As we mentioned last month, we love to run classes here at the MAC Community Arts Center & Gallery! In addition to our Homeschool and Afterschool programs for K-8 students, we have recently started a Middle & High School Art Club (totally free, but donations are always welcome!) led by one of our most beloved local artists and teachers, the amazing Dana Ellis. We've hosted 4 sessions so far this fall, and plan to keep them going when we're all back from the holidays. We have

You may know that we provide arts programs at all of the schools in Mono County, but did you know that we also have classes at our MAC Community Arts Center & Gallery too? This month, we talked to kindergartner, Iva, who's in our Afterschool Art Explorations! class here at MAC. Iva LOVES art - and does it as often as she can. Iva with her piece, based on the the work of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian Why do you love art - and what kind of art is your favorite? I love art becaus

With the arrival of an early snow storm to keep us on our toes this Spooky October, we have been having a great time settling in to all of our Arts Classes here in Mono County! This month, we stopped by Bridgeport Elementary to spend the day with our amazing Music Teaching Artist, Miss Peggy, and we got to chat with BES 3rd grader, Yahir, about art, music and how those things help him in his life. Why do you love art - and what kind of art is your favorite? I really like ever

September finds MAC Teaching Artists in classrooms all across Mono County teaching music and art. Both of our programs - Crescendo (music) and Create with the Greats (visual art) are finally underway, and our artists are so happy to be back in the schools! This month, we stopped by to chat with MES 5th grader, Juliet, about her experience with art and (in this case specifically) her most recent Create with the Greats class. We think you'll find her enthusiasm contagious! J

School is back in session in Mono County and we are PSYCHED! MAC's Crescendo music and Create with the Greats visual art programs will...

This month we are excited to welcome our newest staff member, M Little Bear Bateman (Little Bear). While they just started at the end of...

As we all know, Mammoth is incredible in the summer! And MAC's Art & Nature camps aim to take full advantage of the long days, gorgeous...

This month we are highlighting our most recently added board member, and former employee, Deja Charles-Tomkins. We are thrilled to have...

Summer is HERE and our arts camps are in FULL swing! We have been having so much fun creating new works of art - both here in the MAC...

This month we are excited to highlight another of our new board members, Scott Power. After persistently reaching out to our Executive...

As many of you may know, MAC hosted a Student Art Show this past month, and it was a tremendous success, with many students selling their...

This month's highlighted board member jumped right in to head our Fundraising Committee and has only been on the board about 6 months!...

We've been on the road this month, visiting every school and talking to students all over Mono County to get them ready for the MAC...

Our latest board member spotlight is someone who is no stranger to MAC! This month we talked to our new Board Member and long-time...

One of the best parts about our job is how many schools we get to visit, and how many amazing kids from different communities we get to...

We continue to highlight our new Board Members because they are all so wonderful! This month we talked to our new Board Member, Lauren...

MAC Teaching Artists have been BUSY visiting all of the schools in Mono County this past month - we've taught music classes, Ski PE...

We are thrilled to bring back our Board Member Spotlights as we work to rebuild our Board of Directors. This month we talked to our new...

Happy 2025! To start off this year, we talked to Charlie, a 6th grader at Lee Vining Elementary. Charlie spoke to MAC Teaching Artist,...

For December's Student Spotlight, we caught up with Lucas, a 4th grader at Lee Vining Elementary. Lucas is no stranger to the art world...