nb: all event free and open to the public
MAY
FWAC! [First Wednesdays Artists Coffee]
Wednesday, May 3, 4:30-6 pm
Westside Ink [ just south of Washington Street in Carson City's historic downtown area – click here for a map]
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Two Special CCAI Artist In Residence Program Roundtable Workshops:
*Get The Word Out*
Wednesday May 10 | 6-9 p.m. with reception and snacks at 6:00 p.m.
Carson City Library
"Artists and arts organizations, how do you keep the world informed about what you’re doing? Capital City Arts Initiative invites you to hear from the experts and share your own success stories. Join Oats Park Art Center’s Kirk Robertson and Valerie Serpa artist Lisa Kornze Reno News & Review Arts Editor Kat Kerlin and CCAI Artist In Residence and Fireplace Gallery Co-Director Kris Vagner for a practical, interactive roundtable workshop focusing on art and public information in northern Nevada. Click here to read the press release.
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*Art and Real Life/The Alchemy of Working Artists*
Wednesday May 31 | 6-9 p.m.with reception and snacks at 6:00 p.m.
Carson City Library
What goes on behind the closed doors of an artist's studio? Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] invites you to hear from artists about what they do and why they do it. On Wednesday, May 31, Photographer Toni Ortega sculptor/painter Jeff Erickson and CCAI Artist In Residence and Writer Kris Vagner will lead an interactive roundtable workshop exploring how artists balance art in their daily life. Click here to read the press release.
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CCAI Courthouse Gallery - Final Weeks of the exhibition!
- Carson City at the Carson City Courthouse
"Great Basin Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition."
February 16 - May 26, 2006
CCAI is honored to spotlight the Great Basin Gallery, a unique cultural resource of the Carson City/Carson Valley art scene, with an exhibition in CCAI's Courthouse Gallery. The exhibition features new landscape paintings by the Great Basin Gallery’s three premier painters: Jeff Nicholson Jean LeGassick and Ron Arthaud.
Noted arts writer Bill [William L.] Fox has written an exhibition essay that is available in the Gallery and on CCAI's web site.
JUNE
FWAC! [First Wednesdays Artists Coffee]
Wednesday, June 7, 4:30-6 pm
Westside Ink [ just south of Washington Street in Carson City's historic downtown area – click here for a map]
Check back for word on special guests.
check back soon for more news of ongoing and upcoming CCAI events!
[revised 1 May 2006 19:25 PDT [GMT - 08:00]