vol. 4 no. 8 - August 2006
The Flash! Table of Contents
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Welcome! - August CCAI Flash! The Back to School Issue!
1. FWAC! at Westside Ink for coffee & conversation - August 2, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
2. CAP [CCAI Art in Public project] Poised to Launch!
3. CCAI Community News
4. Back to School Special– CCAI Membership!
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The Flash!
A. Welcome!
CCAI revs up its 2006-2007 season at the Wednesday, August 2 FWAC!. Join Sharon and Sara for a preview of CAP CCAI's year-long art in public project. Details below!
1. FWAC! at Westside Ink for coffee & conversation - August 2, 4:30-6:00.
June and July's meeting of FWAC! [First Wednesdays Artists Coffee] will again be at Westside Ink located at just south of Washington Street in Carson City's historic downtown area. [click here for a map]
Sharon Rosse, CCAI Director, and Sara-Ashley Gray, CCAI's new, dynamic Associate Director will both be in attendance, keen to discuss the upcoming 2006-2007 season. [see item 3 below.]
We've also recently started an informal 'show 'n' tell' tradition of artists bringing in a few of their recent works to discuss. Please feel free to share something from your portfolio.
We hope you can join us for a lively discussion. And check out the fabulous pies and inspiring books!
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.
2. CAP [CCAI Art in Public program] Poised to Launch!
We're please to make an early announcement to Flash! readers of the launch in September of "CAP" the Capital City Arts Initiative Art In Public program. Art in public will be the focus of CCAI's 2006-2007 season. During the year CAP will present a diverse range of projects in northern Nevada and online. Inaugural programs include a mural project by CAP artist Erik Burke an alum of the 2005 CCAI Carson City Courhouse exhibition "What Up?," and a Nevada Neighbors lecture by Seattle-based CAP artist Jennifer Montgomery. Additional CAP artists will include Elaine Tin-Nyo a New York City-based artist best known for her community-based, interactive performance works; and CCAI writer Kris Vagner. A free art swap meet and CAP exhibition are also in the works. Stay tuned!
3. CCAI Community News
Carson City artist and CCAI member Ralph Phillips has an exhibition of photographs at St. Mary's Art Center's Northside Gallery in Virginia City through August 31. The artist's reception is on Saturday, August 5, from for 4-6pm. For directions to the SMAC gallery, click here.
4. Back to School Special– CCAI Membership!
We enthusiastically invite individuals, families and businesses to join and support CCAI's upcoming 2006-2007 year of dynamic programs. Join today to enjoy the benefits of a year rich in arts.
Donors in the Visionaries category and above will receive a handsome, limited edition CCAI cap, a key public information element of our public information efforts to promote CAP - CCAI's Art in Public project. Be the first to proudly sport a CAP cap!
A CCAI membership is a great way to make a tax-deductible donation to CCAI, your northern Nevada arts organization! 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!
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Sharon, Jon + Serena + [beginning July 1!] Sara
Capital City Arts Initiative
http://www.arts-initiative.org
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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 exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its web site.
CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the Gannett Foundation; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; U.S. Bank; Gayle Crowell; Western Nevada Community College Foundation; Carson High School; Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group;' and CCAI's growing membership.
CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Gail Ford, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.
For additional information visit CCAI's web site at www.arts-initiative.org.
revised: July 31, 2006, 15:20 [GMT-08:00]