About Us
Building Community Through Creativity
River Arts was founded with the intention of creating a dedicated Arts Center in Guerneville, the only large community in Sonoma County lacking one, and in building and strengthening the newly emerging idea of Guerneville as a creative hub, with creativity as a major defining force in our economy, community and identity.
Working with Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, a concept of a dedicated Arts Center is emerging, with a location already designated, but still far off.
Building towards that, River Arts is undertaking an ambitious program of arts and creativity activities, many of them free and openly available to the general public, many of them encouraging community participation.
And we REALLY can use volunteers to help with many of the projects below—even if you can help out only once or twice a year, it will be of great benefit to us and the community.
River Arts enters the 2026 year with a growing slate of projects and programs. Some of these are below. We are constantly experimenting with new ideas to engage and activate the community.
1. First Saturday ArtWalk
2. Seasonal Downtown Window Art
3. Community Art Tables at Local Events
4. Collage Project—in conjunction with Senior Center, West County Health Center, etc.
5. Autumn Craft Fair
6. Creative Youth—afterschool programs
7. Murals Project
8. Pond Farm Artist-in-Residence — in conjunction with Stewards of the Coast & Redwoods
9. Music in the Galleries
10. Main Street Revitalization— coordination with CalTrans
11. Russian River Gateway Project— with Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and others.
12. New Park— in coordination with Supervisor Lynda Hopkins and others.
13. River Park Development— in coordination with Sonoma County Regional Parks
14. California Cultural District Designation— in coordination with Chamber of Commerce,         Creative Sonoma and others.
15. Community Radio Station—River Arts has received an FCC construction permit for a new        community radio station and is working with Friends of Monte Rio and others to put this on     air.
River Arts is an all volunteer community organization
River Arts is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit, Tax ID 47-1363044
River Arts is proud to be one of the recipients of Creative Sonoma’s 2026 Arts Impact Grants