Estella Sanchez
The founder and Executive Director of Sol Collective, Estella Sanchez is an artivist, activist, educator, and organizer. With an MA in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Estella Sanchez has dedicated her life to empowering communities using the arts to cultivate the next generation of leaders both locally and globally. Over the past ten years, Sol Collective has served as a multicultural hub for Northern California and beyond, working to support and cultivate artists, creative businesses, community groups, and arts programming. An innovative co-op model that has inspired centers from Sonoma to Staten Island, the Sol Collective has been recognized by the California State Assembly and California Senate, as well as the Sacramento City Council, for their work to create space to provide relevant, community-driven arts and cultural programming.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Background
Sanchez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, founded Sol Collective in or around 2005.[8] In 2003, while working as a teacher, she founded the group. While taking her lunch break one day, she saw an empty building with a "for rent" sign. At the time, she was staying with her father so she had a bit of disposable income. She then rented the building and that was the start of the collective.[9] She is married to musician Anand Parmar, and is a musician in her own right.[10] She fronts the West Coast Hip Hop / roots band World Hood.[11] They were featured in the February - March 2012 magazine Submerge and appeared on its front cover.[12] World Hood appeared with La Misa Negra at San Francisco's Independent in September 2016.[13]
Work with the Sol Collective
In October 2016, Sanchez was attempting to raise $35,000, which was required to complete the $100,000 down payment on the premises of the organization. The landlord was selling and $406,000 was the purchase price. At the time of an article appearing in The Sacramento Bee on October 11, at least $4,156 had been raised by their online crowdsourcing campaign.[14]
References
- ↑ News Review, 08.04.05 local stories > Sacramento gets Sol
- ↑ Sacramento Press, April 28, 2010 - The Soul of Sol Collective - Hanna Jones
- ↑ Submerge Magazine, January 16th, 2013 SANCHEZ OF SOL COLLECTIVE WINS $10K FOR YOUTH MUSIC PROGRAMS - Music + Art + Lifestyle - Page 7515 by Jonathan Carabba
- ↑ Capital Public Radio, Thursday, August 28, 2014 Sol Collective's Global Local Festival: Tradition With A Twist by Marnette Federis
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, November 15, 2015 - Artist collective thrives off the grid by Ryan Lillis
- ↑ KQED, August 8, 2014 Sacramento-Based Group Gives Kids of Color Much-Needed Creative Outlets By Anne Hoffman
- ↑ Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski, Leaving to Learn: How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates, Urban Fox Studios, Oct 11, 2013
- ↑ Capital Public Radio, Friday, April 10, 2015 Art And Music Creators Find A Home At Sol Collective - Marnette Federis
- ↑ KQED, August 8, 2014 - Sacramento-Based Group Gives Kids of Color Much-Needed Creative Outlets By Anne Hoffman
- ↑ News Review, 08.18.11 - The New Creatives By Rachel Leibrock
- ↑ ArtistTrove World Hood
- ↑ Submerge Magazine, February - March 2012 Up All Night, World Hood ready new EP and prep SxSW showcase
- ↑ Bandsintown - Sat September 3, 2016 - 8:00 PM, World Hood with:La Misa Negra
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, October 11, 2016 - Arts group seeks help raising a down payment by Ed Fletcher
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