Capital
City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Carson City Nevada
PRESS RELEASE
September 2,
2005
contact:
Melanie Berner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CCAI's What Up? -
Spotlight on Artists I: Jeff Erickson and Toni Ortega
[editors note: during the exhibition, we will feature releases highlighting the artists of What Up?]
[Photo Editors Please Note: Scroll Down for link to high resolution photograph]
Capital City Arts Initiative’s ongoing Courthouse Gallery is “What Up?,” an exhibition by six of northern Nevada’s most exciting young artists including Jeff Erickson and Toni Ortega. The exhibition maps the innovative creative expression of the area's emerging art scene.
What Up? continues through December 15. Admission is free and the public is enthusiasticall welcome. The Courthouse is located at in Carson City.
Both Ortega and Erickson use images common to everyday public life. Toni Ortega works in mixed-media using documentary photography, printmaking, as well as folk art and street art imagery to create her compelling images. Her work captures the subtle essence of everyday life within a community. She is currently working towards a BA in Art with a minor in Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Jeff Erickson, a sculptor, painter, and digital media artist, uses a diverse vocabulary of common place and non-traditional elements in his work. He says, “My work utilizes pop culture and mass media iconography work to highlight the underlying structures of American lifestyle, mass culture, and the effects of our personal and political choices.” A graduate of Southern Oregon University, Erickson works as sculpture technician at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization that, through community building and public programs, is committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region. Through activities including contemporary visual art exhibitions, public programs, arts education programs, publications and artists’ residencies, CCAI enhances the culture of the region and the state for the area diverse adult and youth populations.
CCAI is 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; 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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Photo Editors Please Note:
a high resolution photograph of work by "untitled[blue]" by What Up? artist Toni Ortega suitable for print reproduction, is on line below. [at http://www.arts-initiative.org/press_area/va/what_up_artists.html]
Click on the thumbnail image below for a high resolution, suitable for print media.
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caption info: Toni Ortega
"untitled [blue]”
2005
sun print
6" x 9 "
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