Check out our arts events, participatory classes, and creative programs and projects that enrich Mariposa’s community + offer opportunities for cultural connection ↓
Cultural Week of Action
September 30 – October 4, 2024. A cultural event series centering and celebrating indigenous sovereignty as a part of RaceFoward’s Cultural Week of Action and Democracy. Events and activities take place in Mariposa and are free to the public.
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Music on the Green
Every Friday and Saturday evening during the summer, the Arts Council hosts free concerts in historic downtown Mariposa. Featuring talent from all over California, this program brings together both local and visiting concertgoers of all ages.
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Mariposa Theater Alliance
The Mariposa Theatre Alliance (MTA) is an association of producing theatre artists formed to foster and promote theatre throughout Mariposa County. Performances are intermittent annually.
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Special Exhibitions
Enjoy special art exhibitions, curated to provide new perspectives, expand public experiences, and inspire conversation and creativity from a broad artistic cannon.
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In addition to these public programs, we provide multiple services and arts education programs to members of our community. See Services and Programs >
Our public art projects are much more than public art – they are a part of a county-wide collaborative creative placemaking strategy for art and design that builds a resilient rural economy, and a more inclusive, representative, and diverse set of stories about our community.
Just Installed
Working Lands, Working Artists
Working Lands, Working Artists is a creative placemaking project from Mariposa County and the Mariposa Arts Council that supports the County’s Agriculture and Working Lands Conservation Plan (AWLCP).
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Just Installed
Working Lands, Working Artists
Working Lands, Working Artists is a creative placemaking project from Mariposa County and the Mariposa Arts Council that supports the County’s Agriculture and Working Lands Conservation Plan (AWLCP).
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Completed
Gateway & Mural Project
Take a look at our newest murals and upcoming sculptural gateway features in the town of Mariposa.
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Ongoing
Student Campus Murals
We are supporting the Mariposa County Office of Education and school sites, across the county, to develop and implement campus murals – designed and painted by students with the help of trained mentors. The first campus mural is a pair of larger-than-life monarch wings at Mariposa Elementary School.
Stockton Creek Hide and Seek
In partnership with Sierra Foothill Conservancy and Mariposa Public Utility, we’ve been developing a fun public art project – native animal statues – hidden strategically along the Stockton Creek Preserve. More animals are on their way, for now look for Western Pond Turtle along the trail!
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This is just the start. We are paving the way for more public art projects coming soon! Explore the Creative Placemaking Strategy for future plans and recommendations for the arts in Mariposa.
FOR ADULTS
F/STOP Photography
Free, photography program for Mariposa residence ages 55 and over that teaches artistic principles of photography. Offered periodically throughout the year.
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Veterans in the Arts
An initiative to addresses equity, access, and opportunity by providing project and partnership support to reach veterans, active military, and their families.
STATEWIDE ADVOCACY
Californians for the Arts
CFTA is a statewide arts advocacy organization who advancing and building public awareness of the value and impact of arts, culture and creativity across California
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CREATE CA
Create CA advocates for high quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and by mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.
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LOCAL ADVOCACY
Join a Board Meeting
Our Board of Directors – the Arts Council’s governing body – holds monthly meetings on Zoom and are open for public attendance. Monthly agendas and schedule can be found here.
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Support Our Work
Our Members and Sponsors are our biggest advocates! Support on the local level helps us leverage funding on the state and national level, and positively impacts our program capacity.
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