Art Fundraiser in support of Homeland Return
We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of CHIRP’s VTA artists and local artists alike offering their valuable work in support of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe's Homeland Return Fundraising Campaign.
If you are interested in purchasing one of the artworks below please contact:
Mira Clark, (530-559-6115), mira@chirpca.org
Please note this is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To ensure we can save the artwork of your choice for you, be sure to contact Mira before you make your donation.
Pick up of artwork is possible from ‘Uba Seo: Nisenan Arts and Culture or local delivery.
*NOTE: For non-locals shipping artworks is an additional cost.
*If you are a local artist and would like to donate work to the Tribe’s Homeland Return Campaign please contact Mira Clark.
“BEAR RIVER CANYON” FRAMED ARCHIVAL DIGITAL PRINT
Value: $450
Framed Painting print: 18 x 28.5 inches (Image size: 10.5 x 22 inches)
The print shows a canyon of the Bear River looking west from near Dog Bar Road
About the Artist: John Michael Keating has lived in Nevada County for more than 40 years. During many of those years he taught classes in Studio Arts, Art History and the Humanities at Sierra College. John Michael Keating is the author of the new art book, Double Vision, Waking Dreams.
“The Nisenan lost their homeland. I'm happy if a small donation like this print will help them reclaim what was taken from them.”
“Yuba River Geology, California” Photographic PRINT
Value: $350
Framed Photo Print: 20x30” photo print, in a 28x36” mat
Photographic print of the Yuba River on luster photo paper in a mat. Printed with materials donated by David Wong (https://photographybydavidwong.com/).
About the Artist: Jack Devlin is a nature and conservation photographer who grew up in Nevada City, California.
“I want to do what I can to support the return of land illegally taken from the Nisenan. It is inconceivable that the Nevada City Rancheria has still not been restored to this day, and I hope that I can contribute to aiding the Nisenan's Homeland Return. I grew up in Nevada City, which instilled me with both a deep love of nature and a feeling of community, and so it feels necessary to help give back to that community.”
“Nectar” Varnished Archival Print on Wood Panel
**SOLD** Value: $574
Limited Edition of 9. Hand painted title, edition number, and signature on back. 28” Diameter
About the Artist: Miles Toland grew his roots in the artistic city of Santa Fe and is currently making art in the woods of Nevada City. His creative juices have been squeezed from the fruits of graffiti culture, a BFA at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, live painting at festivals, and traveling around the world creating street art in places including Paris, Switzerland, Art Basel Miami, Mexico, Canada, and India. His mural series at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh has been published in the Smithsonian Magazine and The New York Times blog. Another one of his murals in India was readapted to be featured as the artwork in the second season of the AMC show Better Call Saul. Miles’ work finds an even split between studio art and street art.
“I have lived in Nevada County and Grass Valley for the past 8 years and have witnessed my relationships, career, and life prosper as a result of living here. It only feels right to give back to the original peoples of this land I now call home. It’s crazy that the Nisenan even have to fundraiser to buy land back that was stolen from them. I believe we are waking up to the brutal reality of our human history and we need to do our best to show respect and restore some justice and balance to those who have been unfairly treated.”
“Fish Out of Water” Acrylic and wood stain on wood
Value: $600
Original Painting, 18x10"
This painting was created for my 2016 solo show Fire and Water where I focused on the delicate balance of each of these elements for humans existence on the earth. Fire and Water are essential for human existence but when thrown out of balance, each element can have catastrophic consequences. This was a piece from that series.
About the Artist: Over the past twenty-five years illustrator, painter, muralist, and designer Ursula Xanthe Young has become known for her unique flowery urban fairytale illustrations. Graduate of Parsons School of Design (Illustration, BFA, New York 1996) Ursula exhibits frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area and has sold paintings around the world, she shows most frequently with Luna Rienne Gallery in San Francisco. Ursula finds inspiration in the organic yet urban landscape of San Francisco and the magical surroundings of Northern California. She is also highly influenced by her travels to the far-flung reaches of the globe and the variety of colorful characters and environments that she encounters - both real and imagined - along the way. Ursula's recent projects include a 18' commissioned painting for The Grand Hyatt in San Francisco alongside several large scale mural projects in Sacramento, Miami and San Francisco. Other clients include: NorthFace, SF Weekly, Google, Om Records and SF Bay Guardian. Ursula is also the co-director of Few & Far: an international all-female collective of mural-painters and has painted large collaborative wall murals around the U.S and beyond. Originating from the green rural dales of Northern England, Ursula has spent much of her time since then traveling and has studied art in New York City, Florence, Vermont, Oslo, and London. After ten years making her mark in the Lower Haight neighborhood of San Francisco, she now lives in a creative enclave in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California - this time in a remote spot in the forest - where she’s busy finding a whole host of new inspirations. She lives with her husband, daughter and two cats near Grass Valley, California. For more information visit: www.ursulayoung.com
“Having lived in Nevada County for around 15 years, and having learned more and more over the years about the Nisenan still living here today and their ongoing perseverance to be recognized and have their history understood - I am wanting to do all I can to help this cause. Since I am unable to donate finances at this time, my hope is that my art can help to fundraise for this important project, getting tribal lands back in the hands of the Nisenan here today.”
“Sea wasp”- Acrylic on Canvas Original Painting
Value: $350
Orignial Acrylic on Canvas Painting, 12x16” Oval Canvas
Created for "Mélange" - a Poetry and Visual Art Collaboration, with Kirsten Casey
About the Artist: Mira Clark's work is about fostering collaboration, sparking curiosity, and interconnectedness, and promoting social and environmental awareness through mixed-media storytelling. For the past seven years, Mira Clark has dedicated herself to CHIRP's "Visibility Through Art Initiative," facilitating collaboration between Nevada County artists and the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Her artistic purpose is rooted in building bridges across diverse communities and driving social change through the Arts.
“I grew up in Nevada County, but the Nisenan and Indigenous history were not part of the school curriculum or education system here. Over the past seven years, my work with the Tribe and CHIRP has been transformative, helping me to build a right-relationship with this place. I've had the privilege of working closely with the Tribe to shift both current and historical narratives, and participate in the long journey towards healing one of the foundational wounds of this country: the genocide of its original peoples.”
“Hour of Infinity - Eternal Returning” - Acrylic on Canvas Original Painting
Value: $888
Orignial Acrylic on Canvas Painting, 30x20"
This artwork was created in collaboration with musical artist Ayla Nereo, as part of the Womxn | Nature Project which shared ecofeminist stories through interviews and narrative artworks. This artwork is both about time and timelessness. We are living at a point in history that feels crucial and pressing, a tipping point of change and urgency with our environment. At the same moment life will go on no matter what, the Earth will change and continue within the landscape of what is eternal.
About the Artist: Mira Clark's work is about fostering collaboration, sparking curiosity, and interconnectedness, and promoting social and environmental awareness through mixed-media storytelling. For the past seven years, Mira Clark has dedicated herself to CHIRP's "Visibility Through Art Initiative," facilitating collaboration between Nevada County artists and the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Her artistic purpose is rooted in building bridges across diverse communities and driving social change through the Arts.
“I grew up in Nevada County, but the Nisenan and Indigenous history were not part of the school curriculum or education system here. Over the past seven years, my work with the Tribe and CHIRP has been transformative, helping me to build a right-relationship with this place. I've had the privilege of working closely with the Tribe to shift both current and historical narratives, and participate in the long journey towards healing one of the foundational wounds of this country: the genocide of its original peoples.”
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About the Artist: Ayla Nereo is a singer, composer, producer, dancer, and visual-poetry creator raised among the Northern California forests and rivers. Called a “bridger of sound,” Ayla dances between timeless and modern, with a particular joy for cross-pollinating musical styles. Her songs seem a genre unto their own, as she moves between vocal looping, produced beats, live drumming, orchestral string arrangements, Celtic melodies, disco rhythms, electronic soundscapes, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay. Having an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, Ayla's music is an ode to the wonder of being human, inviting us deeper into the exquisite and innately psychedelic dream of this moment.
“I want to do what I can to support this land returning to the Nisenan, because I live on unceded Nisenan territory.”