Heartland Creative Corps

United Way of Merced County was awarded $4,230,216 by the California Arts Council to support the health, safety, and resiliency of the community through the arts in Merced, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.

These counties have an abundance of talented individuals who tell the stories and express the culture of our communities through ART. We want to support our artists to create projects that are locally focused and spread awareness related to public health messages, civic engagement, social justice & community engagement, and water & energy conservation, climate mitigation, & emergency preparedness.

With these funds, the Heartland Creative Corps program was born, which represents an unprecedented collaboration between County-designated arts agencies from all three counties. The arts agencies will work cooperatively to support program administration and serve as primary partners, service providers, and communication conduits in their respective geographies.