vol. 3 no. 8 - September 2005 [The "What Up?" Edition]
The Flash! Table of Contents
A.
Welcome+ Katrina Relief Efforts!
1. What Up? - What Up? exhibition at CCAI Courthouse Gallery!
2.
What Up? -
CCAI's Caffeine! presents September exhibition “Walter Daniels: Mining Series and Portraits" - 0pening reception, Wednesday September 7, 5-6pm!
3. What Up? Coffee & Conversation - CCAI FWAC! 'First Wednesdays Artists Coffee' at Comma Coffee - September 7!
4. What Up? - CCAI Membership Initiative - Join Up!
5. What Up? - CCAI Alumni News!
6. What Up? - Looking ahead! - Nevada Neighbors XI!
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The Flash!
A. Welcome to
the September edition of The CCAI News Flash! Below we highlight an exciting and diverse offering of fall programs. We hope you're able to join us at one or more events.
Excited as we are about our local activity, we are also keenly aware of the tragic situation in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Our hearts go out to the courageous residents-and the relief workers there lending a hand.
We encourage our community to do all they can to help. Click here to link to an Arts Journal web page with links to relief efforts.
1. What Up? - What up?! - Courthouse Gallery Opening Reception Thursday, September 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m
Our CCAI Courthouse Gallery 05-06 season launches Thursday, September 29 with What Up? an exciting exhibition presenting a diverse range of some of northern Nevada's most dynamic young artists. Click here to read the What Up? press release.
And don't miss the opening reception on Thursday, September 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. featuring a live music mix by DJ Andrew, one of the area's 'hottest' DJ's!
The exhibition continues through December 15.
2. What Up? - CCAI's Caffeine! presents: September Exhibition “Walter Daniels: Mining Series and Portraits"0pening reception, Wednesday September 7, 5-6pm!
The work of Walter Daniels, an exceptionally talented painter is the focus of our September exhibition "Mining Series and Portraits." Please join us for a reception on Wednesday, September 7 from 5 to to 6 p.m. at CCAI's Caffeine! Gallery at Comma Coffee.
In the 1970’s geology and mining attracted Daniels' artistic attention. In this engaging environment, as evidenced in the exhibition, he struck it rich in thoughtful observations of miners and the emotions they evoke.
Comma Coffee is located in Carson City's historic downtown across from the State Legislature Building. The exhibition and reception are free and the public is cordially invited.
As always, artists interested in a Caffeine! show are encouraged to read the Caffeine! FAQ.
3. What Up? Coffee & Conversation- CCAI - FWAC! 'First Wednesdays Artists Coffee' at Comma Coffee - September 7!
FWAC!
['First Wednesdays Artists Coffee'] ninth meeting of the year
convenes at Comma Coffee on Wednesday, September 7 from 4:30 to 6:00. In a CCAC first, FWAC! and the opening reception for Caffeine!'s monthly exhbitions converge in what promises to be a creatively inspiring, festive event.
As always, one and all are enthusiastically invited to come by this 'no host,'
informal monthly gathering of Carson's arts scene. And if you can't make this
one, you can join us the first Wednesday of every month of 2005!
4. What Up? - CCAI Membership Initiative - Join Up!
Our membership initiative continues! Individuals, families and businesses are enthusiastically encouraged to join and support CCAI's dynamic programs. New members will enjoy benefits for a creative and art-filled twelve months. Your tax-deductible donation will help CCAI continue to thrive. Don't wait? Join Today!
Membership Categories & Benefits for Individuals & Businesses
Trail Blazers
[Flash! subscription & special invitations to previews] $50.
Visionaries
[all benefits above + Annual Studio Visit] $125.
Leaders
[all benefits above + Annual Artists Dinner] $250-999.
Angels
[all benefits above + Limited Edition Print] $1,000.
We also offer a special Scouts category for students & starving artists
at a reduced rate of $26. [Benefits include a Flash! subscription &
invitations to previews]
Mail your check to:
CCAI Membership Initiative
Carson City, Nevada
For additional information on membership and benefits contact us at
In advance, our thanks for your support!
5. What Up? - CCAI Alumni News!
In a new feature of The Flash!, we're delighted to present news of former participants in CCAI's programs. This month four alumnae are highlighted:
Kirah Van Sickle [July 2004 Caffeine! exhibition "Drawn From Nature"] presents "A Year in Nevada: an
Exploration of Color and Time" at the Art Gallery at Dreamers Coffee House in Reno, Nevada, September 27 - November 29. A reception is planned for Saturday, October 22, 4 to 6pm.
Dreamers is located in Reno in where Virginia and the Truckee River intersect, in the Riverside Artists' Lofts Building.
Marcia Tanner [February 2003 Catalog Essayist for Courthouse Exhibition "Carson City-Carson Valley Portrait Project" by CCAI Artist In Residence Allen Spore] is the curator of "The Brides of Frankenstein," an exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art continuing through October 30, 2005. The exhibition showcases experimental work by a new generation of female artists working with video, installation, robotics, the Internet, computer animation, and other digital and traditional media, to animate synthetic creatures with virtual life.
And we say good bye to Melanie Berner [Associate Program Director 2003-2005] who returns this month to school at UNR. We thank "Mel" for her help in making CCAI possible. At the same time we welcome Alyssa Leck [CCAI Board 2003-2005] to the CCAI staff. Alyssa, a former Nevada Museum of Art Education Program staffer will be pitching in to fill Mel's shoes.
Our congratulations and best wishes to all four CCAI Alumnae in the news!
6. What Up? - Looking ahead! - Nevada Neighbors XI!
Save the date! - Wednesday, October 5: CCAI's Nevada Neighbors series of talks by arts curators and scholars returns to the Carson City Library with a 7 pm talk by UK-based, Canadian curator Sarah Cook. Ms. Cook will showcase work by artists working on line in the fascinating, emerging field of 'net art.' Please join us at 6:15 prior to the talk for a reception to welcome Ms. Cook.
Details to follow in next month's Flash!!
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Thanks for your interest!
Sharon + Jon + Alyssa + [one last time!] Melanie
Capital City Arts Initiative
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The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered nonprofit organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts & culture of Carson City and the surrounding region through community building and public programs. Its activities include contemporary art exhibitions, live events and arts education programs for the area's diverse adult and youth populations.
CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Gayle Crowell; Western Nevada Community College Foundation; Carson High School; Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; University of Nevada Reno Art Department; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group' and CCAI's growing membership. CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma Coffee, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.
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