Cultural Asset Inventory
Help Us Celebrate Sonoma’s Cultural Assets
The City of Sonoma is developing a Cultural Asset Inventory to identify and celebrate the people, places, traditions, and organizations that shape our city’s unique cultural identity. This effort supports the City’s new Public Art Program.
We are currently seeking input from the community to help build this inventory. If you know of a person, place, organization, event, or tradition that contributes to Sonoma’s cultural vibrancy, we want to hear from you!
Please submit your cultural asset(s) using the form below by Friday, July 25, 2025.
What Is a Cultural Asset?
Cultural assets are the creative, historic, and community-driven elements that make Sonoma vibrant and meaningful. These can be:
- People – Artists, musicians, historians, culture bearers
- Examples: Sonoma's Treasure Artists, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Count Haraszthy, 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, Bill Lynch
- Places – Studios, galleries, performance spaces, historic sites
- Examples: The La Haye Art Gallery and Studios, The Sebastiani Theater, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma City Hall, Sonoma Plaza, Mountain Cemetery
- Organizations – Cultural nonprofits, community groups, local businesses with cultural ties
- Examples: Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma Valley Historical Society, Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance, Vintage House Senior Center, Sonoma Valley Jazz Society
- Practices – Traditions, ceremonies, foodways, festivals
- Examples: Blessing of the Grapes, Treasure Artist Reception, Dia de los Muertos alters at the Sonoma Community Center, Veteran's Day Ceremony, Pride Flag Raising Ceremony, Community Free Thanksgiving Dinner
- Public Art – Murals, sculptures, installations
- Examples: The Bear Flag Statue, General Vallejo Sculpture, The Star of Honor, Tile Mural at Sonoma Valley Fire Station #1
- Events – Past and present celebrations, parades, and cultural happenings
- Examples: Sonoma Valley Film Festival, Tuesday Night Market, The Lighting of the Sonoma Plaza, 4th of July Parade, Vintage Festival, Lighted Tractor Parade
While our primary focus is on assets within Sonoma city limits (see map), we also welcome contributions related to the broader Sonoma Valley that influence life in our community.