Projects

River Arts’ Projects have organically grown over time to reflect the fertile and imaginative ideas of our members and the community as a whole. And new ideas are always invited and welcome!

While we are open to all suggestions, a number of core motivations drive our endeavor.

• Building Community: Engaging in projects, often participatory, that build a sense of community and connection
• Spurring Creativity: Creativity is fun, creativity allows us to express ourselves, to grow, and to have pure joy. Amateur or professional, bringing the inside out is what it’s all about.
• Responding to Perceived Needs: Many of our projects arise out of perceived community needs, whether it’s creating after school programs for young folk, creative opportunities for those who are isolated or integrating and supporting our diverse communities.
• Creating Economic Viability: River Arts seeks to support and abet the arts and creative activities as an economic driver and base for the lower Russian River.
• Putting Guerneville on the Map: For a very small community, Guerneville is very complex and multi-layered, having many identities and being known for many things.But only recently, with the opening of over a dozen galleries and other venues for art and creativity has it become known as an art destination. River Arts certainly doesn’t want to remove any of the already existing layers, but rather to add yet another layer, another widely known public identity to Guerneville. That of a thriving creative hub.