monca is proud to present two new exhibitions on view from Thursday, August 13th, 2026 through Sunday, September 27, 2026.
monca invites you to join us for the opening reception celebrating
these two new exhibitions on Friday, August 14, 6 to 8 PM.
Admission to opening reception is free.
Assorted beverages will be available at the museum’s No-Host Bar.
About the shows:
Through Another Lens
Sponsored by the Disability Action Center and Museum of Northern California Art, Through Another Lens features the creative works of our community members with disabilities and brings education and awareness about disability advocacy and independent living to the museum gallery. The exhibition highlights artist works through a healing Totem Project from the Brain Injury Coalition guided by teaching artist Christine MacShane. The exhibit includes individual and collaborative artwork from artists of all age groups and organizations. This exhibition gives viewers the opportunity to look at life and self-expression "through another lens".
Inner Worlds: Shadows, Borderlands and Untold Stories - Daniel Penner Cline
Having spent much of his career as a writer, Penner Cline uses this series of paintings, entitled Inner Worlds: Shadows, Borderlands and Untold Stories, to explore the early stages of storytelling and world building. It is an invitation through the veil of waking life, to a labyrinth where the local becomes ancient. Step into scenes that explore the difference between darkness, shadow and shade. In this twilight realm of yet-to-be-told stories, the question, “What does it mean?” becomes a window, even a doorway, to an experience that is both the artist’s creation and a collaboration with the viewer.
