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arts in the capital!
Carson City Courthouse Gallery!
CCAI 's 2005-2006 Courthouse Gallery exhibitions kick off on Thursday, September 29 with a 5 pm reception for What Up?, a group show featuring work by some of northern Nevada most exciting young artists. Participating What Up? artists are Nick van Woert
Toni Ortega
Jake Lee-High Amber Gutry,
Jeff Erickson and Erik Burke.
Arts writer Kris Vagner will contribute a catalog essay for the show.
Click here to read the What Up? press release.
Caffeine!
In collaboration with Comma
Coffee CCAI's Caffeine! gallery showcases the creative work of local visual artists. CCAI resumed its monthly exhibition program in August with "Vintage Visions" featuring work by Nevada Artist Association artist Sylvia Poskevich.
In September we present the work of Walter Daniels. Click here to read the press release.
As always,
artists interested in a Caffeine! show are encouraged to
read the Caffeine!
FAQ.
Comma
Coffee is located across from the
Legislature.
Click here for
more information on CCAI's exhibition programs.
FWAC!
FWAC! [First Wednesdays Artists Coffee], is CCAI's 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!
Comma Coffee [ in Carson City] is the site of this monthly event.
CCAI Membership Initiative!
Entering our third year of programming, CCAI is delighted to continue its 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 to support CCAI.
Nevada Neighbors!
CCAI's ongoing lecture series exploring contemporary art practice in the West will resume on Wednesday, October 5 at 7 pm at the Carson City Library with NVN XI: Virtual Neighbors-Artists on the Electronic Frontier with a dynamic presentation by New Media Curator Sarah Cook. Ms. Cook is a curator for The New Media Institute at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and CRUMB at the University of Sunderland in the UK.
Click here for more NVN highlights. Special thanks to the Carson City Library.
CCAI Artist In Residence!
CCAI's 2004-2005 Artist In Residence is Las Vegas multimedia artist Ginger Bruner. Ginger is a radio producer, sound engineer, musician and photographer. During her residency in the north, she developed audio projects for Nevada's airwaves, while working with local artists, students and musicians on a fascinating range of projects. She's now busy in the studio creating new works from the recordings made in various media during her action-packed time in Carson. As they say on air, stay tuned!
CCAI Web Site!
We hope you'll visit the newly redesigned web site for CCAI. Beginning October 1, we'll retire the "classic" version of our front page. Click here to open the new version.
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We wish everyone all the best as we blaze the trail in the arts, bringing quality programs to the area.
Sharon
+ Jon + Melanie
& CCAI's Board
of Directors
last revised: 12 September 2005
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About
The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]: Our programs include contemporary visual arts exhibitions, publications, arts education projects, public programs and artists’ residencies.
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.
Capital City Arts Initiative
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