Capital City Arts Initiative

Artists’ Reception: Wednesday, May 25, 5 – 7pm
Exhibition Dates: May 25 – September 9, 2011
Exhibition Venue: CCAI Courthouse Gallery 885 E Musser Street, Carson City, Nevada

Hutchison Studio: Splendor in the Glass
at CCAI Courthouse Gallery

The Capital City Arts Initiative presents an exhibition of Carole and William Hutchison’s XXL Variation III Kaleidoscope, at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery from May 25 – September 9, 2011. CCAI will host a reception for the artists on Wednesday, May 25 from 5 – 7pm. The Courthouse is located at 885 East Musser Street, Carson City. The exhibition and reception are free and the public is cordially invited.

The Hutchison Studio’s XXL Variation III kaleidoscope has eight 28” diameter interchangeable wheels. The artists created the brilliantly colored wheels using a variety of glass techniques including stained, etching, foiled fused, blown tube glass, tack-fused glass, full flat fused glass, plus flower transparencies and glass jewels. Gallery visitors are invited to sit and “drive” the kaleidoscope to change the images.

Through Hutchison Studio in Genoa, Nevada, Carole and William have worked with Sheryl Koch Kaleidoscopes for over 25 years. The development of the large kaleidoscope has been an ongoing part of the studio’s work. The artists consider the fractal images viewed through the scope to be a conceptual investigation of pattern. The Hutchison Studio showed XXL Variation II at Nellie Bly Gallery in Jerome, Arizona in 2001 and showed XXL Variation I in San Diego in 2000.

Carole and William Hutchison have taught a Fusing Glass summer workshop at Sierra Nevada College for eight years and Carole has taught a Stained Glass workshop at the J.C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina for six years. Carole earned a BFA from Sierra Nevada College in 2000.

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 presence.

CCAI is funded in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Carson City Office of Business Development; Community Foundation of Western Nevada; Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; US Bancorp Foundation; and Nevada Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities.

top image: children “driving” the kaleidoscope
2nd image: kaleidoscope changing wheels
3rd image: exhibition reception