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Inyo Council for the Arts reports school programs and festivals, seeks long-term stage solution
Summary
Sharon Freilich presented ICA's 2024 State of the Arts: school arts programs, community events including Millpond Music Festival and Mule Days art show, and a fundraising push for a modern stage to reduce volunteer labor and expand year-round uses.
Sharon Freilich, director of the Inyo Council for the Arts (ICA), presented the organization's 2024 State of the Arts report to the board, highlighting school arts initiatives and community events.
Freilich described five school programs (School Arts for All, Art Docent program, Poetry Out Loud, after-school art classes for at-risk youth and the Grama Taylor Music Program) that reached hundreds of students and involved dozens of volunteers. ICA's community events include Earth Day activities for children, arts and crafts shows timed with Mule Days and the Tri-County Fair, the Lone Pine Film Festival partnership, July 4 programming and the Millpond Music Festival, which drew about 1,500 attendees with two-thirds visiting from outside the county. ICA subsidizes local artist booth fees and provides free or discounted tickets to tribal members, students and other community groups.
Freilich said ICA is exploring a mobile pop-up stage to replace an aging, labor-intensive Millpond stage and wants to pursue fundraising for a long-term permanent stage that could be used for year-round cultural and civic events. Board members thanked ICA for its programming and educational work in schools.
