Capital City Arts Initiative

CCAI is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization registered with the state of Nevada and the United States federal government and has tax-exempt status from the state of Nevada’s Department of Taxation. The Initiative’s EIN is 20-1343468 and it operates on a July 1 – June 30 fiscal year.

CCAI By the Numbers! • Here’s Our 22^nd Year’s Stats

In our 22^nd year, 2024 – 2025, CCAI has produced and presented 14 exhibitions in 4 galleries totaling 885 gallery days. We have presented work by 118 artists/essay writers and 84 student artists. To provide the public with gallery and program access, we published 6 exhibit essays, 14 virtual gallery tours with artists interviews, 2 online Nevada Neighbors talks, and 12 monthly e-newsletters. CCAI paid honoraria to artists, essay writers, Nevada Neighbors speakers, graphic design/video production, and for student translations in English and Spanish. The collaborations for gallery spaces continued with city buildings (Brick, Courthouse, and Crowell Room) and with Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery. The work with our great partner schools continued with Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Whittell high schools and with WNC.

Volunteers have donated over 400 hours to the Initiative. Over 18 businesses and funders contributed financially or with in-kind services. The Initiative served over 6,500 people in-person through four galleries based on M-F building traffic, receptions’ attendance, and in-person class visits. CCAI reached a growing number of people through our 87+ YouTube video views; online website and YouTube views total over 12,000. We actively promoted exhibitions and talks in a variety of social media and print media. The on-going generous support from members and funders kept us energized and our programs moving forward — for this we are most grateful.

Check out our YouTube channel for current and past exhibition and talk videos; find the full video list here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aEKTO5a2nwZPWNWJXNd-A/videos

OUR MISSION

The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered nonprofit organization committed to community engagement in contemporary visual arts through exhibitions, essays, arts education programs, artist residencies, and online activities.

OUR SUPPORTERS

CCAI is funded by the John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, and CCAI members, donors, sponsors, and volunteers.

Additional support and collaboration comes from Kilpatrick Bullentini Law, Carson City; Steele & Associates CPA, LLC, Carson City; Mac-O-Rama, Reno; Carson City’s Courthouse, Community Center, and Community Development buildings; Western Nevada College, Carson City; Carson, Douglas, and Lyon counties’ school districts; Orange Room Software, Gardnerville; and University of Nevada, Reno.

The board and staff gratefully acknowledge the individuals, members, businesses, foundations, corporations, and public agencies whose support makes CCAI’s many programs possible. Special thanks to several anonymous donors and to CCAI’s board of directors for their generous support.

In April 2019, Nevada Humanities honored CCAI with its “Friend and Champion of the Humanities,” a state-wide award for cultural contributions. https://www.arts-initiative.org/humanities-award/

CCAI provides a myriad of programs through its active community partnerships. CCAI initiatives engage area citizens in a wide-ranging civic dialogue about how the arts foster innovative community development, encourage long-term regional economic development, and provide cultural leadership.

CCAI offers its programs in various public venues throughout the communities of northwestern Nevada, making the visual arts available to a large segment of area residents, including those who may otherwise never choose to visit an arts exhibition or program. CCAI presents the work of local, regional, and national visual artists and arts writers in public spaces and workplaces, sponsors public lectures on arts practice, offers arts-in-education programs and resources for all ages, and serves as a strong advocate for the arts in northwestern Nevada.

In an era of shrinking budgets for public schools and educational institutions, CCAI supplements schools’ art curricula with professional artists who conduct arts enrichment talks for area high school and college classrooms. Through this program, CCAI aims to stimulate students’ creative thinking and inspire their imaginations to help develop crucial work skills for the 21^st century.

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Thank you for your support. The Capital City Arts Initiative is a 501c3 nonprofit organization for both federal and state tax purposes; EIN 20-1343468. Contributions are tax-deductible.