PAJARO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL

WATSONVILLE, CA

Salinas / ‘guard animal’? (#0069) Getting closer to why I was visiting the park, I came across this unusual statue – again with no description. But, the fenced enclosure in the background is my real reason for visiting (forthcoming picture).
Salinas / ‘guard animal’? (#0069) Credit: DB's travels

The Pajaro Valley Arts Council (PVAC) is a non-profit organization located in Watsonville, California. Established in 1984, the council's mission is to promote and support the arts in the Pajaro Valley region, which includes Watsonville, Aptos, and Santa Cruz. The council aims to provide a platform for artists to showcase their work and engage with the community through various programs and events.

PVAC operates an art gallery and cultural center in Watsonville, which hosts exhibitions, workshops, and performances throughout the year. The council also runs educational programs, including art classes for children and adults, as well as outreach programs that bring art to underrepresented communities in the region.

PVAC is governed by a board of directors, which includes artists, community leaders, and art enthusiasts. The council is funded through donations, grants, and membership fees, and relies heavily on the support of volunteers who help with various aspects of the organization.

Overall, the Pajaro Valley Arts Council plays a critical role in promoting the arts and culture in the Pajaro Valley region, and serves as a valuable resource for artists and community members alike.

PAJARO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL is a Art Museum in WATSONVILLE CA. US MID #8400601894

The museum is classed as ART (Art Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Western (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 55,832 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

Salinas / ‘guard animal’? (#0069) Getting closer to why I was visiting the park, I came across this unusual statue – again with no description. But, the fenced enclosure in the background is my real reason for visiting (forthcoming picture).
Catherine on Mount Umunhum, California, Photo by ARudin
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment – desert prison (# 0020) Description of life at the internment camp in Poston, AZ, where the Castroville Japanese were sent from the Salianas Rodeo Grounds detention center. Life for the next three years was in the long rows of barracks pictured here, in a desolate and remote spot not far from the Colorado River. The local tribes in Arizona are working through the <u><a href="https://www.postonpreservation.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Poston Community Alliance</a></u> to honor the history of the Japanese and their work with the tribes during their internment. I have a small number of pictures from the area around the <u><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/donbrr/9640061740">Poston Internment camp</a></u>, and will be posting more. See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text. <i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment - returning (# 0024) Life after the war, returning to no home and with no resources, to hostile environments that were slow to accommodate their former neighbors. Per information on a related <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63772" rel="noreferrer nofollow">site</a></u>, due to hostility there was no reestablishment of the Japanese community of Castroville, though some went to work in the canneries in nearby Monterey. See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text. <i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment - home (# 0013) Signs telling the story of Japanese settlement of the area in the 1920’s. See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text. <i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment – to detention (# 0016) Description of of being rounded up and forced to leave for the detention center. See the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">schoolhouse marker</a></u> for detail of the text. <i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse internment cycle (# 0028) A fascinating, and very under-utilized, historical site in Castroville, which is on the way to Monterey, CA. I fortunately discovered it, and a number of other places related to Japanese and Chinese history in California, just by searching through <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Historical Marker Database</a></u>. Japanese laborers had been migrating to this area since the late 1800’s as tenant farmers (the primary crop remains artichokes). By the 1930’s there were enough Japanese families that they wanted a schoolhouse to preserve history and also to provide a community for their children that was safe from the local hostility. The “Japanese Schoolhouse,” founded in 1936, was short-lived since in 1942 all Japanese were ordered to be interred, due to the war with Japan. Historical Marker <u>”<a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63772" rel="noreferrer nofollow">For the Sake of the Children</a>”</u> provides a good description of the history of the area. Note that the schoolhouse is sometimes referred to as the Castroville Japanese Language School. Use the <i>Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse</i> tag to connect the pictures.
Castroville / Japanese Schoolhouse – monument (# 0030) As the <u><a href="http://www.mchsmuseum.com/Japanese.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Monterey County</a></u> site and the <u><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63714" rel="noreferrer nofollow">HMDB timeline</a></u> describe the schoolhouse and the Castroville community, the town has historically been home to migrants who work in the surrounding fields, and those migrants have regularly had a concern that their children remember their heritage and use their heritage for protection, thus the “ For the Sake of the Children” motto. Unfortunately, the site is not well-marked on either of the major highways passing it, and there are no signs in the town leading to it. Thus, much like I’ve experienced in other recent efforts to understand historic discrimination and hostility to Asian populations, there seems to be a concerted effort to keep that past invisible. <i>Use the “Castroville Japanese Schoolhouse” tag to connect the pictures.</i>
Western blue-eyed grass
Grazing goats
Grazing goat family
Arboreal salamander Aneides lugubris

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PAJARO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL
PO BOX 623
WATSONVILLE
CA
95077-0623

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PAJARO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL Information

MID # 8400601894
Name PAJARO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL
Alternate Name
Classification Art Museums, , Western
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 770107201
NTEECC
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 70,126
REVENUE 55,832
LAT/LONG 36.90814, -121.754486
CODES FIPS State Code: 06
FIPS County Code: 087
US Census Tract: 110300
US Census Block: 2017