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Nuestro Lugar: North Shore

Nuestro Lugar: North Shore is the first resident-designed, culture-driven, community development project in the rural, migrant community of North Shore, California. Nuestro Lugar co-locates physical improvements (a community-designed 5-acre public space and a bike-share program) and economic activities (a small business training program and a monthly marketplace) alongside a series of multi-faceted arts and culture initiatives. Nuestro Lugar maps and uses the many historic, cultural, and artistic resources of North Shore as catalysts for change. Through various artistic "situaciones" and interventions, residents shape their community and its new public space. In the process, they build strong cultural networks, create new forums for organizing and capacity-building, and re-orient community narratives. The many components of Nuestro Lugar work together to enable residents to improve physical, social, and economic quality of life, while re-defining the identity of their North Shore.

Local kids look at the Salton Sea | Photo: Drew Tewksbury
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With a view of the Salton Sea, community art event "Projections" was a reflection of the lives of those who work and live in the town of North Shore.
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In a week, the kids of North Shore who participated in the Media Makers arts workshop created TV program "The Salty Bottom Show" -- a testimony of the combined knowledge and value of their community.
Residents of the resource-starved North Shore community on the Salton Sea hope a new plan for renewal and social practice art will promise a more sustainable future.
Flag on a hill | Photo: Drew Tewksbury
The recent Ambulant Poetry project was a series of artistic endeavors positioned around the community of North Shore.
The One-Night Gallery brings together long-time residents of North Shore to transform the neighborhoods into a healthy community that can use its local assets to thrive.
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