UKIAH, Calif. — As a lead-up to Earth Day and the Mendocino County Science Fair, the Mendocino College Gallery is inspired to present the upcoming three-person show featuring works by Heather Law, Evan Hobart and Kala Stein.

The show is on display from Feb. 13 to March 23.

Their collective artworks consider environmental awareness, the implications of our human imprint on nature, and sustainability.

Heather Law is passionate about art that creates a deeper awareness of the environmental impact of our actions and inspires a shift towards more sustainable living. Her artistic practice involves repurposing discarded materials into ceramic art.

“Environmental degradation, rampant consumerism, and waste management issues have reached a critical point in our contemporary world,” Law said. “We are inundated with plastic waste that pollutes our oceans and degrades our planet. These pressing concerns profoundly influence my artistic journey, centering on a visual narrative that addresses the global tragedy of consumer culture and its dire repercussions.”

Kala Stein works at the intersection of craft, design and sustainability, exploring notions of beauty and loss in the natural world.

“My climate responsive ceramic installations and objects embody the fragility and power of extreme weather events as I work with found images of satellite imagery and my experiences living in Northern California,” Stein said. “Translating this data and my experiences into ceramic ideations, I am fossilizing an ephemeral moment in time into everlasting, but fragile material. By rendering the image of an ephemeral moment into a permanent embodiment, the work becomes a fossil record, a memorial, to devastating climate events that affect our environment and our communities.”

Evan Hobart describes his work as, “a platform to discuss the past, present and future, utilizing the intersection of humanity and nature to comment on modern day life”

He continued, “My work examines today’s world and elaborates on many of its facets such as global climate change, politics, war, religion, society, over-development and possibly the eventual extinction. Unpleasant as it is to confront some of these issues, it is the work (obligation) of the artist and teacher, now and in the past, to do so — in a creative and thought-provoking way.”

Ecology, archeology, and paleontology help inform his exploration of a wide range of social topics that provoke an internal reflection of humankind's fate.

All three artists work primarily in the medium of ceramics.

Regular gallery hours for “Reclaimed Visions: Art and Sustainability” will be from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. It is free and open to the p

The gallery also will be open for all performances of “Mendocino Stories: Journalistic Theatre Project,” March 13 to 23. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. Pay what you wish preview is Thursday March 13. A special discount show will take place on Thursday, March 20, with all tickets $10.

Advance tickets are available at the Mendocino Book Co. in Ukiah and online at www.ArtsMendocino.org. For additional information, call 707-468-3172.