Please join us for our February volunteer farm day at The Cultural Conservancy's Native land project Heron Shadow in Sebastopol, CA.

Activities may include weeding, feeding, and mulching strawberries and perennial areas, and selectively cutting down Olotón stalks for re-use. There are many different kinds of tasks for people of different physical capacities to help out and connect with the land and one another.

This is a family friendly event and we encourage youth hands and all ages to attend!

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

Please RSVP to attend. To register, click here.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day.

To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for a Habitat Restoration day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from 9am-3pm

This week day workshop will focus on our riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management and Native plant work.

After a morning presentation on our vision and methods for habitat restoration we will engage in hands on work/play such as planting native perennials, plant propagation in the native nursery, and embellishing water features in the riparian zone.

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

Please RSVP to attend. To register, click here.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for a Habitat Restoration Day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Friday, January 17, 2025 from 9am-3pm

This week day workshop will focus on our riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management and Native plant work.

After a morning presentation on our vision and methods for habitat restoration we will engage in hands on work/play such as planting native perennials, plant propagation in the native nursery, and embellishing water features in the riparian zone.

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for our riparian restoration volunteer work day at The Cultural Conservancy's Native land project Heron Shadow in Sebastopol, CA.

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management.There are many different kinds of tasks for people of different physical capacities to help out and connect with the land and one another.

There are a limited number of spots available, please RSVP to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Share the Facebook event with your community! Learn more about our land project at www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Come out for a day of fun & learning as prepare to enter the harvest season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. This is a family friendly event and encourage youth hands and all ages to attend.

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day.

To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you

Come join us for an evening of art, performances, and film screenings. Paintings and a variety of artwork will be on display in the Tides Converge Exhibition Space main entrance through the end of February 22, 2025.

Friday, November 1, 2024 from 5pm-8pm

Location: The Presidio, 1016 Lincoln Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94129 inside Tides Converge

Due to room size capacity, please RSVP if you plan to attend!

To learn more about The Cultural Conservancy please visit www.nativeland.org

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Photo image: "Ute Warrior" painting by Redbird Willie (Pomo, Paiute, Wintu and Wailaki)

In honor of the Earth Story Ancestors Exhibit landing on the weekend of Dia de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a time to honor those who have come before us. So in the spirit of remembrance, artists are collaborating to create an interactive exhibit and encourage your participation.

An altar will be set up in the space and paper notes will be provided for writing a short message and hanging it on the display.

We invite you to bring a photocopy (not originals) of your loved ones or those you’d like to honor for the interactive altar. At the end of the exhibit, we will return your notes back to the earth and ask you to retrieve your photos.

Join us for a special Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) workshop day centered on black walnut processing, dice games, and traditional foodways with guest instructors Redbird Willie (Pomo, Paiute, Wintu and Wailaki) and TCC Foodways Manager Joshua Hoyt (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa/Dakota/Metis). All supplies and tools will be provided.

Family friendly event, all ages welcomed!

Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 9am-3pm
Location: Heron Shadow in Sebastopol, CA
Workshop fee: Free

We encourage folks to please bring a lunch, snacks and light refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

There are a limited number of participant spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

To learn more about Heron Shadow please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

We're excited to announce the launch of our Funding Indigenous oral history project, this Thursday!

Funding Indigenous Short Documentaries Projection + Panel
An intimate first screening of several documentary shorts, with Panel featuring Indigenous Leaders & Filmmakers

Thursday, September 26,  2pm - 4pm, EST
Urban Indigenous Collective - 315 W 39th St #1206, New York

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include planting, Native plant restoration, weeding, harvesting, and more. This is a family friendly event and encourage youth hands and all ages to attend. There are many different kinds of tasks for people of different physical capacities to help out across the land.

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include planting, Native plant restoration, weeding, harvesting, and more. This is a family friendly event and encourage youth hands and all ages to attend. There are many different kinds of tasks for people of different physical capacities to help out across the land.

Your support helps us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project – Heron Shadow – please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Sunday, June 23, 2024 from 9am-3pm

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include planting, Native plant restoration, weeding, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please visit Eventbrite here.

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email tcc@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 9am-3pm

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include seed saving, Native plant restoration, weeding, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please visit Eventbrite here.

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email alexis@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us and learn to weave a burden tule basket using traditional California techniques with traditional Pomo weaver Redbird Willie at The Cultural Conservancy's Native land project Heron Shadow in Sebastopol, CA. All weaving supplies and tools will be provided!

Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 9am-4pm

Workshop fee: By donation

Please bring a lunch, snacks will be provided.

There are a limited number of participant spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. Please register here!

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email tcc@nativeland.org.

To learn more about Heron Shadow please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Exhibit Opening Reception

Date: April 26, 2024

Time: 5:00-8:00PM

Location: The Cultural Conservancy, The Presidio, 1016 Lincoln Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94129

Come celebrate and join us at the opening reception of the new exhibit, Kay Key Ya | Nature, Natives, and California Regalia featuring artworks by Redbird Willie. Paintings, regalia, and sculpture will be on display in The Cultural Conservancy's Coyote Room and Community Resource Library through the end of Summer 2024.

This exhibit was made possible in part through a generous grant from the San Francisco Arts & Commission, Creative Work Fund, and Walter & Elise Haas Fund.

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Sunday, April 21, 2024 from 9am-3pm

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include seed saving, Native plant restoration, weeding, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please visit Eventbrite here.

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email alexis@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 9am-3pm

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include seed saving, Native plant restoration, weeding, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please visit Eventbrite here.

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email alexis@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us and learn to weave a utility tule basket using traditional California techniques with traditional Pomo weaver Redbird Willie at The Cultural Conservancy's Native land project Heron Shadow in Sebastopol, CA. All weaving supplies and tools will be provided!

Sunday, February 18, 2024 from 10am-4pm

Workshop fee: By donation

Please bring a lunch, snacks will be provided.

There are a limited number of participant spots available and an RSVP is required to attend.

Once you have reserved your spot through Eventbrite, you will receive an email with the location address and additional details about the day. If you have any questions, feel free to email alexis@nativeland.org.

To learn more about Heron Shadow please visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow

We're excited to share this special space with you!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Sebastopol, CA!

Sunday, January 28, 2024 from 9am-3pm

Come and connect with the community and the land as we focus on our Native plant work and riparian (wetland near a stream) zone management. Activities may include seed saving, Native plant restoration, weeding, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please click the ticket link on this page or visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/january-farm-volunteer-day-at-heron-shadow-registration-800226618357 fbclid=IwAR1cuJLULMmvL22aeKznC5Yt4S3gwLrR_al7VR8AKCTnUyl4eFG9vre-ykw

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email alexis@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow land and farm in Sebastopol, CA.

Join us to connect with the community and the land as we close out our growing season. Activities may include harvesting squash and melons, processing black walnuts, Native plant restoration, weed pulling, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow land and farm in Sebastopol, CA.

Join us to connect with the community and the land as we close out our growing season. Activities may include harvesting squash and melons, processing black walnuts, Native plant restoration, weed pulling, and more. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another.

Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow land and farm in Sebastopol, CA.

Come out for a day of fun & learning at the height of our growing season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow land and farm in Sebastopol, CA.

Come out for a day of fun & learning as we enter the height of our growing season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, CA!

Come out for a day of fun & learning as we prepare to enter the planting season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, CA!

Come out for a day of fun & learning as we prepare to enter the planting season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond. 

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To register, click here.

Once you register, you will receive a follow-up email with more information about the day and location!

Feel free to also share the Facebook event page  with your community! To learn more about our land project please visit our Heron Shadow page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email joshua@nativeland.org. 

We're excited to share this special space with you this season! 

This Saturday, our film Seed Mother: Coming Home will be screening at the Exploratorium in SF, as a part of their new ¡Plantásticas!: Our Lives with Plants exhibit. We're excited to be screening alongside the short Native to Right Here: The Plants Animals and People of Tuushtak, which features our partners Ohlone cultural leaders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino in the hills below their most sacred peak, Tuushtak, aka Mount Diablo. Come on out!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, CA!

- Saturday, February 18, 2023 from 9am-3pm -

Come out for a day of fun & learning as we prepare to enter the planting season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us prepare for an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please click the ticket link on this page or visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/farm-volunteer-day-at-heron-shadow-registration-531251195627

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email joshua@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project visit our Heron Shadow page.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Please join us for a community volunteer day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, CA!

Come out for a day of fun & learning as prepare to enter the harvest season. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land and one another. Your support will help us continue our an abundant season of food and seed distribution to Native community partners across the Bay Area and beyond.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please click this free ticket link.

Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email arlene@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit www.nativeland.org/heron-shadow.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!

Join us for Los Guardianes del Maíz - An Evening of Food, Film & Community to benefit Brava! for Women in the Arts. The evening features screenings of Gustavo Vazquez’s award-winning documentary film Los Guardianes del Maíz and directors Mateo Hinojosa and Rowen White’s 7-minute short, Seed Mother: Coming Home. The screenings will be directly followed by the panel discussion “Keeping Native Corn” with the filmmakers and Chef Dominica Rice-Cisneros of Oakland’s famed restaurant Bombera. 

There will also be a limited-seating, pre-performance reception in Brava’s Lobby featuring Oaxacan dishes from award-winning Bay Area chefs along with a mezcal tasting.

See below for full details on the evening’s events.

5:30PM – RECEPTION IN BRAVA’S LOBBY
(Tickets for the reception portion of the evening are SOLD OUT)

Dine on Oaxacan dishes from award-winning local chefs Dominica Rice-Cisneros of Bombera, Rosa Martinez of Origen, Francisco Camacho and Eduardo Antonio of Café de Olla, Val Cantu of Californios, Isai Cuevas of Donají, and Emmanuel Galvan of Bolita Masa. The food will be accompanied by a mezcal tasting sponsored by chefs Jorge Martínez and Lorena Zertuche of Lolo.

7:00PM – SCREENINGS OF LOS GUARDIANES DEL MAÍZ and SEED MOTHER: COMING HOME

Join us for the screening of Gustavo Vazquez’ documentary film Los Guardianes del Maíz (Keepers of the Corn) the story of native corn told by the indigenous farmers, artisans and cooks in Mexico whose ancestors shepherded the ever-evolving seeds from the dawn of agriculture into the 21st Century. These voices are joined by community leaders, scientists, chefs, and others whose knowledge and activism stand not only in defense of food sovereignty and the genetic integrity, diversity, and community ownership of native seeds, but in defense of a durable cultural legacy and a way of life. In Spanish, Zapotec and Chinantec with English subtitles (Vazquez & Barbieri, 2020, 60 min.). Proceeding the film is the 7-minute short, Seed Mother: Coming Home, a poetic embodiment of the Indigenous Seed Rematriation movement from directors Mateo Hinojosa and Rowen White.

8:15PM – PANEL DISCUSSION “KEEPING NATIVE CORN” WITH Q&A

Open to all ticket holders, the panel discussion “Keeping Native Corn” features panelists: Dominica Rice-Cisneros – Chef of Oakland’s famed restaurant Bombera; Yira Vallejo – Associate producer and founder of Maíz Nation; Jonathan Barbieri – Artist and Executive Producer Los Guardianes del Maíz; and Gustavo Vazquez – Independent filmmaker/Professor Film & Digital Media UCSC.

Moderated by Chelis Lopez – Journalist/Radio Bilingüe, Indómitas podcast and Pájaro Latinoamericano.

TICKETS

$75 VIP Ticket – SOLD OUT

$20 General Admission – screening and panel discussion only

$10 Student Admission – screening and panel discussion only

Brava has undertaken appropriate modifications to comply with current health and safety protocols provided by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. These measures include requiring proof of vaccination, booster shot if eligible, and mandatory face covering that completely covers nose and mouth, secured with ear loops or head strap (gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable), increased cleaning before performances, and a no-touch or low-touch experience. Read Brava’s full Covid Protocol here.

Please join us for our first public volunteer work day at The Cultural Conservancy's Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, CA!

- Saturday March 26 from 9am - 3pm -

Come out for a day of fun & learning as we prep the land for Spring planting. There will be lots of different ways to help out and connect with the land.

There are a limited number of volunteer spots available and an RSVP is required to attend. To reserve your spot, please click the ticket link on this page. Once you register, you will receive an email with more information about the day and location.

If you have questions or difficulty accessing the registration link, please email maya@nativeland.org.

To learn more about our Indigenous land project – Heron Shadow – visit our Heron Shadow page.

We're excited to share this special space with you this season!