(Photo | Courtesy of Caldera Arts)
In 1996, we let our imaginations run wild when that first cohort of campers arrived on the land at Blue Lake.
When the Wieden family gathered together youth workers, professional artists, community leaders and volunteers to help their vision of a camp in the woods for young city kids without access to nature and artistic outlets, they imagined a lot of smiles, a carefree atmosphere and a sense of belonging for these young folks. They imagined that artists would create long-lasting and influential relationships with each other and with the next generation of artists. They imagined that this community would hold everyone, through seriously bad times and seriously good times. They envisioned a creative and driven group of young people and artists who would come together to navigate complexities and just have fun being themselves. And now, together, we get to imagine what Caldera is capable of doing and will continue to do for the next 25 years and beyond. When we can imagine things differently, we can do things differently.
And Caldera has always been good at imagining. Join us as we celebrate 25 years of the Caldera community this year.
Intentions
Earlier this month, we spent time in community sharing Caldera stories over zoom, voicing our intentions and learning about the new ways our Programs team will be supporting our young people.
We are continuing to offer a weekly community circle to our young people with their mentors and are building our commitment to the arts by engaging amazing teaching artists to bring more opportunities for creative expression. We want to provide our young people with a mix of activities to encourage creativity, while supporting them by maintaining a strong community presence in their lives. These programs are for our youth and we are committed to ensuring that our students are happy and fulfilled by our offerings.
Intention ceremonies are important to us at Caldera Arts, and our 2021 Kick-Off Ceremony was no different. Intentions are goals that we declare for ourselves; they can be short- or long-term goals, and one of the best things about sharing out in the group is the support that comes from our community in helping us honor our intentions and grow. Some of the intentions shared for this year were:
- “to dance more!”
- “to be better at learning and listening”
- “to write more music”
- “to make more friends”
- “to create more comics to entertain people”
We look forward to supporting our community members as they follow through with their goals. What intentions would you like to set for yourself? Remember, we support you!
Residency Program
Our 2021 residency season kicked off last month with our first cohort of artists. Over the next couple of months, we’ll be safely hosting two more cohorts. While things are a little different this year, we hope you will join us in welcoming and congratulating our 2021 Artists in Residence.
February
- Asia Tail
- Erin Shigaki
- Irene Chau
- Mike Vos
- MK Chavez
March
- Anis Mojgani
- garima thakur
- Kimberley Arteche
- Subashini Ganesan
- Tavarus Blackmonster
Unfortunately, we won’t be hosting our monthly Open Studios event this year. However, we are excited to introduce you all to this diverse group of artists and their chosen mediums by bringing our programming online. Stay tuned for an announcement of upcoming events! In the meantime, we encourage you to head to our website to learn more about our 2021 residents.