YoloArts, a nonprofit organization based in Woodland, has received a $10,000 grant to enrich the local community through the arts.

The funds were awarded by the California Arts Council and will be used to pay for artist workshops, public lectures, business workshops for artists, a gallery lecture series on how to buy art, and live performance art.

“These organizations provide outstanding opportunities in the arts for diverse groups of Californians,” said Marilyn Nielsen, interim director of the California Arts Council, of all the grant recipients.

The council’s Creating Public Value program seeks to promote the positive impact of the arts in the lives of all Californians by supporting small arts organizations in rural and underserved communities in which geography, economic conditions, ethnic background or disability hinder access to the arts.

YoloArts demonstrated how it plans to use funding to support new and expanded programs that will benefit the communities it serves through criteria known as the three R’s: relationships (by building partnerships); relevance (to the community by increasing public participation); and return on investment (by promoting the organization’s social and economic impact).

Funding for this program comes in part from the sale of arts license plates, a specialty plate designed by California artist Wayne Thiebaud with a sunset and palm tree motif.

If there were a million arts license plates on California roadways, the state would have $40 million for the arts, a news release said. For more information, visit www.artsplate.org.

For more information on the programs of YoloArts, call (530) 406-4844 or visit www.yoloarts.org.

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Artist Rene Steinke gives a glass-blowing demonstration at a YoloArts event. The nonprofit organization in Woodland has received a $10,000 grant from the California Arts Council to fund artist workshops like this one, public lectures, business workshops for artists, a gallery lecture series and live performance art. Courtesy photo

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