RECIPROCITY begins a new cycle of Giving and Receiving, Caring For and Being Cared For.
Tending the land in return tends the people and all living things. We learn from the first people of this place – the past present and future stewards of this land – to shift our relationship with the environment and its' biodiversity. By creating together we shift our relationships with one another as well, and embrace diversity of people, cultures and micro-cultures in community.
Following twelve years of annual, temporary exhibits, the 13th annual sculpture walk was destroyed in the 2015 Valley Fire. Tens of thousands of trees and shrubs were removed from the park. In 2019 EcoArts reopened in a fire damaged venue with half the number of artists. COVID, combined with park conditions, discouraged artist participation. The sculpture walk has been dormant for 3 years and is now beginning a process of renewal with support from Upstate California Creative Corps and the California Arts Council .
Tending the land in return tends the people and all living things. We learn from the first people of this place – the past present and future stewards of this land – to shift our relationship with the environment and its' biodiversity. By creating together we shift our relationships with one another as well, and embrace diversity of people, cultures and micro-cultures in community.
Following twelve years of annual, temporary exhibits, the 13th annual sculpture walk was destroyed in the 2015 Valley Fire. Tens of thousands of trees and shrubs were removed from the park. In 2019 EcoArts reopened in a fire damaged venue with half the number of artists. COVID, combined with park conditions, discouraged artist participation. The sculpture walk has been dormant for 3 years and is now beginning a process of renewal with support from Upstate California Creative Corps and the California Arts Council .
Work Samples from the EcoArts Sculpture Walk 2019
Acorn Woodpecker, Laura Kennedy and MAC ArtVentures Homeschool class (Photos by Gemini Garcia)
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RESURRECTION, by Marcus Maria Jung and community members; Are We Safe? by Lisa Kaplan; Eclipsopy, by Layna Joy Rivas and community members
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Conversation with a Tree, by Cliff Lloyd, Tumble Seeds, Karen Turcotte, On the Rise, Sherry Harris and community members
Video Samples of what the RECIPROCITY documentation and webpage will contain
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