Grantee Database
Nevada County Arts & Culture
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
State-Local Partnership
Award Amount
$74,250.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council’s State-Local Partner program, Nevada County Arts & Culture will sustain its role as the county-designated local arts agency serving Nevada County and the surrounding Sierra region. Funds will support core staffing that enables equitable public programming, technical assistance for artists and organizations, youth arts education through Poetry Out Loud, and implementation of Culture Forward 2026–2032.
State-Local Partner support ensures access to the arts across a deeply rural county with significant economic disparity. Funding will help maintain services for historically under-resourced residents, particularly those living in lower-quartile California Healthy Places Index census tracts, through Artist Accelerator, Art in Public Spaces, Sierra Poetry Festival, Business of Art professional development, and partnerships with schools, libraries, Tribal representatives, and community-based organizations.
Organization Summary
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
Organization
Nevada County Arts & Culture
Address
PO BOX 1833
NEVADA CITY
95959-1833
County
Nevada
Region
Upstate
Website
Congressional District
California's 3rd congressional district
State Assembly District
District 1
State Senate District
District 1
