Capital
City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Carson City, Nevada
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2007
CCAI Honors “CAP” Awards Recipients Joe McCarthy, Andrea Moore, and Jim McCormick
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CCAI Honors “CAP” Awards Recipients Joe McCarthy, Andrea Moore, and Jim McCormick.
Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] is delighted and honored to announce its inaugural CAP Awards established to acknowledge long-term supporters of CCAI and the arts in northern Nevada.
The inaugural CAP honorees are three of northern Nevada’s most passionate arts activists: Joe McCarthy Andrea Moore and Jim McCormick. Each recipient will receive a limited edition cap embroidered with the initials “CAP” at a luncheon hosted at Carson City's classic American diner, The Cracker Box, on Friday February 9th at 1:30pm.
Proceeds from the ticketed event will support “CAP,” CCAI’s art in public program. The Cracker Box is located in Carson City.
Joe McCarthy is Carson City’s Economic Development and Redevelopment Manager. Mr. McCarthy’s support of CCAI was critical to its early beginnings and to its continued growth and development. He comments: “The impact that CCAI has had on the culture of Carson City has been outstanding. CCAI has developed multiple relationships within community of Carson, building a stronger appreciation for the arts that is vital to the development of Carson City.”
Andrea Moore works as the Community Relations Coordinator for the Carson City Library. Ms. Moore: “The partnership between CCAI and Carson City Library provides a welcome opportunity for patrons to engage in an open dialogue of information and creative ideas. The spirit of CCAI encourages me and our community, and I am deeply committed to our successful collaboration.”
Jim McCormick UNR Art Deparment Professor Emeritus, was CCAI’s first board president, and his generous contribution of time and support were instrumental in getting the organization ‘airborne’. States Mr. McCormick: “I have witnessed the growth of the ‘Initiative’ with genuine interest and enthusiasm. I believe it essential for the capital of our state to have a forward-looking and vibrant visual arts program. CCAI is on the right track.”
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. The Initiative is committed to community building for the area's diverse adult and youth populations through art projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its web site.
CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the Gannett Foundation; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; U.S. Bank; Gayle Crowell; Carson High School; UNR Art Department; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group' and CCAI's membership.
CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy; Steele & Associates, CPAs; the Dan Leck Family; Dr. Kim Bean, Dr. Jeffrey Bean; Carson Shopping Center; Capital City Entertainment; Rick Sikes, Nevada Green; Stew’s Brewery; Western Nevada Community College; Sherwin Williams Paints; Kelly Moore Paints; the Fuller Paint Center; and Simpson Creative.
For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org
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long version
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2007
CCAI Honors “CAP” Awards Recipients Joe McCarthy, Andrea Moore, and Jim McCormick.
Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] is delighted and honored to announce its inaugural CAP Awards. CCAI has established the CAP Awards to acknowledge long-term supporters of CCAI and the arts.
Inaugural CAP honorees are three of northern Nevada’s most passionate arts activists: Joe McCarthy, Andrea Moore, and Jim McCormick. Each recipient will receive a limited edition cap embroidered with the initials “CAP.”
The CAP Award Ceremony will be held Friday, February 9th at 1:30pm at the Cracker Box, a classic American diner and city landmark. The Cracker is located in Carson City. This will be a ticketed lunch with proceeds going to support “CAP,” CCAI’s art in public program.
The honorees:
Joe McCarthy is Carson City’s Economic Development and Redevelopment Manager. Prior to joining city government in 2002, Mr. McCarthy worked in both the public and private sector, serving as the executive director of the Brewery Arts Center, managing the “centrally assessed properties” section of state government, owning his own retail business, teaching in elementary & secondary schools, administering a community college program for adult education, and serving as an Army officer on active duty between 1968-1971.
Mr. McCarthy’s support of CCAI was critical to its early beginnings and to its continued growth and development. He comments: “The impact that CCAI has had on the culture of Carson City has been outstanding. CCAI has developed multiple relationships within community of Carson, building a stronger appreciation for the arts that is vital to the development of Carson City.”
Mr. McCarthy has a master’s degree in administration from the State University of New York at Albany and did graduate work in economics and finance at UNR. He has lived in Carson City since 1979.
Andrea Moore works as the Community Relation Coordinator for the Carson City Library. She also serves as Vice-Chairperson of the Carson City Library Foundation.
In her current position, Ms. Moore helps coordinate the local celebration of National Library Week and Oktoberfest. She is also the library’s Volunteer Coordinator and coordinates public programs. Nevada Neighbors, CCAI’s series of public presentations on the contemporary art in the West, is co-sponsored by the Library.
Ms. Moore: “The partnership between CCAI and Carson City Library provides a welcome opportunity for patrons to engage in an open dialogue of information and creative ideas. The spirit of CCAI encourages me and our community, and I am deeply committed to our successful collaboration.”
Ms. Moore was first hired at the Carson City Library as the Hispanic Services Coordinator. During her tenure in that role, the Library was recipient of a grant for Hispanic Collection Development, which led to "Fiesta de las Americas," a Hispanic festival-the first of its kind in Carson City. Originally from El Paso, Texas, she attended the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Ms. Moore has lived in Carson City since 1994.
Jim McCormick joined the art faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1960. He taught in a variety of disciplines including printmaking, drawing, visual foundations, and papermaking prior to his retirement in 1992. In 1989, McCormick was honored with a University of Nevada, Reno Distinguished Teacher Award and in 1998 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award.
His artwork has been featured in exhibitions across the United States, and is included in an impressive number of private, public and corporate collections
Mr. McCormick was CCAI’s first Board of Director President, and his generous contribution of time and support were instrumental in getting it ‘airborne. Mr. McCormick: ““I have witnessed the growth of the ‘Initiative’ with genuine interest and enthusiasm. I believe it essential for the capital of our state to have a forward-looking and vibrant visual arts program. CCAI is on the right track.”
Mr. McCormick has illustrated several books and co-authored “Brushwork Diary,” published by the University of Nevada Press and An Elegant Line: The Art of the Sheppard Family, published by the Nevada Museum of Art.
Since 1990, Mr. McCormick has directed the activities at the Nevada Art Research Project at the Nevada Historical Society, curating several exhibitions for them.
Mr. McCormick was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Tulsa where he received a bachelor’s degree in art in 1958, and an MA in painting and printmaking in 1960.
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. The Initiative is committed to community building for the area's diverse adult and youth populations through art projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its web site.
CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the Gannett Foundation; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; U.S. Bank; Gayle Crowell; Carson High School; UNR Art Department; 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; Steele & Associates, CPAs; the Dan Leck Family; Dr. Kim Bean, Dr. Jeffrey Bean; Carson Shopping Center; Capital City Entertainment; Rick Sikes, Nevada Green; Stew’s Brewery; Western Nevada Community College; Sherwin Willams Paints; Kelly Moore Paints; the Fuller Paint Center; and Simpson Creative.
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