Thursday Nov 3: Meyo Marrufo opens at the Arts Council 4-7 pm.

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month the Arts Council of Mendocino County is pleased to present a solo exhibition of the work of Meyo Marrufo.

The public is invited to meet the artist at the exhibit opening on Thursday, November 3, from 4-7 pm at 309 East Perkins Street in the old train depot.

Meyo Marrufo is Eastern Pomo from the Clear Lake Basin. Although tribally from Eastern Pomo, she has lived in several other California tribal areas, including Yurok, Hupa, Maidu and Miwok territories. She feels lucky to have been part of and continues to be part of her other “family” from these different tribes. When she started coming of age, she began her journey to learn regalia and traditional food processing from the ground up. Meyo states, “I have been lucky in my life to have known many gifted artists and have been able to learn some of those techniques.”

As Marrufo deepened her art practice, she began sharing her knowledge in cultural arts, regalia making and traditional foods with others. She continues to share her skills and knowledge with her people. In 2014, she began making Finger doodles. Finger Doodles are images created using drawing applications. She started doing these “doodles” to share bits and pieces of life and culture with others. She has used these doodles to expand information on basket design patterns and traditional ecological knowledge. This led to more detailed doodles of traditional dancing and life.

Marrufo will be participating in a museum event in the Bay Area on the First Friday of November and the opening of her exhibit in Ukiah will therefore occur a day earlier than usual – on the first Thursday instead of first Friday.

Exhibit hours are otherwise by appointment. Please call 707.463.2727 or email director@artsmendocino.org for more information.