In the News
Ameera Godwin, Co-founder of Myrtle Tree Arts, Receives Artist Fellowship Grant
Ameera Godwin was recently awarded a fellowship grant to develop a new site-specific media project. From a competitive cohort of applicants, Ameera is one of five artists who were selected to receive the Gloria Burt Sacramento Region Arts Fellowship of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, and joint project of the Sacramento Alliance for Regional Arts (SARA), Blue Line Arts, and , in honor of long-time creative arts advocate Gloria Burt. More information can be found here.
The new project, entitled: “Fire/Land: Knowing the Territory”, will be developed over the next nine months in partnership with American River Conservancy and Arts and Culture El Dorado. The project will explore the local phenomenon of wildfire through visual art, music, recorded interviews, and other data. It will culminate in an exhibition, a live performance, and online resource gallery to debut in the spring of 2023.
Main Street Collective
Main Street Collective - A community musical collaboration formed by Myrtle Tree Arts
Main Street Collective is a Gold Country musical collaboration of talented musicians across genres, featured in the June 24th, 2022 Mt Democrat. Founded in 2021 with monthly performances at Placerville's Green Room Social Club and other local venues, MSC has gathered a retinue of musicians, especially those who work on Placerville's Main St., to present high-caliber live events for the Foothills and beyond. With tribute nights such as "Bowie Night," "J is for Jazz," "Girlz NIte In," "Faux-K-Computer" (a Radiohead tribute) and "In the Flesh - Pink Floyd Tribute Night" - standing-room-only concerts have become a monthly highlight of the local arts scene.