Nimbus Arts offers a variety of new classes!
New line-up of classes available at Nimbus Arts beginning January 2019!
St. Helena Preschool for All Celebrates the Holidays at Nimbus!
Local education non-profit, St. Helena Preschool for All, collaborated with Nimbus Arts to host their first annual family Christmas party!
Photos: Dia de los Muertos Festival, St. Helena Star
Hundreds of people gathered at the Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus on Sunday to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Coordinated by the UpValley Family Centers and Nimbus Arts, the event featured altars honoring deceased loves…
St. Helena’s Día de Los Muertos celebration is Oct. 28
The 11th Annual Día de Los Muertos celebration, sponsored by the UpValley Family Center and Nimbus Arts, will be presented...
St. Helena’s Robert Louis Stevenson Museum unveils ‘Painted Pirates’ mural
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, in partnership with Nimbus Arts, recently unveiled “Painted Pirates,” a mural inspired by Stevenson's classic novel “Treasure Island.”
The Benefactor, Brains, And Beneficiary Of Festival Napa Valley
In 2005, San Francisco attorney and arts manager, Richard Walker, along with his friend IMG Artists Chairman, Barrett Wissman, founded what is known today as Festival Napa Valley. The idea was born from The Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy.
Napa Quake Mosaic: Ceramic shards repurposed for new art works
If you were asleep in Napa on Aug. 24, 2014 at 3:20 a.m., it’s a sure bet you awoke to a cacophony of smashing, falling, crushing, shattering and breaking sounds.
Thanks for support of NIMBASH
On Saturday, May 12, NIMBASH 2018, our ninth annual interactive arty party and auction dazzled more than 350 art lovers from the Napa Valley and beyond with a spectacular evening of art, wine, food, fashion, music -- and so much…
CAC awards $42,500 arts grant to St. Helena’s Nimbus Arts
The California Arts Council will award $42,500 to Nimbus Arts as part of its “JUMP StArts” program....
Nimbus Arts unveils Dragon Imagination Station at St. Helena Elementary School
A colorful mosaic bench with a dragon motif is the centerpiece of Nimbus Arts’ new Dragon Imagination Station at the Creativity Corner at St. Helena Elementary School.
Prolific Prep helps Boys & Girls Club help fire evacuees
With schools closed and wildfires bearing down on Napa Valley last week, many parents had to scramble to find reliable emergency child care for their school-aged children.
Our View: More than meets the eye
Throughout this weekend and into next there will be a series of parties and performances across the Valley, celebrating wine, food and high culture.
Colorful Celebration
The 2017 NIMBASH event, held on the campus of the St. Helena Montessori School on Saturday, May 15 was billed as “an utterly original arty party” by Jamie Graff, Nimbus Arts’ executive director. And indeed it was.
Cloud Cover: Nimbus champions the arts in uncertain times
In any discussion about Napa Valley culture, the first two words that invariably come up are "wine" and "food." But there's a third dimension to the region—the arts—that has been steadily expanding in scope and inspiring residents and visitors to…
Rail Arts District forms in Napa, first mural complete
The Napa Valley Wine Train has partnered with Napa Valley Vine Trail and members of the local arts community to create the first art district in Napa Valley, the Rail Arts District Napa.
Volunteers needed for Nimbus’ ‘Hundreds of Hands’ art installation
On Monday, about 20 people turned out to help Nimbus Arts, the St. Helena-based nonprofit art organization serving the Napa Valley, complete the primary mosaic elements of its current “Hundreds of Hands” art installation.
Finding A Passion
Local teens facing their last stop before Juvenile Hall are getting their hands dirty – in the best possible way.
Nimbus Arts holds ceramic sale
The ceramics sale at Nimbus Arts last Saturday and Sunday was a perfect place to find handmade art, created by ceramics students, for Christmas presents.
Mariposa Mural aims to inspire hope
The new butterfly murals on display on the outer walls of the Cope Family Center in downtown Napa are more than public art installations.
Many hands contribute to Nimbus’ Arts mosaic
Most works of art spring from the imagination of a single person. But others, like this massive project being overseen by Nimbus Arts and a group of Latina youth, are a group effort.
Nimbash was “surreal”
Nimbus Arts, the Napa Valley community art center, held its sixth annual fundraiser, called Nimbash, on Saturday with a sold-out guest list. “It’s our 10th year, our sixth Nimbash, and this was the best one yet,” said Jamie Graff
Arts council names Calistogan as 2015 Napa County Arts Hero
For her commitment to the arts in Napa County, Jamie Graff was selected as the 2015 Napa County Arts Hero by the Arts Council Napa Valley.
Super Heroes Arrive at Nimbus Arts
If you can’t personally hang out with your favorite super hero, the next best thing may be to create your own and then imagine all the things you can do.