ART • LIVE MUSIC • FOOD • WINE • BEVERAGES HANDS-ON ART ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
The Rail Arts District (RAD) is hosting the inaugural Action Art Fest on August 24 from 2–6 PM – a new community festival and block party celebrating art and culture. During this time, the Quake Mosaic will be unveiled – a large-scale public artwork by artist Kristina Young, created in collaboration with more than 2,000 community members over the past decade.
This is a free event! All food and beverages will be available by tickets only, as the event is cash-free. You can purchase tickets in advance or at the event. Buy in advance to save time and skip the ticket lines. Your ticket will include two $5 tickets to use towards food, drinks, tee shirts and art that will be for sale at the event. Reserve your spot now-don’t miss out
ENJOY:
Delicious treats available from Stateline Road Smokehouse, St. Clair Brown Winery & Brewery, Tannery Bend Beerworks, Roasters, Kollar Chocolates, empanadas from Cocina and more.
Live music, Family art activities with Nimbus Arts and artist, John Toki
Local makers will have their doors open including Studio Roeper and Action Ave. Projects
Years in the making, now ready to be revealed.Over the past decade, Kristina Young collaborated with more than 2,000 community members to transform literal tons of broken household objects—donated after the 2014 earthquake and two devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2020—into a massive mosaic inspired by underground geological strata. Through a series of public workshops, residents helped assemble 406 individual mosaic panels that come together to form a 12-foot-high, 40-foot-long work of art.
“Each piece has a story,” said Young. “From a grandmother’s teacup to a child’s first sculpture, these fragments carry emotional weight. My goal has always been to give these beloved objects a second life.”
Designed to resemble underground geological strata, the mosaic has been permanently installed on a retired Napa Valley Wine Train car, generously donated and positioned along the Vine Trail in RAD. The mosaic-wrapped car resembles a colorful “core sample” from the earth, visible to passersby and cyclists.
The Quake Mosaic installation was funded by the Gasser Foundation and Chuck and Anne McMinn Foundation, with additional support from the Napa Valley Wine Train, Arts Council Napa Valley, Napa County, and hundreds of people from the community. The Rail Arts District Napa is the project’s fiscal sponsor, administering and supporting the project throughout the installation.
“It’s surreal to reach this moment on the 11th anniversary of the earthquake,” said Young. “The Quake Mosaic isn’t just a reflection of that day—it’s a monument to how we came together in the years that followed.”