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Altar The Present

Exhibition  /  05 Dec 2025  -  07 Feb 2026
Published: 27.11.2025
Altar The Present.

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Intro
The Mendocino Art Center presents Altar The Present, a jewelry and wearable art show that explores the possibility of embodied altars, where jewelry acts as a tool for storytelling, through personal imagination and collective mythology.

Artist list

Aesa, Katie Applebaum, Patrice Byarlay, Hannah-Katarina Edwards, Tony Finocchio, Nancy Gardner, Anya Jindrich, Sakshi Mathuria, Car Nazzal, Grace Potter, April Sandoval, Lynda Shiedfield, Catherine Sieck, Gabrielle Valenti
Each artist invites the viewer into their fabulous wear, the body becomes an altar, a place of ritual, a reimagining of the temple. Wearable art has the potential to deepen our presence with the things that we make, heightening our senses within the inanimate, blurring the lines between self and object. When we truly slow down and embrace the present, it's not simply about a pause, but a commune and alchemization with everything around us. 

Through the merging and wielding of earth, fire, water and air, Adorn The Present splays the ancient onto the table before us. Featuring the work of Brienna Hall, Hanna-Katarina, Sofia Gonzalez, Eden Tighe, as well as works of art from…


Opening reception Friday, December 5th 6-9pm
Live music by Otto Nervous.