Art + Environment Capacity Building Initiative
A PARTNERSHIP WITH MURAL ARTS PHILADELPHIA THROUGH THE MURAL ARTS INSTITUTE
A collaborative, participatory arts-based project which addresses local environmental issues and climate change in California’s Central Valley/Kern County. The Arts Council of Kern, Dr. Rosanna Esparza, Michelle Glass, Arte de la Tercera Edad, The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, The Central California Environmental Justice Network, The Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, UCSB Professor Julie Maldonado, UCSC Professors Laurie Palmer and Vivian Underhill, and local youth. This is a two year project that is being produced with the Mural Arts Institute, a program of Mural Arts Philadelphia.