Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at the Carson City Library
P.O. Box 1333
Carson City, Nevada 89702

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 1, 2009

"North of the 49th Parallel: Art In Canada" Talk by Sylvie Gilbert
[CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at Carson City Library]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 1, 2009

"North of the 49th Parallel: Art In Canada" Talk by Sylvie Gilbert

"Nevada Neighbors," Capital City Arts Initiative's ongoing series of presentations on contemporary art, returns in February with "North of the 49th Parallel," a talk by Canadian curator Sylvie Gilbert on Wednesday, February 18 at the Carson City Library at 6:30 p.m. There will be an informal reception for Sylvie Gilbert at the library at 6:00 p.m. preceding her talk.

The talk and reception are free and the public is cordially invited. The library is located at 900 North Roop Street.

Ms. Gilbert received a BA in Art History from the Université de Montréal, and a MA in Media Studies from Concordia University. She has been active as a gallery director, curator, writer and an educator for over twenty years. She worked as a junior curator at the Musée d'art contemporain and the Centre International d'art contemporain in Montréal, and as the visual arts officer at the Canada Council for the Arts, in Ottawa from 1985 to 1988. Most recently, through 2008 she was the senior curator at the Banff Centre's Walter Phillips Gallery and International Curatorial Institute where she commissioned new works by young artists, re-staged seminal Canadian works, and organized trail-blazing exhibitions focusing on a diverse range of topics including art and cinema, performance, and Canadian comics.

Ms. Gilbert has also published articles and participated in international conferences. In her illustrated Nevada Neighbors talk, she will present a dynamic selection of work by contemporary Canadian artists, highlighting innovative practices and trends in aesthetics north of the 49th parallel.

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 web site.

CCAI is funded by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; the John and Grace Nauman Foundation; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation; Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities; Carson City School District; Douglas High School; Mark Twain Elementary School; McQueen High School; Sierra Nevada College; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City; CCAI Business Leaders: Builders Wholesale, Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital, Coldwell Banker Best Sellers, Data Graphics, Greater Nevada Credit Union Sponsorship Fund, and Resource Concepts, Inc.; and CCAI's Board of Directors, BrAG [CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group'], and CCAI's growing membership.

For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org.

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Capital City Arts Initiative

CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series
"North of the 49th Parallel: Art In Canada" Talk by Sylvie Gilbert

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – 6:30 p.m.
Informal reception at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Carson City Public Library – 900 N. Roop Street, Carson City, NV
ph. 775-887-2244

Free. Open to the Public

caption: Curator Sylvie Gilbert
Presenter for CCAI Nevada Neighbors talk
"North of the 49th Parallel: Art In Canada."


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