The Mad River Industrial Art Park

Dell'Arte

Funding Received: 2013
Blue Lake, CA
$350,000
Funding Period: 1 year and 5 months

As a pioneer in creating “theatre of place,” Dell’Arte and its partners will bring that vision to the rebranding and activation of the Mad River Industrial ArtPark. Through curated arts programming, visual identifiers and the expansion of its own Mad River Festival to this space, Dell’Arte will connect art, industry and artisanal cultural work to promote economic development in the rural California community of Blue Lake.

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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project

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Dell’Arte International continues to build partnerships and momentum for creative placemaking in Blue Lake, California. Our small rural hamlet belies our regional impact and global... Read More
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By Meghan Frank Update and Reflections The 24th annual Mad River Festival has opened! The premiere brought a large crowd to our outdoor amphitheatre, and... Read More
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Updates ARTPLACE CONVENING Two Dell’Arte representatives attended the ArtPlace Grantee Summit on March 3-5 in Los Angeles. It was great to meet other ArtPlace grantees,... Read More
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Steelhead Days tent and sign; photo Meghan Frank Updates On January 25th, Dell’Arte proudly announced the winners of the Blue Lake Rising mini-grants. In a... Read More
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Updates On January 16, we presented SPEED NETWORKING, a co-created project with the City of Blue Lake, Humboldt Made (a member organization for Humboldt artisan... Read More
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The Dell'Arte Kindergarten Show; photo by Janessa Johnsrude Updates This month we have been preparing for four major events that will occur in January 2014:... Read More
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Updates An important aspect of ArtPlace America’s goal to “strengthen business and the economy through the arts” for us is to identify and engage artists,... Read More
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Updates On Friday, October 18 th and Saturday, October 19 th , Dell’Arte and our Art Park partners presented Blue Lake Harvest Days, a two-day... Read More
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Updates Dell’Arte’s 35' x 80' blue and yellow striped tent is finding a home near the Mad River for the first annual "Blue Lake Harvest... Read More
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Update and Reflections We have purchased a large "big-top” style tent for the Mad River Industrial Artpark. Currently, it is being delivered to the Arcata... Read More
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"Blue Lake used to be known as a place where you just came to get by. Now it is known as a place to thrive."... Read More
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Update Receiving the Artplace America award was one of the pleasantest, shockingest, thrillingest pieces of funding news we have ever received. This first month has... Read More