Creative Corps- Capitol Region
The Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture is the administrating organization for the Capital Region Creative Corps, a media, outreach and engagement campaign to increase public awareness around climate, public health, civic engagement and social justice issues. This program will bring together artists and agencies in Alpine, El Dorado, Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo Counties to develop creative messaging on the region’s most critical issues.
Yolo County Organizations
Center for Land Based Learning
Our media campaign, "Farming for Our Future: Sharing Solutions to Climate Change from the Fields," addresses the urgent issues of climate change, drought, and groundwater sustainability. Featuring high-end videos that showcase water conservation and climate mitigation practices by rural landowners in Yolo County, the campaign takes a "farmer-to-farmer" approach.
City of Davis Arts and Cultural Affairs
The "Hate-Free Together" campaign, a collaborative effort by the City of Davis, UC Davis, and Yolo County, aims to combat hate and promote safety through community engagement and direct actions, focusing on multi-year involvement and expansion across all communities in Yolo County. This project will initiate the campaign's development, facilitating a pilot program involving diverse local groups and arts partners to generate direct actions addressing hate-related issues, utilizing Civic Practice methodologies to foster collaboration, problem-solving, and expression within communities.
Yolo Sol Collective
Stories of Land and Water/Cuentos de Tierra y Agua, invites community participation in guided storywalks to learn Wintun perspectives on ecology and envision a future for the Yolo bioregion, emphasizing environmental justice through Wintun restoration ecology. Through audio tours and interactive exercises, participants engage with Diana Almendariz's leadership in Patwin language, culture, and ecological knowledge, fostering community dialogue and planning for a resilient and equitable future.
About California Creative Corps
The California Creative Corps is a pilot grant program developed by the California Arts Council (CAC) to engage artists to increase:
(1) public health awareness to stop the spread of COVID-19;
(2) public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery;
(3) civic engagement including election participation; and
(4) social justice and community engagement.
This program is designed to be a media outreach and engagement campaign focusing on the four target topics above. It is also an economic and workforce development program, demonstrating how artists from multiple disciplines can be instrumental in the development and implementation of critical campaigns to address our most pressing community issues.
The intention of this grant program is to provide as broad a geographic reach as possible, serving all 58 counties in communities that demonstrate the highest levels of need as indicated by the California Healthy Places Index (HPI). Sub-grantee organizations should demonstrate strong, ongoing relationships with communities that fall within the lowest quartile of the HPI and will support meaningful engagements with those communities through this grant.
The City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) has received a grant from the California Arts Council to administer Capital Region Creative Corps. In this role, OAC will subgrant to government agencies, organizations, artist collectives, and cultural practitioners.
