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arts in the capital!
About
The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]: Our
programs include contemporary visual arts exhibitions, arts education
projects, public programs and artists’ residencies.
CCAI UNR BFA Award
Exhibition!
CCAI's second
exhibition, "The CCAI UNR
BFA Award Exhibition" features
installations by 2004 UNR BFA Graduates Jeanne
Jo and Diane
Snyder. The exhibition continues at
the Carson City Courthouse. The
Courthouse is located in Admission is free and
the public is cordially invited.
Click
here for more information on the exhibition.
In conjunction with the exhibition, UNR English Department student Ray Hardin will contribute an essay exploring the work of these two promising young northern Nevada artists.
Caffeine!
In collaboration with Comma
Coffee CCAI continues its series of monthly exhibitions
highlighting the creative work of local artists in the billiards room of the
cafe. The September exhibition, eighth in the series features
work
by Shelby Moulden and Milan
Delvechio both seniors at Carson High School.
Comma Coffee is located across from the Legislature.
Comma
Coffee is also the site of our monthly "FWAC" [First Wednesdays Artists Coffee],
an informal, no-host gathering of the local arts community the first
Wednesday of every month from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. One and all are welcome
to drop by!
New
CCAI Membership Initiative!
Entering our second fiscal year, CCAI is delighted to launch a membership initiative.
Individuals, families and businesses are enthusiastically encouraged to join
and support CCAI's
dynamic
programs.
Your
tax-deductible
donation
makes a huge difference!
Click
here for
details. Join
today
and enjoy membership benefits in 2004-05!
Looking
ahead I: Nevada
Neighbors!
Our Nevada Neighbors lecture series returns this fall on Wednesday,
September 22 at 7 p.m. with "From
the Las Vegas Strip: Outsider Art," a slide presentation
by Kim
Russell, Director of The International House of Blues Foundation
with a
reception for Kim beginning at 6:15 p.m. Click
here to
read the press release.
Nevada Neighbors are at the Carson City Library and
are free and open to the public. Click here for
details and
information on current and past programs!
Looking
ahead II: CCAI
Artist In Residence!
CCAI's fall 2004 Artist In Residence will be Las
Vegas-based multimedia artist Ginger
Bruner. Ginger
is a radio producer, musician and photographer. During her stay,
she will developing audio projects for northern Nevada's airwaves.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned
for more CCAI news!
Sharon
+
Jon + Melanie
& CCAI's Board
of Directors
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Capital City Arts Initiative and its programs are funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Carson High School; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services Carson City; University of Nevada Reno Art Department; and by CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG its 'Brilliant Advisory Group' and CCAI's growing membership. CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse Comma Coffee Capital City Entertainment and Millard Realty and Construction.
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