Established in 2024, we are a California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides the opportunity for artists to engage with their process by way of solitary focus amongst land, sky, and self. The artist-in-residence program facilitates this creative approach.

::: BOARD OF DIRECTORS :::

President - Adam M. Zerbe (Montague,CA)

Secretary - Gerad Dean (Mount Shasta,CA)

Treasurer - Rachael A. Zerbe (Montague,CA)

::: ADVISORY COMMITTEE :::

ANDY PULS (musician, electronic music instrument designer, builder) Siskiyou County, CA

MANDY KAHN (poet, peace activist, public speaker) Los Angeles,CA

MATT BALDWIN (musician, therapist, writer) Los Angeles,CA

MAXIMILLA LUKACS (film director) Los Angeles,CA

AMI SIOUX (photographer) Big Sur,CA

ALISON DOUGHERTY (painter, art gallery manager) Portland,OR

ERREN FRANKLIN (filmmaker) Santa Barbara,CA

::: OUR STORY :::

Founded by artists Rachael A. Zerbe and Adam M. Zerbe (S.H. CRANE, WIDERANGE RECORDS, SKY COUNTRY BAND). Their process began with investing into a twenty acre property and home in the Shasta Valley beside Mt. Shasta in 2018. This is where the wide valley floor sits at 2,400 feet speckled by volcanic eruption remnants, grasslands, juniper forests, and an open sky. With daily views of inspiration on display, the intention was felt to invite fellow artists into this rural landscape by way of an artist-in-residence program, thus the Memory Seed Foundation was formed. It is with this non-profit model that the foundation invites in and expands California’s artist culture.