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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.
Mark Your Callendars: 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 opens
August 26, 2004 with a gala reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m at
the Carson City Courthouse. The
Courthouse is located in Admission to the reception
and exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited.
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 fifth exhibition, scheduled for July, features work by Kirah
Van Sickle.
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.
Nevada Neighbors are at the Carson City Library and
are free and open to the public. Click here for
details and information on 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
Capital City Arts Initiative is funded 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; and by its Board of Directors; and BrAG its 'Brilliant Advisory Group'. CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma Coffee, Capital City Entertainment, Millard Realty and Construction, and John Walker.
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