Capital City Arts Initiative - Nevada Neighbors

Nevada Neighbors 2006-2007 programs
are complete. Check back soon for information
on the 2007-2008 lectures.

Nevada Neighbors [NVN] held at the:
Carson City Library

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free and open to the public

Looking back:

2006-2007

Nevada Neighbors XVIII: "Signs of Life: Murals and Spraycan Art"
Illustrated talk by Jim Prigoff [March 7]
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Nevada Neighbors XVII: "On the Street: Artists and Community Practice"
Illustrated talk by Southern Exposure Director Courtney Fink[February 7]
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Nevada Neighbors XVI: "The Pleasure of Your Company: Invitation and Particpation in Contemporary Art "
slide lecture/presentation by artist Elaine Tin-Nyo [November 1]
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Nevada Neighbors XV: "Learning to Share: Collaborative Art from an Artist's Perspective" [September 13]
slide lecture/presentation by artist Jenna Montgomery
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2005-2006

Nevada Neighbors XIV: "Trails Plowed Under, Seeds Planted: Art Practice in Montana"
presentation by Stephen Glueckert, Missoula Art Museum Curator [March 29]
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Nevada Neighbors XIII: "At the Edge: Art & Culture at the US-Mexico Border"
presentation with inSite 05 Co-director Michael Krichman, Tijuana, Mexico|San Diego, California [March 1]
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Nevada Neighbors XII: "What Up? - Artistic & Curatorial Practice in Northern Nevada [a field report]"
presentation/discussion with Sara Gray, University of Nevada Reno Art Department Galleries and Kris Vagner, Arts Writer [presented in conjunction with CCAI Courthouse Gallery Exhibition What Up?] [November 9]
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Nevada Neighbors XI: "Virtual Neighbors: New Media at the Electronic Frontier"
Sarah Cook, Curator, New Media Institute, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada and CRUMB, University of Sunderland, UK [October 5]
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2004-2005

Nevada Neighbors X: "The Mountain is Out:
Art & Curatorial Practice in the Pacific Northwest"
Lisa Corrin - Curator, Seattle Art Museum [March 2]
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Nevada Neighbors IX: "Desert Survival: Arizona Artists"
John Spiak - Curator, Arizona State University Museum [February 2]
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Nevada Neighbors VIII: "The Radiant City: contemporary art practice in the Las Vegas cityscape"
Robert Tracy, Ph.D. University of Nevada Las Vegas [November 3]
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Nevada Neighbors VII: "From the Las Vegas Strip: Outsider Art"
Kim Russell, Director of The International House of Blues Foundation [September 22]
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2003-2004

Nevada Neighbors VI: "Portland Possibilities"
Curator Stuart Horodner [March 4
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Nevada Neighbors V: "Los Angeles Arts on the Global Stage"
Outpost for Contemporary Art Director and Curator Julie Deamer. [February 4]
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"Nevada Neighbors IV: Meanwhile Back At The Ranch — Contemporary Practice in Northern Nevada"
Artist Gathering and Panel Discussion with Laurie Macfee [moderator], Artist; Professor Robert Morrison University of Nevada, Reno Art Department; Rebecca Rosenberg Nevada Museum of Art [October 15]

Nevada Neighbors III - Traditions/Technologies: New Mexico Art
Laura Addison Curator of Contemporary Art Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. [September 17]
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2002-2003

Nevada Neighors II: Topographies: a look at contemporary visual art in California
San Francisco Art Institute Curator Karen Moss [April 22]
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Nevada Neighbors I: Playa Works
Author William L. "Bill" Fox, Portland, Oregon. [March 12]

Click below to read companion essays from the inaugural programs, made possible, in part, by a grant from Nevada Humanities

"Telephone Polls" William L. Fox
"Topographies" Karen Moss
"Traditions/Technologies: New Mexico Art" Laura Addison