Merced Arts Center

It’s “last chance Sunday” on Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — the last day for community members to spot and purchase an art-related treasure for a low price at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center (MAC), located at 645 W. Main Street in Merced. “From Arts Closet to Yours” had such a great turnout last weekend that it was extended…

In the coming days, if you happen to see someone downtown with a spray paint can in hand as they eye a street utility box — don’t call the police…

The Merced County Arts Council and the Merced Sunrise Rotary brought together a charitable event on Saturday that filled two floors of the…

Merced has a diverse, bustling and rich arts scene. And not only downtown on Main Street, but also at Merced College, the UC Campus, high school auditoriums and stages, and more. The phrase that you might have heard, “There is nothing to do here,” is not true. But then the pandemic hit a year ago. Rehearsals stopped, shows had to be canceled,…

Two interesting art exhibits — the MCAC Honors High School show, and “Yosemite On My Mind” (digital photography by Christopher Viney) — are being…

The annual High School Art Show 2020 opens this week at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in downtown Merced. It will run through April 11. An artists…

Residents and revelers alike made their way to the Merced Multicultural Arts Center last Friday night to dance the night away and support arts programming. To host the annual Mardi Gras event, the Merced Multicultural Arts Center transformed its gallery spaces into a rousing and colorful party complete with Fortune Telling and a…

The blistering rock musical “Lizzie” — presented by the local Phoenix Creative Collective — will be at The MAC on Main Street next weekend, Feb. 27-29. All…

The Times spoke with Colton Dennis, Executive Director of the Merced Multicultural Arts Center (“the MAC”), to see what he hopes to bring in 2020. Dennis…

Made By Hand Gift Market, consisting of 18 vendors, attracted a crowd of holiday shoppers to the Merced Multicultural Arts Center at 645 W. Main Street in Merced on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Bill Gossett Pottery was one of the vendors. Gossett teaches Art at Yosemite High School, and he teaches Pottery at Merced…