LAKEPORT
Upstate California Creative Corps seeks applicants for grant review panel
Lake County Arts Council is seeking local panelists to review local applications to the Upstate California Creative Corps. The Upstate California Creative Corps employs artists to create awareness around public health, water, and energy conservation, climate mitigation, emergency preparedness, relief, recovery, civic engagement, and social justice.
Barbara Clark, Executive Director at the Lake County Arts Council, states, “$3.38 million will be re-granted to artists, and arts and social service organizations, as well as units of government, who will employ artists, across 19 counties in Northern California. We want to be sure that we build a local review panel here in Lake County that is diverse and knowledgeable, to support both an equitable process and an inclusive pool of grantees.”
Lake County Arts Council believes that Lake County’s people are our most treasured resource. A diverse panel pool ensures the integrity of our grant review process for all applicants, representative of our county’s racial, ethnic, and gender identities; eclectic geography; and wealth of organizations, perspectives, and knowledge.
Eligible applicants will be included in a panelist pool to be approved by Lake County Arts Council – in partnership with the Administering Organization for the Upstate California Creative Corps – in the months preceding the 2023-24 Upstate California Creative Corps grant activity period.
Specifically, panelists selected to serve the Upstate California Creative Corps will be reviewing Lake County applications. Say’s Barbara Clark, “We will contact panelist applicants between January and March 2023, and hope for a robust and diverse applicant pool!”
Clark states that panelists must meet the following criteria:
1. They must be Lake County resident
2. They must be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of multiple applications based on the Upstate California Creative Corps published program goals and review criteria.
3. They must have the capacity to take part in three three mandatory virtual group meetings and 10 to 12 hours reviewing grants, taking notes, and attending meetings and orientations over a six to eight-week period. Each volunteer panelist receives a modest honorarium of $150. All reviews and meetings may take place in person and/or remotely. More information about reviewing grants will be provided at the appropriate time.
Community members who are interested in applying can do so by following this link: Lake County California Creative Corp Panelist Application or forms.gle/m3qzSjhCgQ4FQadX9. Once the form is completed, applicants will receive an automated message confirming their submission. Clark, affirms “We’ll then follow up with panel applicants on an individual basis as we begin putting panels together.”
More about Upstate California Creative Corps can be found at upstatecreativecorps.org and by calling 707-263-6658 or emailing LakeCountyArtsCouncil@Lakearts.org
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KELSEYVILLE
New documentary film series starting Friday
On Friday, January 20, at 6 P.M., the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lake County, in partnership with the Kelseyville United Methodist Church, will be showing their second film in a documentary film series. We will show the documentary:
Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (2022)
“This film focuses on the recent wave of voter suppression and subversion laws being enacted in states, and how the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp provides a case study for understanding today’s voter suppression laws across the country. The film includes perspectives from voters in Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Georgia that highlight how these new laws will affect their constitutional right to vote. Suppressed and Sabotaged 2022 is a call to action against the calculated, unconstitutional and racist attacks intended to suppress the right to vote in America.”
The documentary will be shown free of charge at 6 P.M. at the Kelseyville United Methodist Church 3810 Main St., in Kelseyville, CA and will be followed by a moderated discussion on the topics presented in the film. All are welcome to attend.
On Friday, February 10, at 6 P.M., the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lake County, in partnership with the Kelseyville United Methodist Church, will show the documentary:
Project Poverty and Inequality in California
“Even before the economic disruptions caused by COVID-19, far too many Californians were living in poverty. Despite solid economic growth, pockets of vast wealth, and a robust social safety net, California still had the nation’s highest poverty rate, while millions more Californians lived on the edge. Now, that dire situation can only be expected to grow worse. In this 30‐minute documentary, we explore common sense solutions to poverty and inequality, with testimony from an ideologically diverse group of business leaders, social activists, and scholars.”
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KELSEYVILLE
Lake County Women’s Civic Club plans for a new year
The Lake County Women’s Civic Club (LCWCC) started off the new year by welcoming Mike Adams of Soper Reese Theater, current members, and new members Melanie Fae Garrett and Linda Debolt at their January 6 luncheon meeting at the Riviera Hills Restaurant.
Highlights of the business portion of the meeting included the club’s plans for their annual Mad Hatter’s event that will take place on April 29. This is the club’s major fun-raising event for the year and is always a fun afternoon for those attending. Thanks to the generous donations from local businesses and individuals the club is able to offer beautiful prizes and opportunities to those who attend this event. This year the donated items will be offered in a silent auction. All proceeds from this fundraiser are used to provide scholarships to students in Lake County, city beautification projects, senior projects, children’s activities, and veterans’ needs.
After the January business meeting and delicious chicken teriyaki luncheon, the ladies welcomed Mike Adams from Soper Reese Theater. Adams spoke to the group about the history of the theater and their plans for upgrading the 75-year-old building. The theater is a gem in Lakeport that brings a variety of films, live musical performances as well as live stage plays performed by the many talented Lake County performers. In addition to the cultural aspects of the theater, it provides purpose and value to all those involved in its projects.
Next month’s LCWCC luncheon meeting on February 3 at the Riviera Hills Restaurant will host Angela DePalma Dow from the water district. Ladies who are interested in joining the LCWCC can contact President, Helen Finch at finchgardens@hotmail.com. Usual annual dues for club membership are $20 but since we are into the new year, membership dues for the remaining part of the year are pro-rated to only $12. This is a great opportunity for ladies to learn more about Lake County while supporting civic projects in the community.
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