RIPE AREA Events & Festival

Fertile Ground for Creativity and Caring about Our Watershed

Register for sessions and the festival below.


NOW through MAY, 2024 - FREE - Artist-led Workshops - Various Locations
Enjoy hands-on workshops and enlightening sessions with practicing artists in compelling forms of expression, including poetry and prose writing, traditional storytelling and song, contemporary music composition, engaging talks, nature field recording in riparian environments, sourcing native plants, preparing wild foods, and more.

JUNE 2, 2024 - FREE - RIPE AREA Arts & Nature Festival - Wakamatsu Farm
Experience the culminating RIPE AREA event celebrating the work of all the diverse sessions, featuring the artists, musicians, storytellers, poets, and ecology experts.  Play in the nature space kids zone.  Stroll the native plant garden.  Enjoy the tastes of Native food and drink.  Walk the nature trail to the sound art garden.  Take part in fun activities and learning for all ages.  Enjoy live performances of music, dance, and storytelling.  Be inspired about rivers, meadows, wildlife, and ways of preserving and restoring cultural and environmental resources.

 As a play on "riparian", RIPE AREA is an invitation to experience our interdependence with riparian zones and clean water that is essential for life.

 

Find out more about the project at Myrtle Tree ArtsDiscover more about ARC at American River Conservancy.
For all inquiries, contact melissa@ARConservancy.org

The project is funded in part by the California Arts Council as part of the Capital Region Creative Corps Program
administered by the Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, with support from the City of Sacramento.


01/23/2024
06/03/2024

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June 2 - RIPE AREA FESTIVAL

What: RIPE AREA Festival - A full-day of family-friendly activities experiencing the work of diverse artists and musicians, river and riparian experts, and sampling native plants for food and various forms of creativity as part of a unique outdoor arts and nature festival. Be inspired in new ways about river flows, meadow habitats, wildlife, and ideas related to cultural sustainability and environmental stewardship. Enjoy the taste of local native and organic foods, family-friendly activities, talks, and performance led by all the RIPE AREA artists and contributors.  

When: Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM (RAIN DATE June 9)

Where: Wakamatsu Farm, 941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA

How: Registration includes 1 ticket per person for at least 1 food tasting plate (while supply lasts). Additional foods, soft drinks, beer and wine will be available for purchase. You can bring your own picnic and set up (blankets, chairs, umbrella/pop-up, wagons, etc.,).

May 11 - Workshop: Intro to Field Recording & Nature Journaling

What: Workshop - "Intro to Field Recording & Nature Journaling" - Paul Godwin and Miguel Noya invite you to explore field recording and nature journaling. You’ll experience  listening to underwater nature sounds in Wakamatsu Pond using a hydrophone. Your smartphones will also be engaged as recording devices, capturing and identifying sounds from the natural world as a practice in meditative nature journaling. 

When: Saturday, May  from 11:00 - 2:00 PM

Where: Wakamatsu Farm, 941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville

How: Free with pre-registration. No prior experience necessary. Some equipment provided, and cell phones will be useful for recording.

May 16 - Live Podcast: Kimberly ShiningStar Petree, Miwok Storyteller

What: Live Podcast - "Placertopia Live" - Join artists from the RIPE AREA project and upcoming Festival at this live session hosted by Paul Godwin and Myrtle Tree Arts. This session, we feature Native American storyteller, culture keeper, and founder of Cosumnes Culture and WaterWays (CCAWW), Kimberly ShiningStar Petree.  She will discuss the Ladies Valley Landback project she is facilitating with partner American River Conservancy.

When: Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 4:30-6:00 PM

Where: Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St. Placerville

How: Free, no tickets required. Cash bar. The event streams on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

May 16 - Live Concert: DOGON

What:  Live Concert - DOGON - Catch Venezuelan/US duo DOGON with special guests Elena DeLacy, Dustin Koupal, Caitlyn Miller and solo musician Melinda Velasco in a preview of the June 2nd Festival concert.

When:  Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 7:00-9:00 PM

Where:  Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St. Placerville, CA

How: $5 at the door. Cash bar.

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