Learn More from Our Presentation


Thank you for being there for our presentation today! Here are some compiled links for ease for following up on our calls to action!

More on the Cuyama Victory Gardens - we’re seeking to raise $5,000 to cover costs of the program between grants that weren’t covered. DONATE HERE

Blue Sky Reports - so many reports sharing community-led and in-depth work

Learn more about our artist-in-residence program - no applications are open now, but learn more, and stay tuned to our Instagram or sign up for our e-newsletter to hear when opportunities open

Cuyama Beverage Co.’s website - we ship anywhere in California, or pick up a bottle in Cuyama! Supports local farmers and Blue Sky Center


2017’s Cuyama Valley Task Force Opportunity Matrix

SBCFAN Cuyama Beverage Co. Success Story

2020 Cuyama Valley Community Action Plan

2024 Cuyama Futures Report

Cuyama Valley Food Action Network’s website

Rural Links

Quail Springs - partner nonprofit in Cuyama

High Desert Print Co. - shop on site at Blue Sky, for all your screenprinting and embroidery needs!


Artists featured in these resources/this presentation:

Alex Brown and Sean Huntley - more on their documentary here

Noé Montes

Jesus Frayre

Christina Dong

Chris Burkard

J. Andrew Hill

Garrett Gerstenberger

““Rural innovation is about flipping our funding models to allow for the more nuanced measuring unit of ‘quality of life’ to upstage traditional output measurements such as ‘number of people served.’””
— Em Johnson