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In June 2014, Creative Sonoma was established by a vote of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and given a three year runway to get established.

Creative Sonoma recently completed its second year of the Next Level Music program. Designed to help support and advance the remarkable community of professional musicians in Sonoma County, Next Level has two components: professional development and funding resources.

Creative Sonoma is very proud to have significantly expanded our grant making portfolio this year. Over the past 2 months, we have awarded $184,000 to 28 recipients for creative projects through our Arts Education Innovation, Pop-Up Creativity, and Summer Arts Youth Program Grants.

New to the Next Level Music Industry Conference in 2017 was an opportunity for musicians to submit demos to compete for spots in Pre-Conference sessions on Recording and Songwriting. From nearly thirty submissions to the Recording session, Jimmy Cramer was chosen to record his song, "Make It Right."

Are you ready to apply for an artist residency to focus on or develop your work? A number of artist residencies in the North Bay have Spring 2017 deadlines. Residencies based in Sonoma, Marin, and Mendocino Counties are listed below. Scroll to the bottom for links to national and international artist residency directories to search for opportunitie View more

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the “Discovered: Emerging Visual Artists of Sonoma County” program, conceived and funded by Community Foundation Sonoma County.

Students from across the county participated in writing and art making sessions, created murals with pelon and mosaic tiles, crafted clay dishes on which a feast was served, and learned instruments for the first time from violins and guitars to mariachi trumpets.

Sonoma County musician Linda Stonestreet was recently selected by Amazon Music to be included on its 2016 holiday playlist. Stonestreet’s original song “Christmas Time” will join approximately 30 tracks by a wide range of independent artists from across the country.

Creative Sonoma has been working for the past year as a member of the Arts Education Alliance (AEA) to bring attention to the importance of arts education in our schools.

This fall, Creative Sonoma partnered with the Sonoma County Library on a digital storytelling project, bringing together 10 Sonoma residents with professional digital storytellers for two intense days of writing, editing, recording, and ultimately telling their stories in a digital format.

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