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There is a diverse collection of restaurants, coffee shops, and bars located in the downtown area – just a block from Clear Lake, as well as specialty stores, a bakery, bookstores, and art galleries. Artwork by local artists is displayed in government offices and many of the local businesses as part of the “Art in Public Places” program.

Arts and Artists' Programs

Clear Lake Performing Arts

(707) 263-6120
www.clearlakeperformingarts.org

Lake County Arts Council

(707) 263-6120
www.lakecountyartscouncil.com

Lake County Symphony Orchestra

(707) 263-6120
www.clearlakeperformingarts.org

Lakeport Community Players

(707) 263-6658
www.nbtg.org/lcp

Lake County Repertory Theater

(707) 540-5554
www.lcrt.org

Bachelor Valley Gourd Club of Lake County

(707) 275-3469

Cobb Mountain Artists

(707) 928-6461

Konocti Plein Air Painters

(707) 263-6658
www.konoctipleinairpainters.com

Art in Public Places

325 N. Main Streeet
Lakeport, CA 95453
(707) 263-6658
www.lakecountyartscouncil.com
Administered by the Lake County Arts Council, the Art in Public Places program places paintings and other works of art in public buildings, such as the Courthouse in Lakeport, and businesses around Lake County. Contact the Lake County Arts Council for more information and locations.

Art Galleries

There are numerous art galleries in Lake County - Clearlake , Cobb , Kelseyville , Lakeport , Loch Lomond , Lower Lake , Lucerne , Nice , and Upper Lake .

Lake County Quilt Trail

(707) 279- 9022 www.lakecountyquilttrail.com Enjoy art in rural places with the first quilt trail in California. More than a dozen vibrantly colored quilt blocks decorate the sides of pioneer barns, pear packing sheds, winery tasting rooms, and other historic structures throughout Lake County. Each quilt has a story that connects to the history of the building, honors farming, or celebrates family. Download a driving map of locations.

Clearlake

The Art House Gallery
15210 Lakeshore Drive Clearlake, CA 95422 (707) 994-1716 www.thearthousegallery.net	10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, stonework, found items, leather, pottery, greeting cards, natural crafts, jewelry, furniture and household items.

Cobb

Pin-Cushion Glass
9999 Forestry Road Cobb, CA 95426 (707) 928-4555	By appointment One-of-a-kind handmade jewelry of Murano and borosilicate lampworked glass beads, fine-quality metal, and crystal components.

Hidden Valley Lake

Colori Viventi Galleria

18983 Hartmann Road, Ste 2 Hidden Valley Lake, CA 95467 (707) 987-8794 www.coloriviventi.net

Francesco Cafiso, originally from Catania, Sicily spent most of his youth in Milan, Italy and later in France. There he started his artistic career as a song writer and guitarist. It was later after an accident while touring Europe that his life changed course. Intrigued by the art of mosaic he returned to Italy to study with the Maestro Tagliatti. He spent years restoring classic works in Italy and Northern Africa. In 1997 he returned to France where he opened his first gallery with his wife Kristina Della Valle in Evian Les Bains. Constantly drawn to the reflective and luminescent qualities of glass he started experimenting with reverse painting techniques and, over time, developed a technique of his own.

Kelseyville

Nordhammer Art Foundry and Nord Lund Abbey Gallery
3566 Big Valley Road Kelseyville, CA 95451 (707) 279-9116 www.nordhammer.com	By appointment Sculptures by master foundryman and internationally recognized bronze sculptor Rolf Nord Kriken. Paintings, ceramics, sculptures by local and regional artists.

Saw Shop Gallery Bistro
3825 Main Street Kelseyville, CA 95451 (707) 279-0129 www.sawshopbistro.com	Opens at 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Variety of art by Lake County artists.

Lakeport

Hendricks Sculpture Studio
Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-4009	By appointment Metal sculpture.

Judy Cardinale Art Gallery
2190 S. Main Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 279-9780	9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday Original oils and watercolors.

Lakeport Antiques and Art
101 South Main Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-5950

Magoon's North Custom Jewelry & Art Gallery
360 N. Main Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-1140	10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, weekends by appointment Pastel, oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. Stone, clay, wood, bronze, and mixed-media sculptures. Custom-designed jewelry and pottery.

Main Street Gallery
325 N. Main Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-6658	11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, Lake County Arts Council gallery. Sculptures in all media, paintings, prints, drawing, pottery, and jewelry by local artists. Student gallery. Gift shop.

New California Gallery
149 N. Main Street, 2nd Floor Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 391-7147 (707) 548-8265	Drop in or by appointment Landscape, plein air, figurative, and abstract paintings by locally, nationally, and internationally known artists.

Susan Branston Art Studio
1015 Page Drive Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-4318 www.susanbranstonart.com	By appointment Master western, wildlife, landscape and portrait artist. Original paintings as well as giclées on canvas are available.

Yeagan Art Studios
7485 Zeno Road Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 275-3238	By appointment Engraving and carving in stone. Glass and gems. Painting and drawing in all media. Monuments.

Loch Lomond

Carol Hopkins Artist's Studio
11475 Loch Lomond Road Loch Lomond, CA 95426 (707) 928-5019	By appointment Oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media.

Lower Lake

Bright Lights Aloha Bay Candle Co. & Factory Outlet Store
16275 Morgan Valley Road Lower Lake, CA 95457 (707) 994-3267 www.alohabay.com	9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays Scented jar, layered, and handpainted candles. Himalayan salt products, lamps, bath salts.

Lucerne

Harbor Village
6193 - 6199 E. Hwy 20 (adjacent to Lucerne Harbor Park) Lucerne, CA 95458 www.co.lake.ca.us	Harbor Village is a cluster of shops in Alpine-style cottages on the shore of Clear Lake. Lakeside Art, 6195 E. Hwy 20, (707) 274-1393 The Soap Shack Baby, 6199 E. Hwy 20, (707) 982-0163, www.thesoapshackbaby.com

Upper Lake

Diego's Gallery
9495 Main Street, Suite 3 Upper Lake, CA 95485 (707) 350-4209 www.diegoandsherrycraftart.com	Call for hours or by appointment Diego's Gallery consists of paintings, large black and white photographs, wood burned gourd art, hammered wire earrings and other types of jewlery.

Lake County Wine Studio 9505 Main Street Upper Lake, CA 95485 (707) 275-8030 11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Monday 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday
Located in historic Upper Lake just across the street from the restored Tallman Hotel, the Lake County Wine Studio (LCWS) offers visitors a true taste of wine country. Hard-to-find artisan wines from over thirty-five select local producers are available for tasting and sale at the eco-friendly studios' straw-bale tasting bar. The first multi-winery tasting room in Lake County, the LCWS also boasts a gallery for local artists and a gift shop. LCWS hosts monthly art and wine receptions (first weekend of the month that includes both Friday and Saturday), and food and wine pairings. LCWS also hosts a Local Cuisine Scene, a food and wine pairing, on the second Friday of the month February through December and on the third Friday in January. Fondue is available with 24-hour advance reservation. Wineries represented are:
Alienor Beaver Creek Bell Hill Vineyards Big Valley Brassfield Estate Bullion Ridge Cache Creek Ceago Vinegarden Chacewater Cougar's Leap Dusinberré Cellars Eden Crest Elk Mountain Vineyards Fore Family	Gregory Graham Hagafen Cellars Hawk & Horse Isabel Lady of the Lake Langtry Laujor Estate Lavendar Blue Moore Family Winery Mt. Konocti Growers Noggle Vineyards & Winery Obsidian Ridge Olof Cellars Red Lava	Robinson Lake Vineyards Robledo Family Rosa D'Oro Shannon Ridge Shed Horn Cellars Six Sigma Snows Lake Vineyard Sol Rouge Steele Tejada Thorn Hill Vigilance Wildhurst

Lightning Rod Gallery
9476 Main Street Upper Lake, CA 95485 (707) 275-8018	Open Friday and Saturday. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Moore Art
15775 Elk Mountain Road Upper Lake, CA 95485 (707) 275-3250	By appointment Oil paintings and portraits.

Art Events

Year-Round, First Friday Fling
325 N. Main Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-6658	Monthly reception spotlighting artists currently showing in the Main Street Gallery, with music, hors d'oeuvres, and wine. Inspirations by Salituri and New California Gallery also open. www.lakecountyartscouncil.com

February, Winter Music Festival
Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-6658	Talent gathering and live performance of different local musicians. Presented by Lake County Arts Council. www.lakecountyartscouncil.com

May, Spring Dance Festival
350 Lange Street Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-2265	Two-day festival, featuring performances by local dance schools, held at Marge Alakszay Performance Center.

August, Open Studio Tour
Cobb, CA 95426 (707) 928-6461	Cobb Mountain Artists open their studios to the public to display, demonstrate, and sell their artwork. Raffle for original art.

June - October, EcoArts of Lake County Sculpture Walk
21435 Dry Creek Cutoff Middletown, CA 95461	Large-scale sculptures in dialogue with nature at 107-acre Middletown Trailside Nature Preserve. www.ecoartsoflakecounty.org

November, Holiday in the Pines
15780 Bottle Rock Road Cobb, CA 95426 (707) 928-6461	Arts and crafts for sale, live music, Santa photo ops, and a raffle for original art by a Cobb Mountain Artist. Held as a benefit for the Little Red Schoolhou

Museums

Rich in history and culture, Lake County's museums, the historic Courthouse Museum in Lakeport, and the historic Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake, the Stone House Museum in Hidden Valley Lake, and the Ely Stage Stop in Kelseyville, are preserving the past for future generations.

Lake County Historic Courthouse Museum

255 N. Main Street
Lakeport, CA 95453
Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4:00 p.m.
(707) 263-4555
www.co.lake.ca.us

Pomo Basket Collection

Nearly 12,000 years ago, the Xa-Ben-Na-Po Band of Pomo Indians, whose descendants live here today, called Lake County home, as well as Wintun, Wappo, and Lake Miwok Indians. Thousands of stone tools and more than 300 superb examples of Pomo basketry have been acquired by the museum since the 1930s. The main gallery of the museum showcases many artifacts and displays of the Pomo lifestyle.

Victorian Parlor

In the Victorian Parlor, furnishing, clothing and ladies accessories, take the visitor back to a bygone era when streets were not paved, electricity was non-existent, and the mode of transportation was on horseback and carriage.

Courtroom

In 1897, famous British actress and socialite Lillie Langtry, who purchased Langtry Estate & Vineyards in the 1870s, received her divorce in this courtroom. In 1917, the landmark California Supreme Court case that granted the right to vote to Ethan Anderson, a Lake County Native American, as the first Native American in the US to win the right to vote, was decided here.

Rock and Mineral Room

Gems and minerals are abundant in Lake County, and in the state-of-the-art rock and mineral room, a 94-carat faceted Lake County Diamond is on display. Visitors will learn about these unique gems, as well as fossils, opal, jade, stribnite, onyx, jasper, and many other minerals found in the county.

History and Mystery of Clear Lake

The permanent exhibit entitled the History and Mystery of Clear Lake has as its centerpiece a large scale satellite map of Clear Lake and the surrounding area and explains the origin of our ancient lake.

Joe Waite Gun Room

Visitors learn about the early days of hunting and camping in Lake County with some very special firearms on display. Of special interest is "Old Fremont" a Revolutionary War Rifle that made its way across the plains with the Hammack party from Missouri in 1853.

Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum

16435 Main Street
Lower Lake, CA 95457
Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(707) 995-3565
www.co.lake.ca.us

This magnificent two-story, three-room, schoolhouse was built in 1877 from locally kilned brick, had a French roof, a 70 foot bell tower, served as the area school until 1935, and today is designated as a California Point of Historical Interest. The upstairs auditorium was used for town meetings, funerals, traveling shows and other social events. The bell tower was damaged in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and was removed, and the roof then restyled from French to Mansard, with the building then covered with a thick layer of stucco.

Visitors can see history come alive on living history days, when people dressed in period costume demonstrate pioneer implements such as the spinning wheel, treadle sewing machine, butter churn, and player piano.

Schoolroom Exhibit

A replica of an early Lake County schoolroom lets children try out desks from various eras, write with chalk on real slates, and see toys and books from days gone by.

Weaver Auditorium

Not only a school, the auditorium on thesecond floor was used for town meetings, funerals, traveling shows, and other social events. The auditorium is still in use today by the community for theater productions and other events.

Mining and Pioneer Artifacts

The museum's main collection consists of pioneer artifacts from local families including furnishings, clothing and more. There is a large Lake County Diamond display and a rock and mineral display featuring a sample of rock containing gold flakes from the Homestake gold mine thatwas active throughout the 1980s.

Research Room

Lake County historian Henry Mauldin's 10,000-page indexed history of Lake County is the centerpiece of this room, as well as historical plot maps, birth and death records,cattle brands, and more.

The Stone House Museum

18174 Hidden Valley Road
Hidden Valley Lake, CA 95467
www.lakecountystonehouse.com
(707) 987-3138

A California registered landmark, the Stone House Museum is the oldest building in Lake County. Stone House was built in 1853 to replace the crude log cabin headquarters of the 21,200-acre Guenoc land grant. It contained all of Coyote Valley, from current Spruce Grove Road almost to Middletown, stretching southeast to include the lands that became Guenoc/Langtry vineyards. Tours are available on the second Saturday of each month.

Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum

9921 Soda Bay Road (Highway 281)
Kelseyville, CA 95451
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
elystagestop.com
(707) 533-9990
Benjamin Ely and his family purchased the S-Bar-S Ranch in 1882 and, over the years, expanded the ranch to include farming operations, commercial corrals, a two-story hotel, post office, and general store. The Ely Stage Stop became a relay station for stagecoaches, offering drivers a place to change horses while passengers enjoyed a meal. Today, after a relocation in 2007 and careful restoration, the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum offers visitors from all over the world an opportunity to learn about Lake County's agricultural heritage.