A multi-year community engaged collaboration between the Wiyot Tribe and Dell’Arte International re-envisioned after the onset of the Covid19 pandemic to include the creation of 4 original short films and 1 radio podcast about the art and life of Rick Bartow (1946-2016).
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Online and in-person exhibits of his work are planned at the Goudi'ni Gallery in 2022 and a permanent exhibit will be designed and installed at the new Da gou rou louwi' Cultural Center of the Wiyot Tribe in downtown Eureka. The project will feature live-streamed artist talks with filmmakers in the fall of 2021 and multiple premier events in the spring of 2022 for the finished short films.
The Bartow Project is led by a team of women:
Artistic Directors
Michelle Hernandez (Wiyot) is a filmmaker and photographer. Her work focuses on the importance of culture, traditions, and identity, as well as dealing with Native American subjects. She gives voice to stories that help breakdown stereotypes.
Zuzka Sabata is a theatre maker, performer, teacher, and community organizer who has developed and led community-based projects in Humboldt County for 15 years. She creates original work that addresses difficult or opaque subject matters that have deep social impact.
Artistic Council
the council advises and supports the project
Brittany Britton (Hupa) is the Director of the Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery at Humboldt State University. She is a curator and visual artist.
Samantha Williams-Gray (Tlingit) is a PhD candidate in Psychology focusing on intergenerational trauma and embodied movement therapy techniques.
Xstine Cook is the founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society. She is a mask and puppet maker, experimental theatre artist and self-taught filmmaker.
Questions or want to get involved?
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past events:
GALA EVENT
Saturday April 2nd
doors at 7pm / screening at 8pm
Da gou rou louwi' Cultural Center in Old Town Eureka
sponsored by the Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission
proof of vaccination required
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Friday April 8th - Sunday April 10th at 8pm
Dell'Arte International - Carlo Theatre in Blue Lake
proof of vaccination required
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Tuesday April 19th at 8:30p
as a part of the 55th annual Humboldt Int'l Film Festival
Spotlight Series
this screening will only feature 2 films of the 4 due to festival time limitations
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Saturday April 23rd at 1pm
join Gallery Director Brittany Britton for a community tour of the concurrent Rick Bartow exhibit
at 11:00am on the Cal Poly Campus at the Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery
Wednesday April 27th at 5:30pm
Native Forum at Cal Poly Humboldt
sponsored by Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery
**featuring poetry performed live by Native youth**
$15 suggested/NOTAFLOF
tickets only available at the door
students with ID are free
proof of vax OR test req
Thank you audiences!
The four short films of The Bartow Project were screened as a single hour--long program in venues across Wiyot Ancestral territory throughout April 2022
and accessible online May1st - May 7th and May 30th - June 6th. CalPoly Humboldt's Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery presented an exhibit in collaboration with Portland's Froelick Gallery of Rick's work from March 24th to May 28th, 2022.
Thank you to everyone who witnessed, shared, and supported the project!
All events will be masked with proof of vaccination required
unless otherwise noted.
Thank you for your consideration
