Who: The Sierra Fund warmly invites community members and the interested public to join us alongside multidisciplinary technical experts and creatives for an evening of art at the nexus of science as we work to address legacy impacts of the California Gold Rush.
What: Evening art reception to launch the fifth biannual Reclaiming the Sierra (RTS) Conference being convened by The Sierra Fund. RTS 2019: Headwater Mercury Source Reduction is a conference to catalyze action around a regional strategy to abate the impacts of mercury from the Sierra to the sea.
Why: The 19th century Gold Rush forever changed the trajectory of what it means to live in California’s headwaters. Greed, brutality, and brilliance reshaped the people, the culture, and the land of the Sierra Nevada. From genocide to environmental destruction, the raw display of how human ingenuity can pull gold from living earth humbles and awes, and inspires creativity across disciplines as communities work to restore ecosystems and community resiliency to a place of unsurpassed beauty and ecological value.
Details: Art at the Edge of Extraction is an opportunity to experience the painting, sculpture, photography, song, and written and spoken word of artists who aim to provoke audience contemplation and commentary on the effects of resource extraction. Featured works reflect on the splendor of forests and watersheds ravaged in the quest for gold, force introspection about cultural resilience, and challenge our ability to connect abstract data to visual and figurative representations of watershed-wide impacts.
When: Wednesday, October 16, 2019, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
Where: The Gold Miners Inn Conference Room, located at 121 Bank Street, Grass Valley, California.
The evening reception will include appetizers and a no-host bar. Donation at the door of $25 is requested from non-conference attendees.
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This announcement was written by The Sierra Fund. For more information about the Sierra Fund, visit their website at www.sierrafund.org.