Past Events

We’re collaborating with Larkspur Library to present a free talk with longtime San Francisco Art Institute librarian and resident historian, Jeff Gunderson, who presented this talk to a packed house at Bolinas Museum earlier this year in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibition, The Golden Decade: Photography at the School of Fine Arts 1945-1955. 

Jeff Gunderson, ... Learn More

Does Earth have a memory? (… and if it does, what does it remember?) How do we make sense of a story extending 4.5 billion years into the past? And what events in that long history have left their marks most indelibly on the planet we call home. Please join us in a fun and engaging introduction to ... Learn More

Despite our separation, our community remains robust, Together Alone. To document this strange and complex moment in history as we shelter-in-place, Bolinas Museum is partnering with local professional photographers to take black & white portraits of the Bolinas community. Everyone sheltering-in-place in Bolinas is invited to participate.

Many households have welcomed home their college-age children ... Learn More

Celebrating a sense of place and togetherness, despite the distance!

As we practice safe distancing and sheltering at home, the popular Annual Benefit Lawn Party over Memorial Day Weekend was cancelled. Rather than gathering on a local lawn with good food, good drink, and good music to share in the beauty and bounty of ... Learn More

Pour yourself a glass of wine, make a cup of tea, and come discuss art and life. What is your favorite artwork? Was there a piece that just moved you to tears, inspired something new, or encouraged you unexpectedly? Interested in hearing what inspires others? Join friends old and new that love art and be part of the discussion.

All ... Learn More

Enjoy a recording of the virtual house concert in honor of Mother’s Day weekend through the link below. 

We all know that singing is good for the soul. Join us from home this Mother’s Day weekend as we go live for the first time on YouTube with Molly Maguire for the annual kick off to the museum’s summer concert series! ... Learn More

In partnership with the Bolinas Community Center’s Art and Garden weekend, celebrate spring and make your own floral arrangements! Master gardener and watercolor artist Sally Robertson, whose work is featured in the museum’s FOCUS exhibition, will share her knowledge of how to create successful still-life arrangements honed through years of practice. Participants are invited to share their flower arrangements in ... Learn More

In partnership with the Bolinas Community Center’s Art and Garden weekend, everyone is invited to bring a creative floral arrangement to display in the museum’s courtyard for the day!

Arrangements are due between 12-12:30 PM and may be made with any material. At 1 PM, three will be selected by a jury of local experts to be displayed ... Learn More

Enjoy a morning tour with Sally Robertson as she shares stories of years carefully cultivating her unique garden that features an abundance of roses, artfully shaped shrubs, and a pond with mature koi and water lilies, all of which serve as inspiration for her masterful watercolors on view in the main gallery. Following the walk, enjoy a light, locally ... Learn More

Enjoy an orchid themed cocktail and private tour of California Orchids with founder Mary Nisbet, one of the most highly regarded orchid growers in the Bay Area. Her magical Bolinas greenhouse hosts rare varieties from around the world, many of which inspired Sally Robertson’s watercolors on view in the current exhibition.

Space is limited / ... Learn More

Longtime San Francisco Art Institute librarian and resident historian, Jeff Gunderson, will discuss the founding of the California School of Fine Art’s groundbreaking photography program in the 1940s and the school’s post-war milieu of avant-garde experimentation. Students in the photography program enjoyed close relationships with their teachers, often staying in their homes and working side-by-side in the field, inspiring ... Learn More

Join us for this special community open house reception celebrating the hand drawn astrolabes by Don Jolley’s adult and Bolinas Stinson School students along with artwork by current school students and astrophotography by Masha Kirshbaum.

At 2 PM Don Jolley will give a short talk that will enrich our awareness and stimulate our imaginations as we contemplate the night ... Learn More

Join us as we celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions; The Golden Decade & Tom Braun: Meditations. Don’t miss this chance to hear from the artists and curators!

Talks at 2 PM
Reception 3-5 PM

Enjoy a private tour of the current exhibitions with museum curators! Walk-ins Welcome. Need a ride? Enjoy a free shuttle service!

FREE WHISTLE STOP SHUTTLE  / Space is limited! Reservations required.
Reserve your seat by December 10  by contacting christine@bolinasmuseum.org or call us at 415-868-2006. Please provide your name, phone number, and email address, and if you need ... Learn More

Enjoy a private tour of the current exhibitions with museum curators! Walk-ins Welcome. Need a ride? Enjoy a free shuttle service!

FREE WHISTLE STOP SHUTTLE  / Space is limited! Reservations required.
Reserve your seat by November 1  by contacting christine@bolinasmuseum.org or call us at 415-868-2006. Please provide your name, phone number, email address, and which shuttle you would like ... Learn More

Two performances by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Choreography and Direction by Joanna Haigood / Set Design and Fabrication by Wayne Campbell / Music by jazz composer Marcus Shelby
Performance 1: Saturday, November 9, 7 PM @ Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station
Performance 2: Sunday, November 10, 4 PM @ Bolinas Community Center, Bolinas – Reception ... Learn More

Two performances by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Choreography and Direction by Joanna Haigood / Set Design and Fabrication by Wayne Campbell / Music by jazz composer Marcus Shelby
Performance 1: Saturday, November 9, 7 PM @ Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station
Performance 2: Sunday, November 10, 4 PM @ Bolinas Community Center, Bolinas – ... Learn More

Enjoy a private tour of the current exhibitions with museum curators! Walk-ins Welcome. Need a ride? Enjoy a free shuttle service!

FREE WHISTLE STOP SHUTTLE  / Space is limited! Reservations required.
Reserve your seat by November 8  by contacting christine@bolinasmuseum.org or call us at 415-868-2006. Please provide your name, phone number, email address, and which shuttle you would like ... Learn More

This even has been cancelled. 

Discover and explore Aerial Dance. On low flying apparatus, explore movement techniques that help build strength, flexibility, and confidence in the air!

Join us as we celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions. Don’t miss this chance to hear from the artists in the Coastal Marin Artists Gallery and the Photography Gallery before the Holiday Reception celebrating the opening of the Hardly Strictly Mini Biennial Exhibition~

Talks at 2 PM
Reception 3-5 PM

$10 SAVINGS FOR ADULTS WHEN YOU PREREGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE!

8 AM Registration @ Bolinas Museum / 9 AM Trot

Pre-Race Day:
18 & up $15 | Kids 10 -17 $10 | Kids 9 and under FREE

Day Of:
18 & up $25 | Kids 10 -17 $10 | Kids 9 and under FREE

Join us in collecting the art of coastal Marin and more! The Annual Benefit Art Auction is the museum’s largest and most important fundraiser of the year and one of West Marin’s most highly regarded events. Your generous support benefits both the Bolinas Museum and our outstanding artistic community. This fun-filled evening begins with a social cocktail hour before ... Learn More

Join us for the opening of our next round of exhibitions! Gallery talks with the artists and curators begin at 2 PM. Reception is 3 – 5 PM. Artists Joanna Haigood, Wayne Campbell, Jack Fulton, and Ashley Eva Brock will be in attendance. Museum admission, gallery talks, and opening receptions are aways free!

NEW DATE!

Live music by Rainy Eyes 3 PM (two sets)

Join us for a curated collection of contemporary makers and craftspeople, each presenting wares and objects inspired by the Northern California cultural aesthetics. Vendors include: Costa Japan women’s garments; Mohinders handwoven leather shoes; My Dear Tejas deerskin jackets; Garza Marfa woolen shawls; Of Soil and Moss creative plantings; Parkside ... Learn More

Join us for a guided walk and be amazed by the layers of history along Wharf Road in Bolinas, beside Bolinas Lagoon. Curator of Coastal Marin Art and History, Elia Haworth, will spark your imagination with historic photos and stories about schooners, shipwrecks, saloons, houseboats, loggers, ladies in lace, sea captains, mudslides, artists, activists, and more.

Join friends, old and new, in the Bolinas Museum’s historic courtyard for cocktails,hors d’oeuvres and live music during this lively holiday tradition and perfect kick-off to your 4th of July festivities!

This year we’ll be toasting Edward (Nick) Nicholas III, who may have poured you a drink or two! Descendant of one of the ... Learn More

Create Your Own Wall Hanging
Join us for a special workshop led by macramé artist Emily Katz.
All levels welcome! Space is limited. Materials included.

Emily will demonstrate a handful of her favorite knotting techniques and you will design and create your own macramé wall hanging with Emily’s expert guidance and support. All the materials you need to complete ... Learn More

Come celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions with Intimate talks with the artists and curators at 4PM. In Parallel artists Windy Chien and Serena Mitnik-Miller and Nearshore artist Meghann Riepenhoff will be in attendance! Learn about their work and inspirations. An opening reception and free courtyard concert with Sandy’s follows 5-7PM.

Come celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions In Parallel: Windy Chien & Serena Mitnik-Miller, Meghann Riepenhoff: Nearshore, and Jan Langdon: Loomed. Intimate and inspiring talks with the artists and curators at 4PM will be followed by an opening reception and free concert with Sandy’s live in the courtyard 5 – 7 PM.

On their new EP, Chime, ... Learn More

This hands-on, creative event is full of learning, laughter, and community spirit! Led by beloved local artist and art educator Janis Yerington, enjoy a variety of art projects inspired by the current exhibitions, and learn to make flower crowns, cyanotypes, macrame, and more!

Free courtyard events are supported in part by a grant from the Stinson-Boilnas Community Foundation.

Kelly McFarling is singer-songwriter whose music leans towards lush Americana with an emphasis, dynamic earthy vocals. Inspired by nature, Kelly’s music is reflective of transitions, the wilderness, and its navigation. Influences include folk, country, and the blues. She will be performing original songs written in San Francisco and West Marin. Her connection with West Marin started seven ... Learn More

Enjoy good company, breathtaking views, sumptuous seasonal fare, live tunes by High Tide Collective, great wine, beer and specialty cocktails as we kick off summer during this festive gathering of friends, old and new! This family-friendly event will once again be held at a gracious property located at the edge of the Bolinas lagoon.

This year, we’ll raise a toast ... Learn More

Concurrent with the museum’s exhibitions of natural history, join us for an enthralling conversation with prominent local scientists and artists who will share insights into our local ecosystems. Biologist, author and research associate Peter Pyle has studied birds and the ecosystem of our region for forty years, including initiating definitive studies of Farallon Islands’ birds, surrounding waters and Great White ... Learn More

Do you ever think about visiting other planets? Have you ever wondered how far it is to the nearest star? Take a walk on the beach with Bolinas-Stinson School science teacher Don Jolley and see for yourself just how big (or small!) our world really is. Beginning with an Earth the size of a peppercorn, we will construct a scale ... Learn More

Honoring Ralph Camiccia
Hosted by Vera Louie, Kitty Okamura, and Roger Peacock

Friends old and new gathered in the Bolinas Museum’s historic courtyard for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres during this lively holiday tradition and perfect kick-off to 4th of July festivities! This year, we threw the party in honor of Ralph Camiccia as a thank you for ... Learn More

The museum has a happy tradition of periodic Family Fun Days. These hands-on creative events are a delight for all ages. Led by beloved local artist and art educator Janis Yerington, visitors enjoyed making a variety of Divine Gardens inspired art projects, from flower garlands, and macramé bracelets, to printmaking, painting, and more. It was a wonderful day of art, ... Learn More

A collection of contemporary artists, makers, and craftspeople, each presenting wares and objects inspired by Northern California! Curated by The Native Daughter.

Live music by Kate Sweeney with July
Records with DJ Mark Hug

Vendors: Amanda Hunt, Godseye Holy Fragrance Oils, Ramblingbird Ceramics, Locust House, The Wilderness Workshop, Charlie Callahan, Mohinders Shoes, Juniper Ridge, Salter Vintage, Mardi Wood, Julie ... Learn More

In conjunction with the exhibition Divine Gardens: Mayumi Oda and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, participants enjoyed walking the world famous farm that inspired Greens Restaurant and learned about the farm’s innovative organic practices and the diversity of flowers, fruits and vegetables that thrive in coastal Marin’s marine climate.

Learn more about the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and their ... Learn More