Trails & Vistas Board of Directors: Karen Kimball, Irene Fredicks, Barb Wilkinson, Jill Stevenson, Back row: Dan Joseph, Nancy Tieken Lopez (founder and Artistic Director, Jean Fournier.
We facilitate art events in nature for people of all ages to promote an appreciation of the performing and visual arts, long lasting environmental stewardship, and create relationships between the artists, the attendees and the local and world community. The mission of Trails & Vistas is to create community by celebrating the arts and nature.
We facilitate art events in nature for people of all ages to promote an appreciation of the performing and visual arts, long lasting environmental stewardship, and create relationships between the artists, the attendees and the local and world community. The mission of Trails & Vistas is to create community by celebrating the arts and nature.
What people are saying about Trails & Vistas art in nature events
“Nevada State Parks is proud to collaborate with, and support, the activities of the Trails and Vistas organization. The Art Hikes, Art in Nature Field Trips for Schools, World Concert, and other various hikes done at Sand Harbor and Spooner Backcountry is a fun and unique way to enjoy the great outdoors. The way Trails and Vistas joins art and nature in an outdoor setting is simply an experience that every child must have.”
– Jay Howard, park supervisor of Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park
"Thank you for the field trip to Lake Tahoe. I loved quieting our minds. I loved your music. I never knew we only had 1 percent of our water on the earth was drinkable water. I really loved sketching."
– Curtis, 3rd grader, Creekside School
"Amazing! It’s a special experience. I’ve never come across an event like it anywhere in the country, and it’s great to see it catch on.”
– Musician Ian Case
"I didn't think that it could get better, but this year it did, I loved every stop along the trail."
– B. Allen
"Where else than the Trails & Vistas World Concert do you hear songs in French, Spanish, Chinese, English, Russian, and Japanese...This concert has expanded my love of music."
– M. Joseph
"I have performed many concerts, festivals and special events around the world, but Trails and Vistas stands as one of the most memorable and special of all. A supremely Magical experience! - Scarlet Rivera
Attendee review "The Art Hikes were magical! The concert was fantastic. I appreciate the positive message that Trails and Vistas is promoting for us all. And the world needs it now more than ever. Thank you."– Stephanie Y.
Trails & Vistas mission is to create community by celebrating the arts and nature.Our VisionWe facilitate art events in nature for people of all ages to promote an appreciation of the performing and visual arts, long lasting environmental stewardship, and create relationships between the artists, the attendees and the local and world community.
Art-Environment-CommunityStrengthening community with collaborating partners of artists, poets, conservationists, educators, writers, art and environmental nonprofits. Build a thriving rural culture that inspires arts activity, provides economic activity with geotourism, builds pride of place, and inspires environmental awareness.
Responsive & InteractiveTrails & Vistas offers arts in nature events dedicated to bringing the art of installation, performance, literary, and music to a nature trail, by engaging the community in the art making process with guided hikes that are interactive with site specific artworks and performance.
Our CauseTaking kids outdoors to create, discover, and learn. Trails & Vistas "The Dreaming Tree" field trips are an interactive art hike for 500+ California and Nevada third grade students with music, poetry, storytelling, environmental studies, and visual art.
Trails & Vistas Programs:Art Hikes- a 3 mile art hike with dance, poetry, music, storytelling and environmental art with family, leisure and meditative hikes,9/8/2018 & 9/9/2018 World Concert- a Peace Project of Truckee Tahoe with music and dance, 9/8/2018 Musical Pop Up Dinner "Taste & Listen" blending of music and food at The Cedar House Sport Hotel,5/5/2018 & 8/18/2018 Art in Nature Field Trips - an interactive art hike for 300+ California and Nevada third grade students with music, poetry, environmental studies, and visual art.Community art workshops-inspiring community members and visitors to create artwork, write poetry, and dance. Fundraiser: The Truckee Historical Haunted Tour October 13 & 14, 2016 http://www.truckeehistorytour.org Help the Arts & Environment
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Trails & VistasEvery year, the founder and Artistic Director, Nancy Tieken Lopez, of Trails & Vistas brings artists, dancers, and musicians to the Lake Tahoe region to celebrate the arts in nature.
From unforgettable Art Hikes, a World Concert, art workshops,to immersive arts-in-nature field trips for local students, Trails & Vistas embraces the magic of creativity in the Sierra. Trails & Vistas celebrates Art, Earth and Sky with guided art hikes through the majestic natural scenery of the Sierra. Celebrating nature....Celebrating art Thank you to our Community PartnersSince 2004, Trails & Vistas has established a regional and local partnership program designed to foster the performing, visual and literary arts, and inspire environmental stewardship.
Jay Howard, park supervisor of Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park said “Nevada State Parks is proud to collaborate with, and support, the activities of the Trails and Vistas organization. The Art Hikes, Art Hikes for Schools, World Concert, and other various hikes done at Sand Harbor and Spooner Backcountry is a fun and unique way to enjoy the great outdoors. The way Trails and Vistas joins art and nature in an outdoor setting is simply an experience that you must have. Come join us in 2016.”
We are collaborators!Founded in 2004, Trails & Vistas has grown to offer Art Hikes, Art in Nature Field Trips, World Concert, and community art/dance workshops. Trails & Vistas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization partnered with several Truckee/Tahoe non-profit organizations, Arts in Wellness, The Truckee Donner Land Trust, Inner Rhythms Dance Theatre, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Parks, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, For Goodness Sake.
Truckee Donner Land Trust The mission of the Truckee Donner Land Trust is to protect significant scenic, historic, recreational, and natural resource lands in the Truckee-Donner region, from Donner Summit to Mount Lola and Perazzo Meadows. The Land Trust was founded in 1990 and has protected over 20,000 acres in 20 years. Kellie Wright, Development Director of The Truckee Donner Land Trust, says “Along with presenting interesting and engaging performances, organizers hope to instill in each hiker the importance of environmental stewardship and to inspire people to get involved in saving open space in our area.” www.tdlandtrust.org InnerRhythms Dance Theatre InnerRhythms Dance Theatre is a proud founding partner of Trails & Vistas since 2004. InnerRhythms mission is to use the power of dance and music to cultivate life skills in our youth, promote global stewardship, and create an everlasting passion for the arts in the communities we serve. www.innerrhythms.org For Goodness Sake For Goodness Sake mission is to nurture the spiritual health of the community by providing a welcoming, inclusive environment for exploring our spiritual nature, man and the universe, thereby bringin a higher sense of peace, hope, and health for all. Andy Hill has been a supporter of Trails & Vistas since 2007 and For Goodness Sake has expanded to celebrate world peace celebration event on September 21, 2013. www.goodnesssake.org The World Concert: A Peace Project of Truckee Tahoe
A perfect union of the beauty of Sand Harbor Nevada State Park, art, and world music.There is no place on earth like Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe. One word- BEAUTIFUL! Trails & Vistas is honored to collaborate with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and Lake Tahoe State Parks to offer the World Concert, school field trips hosting sponsor Lake Tahoe Nevada State Parks! |
"It all started with ONE rock" – Trails & Vistas founder and artist Nancy Tieken Lopez
One small thing changed my life. A personal connection was made between artist and participant by one small rock. It started with one rock that read "Is no other". As an artist interested in art in the environment, I started taking out my sculptures and river poems to leave out in nature for people to find. The river poem of 20 large and small stones were arranged in a riverbed waiting to be discovered. The magic happened when a random stranger took all of the engraved stones, but left me only ONE stone... As the artist, I was so excited to visit the riverbed of poems and see only one stone left for me to find, and it was so cleaver of this random hiker to leave the stone that read "Is No Other". To this day I still do not know who took all of the stones and left me just one. This art happening inspired me to create the art hikes one year later.
This random connection unfolded into the first art hike in 1997 with dance, music, poetry, and community with 55 participants walking by a stream at Alum Rock Park in San Jose, CA. "My desire was to create an experience in the environment through the arts where people made up a walking art installation, tethered by 60 yards of shimmering blue silk as they traveled up a mountain trail and down by a stream for the my thesis art hike project, titled "Spring Streams." All of us were linked together with ribbons of poetry tied to each wrist, each listening to the wistful sounds of an oboe, seeing dancers on a cliff, and hearing golden bowls ringing deeply.
Now fast-forward to 2018, with Trails & Vistas, a Truckee Tahoe non-profit, with a mission of creating community by celebrating the arts and nature. Each year I collaborate with artists, educators, musicians, poets, and philospophers. Community Partners include of InnerRhythms Dance, Truckee Donner Land Trust, Arts in Wellness, For Goodness Sake, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, State Parks, and over 70 artists, 500 hikers, 600 concert goers, and 500+ third grade students for art in nature field trips.
This community tapestry of partnerships highlight the beauty and importance of the Lake Tahoe region…keeping true to our adventures of art in nature by creating an intimate experience between artist and participant.
The theme this year for the art hikes is The Doorway to the Sublime.
One small thing changed my life. A personal connection was made between artist and participant by one small rock. It started with one rock that read "Is no other". As an artist interested in art in the environment, I started taking out my sculptures and river poems to leave out in nature for people to find. The river poem of 20 large and small stones were arranged in a riverbed waiting to be discovered. The magic happened when a random stranger took all of the engraved stones, but left me only ONE stone... As the artist, I was so excited to visit the riverbed of poems and see only one stone left for me to find, and it was so cleaver of this random hiker to leave the stone that read "Is No Other". To this day I still do not know who took all of the stones and left me just one. This art happening inspired me to create the art hikes one year later.
This random connection unfolded into the first art hike in 1997 with dance, music, poetry, and community with 55 participants walking by a stream at Alum Rock Park in San Jose, CA. "My desire was to create an experience in the environment through the arts where people made up a walking art installation, tethered by 60 yards of shimmering blue silk as they traveled up a mountain trail and down by a stream for the my thesis art hike project, titled "Spring Streams." All of us were linked together with ribbons of poetry tied to each wrist, each listening to the wistful sounds of an oboe, seeing dancers on a cliff, and hearing golden bowls ringing deeply.
Now fast-forward to 2018, with Trails & Vistas, a Truckee Tahoe non-profit, with a mission of creating community by celebrating the arts and nature. Each year I collaborate with artists, educators, musicians, poets, and philospophers. Community Partners include of InnerRhythms Dance, Truckee Donner Land Trust, Arts in Wellness, For Goodness Sake, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, State Parks, and over 70 artists, 500 hikers, 600 concert goers, and 500+ third grade students for art in nature field trips.
This community tapestry of partnerships highlight the beauty and importance of the Lake Tahoe region…keeping true to our adventures of art in nature by creating an intimate experience between artist and participant.
The theme this year for the art hikes is The Doorway to the Sublime.
