December 2024

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Eureka Cultural Arts District Announces Grant Funding for Holiday-Themed Projects

October 2024

(IMPORTANT UPDATE) ARTISTS! Rio Dell Will Soon Have a Cool New Trail Along the Eel River, and it Won’t Be Complete Until Your Art Permanently Graces This Trailside Art Wall!

August 2024

(PHOTOS) Here are All the Murals From the *Final Eureka Street Art Festival; PLUS: Organizer Jenna Catsos Reflects on the Event’s Colorful Run

July 2024

Humboldt County Photographer Wins Rural Counties’ Contest With Gorgeous Picture of a Nasty Invasive Species

WINNER, WINNER! Eureka Mayor Names Artist and Business of the Year

June 2024

(PHOTOS) An Arcata Mural of David Josiah Lawson is in Progress, and You Can Help Paint it

ART ALERT: Here’s Which Walls Will Become More Colorful During the 2024 Eureka Street Art Festival

ART ‘N SEEK! Local Artists Will Hide Mushroom-Themed Creations All Around Humboldt on Saturday as a Part of the Worldwide ‘Game of Shrooms’

April 2024

Meet the City of Eureka’s New Giant Metal Crab Sculpture, Which You Should Help Name

Meet the New QUEEN of the KING Range! Artist-in-Residence to Cook Up Cool Stuff About One of Humboldt’s Favorite Wild Places

Arcata High School’s Black Student Union to Unveil New Mural Celebrating ‘Black Joy and Love’

Wondering About the Circus Tent Near Carlson Park in Valley West? Playhouse Arts and the North Coast Environmental Center Are Using it to Help Unhoused People Make Art Out of Garbage

February 2024

Your Dream of Sponsoring a 3-Foot-Long Eureka Slug Can Now Be Realized

CULTURE PLAYER: Valetta Molofsky and the HC Black Music & Arts Association Have a Cool New Space to Serve Arcata Youth

January 2024

Eureka Street Art Festival Organizers Announce This Will Be Event’s Final Year*

Humboldt Creative Alliance Announces Grant Opportunities for Local Artists, Underserved Communities

November 2023

Humboldt Asian and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) Plan Memorial for Old Town as Part of ‘Eureka Chinatown Project’

Caltrans and the City are Getting Ready to Redo the Murals on the Utility Boxes on the Highway 101 Corridor Through Eureka, and Some of the Previous Artists are Perturbed

OBITUARY: Second Street Whale, 2023-2023

October 2023

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WHALE, IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU! Old Town Gets a Very Temporary Humpback Whale Mural on Second Street

ART ALERT! Arcata’s Downtown Fire Hydrants Get a New Look As Part of the City’s Downtown Beautification Efforts

JERRY LIVES! Born-and-Raised Arcata Artist Designs the Cover For New Special-Edition Jerry Garcia Album

August 2023

(PHOTOS) Know Your 2023 Eureka Street Art Festival Artists

‘30,000 Salmon’ Art Installation Inspired by Klamath River Fish Kill of 2002 Reemerges at Morris Graves to Celebrate the Klamath Dam Removals

July 2023

Betty Chinn Says the Vibrant New Mural Being Painted on Her Homeless Day Center Coincidentally Depicts Her Own Life Story in a Symbolic Way

(MAP) Here’s Where They’re Planning New Murals for the 2023 Eureka Street Art Festival

(PHOTOS) They’re Sprucing Up the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden

June 2023

(PHOTOS) Eureka Has Been ‘Fish Bombed!’ A New Mural is Going Up at Eureka’s Del Norte Pier Park, With Help From World Renowned Artist Chris Dyer

BEDAZZLE THIS OVERPASS! This Year’s Street Art Fest, Which Will Focus on Broadway, Will Include the Muralifying of the Herrick Avenue Overpass, and the City is Looking for Proposals

May 2023

St. Bernard’s Student Brings Home Top Honors in Congressional Art Competition

NEW MURAL ALERT! Students Adding Colorful Work of Art to Redwood Coast Montessori High School in Arcata; Community Invited to Public Paint Day This Weekend

April 2023

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! There’s a New Arts Festival Coming to Eureka and the City’s Providing More than $40K in Grant Funding for Cool Projects

March 2023

Jon Moscone of the California Arts Council Experiences Some Humboldt Arts and Culture

Eureka Names Fresh Freeze Drive-In as Business of the Year, Local Drag Queen Ultra Payne as Artist of the Year for 2022

February 2023

FIRE HYDRANT ART in ARCATA?! The City is Looking to Add Some Color to G and H Streets and Wants Your Input

New Documentary Short Gives Voice to People on the Front Lines of Humboldt County’s Housing Crisis

Eureka Cultural Arts District Seeks Graphic Designer to Create a Logo and Style Guide

‘Kings, Queens and Things’: Drag Shows are Taking Off in Humboldt, Including One Up-and-Coming Show at an Unexpected Venue

December 2022

Crafters Rejoice! A New ‘Creative Reuse’ Store is Soon Opening in Old Town to Provide Your Environmentally Friendly Supplies

September 2022

New Brian Tripp-Designed Mural to Be Painted in Arcata This Month

‘Please Help Us’: Humboldt’s Arts Community Pleads Governor to Sign Bill That Would Offer Financial Support for Theaters and Other Struggling Arts Organizations

August 2022

(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Know Your 2022 Eureka Street Art Festival Artists

WHO WANTS AN OWL? Speedy Eureka Street Art Festival Muralist Seeks Additional Wall to Make Colorful

July 2022

Days-Long Marble Treasure Hunt Ends in Eureka; Winning Team from Crescent City Takes Home $45K Worth of One-of-a-Kind Marbles

(PHOTOS) Assemblymember Jim Wood Takes a Whirlwind Tour Through Humboldt’s Arts Community

More Like Valley BEST! Arcata’s Valley West Basketball Court Gets Some Color With Help from Local Nonprofit

(MAP) Here’s Where New Murals Will Be Painted During the 2022 Eureka Street Art Festival

June 2022

Dell’Arte International’s Prison Arts Program Seeks ‘Redemption Through Creativity’ for Pelican Bay Prisoners

(PHOTOS) Eureka High School BIPOC Student Clubs Unveil Murals Representing Cultural Diversity