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At the heart of the work of DiRT & Glitter is community. Our community events bring together all of our program areas—adventure, visual art, performing arts and design—for unforgettable site-specific experiences available to all!

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Community members gather for Breathing Bridges 2025 / photo by Bryant Anderson

Breathing
Bridges 2025 is a wrap!

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s Breathing Bridges, our arts adventure celebration of the Nii~-li~ (Smith River), such a success!

To check out coverage from this year’s celebration, be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for the DiRT & Glitter newsletter to see all the highlights—and to know when future community offerings are announced!

Highlights from Breathing Bridges 2025

Just a few of the moments captured from this year’s community celebration of the Nii~-li~ (Smith River). All photos in this section were taken by Bryant Anderson

You can see the full list of performances and art installations from this year’s Breathing Bridges on our past projects & events page here!

Madeline Lawder, Lauren Godla and Kriss Rulifson dance on 2nd Bridge over the Smith River in Del Norte County as part of Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025
Art installation offering "Floating Memory" from Holly Hilgenberg of Stained Ghost as part of Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025 in Del Norte County, CA
Community choir singing on the banks of the Smith River at Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025 in Del Norte County, CA
Madeline Lawder, Lauren Godla and Kriss Rulifson dance on 2nd Bridge over the Smith River in Del Norte County as part of Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025
Co Conway sings on the banks of the Smith River as part of Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025 in Del Norte County, CA
Madeline Lawder, Lauren Godla and Kriss Rulifson dance on 2nd Bridge over the Smith River in Del Norte County as part of Dirt & Glitter's Breathing Bridges 2025

Breathing Bridges 2024

Check out highlights from last year’s Breathing Bridges below!

Nicole Casado dances along the Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production
Lauren Godla and Kara Starkweather vertical dance on the Second Bridge overlooking the Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production
Yarrow Zogg shares their poetry on the Second Bridge overlooking the Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production
Nicole CasA close up of "re-create/co-create," a community made art installation from Holly Hilgenberg of Stained Ghost at the Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production
Nicole CaAn in water performance on Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production
Madeline Lawder dances suspended over the Smith River in Del Norte County at Breathing Bridges 2024, a DiRT & Glitter production

Watch the video!

Redwood Voice created this video in celebration of Breathing Bridges 2024; watch here or on Youtube to see what we got up to last year on the Smith!