CREEKSIDE ARTS

Theatre Performances and other Events

Enjoy shows, fundraisers and more at our 6-acre secluded retreat.

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Over the years, the members of Creekside Arts have come together to host events that focus on the arts and that support community, family and friends.

Sunday, August 18: Performance

Reading a scene from Bob Bartlett’s play, “The Regular” followed by 6pm potluck happy hour  and 7pm performance. 

Bob Bartlett is an award-winning playwright and theater professor from the D.C. area.  When he is not sitting in a coffee shop, writing, you might find him checking out venues for his site-specific plays. He has produced plays in a laundromat, a record store, a wooded area, and his backyard, as well as in theaters.

Here at Creekside, he will work with local actors for a reading from one of his pieces.

Sunday, September 8: Sasha Lyth Art Show in the Greenhouse

11AM – 5PM Viewing
2PM Artist Talk and cyanotype demonstration/hands-on Workshop 

In the Creekside Arts Greenhouse, 475 Howard Hts Rd, Freshwater

Sasha Lyth, a local artist, will be showing her work, “Blueprints to the Wilderness” on Sunday September 8th in the Greenhouse at Creekside Arts. Her work features mixed media cyanotypes and eco prints exposed and printed on location deep in the wilderness of the Eastern Sierras, and aims to highlight the beauty and profound spiritual experience of being in wild places, while acknowledging the the necessity to preserve wild places from human impact.

Instagram: @sashalythart

Ukulele Dan at Creekside Arts on July 28

Our friend Dan Rivers returns Sunday, July 28, for the third time with an evening of humor, commentary, and original songs.

One particular song, updated to reflect our current political situation, will ask for audience participation.

He says,”Thank you for inviting me back again! I’m looking forward to seeing you and the neighbors. I’m putting some finishing touches on a song or two, and may even add some banter…”

Join us on our deck at 6pm for a hearty salad, potluck libations, and snacks. The music starts at 7pm.

Our 2nd Annual Mothers Day festival
at Creekside Arts

Creekside Arts invites you!

Creekside Arts in Bloom on Mother’s Day
Sunday May 12, 2024
11:00-6:00

Once again we will fill the Creekside Garden and suroundings with art, music, poetry and storytelling by local performers and artists. Art activities for young artists with Ben Selman. A buffet of snacks and drinks to please everyone!

Creekside Arts Garden, in Freshwater, California.
Free admission.
Everyone is welcome–See you there!

ITOSHIMA PAINTINGS
Marceau Verdiere
Gallery Marceau
April 20-21
Artist Talk Sunday at 2pm

Artist Talk

Creekside Arts’ own Marceau Verdiere will present his exhibit “The Itoshima paintings”. These works were created in Itoshima Japan while Marceau was an artist in residence at Studio Kura, in February of 2024. A Victor Jacoby Award recipient, Marceau went to Japan to gain a deeper understanding of the Japanese Aesthetic philosophy of Wabi Sabi. The works presented are translations of his learning and reflections of his time there.

You can listen to Marceau talk about these paintings  on Art Attitude with Wendy Butler by clicking below. 

Listen HERE

2021

Waiting for Godot

After more than a year of the Covid pandemic, Creekside Arts started rehearsals for their production of ‘Waiting for Godot.’ Then, after several Covid-caused postponments, Godot finally saw the light in December of 2021 at the new Synapsis in Eureka, California. With its production of ‘Waiting for Godot,’ Creekside Arts raised over $2,600 to help wih the continued renovation of the Eureka Synpasis space. 

2020

Spilled Popcorn and Sticky Cotton Candy

Written and performed by Calder Bullwinkle, this solo show found itself being performed on several of Creekside Arts stages. Calder went on to perform his show in Eureka’s inaugural fringe festival.

2019

The Duck Variations

David Mamet’s play became the first production to be staged on Creekside Arts’ Greenhouse Stage. John Heckel and Arnold Wadell gave life to Mamet’s elder spokesmen.

2017

The Crack of the Butterfly's Tongue

The first production in Creekside Arts’ Indoor Studio was Ryan McCutchan’s The Crack of the Butterfly’s Tongue. Ryan both wrote and performed this one-man show. The show was also later performed at the local Universal Unitarian Fellowship in Arcata, California. 

2017-22

Poetry, Music, Readings and More

Creekside Arts’ performance spaces are continually used by local Humboldt County poets and musicians. Visiting artists and authors have also found appreciative audiences for their new work.