On the Edge of the Sublime, Oil on Linen, 36”x48”, Erika Osborne, 2015.

OPENING RECEPTION: December 10, 2021, 5-7pm

Truckee Community Recreation Center, 10981 Truckee Way, Truckee, CA 96161

FOREST⇌FIRE is an interpretive exhibit introducing viewers to the Sierra Nevada Forest’s 13,000 year relationship with fire and the surprising role humans play in it. Find out why fires have become catastrophic and what we can do to return fire to its original role of supporting the wellbeing of forest and humans alike. Together let’s Vision the Future Forest!

The exhibition will run from December 10, 2021 to June 2022 and features the work of artists Judith Lowry, Sarah Coleman, Indigo Moor, Tahiti Pehrson, Sara L. Smith, Andie Thrams, Jessa Ray Growing Thunder and many more.

The Opening Reception will include presentations by:

Anna Klovstad, Mayor of the Town of Truckee
Eliza Tudor, Executive Director, Nevada County Arts Council
William L. Fox, Director, The Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art
Lead Artists Michael and Heather Llewellyn
Indigo Moor, Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus

To learn more about the project and artists: www.forestandfire.org

To contact FOREST⇌FIRE’s partners for more information: www.nevadacountyarts.org/forestfire

FOREST⇌FIRE is presented to the people of the Truckee-Tahoe region of California through the partnership between Nevada County Arts Council, Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District, and University of California, Berkeley - Sagehen Creek Field Station, with Educational and Environmental Outreach by Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships. FOREST⇌FIRE is created by Michael and Heather Llewellyn.

FOREST⇌FIRE’s partners and creators are grateful for the support of California Arts Council through their Creative California Communities grant program; California Humanities - a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities (visit calhum.org); Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation; Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, through the Nature Fund and Queen of Hearts Women’s Fund; University of Nevada - Reno; Cal Fire; Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Truckee Tahoe Airport District; Truckee Public Arts Commission; Truckee Arts Alliance; Mountain Forge, and many other organizations and individuals.

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