RIPE AREA Arts & Nature Festival
Inspired by Water and Riparian Habitat
EXPLORE, MAKE, TASTE, LEARN & PLAY
Live Music - Native Food & Plants - Kids Zone - Eco Talks
A special day of outdoor family-friendly experiences
created by artists, poets, dancers, healers, musicians,
ecologists, storytellers, and more.
Stroll the Native Plants Garden, try tastes of Native foods,
walk along the lake to the Healing Grove, Sound Art Installation,
and Music in the Glade. The afternoon features a parade and
stage performances by RIPE AREA artists and special guests including
Copper Wimmin, Ranko Ogura Dance, and DOGON.
Be inspired in new ways about river and meadow habitats, wildlife,
water access and environmental stewardship.
When: Sunday, June 2nd, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where: Wakamatsu Farm, 941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville
FREE! Please register so we’ll know you’re coming.
Join FREE Artist-led Workshops through May 2024!
RIPE AREA offers hands-on, no-cost workshops with practicing artists in compelling forms of expression--including poetry and prose writing, traditional storytelling and song, contemporary music composition, nature field recording in riparian environments, sourcing native plants, and preparing wild foods.
Coming up: Saturday, May 11th Field Recording Workshop at Wakamatsu Farm
RIPE AREA is a groundbreaking art project to promote community engagement about water in El Dorado County through integrating arts and learning. Ripe Area is an artistic journey through our local rivers and habitats to cultivate a deeper sense of responsibility for natural systems threatened by climate crises and human development. Access to clean water is the most vital issue governing our shared survival. Persevering through drought, climate crises, and habitat degradation is challenging, and even more so, for those facing economic and social hardships.
Art can support the community to develop and express inclusive and resilient solutions in the face of challenges.
RIPE AREA is funded in part by the California Arts Council and the Capital Region Creative Corps Program grant of Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, with support from the City of Sacramento.
RIPE AREA is a collaborative project of Myrtle Tree Arts and American River Conservancy (ARC). ARC has been serving our communities since 1989 by preserving healthy ecosystems within the upper American River and upper Cosumnes River watersheds through land conservation, stewardship, and education.
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