As part of the Mendocino Open Paint Out (MOPO) Retrospective Online Exhibit, the Mendocino Art Center (MAC) hosts a free Facebook live reception

The event will include a welcome from MAC Board President Debra Lennox, a synopsis of the history and inspiration for the event by MOPO co-founders John Hewitt and Dale E. Moyer, a video of past “Paint Outs,” a slideshow presentation of the paintings in the online exhibition, and appearances by several of the exhibiting artists. Mendocino Art Center Executive Director Roccie Hill will close the evening with a toast to future Mendocino Open Paint Outs.

The online exhibition spotlights the top award-winning paintings – Best in Show, Overall Consistency and Featured Artwork – from the first seven years of the annual plein air festival. In all, eleven artists’ MOPO paintings will be featured with many also exhibiting new paintings. Artists include Rolando Barrero, Wendy Brayton, Jody Bryan, Rick J. Delanty, Susan Elwart Hall, Ryan Jensen, Carolyn Lord, Alison Leigh Menke, Macario Pascual, Paul Rickard and Dennis Simpson. The showing, continuing through October 5, is viewable at on the Mendocino Art Center website.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mendocino Art Center decided not to host the in-person Mendocino Open Paint Out event in 2020.