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million will be raised through community events, corporate sponsorships and social johnny media contacts. All of the art pieces are inspired by Cash and the Folsom Prison concerts, and at each end of the trail there cash trail art will be a seven-foot tall guitar pick; as with the first note of a song, the pick will mark the beginning of the trail. Between, many more opportunities to be immersed experience in Cash’s life and music will abound. “The trail is designed to be interactive,” Goss Learn, Listen and Reflect explains. “The more you read and reflect, by LeeAnn Dickson the deeper the storyline goes, and with it your experience.” ot every city in the U.S. is rec- ership with the vision to help make this Along with the art, the three-acre ognized around the world, but happen,” Goss says. “I work with some Johnny Cash Legacy Park is planned. Nas the saying goes: Folsom is on very creative people.” This intimate outdoor amphitheater—with the map. Nearly 50 years ago, an electrify- Their plan is to honor and celebrate grounds reminiscent of a guitar and a 50- ing combination of a country singing star Cash for his place in Fol- foot tall Man in Black sculpture—will and a maximum-security prison brought som history—all while the city into the limelight of international advancing public art stardom. and recreational trails. When Johnny Cash performed to in- “This is significant for mates in the Folsom State Prison cafeteria the city,” Goss says. on January 13, 1968, the artist, his career, “The art experience the city of Folsom and the prison would tells a story about never be the same again: The Man in Black the impact Cash has had made an impact on the music world had, and continues Future site of that still resonates today. to have, on our com- Cash’s Pick Robert Goss, di- munity and prison...and how the rector of Folsom’s Folsom Prison concert impacted his life hold between 100-200 Guitar image rendering Parks and Recre- and career.” people. It’s designed for impromptu con- ation Department In late 2014, the first phase of the certs or just a place for Cash fans and had an idea. He project—which includes a 1.2-mile trail trail users to rest, relax and reflect. The wanted to con- and a pedestrian/bike bridge that spans grounds will include a series of interpre- nect the American Folsom Lake Crossing and East Natoma tive spaces and features designed to tell River Bike Trail Street—opened to the public. Phase two the story of the famous concerts held at and the Folsom of the endeavor, slated to break ground the prison. Lake Trail with a 2.5-mile this summer, will finish up the trail with The Johnny Cash Trail Art Experience swath through Folsom. Goss, a lifelong a 1.25-mile segment on prison property. will be a first-class destination for the mil- Cash fan, took the concept of the Johnny After the completion, there will be a lions of Cash fans around the nation and Cash Trail Art Experience to the city coun- huge fund-raising effort to bring the “art the globe—a place to learn, listen and re- cil, and it was unanimously approved. “I’m experience” to the trail. The estimated $8 flect on one of the greatest musical artists lucky to have a great staff and city lead- and entertainers in history. •

Trail map More discussion on the public artwork that’s slated to be installed will continue next month in this two-part series. folsomcasharttrail.com

artbeat Through March 10 – Through the Trees. Taking place at The Gallery at 48 Natoma, this exhibit will feature both fiber art by Marjan Kluepfel as well as glass sculptures by Demetra Theofanous and Dean Bensen. facebook.com/thegalleryat48natoma Images courtesy of Folsom Parks & Recreation. Parks of Folsom Images courtesy

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nly in Folsom could the Johnny Romo studied extensively in Italy—after Greystone Chapel Cash Trail Art Experience hap- being named a Rotary Ambassadorial Open. Because of two Folsom Scholar—and worked under marble arti- prison concerts nearly san Mirio Viviani. After, Man in Black 50 years ago, the city he attended the Acad- became famous and emy of Art in Rome; on Cash’s professional life his return to the states, changed forever. he received an MFA in

The linear public art sculpture and instal- Cash’s Pick project is inspired by lation art from the San Cash’s performances Francisco Art Institute. within Folsom Prison— Romo settled in Mid- shows that not only pro- town and renovated an pelled the musician’s old barn in his backyard career to new heights into an art studio where, but also humanized the along with working on prisoners and brought his art, he offers classes Folsom Prison Blues awareness to their plight. in sculpture, drawing Cindy Cash, one of and mosaics. Johnny’s five children, Romo is excited to was an integral part of create this art experi- choosing the artwork ence. “I knew of Cash’s that will represent the music,” he explains, “but Man in Black and his music. Her insights it was the essence of the man I was going Hello, I’m Johnny Cash on the personal loves and preferences for...pieces to move beyond the music and of her father were invaluable. “She knew reflect on him.” what pieces would mean something to her Gary Tillery, who works through the dad,” Robert Goss, director of Folsom’s Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany, de- Parks and Recreation Department, says. signed the centerpiece that was chosen “It’s ironic that after a national call for to be the focal point of the guitar-shaped

artists, Romo Studios of Sacramento was plaza in Legacy Park. The multi-talented Rusty Cage chosen for the project,” Goss explains. Tillery, based out of Chicago, created “Adan Romo clearly won...but the park and a unique image of a 40-foot-tall Cash, legacy sculpture proposal from the Fine which will stand on a 10-foot granite base. Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany begged to In his long and varied career, Tillery be added to the project too, completing served in the U.S. Air Force in the late the art trail ‘experience.’” Romo, lead artist ’60s, worked on an oil rig in Indonesia, and designer of the trail artworks, contin- co-owned a Chicago-based advertising ues: “The trail is like a song...the notes are agency for 20 years, and is also a pub- unified and so are the works of art.” lished author and poet. He started sculpt- Romo was born and raised in Sac- ing in his early 40s and has many pieces artbeat ramento. It was his father Jesus, a city in public settings throughout the U.S. “I March 18-May 5 – Fine Craftsmanship: firefighter and artist, who inspired him to took up art later in life,” Tillery admits. “I Sierra Nevada Fine Furniture Makers embrace art. “I followed in my dad’s foot- prefer to minimize details,” he explains, “... Guild. Taking place at The Gallery at 48 Natoma, this exhibit will feature beautiful steps,” the artist says. “I started drawing to suggest and imply rather than show.” • furniture crafted by 18 guild members. and sculpting as a child.” After receiv- facebook.com/thegalleryat48natoma

ing a BA in art history from UC Berkeley, folsomcasharttrail.com Studios. of Romo courtesy Inc. All other renderings Creations, Amrany/Timeless of Rotblatt Fine Art Studio © The Gary Tillery by Man in Black rendering

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