Museum Events

In this watercolor painting class you will learn to paint landscapes carved by water with Chris Messer, well-known artist and teacher.

This one-day class will be held outside (plein-air). In coordination with the museum’s current exhibit on “Water is Life”, artists may reflect on how water has shaped this area.

After registering, you will receive a supply list.

As a supporter of the community, Chris has happily donated paintings to many fundraising events, and is also always willing to talk art and offer advice to budding artists.

Registration: $30 per person

Join us on Thursday, June 15th at 7PM for a fascinating presentation and discussion with Bill Hirt.

Mount Shasta dominates the hydrology of the region.

Much of the water that falls onto the mountain percolates downwards emerging from springs near its base, months to decades later. These springs, as well as modest surface runoff, feed the flows of the Shasta, Sacramento, and McCloud Rivers.

In addition to surface streams, water from Mount Shasta also recharges local aquifers and soil moisture. To ensure that local groundwater is not over-drafted, which would adversely affect both spring flows and well levels, hydrologists monitor the inputs to and outputs from the Mount Shasta hydrologic system.

This data is now being used to calibrate a regional groundwater model that will enable us to predict how the system will respond to annual variations in temperature and precipitation as well as the long-term effects of climate change.

Bill is an emeritus geology instructor at the College of the Siskiyous.

Your $5 donation for this event is greatly appreciated.

Between the Listening and the Telling

How Stories Can Save Us

Join Mark Yaconelli as he dives into the importance of storytelling through the ages.

Mark Yaconelli is a storyteller, author, and activist. He shares the power of storytelling in our individual and collective lives.

In an increasingly fast-paced and fractured world, sharing stories can be a radical and deeply human practice. Stories uncover the ties that bind us to one another.

Mark Yaconelli will show how stories can heal our families, our world, ourselves.

Your $5 donation for this event is greatly appreciated.