Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at the Carson City Library
Carson City, Nevada
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2010
CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at Carson City Library
“True North: Canadian Artists and the Environment” Illustrated Talk by Lorraine Gilbert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2010
CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at Carson City Library
“True North: Canadian Artists and the Environment” Illustrated Talk by Lorraine Gilbert
Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative's ongoing series of illustrated public talks, will host "True North: Canadian Artists and the Environment," a presentation by Canadian artist and educator Lorraine Gilbert on Wednesday, September 29, at 7 pm at the Carson City Library, Carson City. There will be an informal reception for Ms. Gilbert at 6:15 preceding her talk. The presentation and reception are free, and the public is cordially invited.
In her talk, Ms. Gilbert will highlight the work of contemporary Canadian artists focusing on environmental concerns. As a veteran of many summers working as a tree planter, she has a first hand connection to her native Canada, and to the complexity of the interplay of humans and nature.
“True North” is presented in conjunction with “Once (Upon) a Forest,” her exhibition at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. The exhibition features views of two distinct ecosystems: the wilderness and urban spaces. Combining several photographic technologies and effects, details of common plants in various stages of their life cycle merge into one continuous picture. Each image is the result of the activities of both artist and biologist, illustrating “an (accelerated) evolutionary dialog: the abandoned field in the city used to be the Boreal forest of 200 years ago.”
Ms. Gilbert’s artistic practice incorporates her professional knowledge of biology and forestry. Her artist-run center, Boreal Art/Nature, offers artists subsidized thematic residencies, focusing on culturally and ecologically sensitive locations in British Columbia and in Mexico.
Ms. Gilbert lives in the Laurentians of Quebec and in Ottawa, Ontario, where she teaches art at the University of Ottawa. She has exhibited her work throughout Canada and in the United States.
As with all Nevada Neighbors participating artists, Ms. Gilbert will visit local schools to give presentations during her stay. She will also meet informally with artists and art students to discuss their work.
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 projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its online presence.
CCAI is funded, in part, by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Carson City Office of Business Development; Community Foundation of Western Nevada; Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities; Carson City Library; CCAI Business Leaders: Allison, MacKenzie, Pavlakis, Wright & Fagan, Coldwell Banker Best Sellers, Dr. BobGorrindo, Data Graphics, Pro-Form Labs, Sierra Nevada Association of Realtors, and Vineburg Machining, Inc.; and 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 Courthouse; Steele & Associates, CPAs; Dr. Kim Bean and Dr. Jeffrey Bean; Carson Shopping Center; Jim McCormick; Carole and William Hutchison; Tim Stevenson; Galen Brown, Dry Ice Framing; the Dan Leck Family; Rick Sikes, Nevada Green; Classy Seconds & Advocates to End Domestic Violence; and Simpson Creative.
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Capital City Arts Initiative
CCAI Nevada Neighbors Public Talk
“True North: Canadian Artists and the Environment”
Illustrated Talk by Lorraine Gilbert
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 – 7 pm
Informal Reception at 6:15 pm
Location: Carson City Library
Carson City
Free. Open to the Public
Photo Editors
caption: "La Macaza, Laurentians, Quebec," from "Once
(Upon) a Forrest" featured CCAI Courthouse exhibition
by Canadian Nevada Neighors artist Lorraine Gilbert.
laminated photograph: ink on paper (48" X 160”) detail
revised: 09182010 8:15 PDT [gmt - 08:00]