RECIPROCITY ~ RECIPROCIDAD
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EcoArts Sculpture Walk at Middletown Trailside County Park
La Caminata de Esculturas en el Parque Trailside del Condado de Middletown
21435 Dry Creek Cutoff, Middletown CA
Need accommodations or vehicle access to tour the exhibit? Call/Text 707-355-4465 or email info@middletownartcenter.org
RECIPROCITY was made possible with support from Upstate California Creative Corps and the California Arts Council, a state agency, with additional support from the County of Lake Public Services Department.
A map of the trails and artwork locations
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Please enter each artwork space and walk around to experience it from all sides.
Scroll down and click on the artwork images to find out more about each piece. Click here to learn more about Trailside Park's biodiversity! |
RECIPROCITY ARTWORK: Click on the image or title to learn more about the artwork and artist!
 Greg Clouse
 Luya Rivera
 Emily Scheibel
Scott Parady
Nélida Samara Zepeda Mendoza and Niko Malik Redhawk Otis
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 Alicia Farnsworth
 Karen Turcotte
 Terry Church
 Jaymie Hernandez de la Torre
 Corine Pearce and Laura Kennedy
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 Corine Pearce and Joe Weber
 Michelle Gann
 Layna Joy Rivas
 Lisa Kaplan
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On Saturday, August 10th, 2024 we celebrated the opening of RECIPROCITY!
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The MAC is honored to have received grant funding from Upstate California Creative Corps and the California Arts Council for the RECIPROCITY project. MAC engaged 18 artists and culture bearers to embark on an art-making journey designed to bring people together in nature as we co-created new work with community members of diverse ages, abilities, identities, and cultural backgrounds and learned about what it means to be good stewards of the land and honor one another’s cultural and personal identity.
Over the course of a year, free public art-making workshops led by project artists were held, offering a variety of opportunities to work together with natural and discarded materials, learn about fire mitigation, native and non-native species, the role of pollinators in our environment, the plight of the Chi – Hitch, organism habitat, cultural identity, and diversity and inclusion as we engaged in creative expression and problem solved collaboratively. Calling the Chi – Hitch has significant and specific local ecological and cultural importance. This endangered fish species is endemic to Lake County and Clear Lake and its tributaries. The piece was collaboratively created by community members and led by Pomo Cultural artists Corine Pearce (Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians) and Joe Weber (Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians) with additional contributions from Cultural artist Luya Rivera (Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California) and guest Ron Montez (then Tribal Historic Preservation Officer at Big Valley Rancheria). |
Blending wisdom from the past with current issues, we incorporated traditional bundling, stick bending and cordage making to create this peice. Learn more about this endangered fish species and how you can help with revitalizing Chi populations here.
Throughout the RECIPROCITY project sculptures were created using branches trimmed from sprouting oaks to bolster their health and fire resilience. Following their demise in and after the Valley Fire, cut trees are growing resiliently, but sprouting densely, close to the ground. Selecting a main strong trunk to support and cut away others, helps consolidate the tree's energy. When the bottom branches are trimmed properly, and their density and the fire ladder they create is greatly reduced, then trees can provide shade for animals and people once again.
Throughout the RECIPROCITY project sculptures were created using branches trimmed from sprouting oaks to bolster their health and fire resilience. Following their demise in and after the Valley Fire, cut trees are growing resiliently, but sprouting densely, close to the ground. Selecting a main strong trunk to support and cut away others, helps consolidate the tree's energy. When the bottom branches are trimmed properly, and their density and the fire ladder they create is greatly reduced, then trees can provide shade for animals and people once again.
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From our first workshops with Corine Pearce and Laura Kennedy, July 28 and 29, 2023
This project was made possible through a grant from Upstate California Creative Corps and The California Arts Council.
Additional support as provided by the County of Lake Public Services Department, District 1 Supervisior Moke Simon,
The Sierra Club Lake Group, Dennis Fordham and Community members like you!
Additional support as provided by the County of Lake Public Services Department, District 1 Supervisior Moke Simon,
The Sierra Club Lake Group, Dennis Fordham and Community members like you!
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