Capital
City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Carson City Nevada
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Capital
City Arts Initiative
PRESS RELEASE - [abbreviated version!]
"Great Basin Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition" at CCAI's
Carson City Couthouse Gallery
Visual Arts Exhibition
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January 3,
2006
contact: Alyssa Leck
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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"Great Basin Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition" at CCAI's Carson City Couthouse Gallery
Twenty years ago, artist Jeff Nicholson and arts activist Rick Davis opened the Great Basin Gallery, a gallery and frame shop in Carson City's historic district. On February 16, the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] open an anniversary exhibition at its Carson City Courthouse gallery to commemorate the remarkable accomplishments of this invaluable asset of the area's arts scene.
An opening reception will take place on Thursday, February 16 at the Courthouse Gallery from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited. The Courthouse is located at in Carson City. The exhibition continues through May 26.
The exhibition will feature paintings by three of the gallery's premier artists: Jeff Nicholson, Jean LeGassick and Ron Arthaud.
Jeff Nicholson's photorealist paintings, capture the light and atmosphere of the Comstock. Using the time honored traditions of plein air painting, Jean LeGassick's impressionist works explore the textures of Nevada's landscapes. Ron Arthaud, makes acute observations about the unique desert environment in which he lives and paints.
In a catalog essay commissioned for the exhibition arts writer William L. Fox notes: "The artists of the Great Basin Gallery carry forth a landscape tradition that has long been fundamental in America to our understanding of where we live, and how we make sense of the land around us."
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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"Comstock Cadillac"
oil on canvas
"36" x "50"
2005
"Emerging From Shadow"
oil on canvas on board
"10" x "12"
2004
"Buried"
oil on canvas
"14" x "16"
2005
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