Bear Yuba Land Trust - Art in Nature Installation Artists
Meet the Artists
Andres Amador - Calling himself an Earthscape artist, a title that “encompasses both the work and suggests new possibilities” Amador is best known for creating large-scale artworks across the landscape. Prefering to create with local materials that dissolve back into nature, his work has been featured on beaches and in forests around the world and across the US.
His installation on Hirschman Trail: “Connections” uses felled logs and debris to create an interactive mycelial web. The installation can be found about 1 mile from the Hirschman Trail trailhead on Cement Hill in Nevada City.
Jori Phillips - Well known for her works as a visual artist and comedienne, Phillips lives a life committed to whimsy. In line with this ethos, Phillips has created the instalation “Familiar Faces” along the Daspah Seyo Trail.
Located in Grass Valley, daspah seyo trail can be accessed from the Wolf Creek Trail trailhead located at the corner of Freeman Lane and Allison Ranch Road. The installation is about a half mile from the parking lot.
Check out our feature on Philips from a past edition of Culture Connection.
Frida Ticehurst - A multimedia artist and designer, Ticehurst combines her love of nature, color and pattern into this installation. Using cyanotype printing and native plants found along the trail, “Kin Tapestry” waves in the breeze along the Cascade Canal.
The installation can be found about 1 mile from the Cascade Canal Trail trailhead on Gracie Road in Nevada City (on the section of trail that passes through Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve).
Check out our spotlight on Ticehurst from a past edition of Culture Connection.
Walk & Talk with “Kin Tapestry” artist Frida Ticehurst Sunday, June 29 at 10:00am along Cascade Canal Trail.
Adam Shulman - A multidisciplinary artist working in ecological sculpture and theatrical design, Shulman grew up “between the woods of upstate New York and Kansai, Japan”.
His installation “Slithering Brush, Hissing Creek” uses local Manzanita, creating a massive snake that slithers along the Deer Creek Tribute Trail. Celebrating the Year of the Snake, the beginning of the installation can be found at the bottom of the side trail that leads to the Chinese Tribute Bridge, it then continues along the sandbar and onto the loop trail across the bridge. Learn more about the artist and the installation at adamshulman.art/snake.
Walk & Talk with “Slithering Brush, Hissing Creek” artist Adam Shulman
Saturday, June 21 at 10:00am. Potluck with members of Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra in celebration of the Summer Solstice.
This story originally appeared in the June 15th, 2025 edition of the GVNC Culture Connection newsletter.