About Me
Place is a reflection of self and community. My work combines photography, video, ink, paint, physical and digital collage, and per to explore relationships between land and body through shifting perceptions of time, instability, grief, myth, and earth awareness.
I am co-founder of the collaborative, Myrtle Tree Arts in California's Sierra Foothills, and work as an arts educator and creator of community events that integrate art and nature. I facilitate workshops that integrate art process with meditation and ancient texts as inspiration.
With the tragic loss of my lifelong partner, Paul Godwin, I am approaching personal grief focusing on a visual language using texture, color, and gesture.
-Ameera (Amee) Evans Godwin
Education
Masters Degree, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Bachelor of Arts, Media Study, Art and Performance, University of Buffalo Center for Media Study
Certification, California Climate Steward, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
"Working Lands, Working People" Group show
Switchboard Gallery, Arts & Culture El Dorado,
Sept 3-27, 2026
Hearts on Fire: Wildfire Resilience Art Exhibition
Wildfire-Ready Coalition of Nevada County, Feb 2026, Miners Foundry
RIPE AREA: The Art of Native Plants Festival
American River Conservancy & Myrtle Tree Arts
The Botanist: A Plant-based Song Cycle
Sept 21, 2025, Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville, CA
RIPE AREA: Art & Nature Festival
Festival Event and Media Design/Production
June 10, 2024, Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville, CA
Wild & Scenic Art Exhibition and Film Festival
Digital prints from FIRE/LAND, Feb 2024, Grass Valley, CA
FIRE/LAND: Knowing the Territory
Art Rock Opera Creation & Video Projection
June 10, 2023, Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville, CA
Digital prints and video, Switchboard Gallery, Arts & Culture El Dorado, June 8 - Aug 16, 2023
Earth Dayta: Harbingers, Music, Media, and Real World Data, April 23, 2022, Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville, CA
I am the Size of What I See: Video, Music, Performance, October 2018, Obras, Evora, Portugal
Collecting Karma from Small Neglects: Three Meditations
Video Screening, SERDE, Sept. 2018, Aizpute, Latvia
Interpretations of Commons Ground Drawings/Mixed Media, Osceola Gallery, April - June, 2018
AWARDS, GRANTS, & RESIDENCIES
Forthcoming: B'nai Harim, Nevada County Jewish Community Center, Artist Residency, December 2026
PLAYA: A Center for the Intersection of Art and Science
Awarded Residency, Feb-Mar 2025, Summer Lake, OR
Arts in California Parks, Parks CA Local Parks Grant, 2024-2025, American River Conservancy, RIPE AREA: The Art of Native Plants Festival
California Arts Council Creative Corps Program Grant, 2023, Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture, American River Conservancy, RIPE AREA Arts & Nature Festival Project
CENTRUM Residency Port Townsend, WA, Aug - Sept 2023
Latrobe Fund Grant, 2023, American River Conservancy, Support for FIRE/LAND: Knowing the Territory Project
Artist Fellowship Award 2022 Gloria Burt Arts Fellowship
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
SERDE Awarded Artist Residency August 2019, Aizpute, Latvia
Foundation OBRAS - Portugal Artist Residency
Evoramonte, Portugal, Sept-Oct 2018, Letters From Emptiness
SERDE Awarded Artist Residency September 2018, Aizpute, Latvia
Arts Leader Fellowship Arts Leadership for the Future, Silicon Valley
Film Festival Awards
- American Film & Video Festival
- CINE Golden Eagle
- Earthwatch Film Awards
- Native American Film Festival
- World Women’s Congress
- Birmingham Film and Video Festival.