2000. For years, she searched for a place where her students could show their work but nothing was quite right until the Willits Center for the Arts opened their doors and serendipitously AU20 was born. Kathleen's dream came true and now we're about to celebrate our 26th year. Wow!...It's truly hard to believe! Art Under 20 is the longest running, most attended show at the WCA!
It's sure to be a great show and a night to remember! Come and join us as we celebrate the talent and creativity of our young artists as well as the skill and expertise of our alumni. Mark your calendars! Stop by! Visit with the artists and check out their work. We'd love to see your beautiful, smiling faces.
Willits Center for the Arts presents Visual Jazz, an exhibition of creative assemblage from Esther Siegel, Spencer Brewer, and Leslie Rich, along with work from their Assemblage workshop students. The exhibit will open to great fanfare on Saturday May 3, with art, finger foods, and beverages of your choice from 6 to 8pm, and will remain up through Sunday June 1, Come celebrate art and life on May 3 with some of Mendocino County's leading lights, along with friends, neighbors, and supporters of Willits Center for the Arts, This is a free event!
ARTIST APPLICATION FOR SHOW
Willits Center for the Arts, Inc. (WCA) is a nonprofit community organization whose specific purpose is to foster engagement, exploration and excellence in art in all its forms. The WCA features monthly art exhibitions featuring local and regional artists, cultivating a vibrant regional arts environment ensuring access to all people and preserving the community’s artistic heritage.
If you are interested in a show, inquiries and sample work can be submitted to our Curator using the form to the right.
Our Main Gallery is currently booked through 2023, but please contact us as there may be openings.