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Congratulations to the Upstate CA Creative Corps Trinity County Grant Award Recipients!
Trinity County Arts Council is celebrating 10 grantees who have been awarded over $675,000 in funding to work under the Upstate California Creative Corps program in Trinity County. Randolph Sanchez, Brady McKay, Jesi Naomi, Kalah and Kacey Collins, Rita Hosking, Jess Riegel, Associated Hayfork Artists, Water Climate Trust, Save California Salmon, and The Watershed Research and Training Center partnered with the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, are among 27 partner agencies, 54 lead creative partners, and a total of 1,010 artists and culture bearerssupporting initiatives serving California’s least represented peoples, and most vulnerable communities and environments. Trinity County Arts Council and peer agencies across California’s Upstate Region, led by Nevada County Arts Council, announce $3.38 million in grant awards across Northern California.
Announcing Upstate California Creative Corps grantees follows over seven months of outreach, listening and support before and during the program’s application window. Karla Avila, Executive Director of Trinity County Arts Council stated, “We first gathered our community together in November of 2022 for a Listening Session at Up North Confectionery in Weaverville, to present key information and invite a conversation on how artists can help our local communities tackle issues most critical to them, as part of an Upstate-wide Listening Tour across 19 counties, and today we see the fruits of months of labor and planning, with the exciting announcement of 10 extraordinary projects that will bring great benefit to our county.”
Some examples of projects being awarded include: A Signpost for Future Generations, in which local woodcrafter Randolph Sanchez will create a handmade sign for the new Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Cultural Center in Cox Bar; The Fire and Music Project, in which the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival will collaborate with the Watershed Research and Training Center in an innovative participatory and performance experience that brings awareness to prescribed burning and traditional fire practices, and the Wintu We Are Still Here (WWASH) Project, focused on the preservation and teaching of the
Wintu language and traditional arts practices. In addition, music educator Brady McKay has been awarded funding to create a found object drum ensemble throughout Trinity County, and two major projects have been awarded in the underserved community of Hayfork, including Associated Hayfork Artists, who will bring 6 free multi-disciplinary arts and theater events and workshops to the community in the next year, and the “Flight of the Bee” mural project to be created by local artists Kalah and Kacey Collins, Angel McMorrow, Casey McWilliams, and Jennika Flinck, at the new Hayfork Cooperative Grocery downtown location in Hayfork on Highway 3.
“We feel privileged to contribute to the positive transformation of our community through the power of art. Trinity County, California, encounters numerous challenges ranging from invasive species that degrade our land and deplete our water to a lack of social cohesion. Through the creation of the "Flight of the Bee" mural, we aim to enlighten our community, enabling them to perceive the world through the lens of the indigenous peoples who first inhabited this land. With this unique opportunity granted by Upstate California Creative Corps, we are committed to continuously improving our community with each brushstroke. This grant is the beginning of our journey, and we are honored to be a part of this endeavour,” said grantee Kalah Collins of Hayfork.
Grantees are collectively part of a media, outreach, and engagement campaign designed to increase awareness for issues such as public health, water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief and recovery. California Arts Council views the California Creative Corps program as a job creation and human infrastructure development opportunity. Region by region, the program is increasing the ways in which artists are engaged in public work, so that they can continue to build upon intersectional public interest goals beyond its pilot funding timeline. A complete list of grantees can be found at https://www.upstatecreativecorps.org/grantees.
Announcing Upstate California Creative Corps grantees follows over seven months of outreach, listening and support before and during the program’s application window. Karla Avila, Executive Director of Trinity County Arts Council stated, “We first gathered our community together in November of 2022 for a Listening Session at Up North Confectionery in Weaverville, to present key information and invite a conversation on how artists can help our local communities tackle issues most critical to them, as part of an Upstate-wide Listening Tour across 19 counties, and today we see the fruits of months of labor and planning, with the exciting announcement of 10 extraordinary projects that will bring great benefit to our county.”
Some examples of projects being awarded include: A Signpost for Future Generations, in which local woodcrafter Randolph Sanchez will create a handmade sign for the new Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Cultural Center in Cox Bar; The Fire and Music Project, in which the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival will collaborate with the Watershed Research and Training Center in an innovative participatory and performance experience that brings awareness to prescribed burning and traditional fire practices, and the Wintu We Are Still Here (WWASH) Project, focused on the preservation and teaching of the
Wintu language and traditional arts practices. In addition, music educator Brady McKay has been awarded funding to create a found object drum ensemble throughout Trinity County, and two major projects have been awarded in the underserved community of Hayfork, including Associated Hayfork Artists, who will bring 6 free multi-disciplinary arts and theater events and workshops to the community in the next year, and the “Flight of the Bee” mural project to be created by local artists Kalah and Kacey Collins, Angel McMorrow, Casey McWilliams, and Jennika Flinck, at the new Hayfork Cooperative Grocery downtown location in Hayfork on Highway 3.
“We feel privileged to contribute to the positive transformation of our community through the power of art. Trinity County, California, encounters numerous challenges ranging from invasive species that degrade our land and deplete our water to a lack of social cohesion. Through the creation of the "Flight of the Bee" mural, we aim to enlighten our community, enabling them to perceive the world through the lens of the indigenous peoples who first inhabited this land. With this unique opportunity granted by Upstate California Creative Corps, we are committed to continuously improving our community with each brushstroke. This grant is the beginning of our journey, and we are honored to be a part of this endeavour,” said grantee Kalah Collins of Hayfork.
Grantees are collectively part of a media, outreach, and engagement campaign designed to increase awareness for issues such as public health, water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief and recovery. California Arts Council views the California Creative Corps program as a job creation and human infrastructure development opportunity. Region by region, the program is increasing the ways in which artists are engaged in public work, so that they can continue to build upon intersectional public interest goals beyond its pilot funding timeline. A complete list of grantees can be found at https://www.upstatecreativecorps.org/grantees.
Trinity Alps Chamber Music Fest Returns!
Trinity County Arts Council Needs Your Support!
To Donate, please CLICK HERE!
Thank you to the Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Nation and everyone who joined us at Trinity Heritage Day 2023.
Congratulations 2023 Poetry Out Loud Trinity County Winners!
1st Place - Charlie Vang, Hayfork High School
2nd Place - Gracie Ragan, Trinity High School
First Saturdays!
Monthly ART WALK - 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Our Arts Venues invite you to join us 1st Saturdays for unique Artists' Receptions and Live Music.
The Art Venues will be open for the Artists' Receptions, and Participating Businesses will be open.
The LINE-UP of Artist Receptions can be found on our Facebook Events Page.
Monthly ART WALK - 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Our Arts Venues invite you to join us 1st Saturdays for unique Artists' Receptions and Live Music.
The Art Venues will be open for the Artists' Receptions, and Participating Businesses will be open.
The LINE-UP of Artist Receptions can be found on our Facebook Events Page.
Art, Dance, Music, Fabric Arts - Lessons for Trinity County Children
The Festival of Light Arts Scholarship Program
pays artists and others who are vetted by TCAC as qualified teachers to provide Arts Workshops to groups of Trinity County Children as well as individual lessons. This program is funded by numerous streams; donations from businesses and individuals, grants, and fundraisers such as the Festival Of Light Arts & Crafts Event.
Applications for lessons can be found HERE.
Meet some of our artists on a short Youtube video
The Festival of Light Arts Scholarship Program
pays artists and others who are vetted by TCAC as qualified teachers to provide Arts Workshops to groups of Trinity County Children as well as individual lessons. This program is funded by numerous streams; donations from businesses and individuals, grants, and fundraisers such as the Festival Of Light Arts & Crafts Event.
Applications for lessons can be found HERE.
Meet some of our artists on a short Youtube video
Trinity Arts Today
LATEST HAPPENINGSTrinity County is alive with music, dancing and art festivals in every region of the county, in multiple venues. We are proud to be known as an arts destination with a diverse population of professional artisans in almost all media forms and music.
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OPPORTUNITIESA multitude of Art Opportunities are available in Trinity County and neighboring counties. TCAC is the Resource Connection promoting professional development of artists/musicians exposure and sales, workshops, networking and income opportunities. SEE DETAILS
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CULTURAL TOURISMTouch history! Experience the rich history of the local Native American Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation, as well as Gold Mining and Chinese immigrant history in Trinity County. We have become widely known as a unique center of culture, art and outdoor recreation in the Trinity Alps. SEE MORE
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The Trinity County Arts Council would like to carry forward a practice of recognizing the original caretakers of these Sacred Lands within and throughout the Trinity region. We acknowledge and offer gratitude to these indigenous ancestors, and present-day relations of the Nor-Rel Muk Wintu Nation and those tribal people who grace the North State – Maidu, Miwok, Hoopa, and Yurok. We acknowledge their stewardship of these lands and uplift their legacies as they continue to build and sustain their culture and practices today and for seven generations.