Capital City Arts Initiative

Capital City Arts Initiative
Caffeine! Gallery

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“Au Revoir Mlle. Melanie at CCAI’s Caffeine! Gallery"
Visual Arts Exhibition

September 27, 2005

“Au Revoir Mlle. Melanie at CCAI’s Caffeine! Gallery"

Capital City Arts Initiative's Caffeine! Gallery at Comma Coffee presents "Au Revoir Mlle. Melanie," an exhibition of pinhole photographs, during the month of October. There will be a reception on Wednesday, October 5th, from 5 to 6 p.m. Comma Coffee is located in Carson City's historic downtown at 312 Carson Street across from the State Legislature Building. The exhibition and reception are free and the public is cordially invited.

Ms. Berner made her first pinhole camera in 2001 while living in Melbourne, Australia and has been exploring the creation and use of home-made cameras ever since. At the root of her work is a fascination with the individual’s ability to create reality through experience and memory. “In my work I create a sense of space evocative of the waking state between dream and reality,” comments Ms. Berner.

A Reno native, Ms. Berner is actively involved in the arts community. A 2004 graduate of UNR’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, she has worked for the last three years as the associate program director for the Capital City Arts Initiative, leaving in September to return to her studies.

Caffeine! is a project sponsored by the Capital City Arts Initiative and Comma Coffee. Caffeine! presents month-long exhibitions of work by local artists.

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 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; 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, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma Coffee, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.

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For additional information visit www.arts-initiative.org