ART from SNC
Exhibition Dates: December 1, 2016 – January 30, 2017
Exhibition Venue: Community Development Building [the Brick]
108 E Proctor Street, Carson City, Nevada
ART from SNC
Exhibition at the Brick
The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, ART from SNC, at the Community 
Development Building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. Eight student artists from Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada, have work in the exhibit. The free exhibition is available to the public from December 1, 2016 – January 30, 2017.
ART from SNC includes a wide variety of art including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and mixed media pieces that shows the diversity of the students’ creativity. The participating student artists include Collyn Aubrey, Lily Luna Bennett, Piera Bernhard, Bryce Betterley, Garrett Effa, Meiasha Gray, Miranda McFarland, Vanessa O’Neill, and Ian Wieczorek.
The exhibition presents paintings by Collyn Aubrey, Bryce Betterley, and Garrett Effa. Printmakers Piera Bernhard and Miranda McFarland exhibit a variety of print techniques with their work. Lily Luna Bennett’s Morning Glory is a large ink on paper drawing. Meiasha Gray has three small black/white abstract photographs in the exhibit. Vanessa O’Neill and Ian Wieczorek show their mixed media sculptures.
Sharon Rosse, CCAI Executive Director, said “We are delighted to bring the Sierra Nevada College artists’ creative work to Carson City. We appreciate the SNC Art Department’s collaboration to make this show happen.”
The Brick is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am – noon, 1-4pm. The show will remain in the building’s lobby exhibition space through January 30, 2017.
This show is the third in CCAI’s 2016 – 2017 series of student exhibitions in the Brick. CCAI will present a group exhibition by Western Nevada College in February; and another group show of high school students’ work in the spring.
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 online projects.
CCAI is funded in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, City of Carson City, NV Energy Foundation, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, U.S. Bank Foundation, and John and Grace Nauman Foundation.
top image: [l-r] Sharon Rosse, CCAI Executive Director, and Collyn Aubrey, SNC student
center image: Vanessa O’Neill, Kika, acrylic on a salvaged skate deck, 32″x8″, 2016
bottom image: CCAI Student Gallery flier
