Fresno Wants to Be Your Guinea Pig for Art

Don’t Underestimate the Central Valley As an Incubator of Galleries, Fringe Festivals, and Graffiti Art

In the Central Valley, art is as likely to reach you on a street corner or in a pop-up performance space in someone’s garage as it is on a museum floor or a theater hall. At a “Living the Arts” panel co-presented by the James Irvine Foundation at Arte Americas in Fresno, California, a group of local artists discussed the different ways they bring the arts to the community, the challenges they’ve faced, and where they draw their inspiration. Joe Moore, director of content at Valley Public Radio and the …