Nevada County Arts Council has launched an online campaign to match state and local funds in contributing to the movement to save forests and watersheds. Nevada County Arts Council’s groundbreaking project, FOREST⇌FIRE, is a multi-partner project to raise awareness for the forests and the connection between history, current management and health, and the health of the watersheds and air, according to a press release.
FOREST⇌FIRE addresses the fact that much of California is faced with the threat of catastrophic fire. This year, 4 million acres have burned in California, the most in recorded history, while choking smoke has at times blotted out the sun, and scientists warning that if predictions hold, this year may soon seem mild by future comparisons.
“FOREST⇌FIRE shatters common misperceptions that art exists only in service to itself. Rather, it places art in service to fundamentally important issues of forest resiliency, the health of our land, water and air and the impact of these on our watersheds and open spaces,” says Eliza Tudor, executive director at Nevada County Arts Council.
“FOREST⇌FIRE invites science-based solutions to catastrophic fire and an economically sustainable, hopeful future. It exposes the public to the 13,000-year history of our forest ecology, its relationship to fire, and the human role within that relationship. Our goal is to create a common understanding of our fire-adapted, forest ecology and a shared vision for the future of our forests,” says Heather Llewellyn of Llewellyn Studio.
“Over the course of four months, Truckee Recreation Center’s public art wing will immerse visitors in the living evolution of their forest’s ecology. In wandering through the art and story of the FOREST⇌FIRE exhibition, they will be able to imagine the old-growth forest as it was created and cared for by the Washoe Tribe and their ancestors, understand the volatile and vulnerable forest of modern times, and be inspired by a vision for a vibrant, future forest and the role they can play in making it so,” says Llewellyn.
FOREST⇌FIRE’s exhibition is planned for 2021 and will include Spanish and Washoe translations.
Donate to the campaign at charity.gofundme.com. | nevadacountyarts.org/forestfire
