Grantee Database
The Mural Project
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$7,993.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, The Mural Project will create an Eel River watershed map mural with an intergenerational group of artists, ranging in age from early twenties to late sixties, collaborating on this project. Creating public art that highlights the interconnectedness of humans and nature is important and also brings together the connections between our remote, rural, Humboldt communities. By working with a local Native culture bearer the map will include placenames in the Wailaki language in order to better represent, engage and educate our community. Watershed maps also give us a clearer concept of where our water comes from and where it goes, so that the necessity for conservation is ever-present. This mural will invite viewers to appreciate the importance of the watersheds we are all dependent upon.
Organization Summary
At its inception in 2018, The Mural Project was created in response to an economic downturn in the local economy which has had a continuing detrimental impact on the small, remote town of Garberville and the surrounding rural communities. In an effort to uplift and engage the community, projects were initiated and implemented for beautification and inspiration. Those projects include installations of paintings in niches of a building located in the center of Garberville, paintings of local flora and fauna on large trash receptacles on the main street, and an interactive moth mural adjacent to the town square. Education and mentorship with intergenerational artist groups working together on projects is something we are working on expanding. Volunteers also participate through fundraising and seeking grant funding so that these projects can continue to be developed.
Organization
The So Hum Mural Project
Address
P.O.B. 2124
Redway
95560
County
Humboldt
Region
Upstate
Phone
(707) 223-1026
Congressional District
2nd
State Assembly District
AD2
State Senate District
2nd
