Neighborhood Center of the Arts
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NCA’s roots in Nevada County go back to 1966, when the Community Workshop was founded as a jobs training center for adults with developmental disabilities. Internationally acclaimed ceramicist, Gillian Hodge began an art program at the Community Workshop in 1973. Ten years later, the art program ended due to government cutbacks. In 1984, Hodge and supporters within the community founded the Neighborhood Center of the Arts, a new program to provide arts-based training and education. The first location was in a small house in downtown Grass Valley. Over the next ten years, NCA moved several times to accommodate the expanding program.
In 1992 the Nevada County Community Workshop/Community Achievement Center merged with Neighborhood Center of the Arts. NCA introduced the Miguel Quesada Program–our 1:4 Community program–to serve a wider group of people with disabilities. We’ve been located at the Litton Building since 1995.