Mobilize | Art Inspiring Activism with Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Exhibition: January 16 - May 1, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, January 30th at 4:30pm
Where: The Eric Rood Administrative Center - 950 Maidu Ave, Nevada City
Mobilize | Art Inspiring Activism, announced as part of Wild & Scenic Film Festival’s annual art exhibition
Nevada County Arts Council, the County of Nevada, and South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) Wild & Scenic Film Festival announce the opening reception of Mobilize|Art Inspiring Activism with Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Rood Center in Nevada City on Friday, January 30, 2026 at 4:30pm.
For the first time, Wild & Scenic’s Art Exhibition will be displayed at both the Rood Center January 16 - May 1 and The Granucci Gallery February 19 - March 15 in Grass Valley. The Rood Center exhibition, Mobilize, will show a curated selection of archival festival posters and programs alongside 24 selected artworks. Collectively at both venues, over 100 artworks representing 59 artists in a variety of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional media will be shown. Each year, the open call for art draws hundreds of submissions from local and regional artists.
Mobilize is the first exhibition of 2026 under Art in Public Spaces and celebrates a 15-year partnership between Nevada County Arts Council and Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Hannah Mosby, Program Coordinator at Nevada County Arts Council, says: “Uniquely, the full exhibition will be on display across two venues this year: The Granucci Gallery in Grass Valley, and the Rood Center in Nevada City. Our partnership with the County of Nevada under our Art in Public Spaces program will be all the richer for it.”
The Art in Public Spaces January 30 opening reception of Mobilize kicks off Wild & Scenic’s 24th festival season, taking place February 19-23, 2026, in the Grass Valley-Nevada City Cultural District. This year’s festival theme and title of the Rood Center exhibition, MOBILIZE, serves as a call to action and a celebration of progress toward tangible change. The exhibition explores Wild and Scenic’s rich history and its visual art exhibition, utilizing visual language to elevate voices, organize efforts, and address environmental challenges.
Now in its 24th year, SYRCL’s Wild and Scenic Film Festival aims to inform, inspire, and ignite solutions to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation through stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography, and first-rate storytelling. For more information on SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival and to purchase 2026 festival passes, visit wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.
Wild & Scenic Art Exhibition’s installation at The Granucci Gallery has its Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 19 at The Center for the Arts. Artworks at The Granucci Gallery are eligible to receive awards, including: Best of Category, Best of Theme, Emerging Artist, and Judges’ Awards.
Art in Public Spaces is a program of the County of Nevada and Nevada County Arts Council that aims to provide a thoughtful space for all residents of Nevada County and lend civic pride, express community values, heighten our awareness, and help us question our assumptions through art. All artwork through this program is displayed publicly at the Rood Center, making it open to all Nevada County residents.