With support from the California Arts Council, Modoc County Arts Council will supports art programs that will serve to preserve and inspire marginalized groups, activate youth voices, promote wellness, and celebrate cultural diversity. Collaboration with Warner Mountain Indian Health Clinic’s Teen Wellness Cafe to create a mural that will build familial and community bonds in a sober environment. MCAC will utilize cultural assets by implementing arts events to support tribal communities rebuild the erasure of their culture from local history of boarding schools and genocide. By partnering with Modoc County Probation and CASA to reach justice-involved youth, and Pit River Indian Behavioral Health we will use art therapy to develop murals that support personal health, improve positive identity, and reflect hope for the future, and give back to the community through restorative justice.
The Modoc County Arts Council is organized into four main programs: Visual Arts, Arts Education, Performing Arts, & Culture. Under Visual Arts we have gallery shows including a student art show, and a digital art gallery (pending), Sponsorship of galleries in two Modoc towns, mural projects on buildings in Alturas and Cedarville; under Arts education we have consulting and collaborating with the Modoc High Art Classes, our Arts Instructors Program in partnership with The Art Center of Alturas, and sponsorship of local galleries in two Modoc County towns that have arts educational programs; under Performing Arts we have the Missoula Children’s Theatre one-week residency and the Poetry Out Loud programs for Modoc County, as well as partner with the Modoc Performing Arts Theater and the Modoc High School Drama Club. We have implemented the Modoc Community Concert Series and have four concerts per year – we hope to expand this to eight concerts per year with additional funding. We have a community radio station KILN 99.1 LP FM that has local content from area musicians and provides consulting and assistance with recording. Under Culture we have anticipated partnerships with the Library, Museum, local ranches, and Tribes to provide venues, events, and classes that foster the celebration and understanding, and artwork of different cultures in Modoc County.

