With Bruce Boyd and Jennifer Rains Crosby

When: Thursday, January 16th, 2025 at 7:00 PM.

Where: The Sierra Presbyterian Church located at 175 Ridge Road, Nevada City.

For our January 16th presentation starting at 7:00 PM, we will hear from Bruce Boyd and Jennifer Rains Crosby who will be sharing on the origin and historical detail of the San Juan Ridge Tapestry Project. A PowerPoint presentation will provide images and details of all twelve tapestries.

The San Juan Ridge Tapestries are a group of twelve individual tapestries depicting the rich history of the San Juan Ridge from prehistoric times to recent cultural institutions created by and for the San Juan Ridge Community. The project was conceived and executed by a group of dedicated women and men of the San Juan Ridge beginning in 2007. Materials and techniques were modeled on the Bayeux Tapestry, a 1,000 year old Medieval tapestry in France celebrating the war of 1066. Each tapestry is embroidered by hand on linen from full size background drawings. Each tapestry illustrates a specific chapter in the history of the ridge community. 

The San Juan Ridge Tapestries represent the living history of the San Juan Ridge. There are thousands of hours of hand stitchery using fine woolen yarns by men and women of the community in weekly stitching sessions from 2007 to 2022. Originally created to be housed in the North Columbia School, to wrap around all walls of the main classroom space. The Tapestry is now stored in a climate controlled and fire safe archive. It is available to be displayed in the schoolhouse or other venues from time to time. The last showing was at the June 2024 meeting of the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission at the North Columbia Schoolhouse.

Admission: FREE and open to the public, this event lasts one hour. Free refreshments offered after the presentation. For more information, call or text Daniel Ketcham at (530) 477-8056.