The Arts Consortium is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization that brings together artists, organizations, and art enthusiasts in order to advocate, promote, and provide Visalia residents and visitors with opportunities to create and celebrate the arts.
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Programs:
My Voice Media Center
Weekly art training as Mental Health outreach
In-person and online sessions
Partnered with CASA of Tulare County to deliver Youth Sessions 17 Unique Sessions in 2023-2025
Intro to 2d/3d Art – Acrylic Painting – Drawing – Photo Editing – Visual Voices – Rescued Wood – Photography – Printmaking – Video Editing – No Stigma Speaker’s Bureau (NSSB) Practice – NSSB Speaking Engagements – One on one Peer Support – Art and Feelings – The Art of Movement – Participant appreciation days – MOCA Museum Trip – Zen Garden Trip
MVMC Participants in our Community
- Participants share their work or stories during Crisis Intervention Trainings for Tulare County Police officers - 9 Showed their artwork at a local cafe
- 12 Showed their artwork at a local arts festival
- 8 participants traveled to the MOCA and Broad Museums
2025 TASTE THE ARTS - 10 orgs delivered free interactive activities - 5,500 estimated in attendance- 89 artist booths featuring more than 100 individual artists- 10 interactive arts activity booths Typewriter poetry/open mic Giant Paintable Book ceramic handbuilding Loom weaving children’s coloring and art exhibit paintable sculpture art café block prints, steamroller prints, screen prints- 10 stage Performances Valley Life Charter school, kid’s edition/dynamix, sierra performing arts center, arts consortium’s quick draw, dancer’s edge/triple threats, elite dance academy, Ashley rose, ecos eternos, dance arts, rave dance complex PROGRAMS:
Programs:
FIRST FRIDAY - 12 year-round art walk in downtown Visalia- 14 participating venues- 100 to 350 people attend on average every month
Programs:
Yarezly Aiyanna Navarro
2025-2026
Poetry Out Loud Champion
Poet’s Own Voice Showcase: Sofia Craven and Michael K. Mills Caydince Huston
2025-2026
Tulare County Youth Poet Laureate
Poetry Out Loud – All County High Schools Welcome
In partnership with the Tulare County Office of Education County Championships held annually in Downtown Visalia
Regular participation count averages 1,000 high school students $1000 prize for county champion
programs:
South Valley Art Tour – Countywide art studio tour
March 29 and 30, 2024 (March 28 - 29, 2026)
32 artists invite Tulare County residents and visitors into their creative spaces to give a “backstage” look at
how the art is made.
Artists participated from Exeter, Porterville, Three Rivers, Tulare, and Visalia
Public Art Projects:
2024
Oakwood Drive Bridge Project – 4 Granite art tiles
Old Stage Coach Road Bridge Project – 4 Mosaic art tiles BOS CAO Photography Project
2025 – Finished:
BOS CAO Photography Project
2025 – 2026:
M46 Curved wall – 4 Ceramic art tiles
M109 – 2 Mosaic art tiles
thank you! Your support is crucial in our efforts to beautify and strengthen VISALIA through the arts!