Floating on air with Helena Williams
The Sanctuary is excited to collaborate with local artist Helena Williams as our newest artist in residence as well as intern through Trajectory and the Regional Center. Helena will be helping to design and install our next stage backdrop as well as make improvements to the art making spaces, walkway and gardens. Her humor and enthusiasm has been a refreshing
Lunar New Year special tonight on the Radio Hour
Thank you to Natalie Williams for the animation! The Lunar New Year is celebrated by 1.5 billion people across the world as a time for new beginnings and family gathering with themes of fortune, happiness and health. The Sanctuary invites one and all to honor the first new moon of 2021 with them on February 12th with the debut of

Kids in the Hive
Another community art piece in action by one of our neighbors. Kids in the Hive is a YouTube Channel that showcases sweet and fun videos filmed with real kids. The videos are made for 3-8 year olds. The creator is a neighbor and local Arcata artist, MaryAnn Clark. The most recent video called “The Edible Alphabet” was filmed in Bayside,
January JSRRH Calendar
Tune in every weeknight from 7 to 8 p.m. on Facebook and Youtube.

Who’s performing at Puppet Slam this year?
“The Stolen Salmon” is a shadow-play based on a traditional Wiyot tale and was created by Dell’Arte resident artists Zuzka Sabata and James Hildebrandt together with the children at the Wiyot Tribe afterschool program Tsek Houdaqh in the spring of 2016. It was the first project in a multi-year collaboration between the Wiyot Tribe and Dell’Arte International, made possible with
Three Cheers for the Footprint Foundation!
Good morning folks. We excitedly share the recent news of an unsolicited end-of-year gift of $10,000 from the generous Footprint Foundation. This unrestricted gift will provide much relief to the Sanctuary. Thank you Jessica and John and everyone at the Footprint Foundation from everyone at the Sanctuary. The Footprint Foundation has been a regular financial contributor to the Sanctuary and
Building update
Dear Friends, Though our physical building is not currently open to the public, the experiment of community building continues. The Sanctuary is constantly learning how to better operate an inclusive and loving community arts center that brings hearts together, demonstrates a new way of sharing, and provides opportunities to elevate marginalized voices. We give honor to the stewardship of this
Free workshop video series – Claymation Puppet Building
We’re proud to present the first of our series of workshop videos sponsored by the Grace Us Foundation. They will cover a wide variety of art and craft projects, most of which you can create at home with easy to find supplies. Stay tuned for a new video each week on our Youtube channel and on our website. This is

How to begin to create again…
‘The gesture is the exhibition of a mediality: it is the process of making a means visible as such. It allows the emergence of the being-in-a-medium of human beings and thus it opens the ethical dimension for them.’ Giorgio Agamben, “Notes on Gesture,” 58. I think of myself as a landscape, and my mind can be that bird that soars