PRODUCER//PROJECT MANAGER
Culture Quest is a project funded by the California Arts Council and the Upstate California Creative Corps program.
Sky Scholfield (Wintu/Pit River/Wailaki)
With over fifteen years of experience creating for community and public organizations ranging from local to international, Sky Scholfield is a producer with direct experience in nearly all aspects of Television/Film/Radio/Podcast/Media Production.
Sky is also a long-time advocate for Indigenous People’s rights serving both as an advocate, and documentarian. As an advocate, he has served with community institutions like the L.I.F.E. Center (Local Indians for Education - Board Member) and international institutions like the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Youth Caucus Chair). As a Documentarian, he strives to connect diverse communities through the power of approachable edutainment to help resolve threats to the natural environment and human conflict.
Sky is currently working with the Shasta County Arts Council on community media initiatives and is Project Director of “Culture Quest”, an original project designed by Sky to connect local Indigenous youth with elders in their community through the lens of multi-media production. He is also Producer of the Pit River Documentary.
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Locally produced in conjunction with the national broadcast of The Great American Recipe. The Great American Recipe: Modern Rural presents five local individuals, and a family recipe close to their heart. LINK
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Natasha Kmeto - “Pour Down”
Kelli Schaefer - “Machine”
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Brette Irish - “Yr Party”
Noah Kite - “First Times” -
Songs From Studio C is North State Public Radio's in-studio music series. The show aims to connect listeners with artists performing here in the North State and to learn the stories behind their songs.
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NPR AFFLIATE PODCASTS
(PRODUCTION/PROJECT MANAGMENT/STRATEGY)
Gardens are more than collections of plants. Gardens and Gardeners are intersectional spaces and agents for positive change in our world. Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden, a weekly public radio program & podcast is a voice for, with, and about gardeners and nature lovers of all manner around the globe, exploring how and why we garden - what we mean when we garden.
NOTABLE EPISODE - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Each week Blue Dot takes you to curiosities across our universe. Featuring interviews with leading scientists, authors, filmmakers and journalists from around the world, Blue Dot examines our home from a planetary perspective. Whether it’s a discussion about our life-giving oceans, the imperiled climate systems, the depths of space, or how a rock guitar works, Blue Dot is an adventure of discovery.
NOTABLE EPISODE - Brian May (of QUEEN)
Up the Road is dedicated to responsible California travel—to sustaining the California story by deepening your connection to this unusual and surprising place. Each week Up the Road shares stories about the land, its natural history, and its people, the lives they have lived, the stories they have told over the centuries, and the stories they are creating right now. The stories that keep us all here, that create California’s unique ecology of home.
NOTABLE EPISODE - Karl Marx and the California Gold Rush
Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects.
NOTABLE EPISODE - Melina Sempill Watts
