Floyd Bettiga Gallery EXTRAtional Solutions
Published on Feb 26 2026EXTRAtional Solutions! Humboldt artists present outrageous, absurd, humorous, ingenious, and/or unabashedly hopeful solutions to irrational problems.
On-campus gallery exhibition, Tuesday, March 3 – Friday, April 3, 2026.
A public reception will take place in the gallery Friday, March 27, 5 – 7 pm.
EXTRAtional Solutions! is a group exhibition of locally-made artworks that expand our ideas of what’s possible without losing sight of the gravity of chaotic and uncertain circumstances. In contrast with art that aims exclusively to point out problems, the works in EXTRAtional Solutions! use artmaking to attempt to solve problems- in wildly varied ways. Challenges exist here within an environment of answers.
The exhibition began with an open call to all Humboldt County artists, asking what irrational problems they are looking to solve, and what solutions their art presents. Oxford languages defines “irrational” as lacking reason or logic. EXTRAtional Solutions! encouraged artists to consider broadly issues that can be described as irrational, and to speculate creatively about these problems on global, national, local, and personal scales. With this invitation to the local art community, The Floyd Bettiga Gallery at College of the Redwoods continues its 2025-2026 academic year of programing that investigates themes of expansion, inclusion, and imagination.
Artists in the exhibition include Cleo Billingsley, Dona Blakely, Beetle Erica Cesario, Irelynn D’Aguanno, Doug Freie, Forrest Hughes, Soph Kastel, Margaret Kellermann, Jolynn Kottke, Ladi Ladines, Sean Linehan, Hannah Lipski, Justin Maxon, Dobby Morse, Shawn Murphy, Casey Nancel, Nikola Nardell, Sammy Poplewko, Nicolette Reinsmith, Maccabee Shelley, Norman Sherfield, Nancy Tobin, Reuben Valdivia, and Jesse Wiedel.
Admission to the Floyd Bettiga Gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, visit www.redwoods.edu/about/bettiga or call the Division of Culture, Society, and Communications office at (707) 476-4559.
