County Arts Council Adds Lake Tahoe Board Member

PLACERVILLE, CA - El Dorado Arts Council (EDAC) announced today that Kim Wyatt, publisher of Bona Fide Books, was appointed to the nonprofit arts organization’s board of directors.

“We are excited to have Kim Wyatt join our board as EDAC prepares to launch exciting initiatives in 2014,” says Dan Cattone, EDAC board president. “The support and nurturing of the South Lake Tahoe art community is critical to our mission of ‘More Art in More Places.’ Kim will help us energize that effort and insure that EDAC brings relevant support and value to the South Lake Tahoe art community.”

Wyatt owns and operates the award-winning independent press Bona Fide Books, which publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Since 2009, she has actively participated in the Tahoe cultural scene, hosting art receptions and exhibits at her Meyers office in addition to sponsoring author readings, writing workshops and inviting nationally known authors to South Lake Tahoe. Wyatt has developed successful partnerships with local schools and arts organizations, and previously served on the board of the Tahoe Tallac Association.

“The talent in this community is phenomenal,” says Wyatt, who worked as a book editor and journalist before moving to South Lake Tahoe in 2002. “I am honored to join the EDAC board and to work with this team. Art can change lives, and there is no greater purpose for me than to help creative people make connections.”

Wyatt received an MFA from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and has spoken nationally about the burgeoning cultural scene in South Lake Tahoe. She is a member of Tahoe Writers Works, the Tahoe Art League, Publishers Association of the West (PubWest) and the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). The goal of Bona Fide Books is to promote new writers and build community around storytelling.

Founded in 1989, El Dorado Arts Council’s mission is to enrich the communities of El Dorado County through the visual, performing and literary arts. EDAC aims to advance cultural, educational and economic development by advocating and creating the highest quality art opportunities for residents and visitors. Projects supported by EDAC include Poetry Out Loud, the county’s first arts census, and grants that support art in schools and fine arts camps. It also hosts a gallery and small performance venue, ArtSpace, at 459 Main Street, Placerville.

For more information, call (530) 295-3496 or go to http://www.eldoradoartscouncil.org/