ART IN PUBLIC SPACES IS A new program of Nevada County Arts Council in partnership with the County of Nevada.
Together Nevada County Arts Council and the County present quarterly displays at the Rood Center, 950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City.
Art in Public Spaces is a pilot program through which we are developing a process of engagement and selection in tandem with the County and our community.
why Art in Public Spaces?
Public art must always strive to be physically and freely accessible. It can be for simple enjoyment or carry many meanings. It can be set in stone, span a wall, be ephemeral or permanent. It can be fantastic or representational; tell a story, lend civic pride, and remind us that though we may be unique in our identities, we are one.
Our program is about providing a thoughtful space of belonging for all residents of Nevada County, expressing community values, heightening our awareness, and helping us question our assumptions. Art in Public Spaces acknowledges both our California Cultural Districts, and communities that populate our diverse landscapes. It is for everyone, a form of collective community expression, reflecting our society and opening our civic spaces.
About Breathe in Sky
Breathe in Sky—Project Wild Edges opens in early April and runs until late June. Join us on April 4 at 4:30pm at the Eric Rood Center, 950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City, CA for our Opening Reception. Our current exhibition is an extension of a California Humanities-funded Project Wild Edges, a magical play by Lisa Barker and Jenny Hale presented along Wolf Creek Trail in Grass Valley. Hale and Barker were inspired by the wild urban interface–the “wild edge” of the trail deep in Wolf Creek Canyon just steps away from the Pine Creek Shopping Center. With Breathe in Sky, we bring Project Wild Edges indoors.
The exhibition will feature handmade costumes, original paintings by Ron Kenedi, photographs from Project Wild Edges, a short documentary about the project, and an original sculpture by Jenny Hale.
Breathe in Sky introduces us to ways of seeing and experiencing landscapes as places of being. How can this permeable edge that we live on, the liminal space between nature and civilization, be treated more thoughtfully? How can the choices we make today be in right relationship with tomorrow?
