Capital City Arts Initiative

Essays

Since 2004, CCAI has commissioned essays by arts writers for the Courthouse Gallery & Bristlecone Gallery exhibitions and for the St. Mary’s Art Center residencies [2008 – 2015]. The essays are available in the galleries during the exhibitions and published/archived online at this website.

The essays provide information about the artists and their creative processes, put an exhibition in context with contemporary art, and give a point of entry to the work for viewers. CCAI provides the essays as gallery handouts and publishes them on this website.

• Chris Lanier: Molly Allen essay
• Chris Lanier: Fables & Myths essay
• Chris Lanier: Wild essay
• Josie Glassberg: Anne Hoff essay
• Brett Van Hoesen: Robert Morrison essay
• Alicia Barber: Emily Najera essay
• Josie Glassberg: Joan Arrizabalaga essay
• Chris Lanier: Tom Gilbertson essay
• Brett Van Hoesen: On the Map essay
• Mark Salinas: Ruby Barrientos essay
• Terri McBride: It Started with Willows essay
• Chris Lanier: James Gayles essay
• Josie Glassberg: Eunkang Koh essay
• Chris Lanier: Samuel Osheroff essay
• Logan Hebner: Michael Plyler essay
• Josie Glassberg: Sidne Teske essay
• Josie Glassberg: Karrasch essay
• Vivian Zavataro: Moiré essay
• Josie Glassberg: Contrasts essay
• Vivian Zavataro: Two Views Essay
• Chris Lanier: Shafer essay
• Pierette Kulpa: Zoe Bray essay
• Chris Lanier: Lockdown essay
• Josie Glassberg: Lauren Cardenas essay
• Chris Lanier: LB Buchan essay
• Danielle Kelly: Rachel Stiff essay
• Josie Glassberg: Kyle Karrasch essay
• Josie Glassberg: Mark Brandvik essay
• Chris Lanier: Paula Chung’s Impact essay
• Emmanuel Ortega: Perils of Exoticization
• Emmanuel Ortega: Saludos Amigos essay
• Kris Vagner: Combs/Melhop essay
• Pierette Kulpa: Svea Ferguson essay
• Josie Glassberg: Gig Depio essay
• Donahue/Ortiz: Creative Growth essay
• Chris Lanier: Writing from Mars essay
• Kristen Peterson: Wish You Were Here essay
• Chris Lanier: Industrial Art: Sports Edition essay
• Chérie Louise Turner: From the Ground Up essay
• Aaron Harbour: Pocket Ziggurat essay
• Kris Vagner: New Crop 2016 essay
• Cherie Louise Turner: For Detail View essay
• Michele Carlson: Katie Lewis Essay
• Shaun Griffin: Counterpane Essay
• Chris Lanier: Industrial Art Essay
• Mary Webb: The Driest State: Nevada Watersheds Essay
• Sara Rockinger: Silk & Sinew Essay
• Chris Lanier: Humble Vessel Essay
• Emmanuel Ortega: MTSTBBGA Essay
• Chris Lanier: An Algebraic Lens Essay
• Scott Oliver: Marker Essay
• Jim McCormick: The Reno Portraits Essay
• Danielle Susalla Deery: Luminosity Essay
• Deborah Boehm: Living in ‘El Norte’ Essay
• Sarah Lillegard: New Crop Essay
• Zoe Bray: STAND Essay
• Katie McGowan: a thousand ways … Essay
• Phoebe Finch: Still Lifes for Cowpokes Essay
• Chris Lanier: Elapsed in Time Essay
• Essay Archive
• Recycled Seconds Curator’s Notes
• Capital Views

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