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The Sanctuary is a playground for creative action and artful living. Housed in the Arcata Women’s Club historic building, the Sanctuary is a space dedicated to making and experiencing art in community. We produce gallery exhibitions, live music, community events, workshops and much more. Our printmaking lab, ceramics studio, food garden, reference library, communal kitchen, general workshop, sewin

g studio, great hall and stage serve as venues for creative community-building. The Sanctuary is a project of Creative Sanctuary, a 501c3 nonprofit, incorporated September 4, 2015.

Hi All,We’ve posted a little update video about the Sanctuary on our GoFundMe page. Click https://gofund.me/1080fb5c to ...
12/16/2024

Hi All,
We’ve posted a little update video about the Sanctuary on our GoFundMe page. Click https://gofund.me/1080fb5c to check it out. We are so grateful for all of the donations that have come in so far. Our community is so supportive and kind.
We have a looooong road ahead, and we are still learning the full extent of the damage to the building, but we are hopeful and feeling optimistic about the future.
While the building is closed, we are still hosting events in the community and we are planning some fun programming as well. Please stay tuned here, check out our website, and/or sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop.
If you would like to help, one of the easiest ways is by copying and sharing the link to our gofundme page. Getting the word out helps our chances of reaching our financial goals and keeps folks informed about it all. So thank you!!
Happy holidays,
Erica & Katie

Stories Behind the Songs: Chet Baker and other Capricorns at the Arcata PlayhouseStories Behind the Songs: Chet Baker an...
12/13/2024

Stories Behind the Songs: Chet Baker and other Capricorns at the Arcata Playhouse
Stories Behind the Songs: Chet Baker and other Capricorns

Location: Arcata Playhouse, 1251 9th St, Arcata
Date: Dec 21, 2024,
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $15-$30
Tickets at: sanctuaryarcata.org

Spotlight on Chet Baker and other Capricorns” is the second in Creative Sanctuary’s four concert winter series, “Stories Behind The Songs”, hosted by James Zeller with a cast of local all-star jazz musicians and special guests. You’ll hear Zeller’s favorite selections from the Chet Baker songbook, from Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern and more. As with every show in the series, this one will be both edifying and entertaining, with Zeller weaving in stories about the songs and a few originals he imagines maybe Chet would have dug.
Joining Zeller will be an exceptional local rhythm section of Gabe Lubowe, piano, Ramsey Issacs, drums and Danny Gaon, Bass. Expect tasteful and unique arrangements of music ranging from Irving Berlin to Gershwin, Sinatra (a Capricorn) to who knows?

Welcome to another LGBTQ+ Art Night! Join Sanctuary Studio Artist for another fun event, this one hosted by . The theme...
12/09/2024

Welcome to another LGBTQ+ Art Night! Join Sanctuary Studio Artist for another fun event, this one hosted by . The theme for this night is Holiday ornaments! We will make Oragami stars and cranes. After depending on the number of people. You get a clear ornament you then put the cranes or stars into. The event is free and all ages welcome. Come to 1391 G Street Arcata, December 14th 2-5pm Feel free to contact me on Instagram or Tiktok MauvexKeyo

James Zeller Bday Party Concert Location: Arcata Playhouse 1251 9th St, ArcataDec 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PMJoin us in...
12/04/2024

James Zeller Bday Party Concert
Location: Arcata Playhouse 1251 9th St, Arcata
Dec 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Join us in celebrating James Zeller for his birthday! In true James style, he wants to celebrate with a concert. 🤩
He hopes to bring a large cast of collaborators and perform music from his different selves, from singer songwriter to jazz trombonist, from bebop to improvised music, serious to comedic, all heartfelt. James brings so much joy and creativity to the Sanctuary and our community. We cannot wait to kick off his next trip around the sun with those who love and care about him. 🥂
PWYC tickets are available at sanctuaryarcata.org

Hi Folks,As many of you already know, the Sanctuary has been heavily damaged from the wind and storms a few weeks ago. M...
12/02/2024

Hi Folks,
As many of you already know, the Sanctuary has been heavily damaged from the wind and storms a few weeks ago. More than 1/2 the roofing blew off the building, causing heavy water damage throughout all 19 rooms of the building and effectively shutting us down for the next 8-12 months.

The community really stepped up to help us in so many ways these past 2 weeks. Thank you for your time, meals, resources, areas of expertise, and initial financial donations as we worked to find stable ground and assess the damage. Our hearts burst with your sweetness and just… showing up. Thank you.

For this Giving Tuesday, we are launching our Go Fund Me campaign to help cover those building costs that will be required but not covered by insurance. If you are in a position to help, we would be forever grateful.

https://gofund.me/dc546d80

We will be adding updates about costs, needs, and timelines as we know them.

We appreciate the support and each and every one of you so much.
With much warmth,
Erica & Katie

A Reason To Listen: Poetry & Hip HopNEW LOCATION: Septentrio Barrel Room 937 I Street, ArcataThursday, December 5 from 7...
11/30/2024

A Reason To Listen: Poetry & Hip Hop
NEW LOCATION: Septentrio Barrel Room 937 I Street, Arcata
Thursday, December 5 from 7-9pm
Guest Artist: Ruffian
DJ Goldylocks
Live Art by: Dre Meza

Thanks to for helping us re-home this popular community poetry night. The Barrel Room is located next to Salt restaurant in Arcata. Please go out and support these folks. Better yet, share some poetry!

Trusting that brighter days are ahead. We want to thank Harry Simpson and Arcata Bay Self Storage for generously donatin...
11/25/2024

Trusting that brighter days are ahead. We want to thank Harry Simpson and Arcata Bay Self Storage for generously donating some safe, dry storage units for us to home our Sanctuary belongings in. And thanks to everyone who helped us get everything there. We continue to live in gratitude for our incredibly loving community. And clear skies are coming. That’s a boon.

A night to remember. That’s how it was described by someone as they left this evening. So true. It was a sweet, energy f...
11/24/2024

A night to remember. That’s how it was described by someone as they left this evening. So true. It was a sweet, energy filled evening. Thank you for coming to our Benefit Show! We laughed a lot because everyone is exhausted and things get funny when that happens. James is a great story teller, even tired. And Katie just brings the light. Always. And you all… you all brought the generosity. So much so, we could cry. We raised $2694 tonight! We’re stunned. We cannot thank you enough. We also cannot thank .arts enough for hosting this benefit for us on such short notice. Thank you !!! You are such a bad ass. Your staff and volunteers are so helpful and kind. Also gotta give a big shout out to .wav, who did sound tonight. Thank you. And lastly, we want to thank all of the musicians who donated their time and energy for this show. They are all incredible musicians who really brought the magic for this one.

Volunteer and Needs Update for the Sanctuary: Hello Everyone. If you are planning to come to the Sanctuary to volunteer,...
11/22/2024

Volunteer and Needs Update for the Sanctuary: Hello Everyone. If you are planning to come to the Sanctuary to volunteer, please wear coveralls, gloves, and if possible a respirator.

We are asking folks to enter through the downstairs/basement door in the 13th street side of the building. The upstairs is now CLOSED, due to safety concerns. The ceiling has begun to fall down.

If you have extra coveralls, respirators, or gloves that we could have or use… we would appreciate it. The volunteer work hours today (Friday, November 22) are 12-5pm.

Thank you so much and we will keep you updated as best we can .We appreciate you so much.

Just a little rehearsal video for our benefit show Leaves and Sleeves and ROOFS: Songs of Autumn and Rebuilding happenin...
11/22/2024

Just a little rehearsal video for our benefit show Leaves and Sleeves and ROOFS: Songs of Autumn and Rebuilding happening this Saturday November 23rd at The Arcata Playhouse 1251 9th St. Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7pm. Tix available on our website: sanctuaryarcata.org and are $15-$100. They will also be available at the door until sold out.
All proceeds from this event are being generously donated to help cover some of the growing costs accumulating due to the extensive damage our building received Tuesday night during the heavy rains and winds. (See prior posts for details).
While insurance will hopefully cover much of the structural damage, we still have so many financial pieces to cover and monies raised from this event will go directly towards those efforts. So thank you!
We are also just excited to spend some time with you and have some reprieve from the intensity of the past few days. We hope to see you and share some sweet moments through song! And thank goodness for some blue skies today!!

Hey folks! If anyone wants to help out packing and loading books/records, cleaning, furniture moving, organizing, and ot...
11/21/2024

Hey folks!
If anyone wants to help out packing and loading books/records, cleaning, furniture moving, organizing, and other tasks… here are the hours we are focusing on that for the next couple of days.

Today: November 21 from 2-5pm
Friday: November 22 from 12-5pm

Thanks so much. We are so grateful for your time.

“Leaves and Sleeves and ROOFS: Songs of Autumn and Rebuilding” will be hosted by James Zeller with a cast of familiar ch...
11/21/2024

“Leaves and Sleeves and ROOFS: Songs of Autumn and Rebuilding” will be hosted by James Zeller with a cast of familiar characters and special guests.

This is a special fundraiser event taking place at the Arcata Playhouse to help the Sanctuary after we experienced extensive damage to our roof and building during the recent storms.

We would love to have you there not only to raise money, but also to be with our community. We are so grateful for you all and cannot thank the Playhouse enough for their kind gesture of hosting our fundraiser event.

Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7:00pm
Cost: $15-$100
Location: The Arcata Playhouse 1251 9th St, Arcata
Tickets: sanctuaryarcata.org

You’ll hear favorite classics, unearthed gems and a few originals, all with Autumnal themes, as well as stories about each song, linking them together with educational and entertaining insight. Jazz standards will feature heavily, with brief, tasteful and insightful visits to adjacent genres.

Mr. Zeller will be joined by trusted musical partner Katie Belknap for harmony vocals, occasional lead and guitar support. The show will open with intimate solo and duo pieces, then Zeller and Belknap will be joined by members of the “house band”, sometimes known as the Humboldt Jazz Collective or the J Street Regulars, featuring Gabe Lubowe, piano, Danny Gaon, bass and Ramsey Issacs, drums.

The house band will also play opening and closing sets of instrumental Jazz on either end of the feature set while guests are invited to have refreshments, listen or converse, dance and mingle and just enjoy some fall togetherness (or go home and get in bed). We hope you’ll join us for a wildly varied and entertaining evening!

Update: Thank you so to everyone who has already helped in so many ways. We are incredibly grateful for your time, energ...
11/21/2024

Update: Thank you so to everyone who has already helped in so many ways. We are incredibly grateful for your time, energy, and various contributions. It’s all a bit overwhelming. There is so much damage.

We have the roof tarped and secured and spent the day assessing the damage, making calls, cleaning, and preparing for the continuing rains. We got as much water out of the building as we could and moved vulnerable things to dry spaces.

We still have so much to do. We will be planning some work parties in the coming days. Feel free to send us an email message at [email protected] if you are interested in helping. For financial donations, head over to sanctuaryarcata.org and click the donate button.

For those in the comments of the previous post concerned that we were diy-ing the clean up… thank you for your concern. We wanted to share that we are going through all the correct avenues for long term damage control. We just put the original message/post out to get as much help in the immediate as we could. 💛💛💛

Stay safe. And thank you again for showing up.

New Location!! CLASSICAL NORTH INDIAN VOCAL DHRUPAD CONCERT has been changed because part of the roof of the Sanctuary b...
11/20/2024

New Location!!
CLASSICAL NORTH INDIAN VOCAL DHRUPAD CONCERT
has been changed because part of the roof of the Sanctuary blew off last night!😔
Instead we will be having the concert
Friday, Nov 22
Synapsis Nova
1675 Union St, Eureka
8:30 pm (doors open at 😎
$20 cash only
🥰❤️

Hey folks! We really need your help. We experienced extensive storm damage to our roof last night and all areas of the S...
11/20/2024

Hey folks! We really need your help. We experienced extensive storm damage to our roof last night and all areas of the Sanctuary are under about 1/2” of water. We need: shop vacs, towels, floor squeegees, dehumidifiers, industrial fans, storage space for valuable objects, and folks that could take our rugs someplace to dry. We could also use bodies to help us onsite if you have the time. Please spread the word. Thank you so much. We hope everyone else out there is as safe, warm, and unharmed by the storm.

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It took 10 years and the destruction of the building, but the Sanctuary now has a cell phone! Our number is 707-822-0898. It’s the same number as our former landline. We’ll be setting up a schedule and those will be the days we’ll return calls and texts. We’ll post it once we figure out how to set it up. 😂 Stay tuned and thanks, as always for all of the support.

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The Sanctuary is a playground for creative action and artful living. Housed in the Arcata Women’s Club historic building, the Sanctuary is a space dedicated to making and experiencing art in community. We produce gallery exhibitions, live music, community events, workshops and much more. Our printmaking lab, ceramics studio, food garden, reference library, communal kitchen, general workshop, sewing studio, great hall and stage serve as venues for creative community-building. The Sanctuary is a project of Creative Sanctuary, a 501c3 nonprofit, incorporated in September of 2015.