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Before settling on the Mendocino Coast, James Krenov spent the late 1960s and 70s traveling from Europe to the U.S., looking for an appreciative audience and enthusiastic student body. Krenov biographer Brendan Gaffney talks about this time which led to the establishment of the woodworking program at the College of the Redwoods, now the Krenov School. This program originally livestreamed on Apr...

As part of our 2023 exhibition, "Something's Happening Here: Artistic Reflections on the Back to the Land Movement," the Grace Hudson Museum did a screening of Carmen Goodyear and Laurie York's documentary film from 2012, "Women on the Land: Creating Conscious Community." Carmen and Laurie, who were both Mendocino back-to-landers, were unable to attend in person, so we pre-recorded an interview...

Photographer, artist, and scholar, Kim Stringfellow joined us virtually to discuss her latest efforts in exploring the physical, geological, and cultural landscape of desert lands, specifically the Mojave Desert. This program was organized in conjunction with the special exhibition, "Postcards from Mecca," at the Grace Hudson Museum, summer 2021. It originally livestreamed on July 15, 2021.

Get a quick peak at magical manzanita with Corine Pearce, cultural educator, basketmaker, and herbalist of Redwood Valley Rancheria. This segment was recorded after our program, held at the Grace Hudson Museum, on July 23, 2021.

Here, Curator Alyssa, makes a storage mount for a basket in our collections. Here Alyssa makes a mount to protect this Pomo basket, to help keep it safe for future generations. She uses a heat knife to cut away inert polyethylene foam to make a bowl shaped space which she lines with muslin fabric, making a supportive home for the basket when it is stored for safekeeping in our storage vault. Sh...

The Grace Hudson Museum organized this virtual program to coincide with its presentation of the traveling exhibition "Postcards from Mecca" (May 8 to August 22, 2021). Warner Graves III, Ron May, and Steve Lech - all contributors to the book, "Postcards from Mecca" - share stories about Lula Mae Graves and Susie Keef Smith, the heroine’s of the book and exhibition. Warner Graves is a landscape ...

Former Grace Hudson Curator Karen Holmes returns to the Museum to lead a virtual tour of Grace Hudson’s famous oil paintings and works in other media. Holmes discusses Hudson’s life, work, and place in history, and why she matters as an artistic and historical figure. Included is a special look at items from the Museum’s collections that are rarely exhibited. This virtual program originally liv...

June 24, 2021

Ben Cunningham-Summerfield, an Interpretive Ranger at Yosemite National Park, talks about bears, their habitat, behavior, life cycle, myths, spiritual attributes, and what happens when humans insert themselves by the thousands into their world. Ranger Ben, as he is known to Park visitors, is Mountain Maidu and also serves as an Indian Cultural Demonstrator at Yosemite. This program originally l...

Widely considered the greatest American photographer of the 19th century, Carleton Watkins created the first indelible photo images of Yosemite Valley. In an illustrated talk, historian and nationally-known art critic Tyler Green discusses the importance of Watkins’s photography in awakening the public to Yosemite and also the broader American West. Green is the author of the award-winning book...

The Inuit people largely inhabit Arctic North America. Learn how stonecut printmaking began in this rather desolate, snowbound part of the world, and how Inuit print art has become a highly desirable collectible across the art world. Saxon-West is Professor Emeritus of Dance and Native American Art at Mendocino College and has traveled extensively above the Arctic Circle. This program originall...

Award-winning artist and photographer, Jonas Kulikauskas, gives a talk on "Yosemite People," an exhibition and book project that he created. Kulikauskas discusses what inspired him to take on this project, the people and scenery he encountered, and also shares many images the images from the exhibition and book. This program originally livestreamed on March 4, 2021.

This is a recording of our program "Traditional Pomo Tule Toys with Meyo Marrufo" held on February 20, 2021. Meyo discusses tule traditions and demonstrates how to make toys out of tule. If you want to try making the toys at home you would want to harvest some tule, let it dry for several weeks, cut it into pieces (a serrated knife works well), and soak it in water an hour before you want to ma...

Kashia Pomo Stories with Eric Wilder

Harvesting Willow and Dogwood with Corine Pearce

The Sun House at the Holidays!

Holiday Crafts with Buffie final

All About Acorns with Corine Pearce

How to Make Rose Hip Syrup

Sun House Highlight with Debbie

From the Strength of Women - The Grace Hudson Museum 2020 Gala

The World of Frida with Curator Karen Holmes