Capital
City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Carson City Nevada
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Capital
City Arts Initiative
PRESS RELEASE
September 12,
2005
contact:
Melanie Berner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CCAI's What Up? Young Northern Nevada Artists at Carson City Courthouse
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What Up? Young Northern Nevada Artists at Carson City Courthouse
Capital City Arts Initiative launches its 2005-2006 exhibition season with What Up? an exhibition of work by some of northern Nevada’s most exciting young artists at the Courthouse Gallery.
The exhibition opens with a reception for the artists on Thursday, September 29 at the Carson City Courthouse Gallery from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited. The Courthouse is located at in Carson City. The exhibition will remain at the Courthouse Gallery through December 15, 2005.
What Up? presents a diverse and dynamic range of local contemporary production. Artists include Erik Burke Jeff Erickson Amber Gutry Jake Lee-High Toni Ortega and Nick van Woert. The artists work in an impressive range of traditional and non-traditional media. In both subject matter and form, the artists demonstrate a fierce commitment to trail-blazing artistic production.
Erik Burke is a public mural artist. For this exhibition, he will paint a mural on the Hwy. 50E Business Center building. Jeff Erickson, a sculptor, painter, and digital media artist, uses a diverse vocabulary of common-place and non-traditional images and materials in his work. Amber Gutry combines fashion and industrial images in her photographic triptychs. Jake Lee-High’s architectural background influences his figurative sculptures and their interactive environments. Toni Ortega is a mixed-media artist who uses documentary photography, printmaking, as well as folk art and street art images to create compelling two-dimensional works. Nick van Woert integrates steel with Polaroid images to create narrative sculptural wall pieces.
“We are thrilled to showcase the talents of this new wave of innovative young artists,” comments CCAI Associate Program Director Melanie Berner. CCAI Director Sharon Rosse adds, "The quality of the work is evidence of the vitality of the local northern Nevada art scene. We are proud to support this creative explosion in our area."
In conjunction with the exhibition, arts writer Kris Vagner will contribute an essay exploring the work of these six participating artists.
The opening reception will feature a live music mix by of Reno’s DJ Andrew. Best known for his shows at Satellite, a Reno night spot, his sets feature a range of genres, from funk and hip-hop to punk, soul and hard rock.
The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region through community building and public programs. Its activities include contemporary art exhibitions, live events and arts education programs for the area’s diverse adult and youth populations.
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; Gayle Crowell; Carson High School; Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's '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 Simpson Creative.
For additional information visit CCAI’s website at http://www.arts-initiative.org
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caption: Toni Ortega
"untitled [blue]”
2005
sun print
6" x9 "
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