A benefit concert performance for Arcata non-profit Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives
(https://ahha-humco.org). Featuring performances by John Elliott, Leslie Castellano, Violet Crabtree, Joanne McGarry, Solomon Lowenstein, and more! Note that this show starts earlier than usual, at 6:00 p.m.
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John Elliott is embarking on a Traveling Benefit Tour in December! Each show will be a collaboration with local artists doing short sets and a benefit for a non-profit organization specific to each community. Everyone is welcome at these shows and every dollar will be donated to these organizations. The intention is to gather together at the end of a turbulent year and celebrate art and good groups doing good work for the greater good.
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Leslie Castellano is a multidisciplinary artist with focus in movement and performance practice. “I work with shifting the state of the body through physical images, touch, magic, and wilderness. The ideas here are experiments in navigating meaning, beauty, and critique in a haphazard landscape. Discussion is encouraged.”
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Violet Crabtree presents a new comic about a woman who lives inside a house inside her own head.
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Joanne McGarry will present a performance of songs and stories centered around years of activism set around a campfire.
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Cowtown Serenaders performs poetry through a series of object plays.
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Solomon Lowenstein presents an art installation.

The public is invited to see the collaborative productions of Humboldt State University Journalism, Geography and Environmental Studies students who found solutions to our current climate problems. They’ve worked together to discover the good people are doing around the world – and now you can learn about it, too.

Festive treats will be served. Contact Prof. Sarah Ray with questions: Sarah.Ray@humboldt.edu

Happening concurrently with the Winter Pop-up Shop for Arts! Arcata.

Zigtebra is an indie art pop band and the current Sanctuary Artists in Residence. They want your help with their latest music video!

Joe Zeph will facilitate a vocal recording booth for anyone to come and contribute a vocal take for the chorus. All skill levels and ages will be included, supported, and encouraged to participate. Meanwhile, Emily will have a video setup pointed to the stage, and will teach people in groups how to do a simple dance move to the simple beat playing in the room. She will facilitate video participants in having a fun and positive time on stage, with folks encouraged to try on items from the Sanctuary’s costume closet.

The final hour of the event will be spent fielding questions about DIY audio production, writing, touring, music video production, or anything else community members have always wanted to know from a touring band. In this way they hope to provide information, encouragement, excitement, and a sense of connectedness to the Sanctuary and Arcata community.

The recording sessions will be from 4 to 6 p.m. as we transition into Arts! Arcata and our Wintertime Pop-up Shop that evening. Come on by and contribute a wiggle or a line to this collaborative community music video.

https://www.zigtebra.com/

The Sanctuary hosts a Pop-Up Shop this winter season featuring artworks and handmade crafts made by artists and friends of the Sanctuary. On December 13th 6 to 9, and December 14th 12 to 6, you are invited to come by and enjoy handmade goods, refreshments and treats, music, and warmth in our upstairs venue. A selection of small works from the Fair will be in the gallery from December 6th to the 17th, and may be seen during any Sanctuary event.

Come by early to participate in Zigtebra’s new music video, 4 to 6 p.m. before Arts! Arcata.

Doors at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8:00 p.m.
$10 – $25 sliding scale

With days short and nights long, please join us inside for a series of contemporary short form puppet and object theatre performances centered around themes of light, winter, gathering and connection. There will be local acts, traveling acts, and live music. Performances are for adult audience and are experimental by nature. Come get cozy and celebrate the many diverse traditions of Puppet Theatre in this intimate, tactile and compelling form of entertainment. This production is a collaboration with the Arcata Playhouse, who has hosted these events for many years. Thank you for sharing in this fun with us!

Funding made possible in part by the Puppet Slam Network: http://www.puppetslam.com/

Come the second Sunday of the month from 6pm to 9pm for sewing & mending night.

Suggested donation of $5 – $20

Call Debbie with questions.
(707) 822-4221

We’ll be closed from December 18th through January 31st, returning February 1st.
Photo credit: Arcata’s Catticus Finch sees his first snow – by Steph McGeary, Lost Coast Outpost February 10th, 2019.

Come join us for Figure Drawing sessions at the Sanctuary every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30!  Sessions are hosted by Natalie Williams, Sanctuary co-operator and artist. We begin with short poses, 1-5 minutes, and end with longer poses 10-20 minutes.  Tea and snacks are served at a short break midway through the session. Some drawing materials and easels are provided. Please bring your own drawing board if you need to use one, and please arrive on time.  Sliding scale: $5 – $15.
Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/687220621705498/

Come and join us every second Friday evening in the meeting room to see a rotating variety of artists. Exhibitions are two months long, see our newsletter for current artist(s) being featured.