EXPLORE, MAKE, TASTE, LEARN & PLAY
Live Music - Native Food & Plants - Kids Zone - Eco Talks
Attended by over 850 people, this special day of artful inspiration and learning about the watershed was created by artists, poets, dancers, healers, musicians, ecologists, storytellers, and more, led by Myrtle Tree Arts and co-presented with American River Conservancy.
Strolling the Native Plants Garden. Sampling creation of Native foods, like acorn and elderberry. Walking the lake trail to the Sound Art Installation, Healing Grove, and Music in the Glade concert. Hearing Indigenous story and song. The day featured a children's parade and performances by RIPE AREA artists and special guests including Kimberly ShiningStar,
Copper Wimmin, Ranko Ogura Dance, Melinda Velasco, Grayson Howard, and DOGON.
If you missed it, you can read the FESTIVAL PROGRAM.
RIPE AREA offered more than 20 hands-on, no-cost workshops and pop-up events with practicing artists in compelling forms of expression--including poetry and prose writing, traditional storytelling and song, nature field recording in riparian environments, sourcing native plants, and preparing wild foods.
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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