Spunky Skunk and Racine's Art Supply
Unique selection of toys and gifts and art supplies for all ages.
The Spunky Skunk and Racine’s Art Supplies have merged locations to offer a unique collection of toys, books, games, puzzles, art supplies and more. Great for all with imaginative and creative minds, and for children through adults.
Coastal Trail Artist Benches
Unique Collection of Local Art
A unique collection of benches created by local artists are peppered along the Fort Bragg Coastal Trail.
Coastal Trail Artist Benches
Coastal Trail
Fort Bragg, CA, 95437
Pacific Textile Arts
Celebrate the fiber arts.
A nonprofit educational organization that supports, celebrates and shares the fiber arts with the surrounding community. There is a small campus that houses monthly exhibits, classes, sales of yarn and books, and a textile library.
Derek & The Magic Murals
Derek &
The Magic Murals
You can immediately become acquainted with Derek DiOrio’s work when you stroll through Fort Bragg’s downtown. He is the artist behind the street banner series and the accompanying Walking Tour of Fort Bragg map – available at most downtown businesses and Fort Bragg hotels. He is the designer behind that campaign and many other notable commercial projects in the North Coast area.
Originally from New England, Derek migrated to the North Coast for college at Humboldt State, where he studied the visual arts. This migration west led him up and down the coast of California including Los Angeles, to South America and Europe where he painted murals along the way. When it felt time for his nomadic chapter to end and the desire to put down some roots began, he landed back on the North Coast. As Derek frankly puts it, “I came for the ocean, but I stayed for the people.”
Derek describes a tightly knit and unpretentious community of artists and makers of many kinds in Fort Bragg, from woodworkers to butchers to painters and cobblers, that feels like one big extended family. Derek’s art has taken flight over the last few years – his commercial graphic design projects and his multiple other artistic pursuits in painting and woodworking. He has a small fishing boat and studio space and wood shop in Westport, just north of town. “I chose to base my life on where I wanted to be and what makes me happy, and to make the artist’s life work, no matter what.” Which he seems to be doing well at, while making a name for himself among the North Coast artist community.
“There are so many things in this tiny community that is an art form. It inspires me to want to work with my hands more and pursue different artistic paths. Artists, and all people, want to have the space to pursue what they are passionate about. You can do that here. It’s freedom.”
Local Tip:
Visit Derek’s murals in central Fort Bragg: on the alley that transects E. Redwood Avenue between Franklin and MacPherson Streets, and another mid-way along the Coastal Trail.
Pomo RV Park and Campground
17 Acre park with RV hook ups and tent sites
A favorite among campers and RVers for over 20 years. There is something for everyone here with full hook up sites to beautiful lush meadows for tent sites. Amenities include WiFi, fish cleaning station, horse shoe pits, picnic tables and fire pits, showers and laundry.
Holiday Inn Express
Friendly Service on the Coast
Harbor Lite Lodge
Overlooking the Noyo
The Weller House Inn
Collective of artists, makers and thinkers offering workshops and Bed and Breakfast style lodging.
Fort Bragg Coastal Trail
Hike or bike the Coastal Trail
The Coastal Trail is an 8 foot wide paved trail along the coast of the town of Fort Bragg, stretching North and South. Great for walking and biking and very family friendly. The trailhead and parking lot are located at the west end of Elm Street adjacent to Glass Beach. The trail winds through miles of carefully restored coastal bluffs that were hidden behind fences of the former mill site for a century. Trail is open dawn to dusk.