A Muck Centennial Celebration Pop-Up series led by 2025 Artist in Residence Ashley Sanchez-Jones.
No rehearsals. No director. No set. AND a different actor reads the script cold for the first time at each performance.
Florence Millner Arnold (aka “Flossie”) was a local hero of Fullerton culture. A founding board member of The Muck, this centennial year is the perfect time to showcase this local treasure.
Build your own fountain out of clay for your desk or kitchen counter.
Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev, returns to The Muck with many awards and honors to his credit, continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents.
Join us as we learn some basic beading, metal working, hammer and aging techniques to create a beautiful one of a kind brass beaded bangle.
Fullerton: Our Town (A Little Bit Wilder!) will explore a day in the life in Fullerton in 1925, paying homage to one of the great American plays, Our Town by Thornton Wilder.
Multi-faceted singer/songwriter, Estani Frizzell, known for her array of musical style, delivers a unique vibe.
Learn the ancient Spanish tile making technique and create your very own raised lined corazón. This beautiful tile technique is beginner friendly and can even elevate advanced students pottery. You'll be able to choose a corazón design or design your very own.
The Praties are a Celtic Traditional/Rock band based in Southern California. Their members have played in several Celtic and Rock bands, and Historical Reenactment Bands in venues all over Central and Southern California, and Las Vegas, giving them a unique sound like no other Celtic Band.
Hailing from Valparaiso, Chile, singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca is a unique and treasured voice in both the Latin American and World Music scenes.
Using high quality shrink plastic, a variety of molds and embellishments we'll learn to design and create beautiful layered floral stacks to use for earrings, pendants or charms.
Greg Adamson is a cellist, conductor, theater director, and music educator. He is a four time nominee for the Grammy Music Educator award.
Montana natives turned Angelenos, married artists and modern folk duo Joselyn & Don’s intoxicating music feels like a walk through mountain wildflowers and Southern California Joshua trees.
This exhibit is the culmination of Lauren Nicole's tenure as the 2024 Muck Artist in Residence. Lauren Nicole (LN) is a neurodivergent, Indigenous, Southern California-based artist, focusing on painting and beadwork. Her expressively vibrant and exaggerated portrait style, with its play on perspective, immerses viewers into the sensations of having sensory-processing differences.
On this evening, join the Nick Yee Quartet aboard the TITANIC (as recreated at The Muck) as they play selections from the White Star Line’s Song Book, interact with the passengers and crew of the ill-fated ship, and have a true “night to remember.”
Olaguay is made of five friends who come from around the globe, from New York, to Vienna, to Barcelona and back, with one common goal: generate high spirited musical energy that transports you to a different time and place and makes you want to move your body.
In this 90-minute feature performance, John will share world-class magic and live performances of original Spanish, Jazz, and Flamenco guitar.
Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter-producer Gaby Moreno has released eight albums and earned 4 GRAMMY nominations for her albums. She is also a 5 time nominee and winner of a Latin GRAMMY for “Best New Artist.”
Eclectic, cutting-edge, and contemporary—The Muck’s Jazz Festival returns in Spring of 2024 with new energy.
Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.
Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Dr. Seuss created a body of irrepressible work that redefines this American icon as an iconographic American artist.
Turn the Page - a Fullerton based Tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band brings back the soundtrack to a generation as they faithfully recreate all the "Classic" Bob Seger Hits.
Lyric Opera Orange County returns to the Muck for a third year! LOOC’s mission is to engage with a modern and diverse audience by offering meaningful musical experiences that honor the operatic repertoire, feature artistic excellence, and present timely showcases of a traditional art form.
Meet Sara Petite, a fiery Americana singer-songwriter from San Diego, CA, who has torn up stages for the past 15 years with her band.
A musical and comedy show featuring the greatest hits of the 50s and 60s
NIC+DESI sing, dance and share their love story in this duo celebration of classic and contemporary Broadway!
The Los Angeles native began her career as a muralist, involved in the murals that swept through the 1984 Olympics. Identified as one of 24 artists who have had an impact on LA Art, Garcia’s work consists of oil paintings saturated with a wildly expressive palette.
London born songwriter Gregory Page is a charismatic cowboy crooner. His Tin Pan Alley-style originals have long drawn comparison to the late great enigmatic musician Leon Redbone.
Come create a beautiful set of Latina inspired Valentines and tags using paper, lace, and tons of vintage ephemera.
Join us for the first in our Parent Date Night Out Series, a perfectly designed date night! Parents & Kids will both be engaged in an instructor-led art project - in separate studios!
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a twelve-piece folk band of women based in Pasadena. Blending elements of folk music from the British Isles and the Americas, the foundation of the Merry Wives' sound is rich vocal harmonies, with support and ornamentation by traditional and contemporary folk instruments.
Attention Parents who love the homemade gifts- but hate the fuss & mess! Join us for a quick drop in style expierience to create a quick & memorable gift from your little to their parent.
Mama, come do something for yourself in a warm & inviting environment that you can also bring your little to. You will work on 2 take home projects called "the art of a compliment" where you'll create self love mantras for you + a loved one!
Learn to accurately capture the beauty of the landscape as you develop foundational plein air painting skills and create a painting on an 8” x 10” canvas.
Invoke (Nick Montopoli, violin/banjo/vocals; Zach Matteson, violin/vocals; Karl Mitze, viola/mandolin/vocals; Geoff Manyin, cello/vocals) successfully dodges even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet encompasses traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism.
This annual exhibition features the work of 100 talented high school students from La Habra, Fullerton, Troy, Sunny Hills, Sonora, Buena Park, La Visa, and La Sierra. The collection is judged by their own art teachers and is comprised of a variety of mediums: painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, etc.
Celebrate the holiday season with free family-friendly activities, live music, food and drinks, art workshops for kids, and an arts and crafts sale.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Share your holidays with the Dardens enjoying an evening of fun and folly as they perform classic Christmas yuletide carols and contemporary holiday songs.
Join ECT for a holiday concert like no other! Acoustic covers of traditional holiday tunes, drinking songs, and some hilarious story telling from your favorite ECT performers. Come pass a pint with us!
The Muckenthaler’s Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Award is presented annually to someone who has made a long-term impact on Arts Education in the local Fullerton community. The recipient is chosen by a committee that includes local arts leaders, previous recipients, and Muckenthaler board members.
Katherine England is a prolific visual artist who also teaches in schools, in her studio, and at art retreats nationwide.
Learn to design, create, and personalize up to three pairs of gorgeous sugar skull & ex voto heart earrings.
Join us to learn the art of felting and create a charming winter garland.
Decorate your own actual sugar skull. Learn how to make royal frosting and decorate with traditional motifs and embellishments. All materials provided.
Festive activities, stage performances and special ofrendas (altars) to honor deceased loved ones and to celebrate life—a special event for the whole family.
Parent and Me Clay workshop
Do you want to make something with your child and learn about using clay together? This is your chance. Each child must have an adult to make and supervise.
Bring your family and join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you'll create a personalized scarecrow for your garden!
Evoking spring, Lee Young Nam uses traditional Korean Dance to tell a story of a King and Queen. Don’t miss this beautiful cultural evening of story and dance!
Meet the artists behind the amazing glass exhibition Shattered Hearts, Illuminated Minds: Visions of Clarity
Decorate your own actual sugar skull. Learn how to make royal frosting and decorate with traditional motifs and embellishments. All materials provided.
Shakespeare’s classic comedy will be performed in the Muck’s Center Circle Courtyard, turning the space with its beautiful cafe lights into an Italian restaurant. Love’s in the air when Don Pedro’s army, drunk with victory from the war, descends upon Leonato’s country estate in Messina. Traveling with him is Claudio, who wants to marry Leonato’s daughter Hero. Meanwhile, Claudio’s friend Benedick and Leonato’s lively niece Beatrice hide their mutual attraction behind a volley of witty insults.
Fullerton native and country singer/songwriter Peter Brandon returns for his 15th year at The Muck!
Brandon’s shows have a perfect balance of upbeat energetic songs and tender ballads that hit the heart. Join us in the tradition!
Create a personalized mixed media shrine using wood, metal, polymer clay and more.
While often identified as the progeny of a famous father, Joachim Cooder has more than earned front row standing in the folk an related music world as an important performer, composer and producer on his own terms.
Enjoy painting a Laurel Burch style painting perfect for gift giving. All materials provided.
An event hosted by “Pathways of Hope”
SAVE THE DATE: October 5, 2024!
Get ready for an exciting night of dance and philanthropy! Watch as passionate amateur performers hit the stage to showcase their moves and vie to be the Champion Dancer—all while raising vital funds to combat hunger and homelessness.
Celebrating 30 years, the Artistic License Fair is a fine crafts show featuring the highly collected work of over fifty L.A., Orange, and Riverside County artisans.
