Name Nikki Silva Organizations founded The Kitchen Sisters | Role Radio producer | |
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Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva - Lost & Found Sound - 1999 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech
Nikki Silva is a radio producer, and museum curator from Santa Cruz, California. She is one half of the Peabody Award winning public radio team, the Kitchen Sisters.
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- Davia Nelson Nikki Silva Lost Found Sound 1999 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech
- Nikki silva the sonic memorial project 2002 peabody award acceptance speech
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Over the past twenty years, Silva has worked as history curator at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, California, and as a freelance curator and exhibit consultant specializing in regional history. She and her husband, designer and artist Charles Prentiss, have produced dozens of exhibitions for museums throughout California including long-term exhibits chronicling the histories of Santa Cruz County, California, San Jose, California, Campbell and San Leandro. Some of the special exhibits Silva produced include: "California Indian Basketweavers": a look at historic and contemporary Native American weavers and their work; "The World Famous Tree Circus": the saga of a California roadside attraction; the history of the Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region; "Never a Dull Moment": the story of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the last of California's early 20th century coastal amusement parks, and many more.