| "Artists Collecting Artists: Treasures from the A. Leck Collection" at CCAI’s Caffeine! Gallery
Visual Arts Exhibition
Capital City Arts Initiative's Caffeine! Gallery at Comma Coffee launches the new year with "Artists Collecting Artists: Treasures from the A. Leck Collection," a compelling display of works selected from the collection of CCAI's Caffeine! Exhibition Coordinator Alyssa Leck. There will be a reception on Wednesday, January 4, from 5 to 6 p.m. The exhibition continues through the month.
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.
The exhibition is the first of an "Artists Collecting Artists" series that highlights the strong tradition in northern Nevada of contemporary artists collecting the work of their peers. Ms. Leck, a photographer, comments: "I feel privileged to support my fellow artists by not only showing up to their openings
and engaging in deep conversations about art late into the night,
but also by purchasing their work."
Each of the six works in the exhbition represents a 'first' for collector/curator Ms. Leck, including the first art work she acquired at auction and the first presented to her as a gift. The artists included in the exhibition are:
Ahren Hertel, Sophie Sheppard,
Frederic Tchorbadjian, Laura Totten and
Sandra Ward.
Ms. Leck, 27, adds: "Collecting is part of a wonderful cycle in which art is conceived, created, contemplated, and collected."
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 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual 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; 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, Gail Ford, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.
For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org.
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