High School Pic[ks] 2018

Exhibition Dates: April 15 – July 9, 2018
Artists’ Reception: Tuesday, April 24, 5-7pm

Exhibition Venue: Community Development Building [the Brick]
108 E Proctor Street, Carson City, Nevada

High School Pic[ks] 2018
CCAI Student Art Exhibition at the Brick

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, High School Pic[ks] 2018, at the Community Development Building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. Over three dozen artists from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer high schools will have work in the exhibit. CCAI will host a reception for the artists on Tuesday, April 24, 5 – 7pm. The free exhibition is open to the public from April 15 – July 9, 2018, Mondays – Fridays, 8am – noon and 1-4pm.

High School Pic[ks] 2018 includes a wide variety of art media including ceramics, collage, drawing, painting, and photography that show the diversity of the students’ creativity.

The Pioneer High students include Julia Albiter, Summer Cardwell, Maya Conner, Monica Reyes, and Raianne Vega. The Dayton High students are David Delfin, Faith De Pasquale, Hannah Gray, and Roberto Mancilla.

The Carson High students are Ashley Britt, Gina Castillo, Tabitha Dodd, Emily Harper, Emma Lippincott, Sefora Marquez, Sam Pilgrim, Amberlee Rangel, Emily Richardson, Kylie Schlapkohl, Jessica Stine, and Sarah Woods.

The Douglas High students include Leslee Alaniz, Cerridwen Bergren, Mason Bornt, Shannon Elaina Bunn, Olivia Colella, Chloe Cutter, Luke Gansberg, Brian Hernandez, Arielle Hesse, Savannah Sabo, and Riana Testa.

Rita Borselli, KC Brennan, Zoe Shorten, and Kelley Yost teach art at Douglas High. Malaynia Wick teaches the art classes at Dayton High and Paul Lorion teaches art at Pioneer High. The Carson High art teachers are Kara Ferrin, Mike Malley, and John Martin.

Sharon Rosse, CCAI Executive Director, said “CCAI is proud of the professional level of the students’ work and of their teachers who encourage and nurture their students’ imaginations and skill levels. Innovative people with confident imaginations are a cornerstone of America’s workforce. CCAI truly appreciates all the students and teachers’ participation.”

We are delighted to announce that the Carson City Arts & Culture Coalition [CCACC, also known as “the Coalition”] is providing a $500 college scholarship to a high school artist/a graduating senior who is going to college. CCACC will select the winner from the work submitted for the show and will be announced at the reception about 5:45pm. Dayton High student, Hannah Gray, was awarded the scholarship for her “Bellow Yike” photograph.

This show is the eighth show in CCAI’s ongoing series of student exhibitions in the Brick.

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.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] is funded in part the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Arts Council, Carson City Cultural Commission, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Bank Foundation, and John and Grace Nauman Foundation.

top image: Dayton High teacher, Malaynia Wick, with her student, Hannah Gray
bottom image: exhibition flier