The Mendocino College Spring Dance Festival celebrates the diversity of dance and how it unites people of all ages and ethnicities in its 16th year!  Dancers take to the Mendocino College stage on Friday and Saturday, May 5 & 6 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, May 7 at 2:00 PM to share what they have to say, through movement, with audience members who come to witness this very popular annual event.  Through hip hop, jazz, contemporary, ballet, tap dance, and Middle Eastern dance, this year’s event promises to be dazzling!

Please join us for our largest and most popular exhibition of the year!  The exhibit runs from April 20 through May 21, 2017 with an opening reception Thursday, April 20th from 4:00 – 6:00 PM.  Please join us for this free event!

Mendocino College students have been working hard both in and out of the classroom, producing a wide range of work including ceramics, sculpture, photography, textiles, paintings, drawings, jewelry and mixed media.  

Mendocino College welcomes award winning author, Reyna Grande, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the Ukiah Campus.  The author will share her experiences as a writer, Mexican immigrant and writing instructor.  All are welcome to join us for a special reception from 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. in the Lowery Student Center followed by a reading by the author and question/answer session from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater.  This event is free and open to the public.

The Mendocino College Art Gallery is proud to announce its new exhibit, eXplorations - Paula Gray: taking the X out of anxiety and other stories, which opens with a reception on Thursday, February 9th from 4-6pm. Paula Gray has taught visual arts at Mendocino College since 1986, both as an adjunct and full time professor. After retiring from full time teaching in 2014, she dove headlong into studio projects and has created an extensive and exciting new body of work.

Mendocino College Classified Senate presents it's annual Silent Auction and FUNRaiser, Thursday, December 1st from 10AM to 4PM in the Mendocino College Boardroom.

Proceeds from the event go to the Classified Senate Scholarship Fund to benefit students in need. The event is free and open to the public.

Enjoy unique and handmade gifts, a wine raffle, finish your holiday shopping early, all while supporting a great cause!

On Tuesday, November 29 the Foundation will embark on our first ever Giving Tuesday campaign.  100% of the proceeds collected will be given to support the Mendocino College Food Pantry.  The pantry provides non-perishable food to Mendocino College students in need.  

Help us Help them!  No amount is too small, everything counts!

Giving Tuesday is a global event and has become the “Day of Giving” following black Friday and cyber Monday’s consumerism. 

Mendocino College is pleased and excited to invite the community to join them as they celebrate Native American Heritage Month.  The event will be held in the Lowery Student Center and Plaza on the Ukiah campus Wednesday, November 30th beginning at 4:00 p.m. with a traditional Native American prayer.

The Mendocino College Art Gallery is proud to announce its new exhibit, “Travelin’ Dave presents The BigFoot Family Band,” opening on Thursday, November 3 with a reception from 4-6pm.  The exhibit is a mixed media art installation featuring the work of Lush Newton which will transform the gallery with the adventures of a traveling dog, musical bears, and other unexpected delights.

The Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department will present Anton Chekhov’s humorously poignant play, The Cherry Orchard beginning next week.  Performances will run October 21-30 in Mendocino College’s Center Theatre on the Ukiah Campus. The play, under the direction of adjunct theatre instructor Jason Davis, features a cast of 22 extraordinary local performers, including 14 full-time college theatre conservatory students.  According to Davis, “the play is a comedy about the human condition, economic disparity, and social change.” 

Mendocino College is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a five-year, 2.2 million dollar Developing Hispanic Institutions grant from the U.S. Department of Education through a highly competitive process. The goal of this grant is to better serve Latino and high-need students at Mendocino College’s four educational sites in Mendocino and Lake Counties.