getting smaller and smaller, but ACNV is doing what it can to try and fill the gaps that come up. “We do the Student of the Year program to help fill those gaps,” she says, as an example. For Student of the Year, they reach out to teachers across Napa County to get nominations for students excelling in visual and performing arts or creative writing. Each month the winning students are then in the running for “student of the year” in different categories and grade levels. At the end of the school year ACNV hosts an awards ceremony and the winners are awarded scholarship money. ACNV also has an arts-and-culture event calendar— artscouncilnapavalley. org. . “We are constantly looking for new things to add to that so people can keep up to date with what’s going on in the county,” Tim says. They host an “opportunities board” for artists to find grant opportunities, professional development and job listings. They also help with referrals for artists and advocate for artists and programs. “As the years go on and more projects are supported and more artists are coming into the fold, I think it’s blooming into us seeing more cultural projects,” Tim says. “In the past couple of years, we’ve supported a lot of Latino and Hispanic cultural projects. There have been murals, and galleries and there was a car show that we also supported.” She says cultural art is “blossoming” in the community. During the school year Arts Council Napa Valley honors students from across Napa County who are excelling in the arts. Above, the ACNV 2022-2023 awards ceremony honoring Students of the Year.
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“I hope that continues as a growth pattern because people outside the county should know there’s a lot more culture and a lot more vibrancy than just, you know, our vineyards,” says Tim. “They’re beautiful, and it’s a wonderful part of the county, but there’s more to Napa County than that.” Tim says that the organization did what it could to help students, local artists and arts organizations during the pandemic. When school performances had to be canceled, they set aside funding for repayment of ticket sales. Arts Council Napa Valley worked with the school district, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley and the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art to conduct art-supply distribution for kids who were attending classes online from home during the pandemic. “The parents would drive the kids and come pick up kits for different art projects,” Tim says. “It was quite a day when we were getting everything packed for the art-supply distribution,” Tim says. “That was a long day, but it was really 707.571.8866 www.tristarautomotive.com 484 Kenwood Ct. • Santa Rosa, CA
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