With support from California Arts Council, NCArts will implement an interdisciplinary photography curriculum, meeting CA VAPA and Common Core Standards at Charis Youth Center. Over 24 sessions, students will be guided through a 500-year relationship between scientific discovery and the art of photography, on a journey of self-reflection and individual creativity. In “Picture This” students will learn to use photography as a creative medium to further self-reflection, transformation and growth.
Nevada County Arts & Culture’s Core Programs and Services can be understood across six interconnected areas.
CORE PROGRAMS
ARTS & CULTURE PLANNING / CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
—Culture Forward 2026–2032 implementation
—Administration of the Grass Valley–Nevada City and Truckee California Cultural Districts
—Cultural asset mapping and regional cultural planning
—Arts & Economic Prosperity research participation
—Civic partnerships and public-sector collaboration
ARTIST SERVICES & CREATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
—Business of Art Symposium
—Artist Accelerator
—Technical assistance and grant guidance
—Artist networking and convenings
—Fiscal sponsorship / Arts Incubator
—Artist directories and Calls to Artists listings
ARTS EDUCATION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
—Artists in Schools
—Poetry Out Loud
—Bass Dojo
—Sierra Poetry Festival youth programming
—Teaching artist residencies and workshops
LITERARY ARTS & PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
—Sierra Poetry Festival
—SPF Fringe
—Nevada County Poet Laureate Program
—Youth Poet Laureate Program
—Public readings, workshops, and civic dialogue programs
PUBLIC ART, EXHIBITIONS & PLACEKEEPING
—Art in Public Spaces
—Cultural District activations
—Art at the Airport
—MUSE magazine and cultural storytelling initiatives
—Creative placemaking and community exhibitions
REGIONAL LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY ®GRANTING
—State-Local Partner leadership
—Regional mentorship of Glenn County Arts & Culture
—Upstate California Creative Corps legacy leadership
—Arts advocacy training and legislative engagement
—Regranting and Individual Artists Fellowship administration