F.A.R. - Funds for Artists Resiliency Project

ARTISTS: Karlie Elliott, Heather van der Ven, Brindi Young, Raina Bolton

The Trinity County Arts Council is elated to announce the winners of the 2020 F.A.R. public arts grant for Trinity. 7 applications were submitted. A panel comprised of business owners and civic partners thoughtfully evaluated the applications based upon the criteria provided by the Ink People Center for the Arts and the Humboldt Area Foundation.  Several applications represented projects that we would love to pursue in the future, however, one application checked all of the boxes for Artistic Merit, Expression of equity and resilience, Potential for community engagement, Diversity of populations engaged, and Numbers of people impacted.  We are pleased to support a new mural to be painted and installed in Hayfork Square, visible from Hwy 3.  Our team of artists were best buds in high school with art as a shared interest.  Each has pursued an education and career, to be reunited for the production of a mural that will be installed this summer.  Congratulations to Karlie Elliott, Brindi Young, Raina Bolton, and Heather Murphy.  
( FAR awarded eight grants between $2,000 and $5,000 this fall to proposals for works of public art in Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity counties. It is made possible by the Humboldt Area Foundation, the Wild Rivers Foundation, the Rose Perenin Foundation, and individual donors. Complete storywww.inkpeople.org/far) ​ 
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Follow the Process of the Creation of the Mural: https://www.facebook.com/Hayfork-Valley-Legacy-110567257775000/www.facebook.com/Hayfork-Valley-Legacy-110567257775000/
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Mock-up of the mural

Grid work done, the transfer of images is next.

Painting the image

Primed panels, ready to grid