Capital
City Arts Initiative
PRESS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 13, 2004
contact:
Melanie Berner
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Caffeine! Goes Wild [life] with Photography by Val Dutter!
Caffeine! Gallery, located
in Comma Coffee will present an exhibition
of wildlife photographs during November by local artist Val Dutter. There
will be a reception for the artist on Friday,
November 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Comma Coffee is located across
from the State Legislature Building. The exhibition and reception are
free and the public is cordially invited.
Ms. Dutter was born in San Francisco, moved to Carson City in
1964 and graduated from WNCC. Dutter has been taking photos since the
age of fifteen
when she got her first camera, an Instamatic 104. She belongs to both
the Reno Photo Club and the Photographic Society of America, and recently
won 3rd place in the National Parks Foundation Annual Park Pass photo
competition. Dutter has traveled all over the world photographing wildlife
and landscapes. She will be showing a selection of wildlife photographs
taken in Kenya, Botswana, Canada, and Alaska.
Caffeine! is a project sponsored by Comma Coffee and the Capital City
Arts Initiative. Caffeine! presents month-long exhibitions of work by
local artists. Artists interested in showing at Caffeine! are encouraged
to pick up an information sheet at Comma Coffee.
The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered 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.
Capital City Arts Initiative is funded by the Carson City Redevelopment
Authority, the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the
Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Carson High School; Carson City
Library; Nevada Hispanic Services Carson City; and by its Board and by
BrAG, its 'Brilliant Advisory Group'. We extend special thanks to Joe
McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma
Coffee, Capital City Entertainment, and Millard Realty and Construction.
For additional information visit CCAI’s website
at www.arts-initiative.org.
Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]