MIDDLETOWN
Pomo Basket Patterns Workshop with Meyo Marrufo at MAC
Join Middletown Art Center (MAC) on Saturday, Oct 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. for Basket Patterns with Meyo Marrufo. It's part of the Water Basket workshop series designed to support Native people in bringing expressions of their innate cultural heritage into public space and non-Native people in learning about Pomo cultural heritage. Artist Meyo Marrufo will discuss basket patterns, and participants will engage in painting. The workshop is free, including materials and supplies and open to the public. Advance sign up is requested at middletownartcenter.org/waterbasket.
"Basket designs have more than a pretty face!" says Meyo Marrufo. "Come explore some of our designs and where they are found within the cultural landscape. Learn about basket designs and create your own artistic interpretation."
An enrolled Member of the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, Marrufo is a visual artist and visual storyteller, bead artist, weaver, regalia maker, active member of the Pomo Weavers Society, and Environmental Department Director at Guidiville Rancheria.
A solo exhibit of Marrrufo's art Birds, Baskets and Other Thoughts, is currently on view at MAC. Her work has been exhibited widely in Northern California and curated Gathering Time at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah and We Are Still Here at the Sonoma Museum last year. Her work was first featured at MAC in the Earth Sky and Everything In Between exhibit last year and has since been part of several regular group shows at MAC. She presents and lectures widely on Pomo culture and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and practice.
The Water Basket project aims to raise awareness of Pomo cultural heritage and the rich legacy of Pomo basketry unique to this region and renowned worldwide. The workshops are designed to support both Native and non-Native people in submitting design proposals for 360° murals for the water tanks on Rabbit Hill. Like the designs woven into Pomo baskets, design proposals should reflect the area's history, people, and ecology utilizing geometric and organic shapes that are symbolic of animals and plants native to the region. See the full Call for Proposals and learn more about the project at middletownartcenter.org/waterbasket
Water Basket is a collaboration between Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians, of California, Pomo artists, Callayomi County Water District, and the Middletown Art Center. It's funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding from the Middletown Rancheria, the Water District, and public support.
Middletown Art Center is a Lake County non-profit dedicated to engaging the public in art making, art education, and art appreciation. Through exhibitions, performances, workshops, and community events, the Art Center provides a platform for diverse voices and perspectives, striving to create an inclusive and accessible space for all.
To learn more and donate to support Water Basket and other MAC programs visit middletownartcenter.org or call 707-809-8118. The MAC is located at 21456 State Hwy 175 in Middletown.
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MENDOCINO/LAKE COUNTIES
Savings Bank Educates Consumers With The #BanksNeverAskThat Anti-Phishing Campaign
Savings Bank of Mendocino County and banks across the nation are educating consumers about the persistent threat of phishing scams during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The FTC estimates that consumers lost $8.8 billion to phishing and other fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 44% compared to 2021.
During October, Savings Bank is sharing information provided by the American Bankers Association #BanksNeverAskThat campaign on social media to combat phishing. The campaign provides tips to empower consumers to identify bogus bank communications. It's not just phone calls from suspicious numbers, or numbers that appear to be from a bank. It's also emails, and text messages masked to look like they're from your bank asking for sensitive information like passwords and social security numbers.
If you're contacted by phone, email or text and are asked for confidential information such as your account number, username, password, or PIN, this is definitely a red flag. End the call, delete the text, and trash the email.
Watch out for emails and text messages with misspelled words, poor grammar, or that ask you to click a suspicious link or provide personal information. The sender may claim to be someone from your bank, but it's a scam.
If you feel you've been the victim of a scam and may have provided personal or important financial information, here's what to do next. Take a deep breath. You're going to get through this. Change your passwords. Contact your bank immediately at their publicly listed phone number to let them know what happened. Be sure to include any relevant details, such as whether the suspicious caller attempted to impersonate your bank and whether any personal or financial information was provided to the suspicious caller. Notify credit agencies and set up fraud alerts. Protect yourself moving forward by adding multi-factor authentication.
For information about phishing scams and how to stop fraudsters follow Savings Bank of Mendocino County on Facebook and visit www.BanksNeverAskThat.com
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