Capital City Arts Initiative

Event: Monday, March 30, 2015, 3:30 – 5pm
at the Nevada State Legislature Building, Room 3100
401 S Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada

Sarah Lillegard: Natural Dye Introduction

On Tuesday, March 30, 2015, the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] and the Nevada Arts Council will present a workshop by artist Sarah Lillegard. Her workshop, Natural Dye Introduction is next in SENart series and will take place Monday, March 30, 3:30 – 5pm at the Nevada State Legislature, Room 3100, 401 S Carson Street, Carson City. The presentation is free, and the public is cordially invited.

Reno-based artist Sarah Lillegard is a mixed media artist whose work draws on the traditions of handcrafts and western iconography. Hailing from a family of quilters and craftsmen, her artistic process relies on tactility and the physicality of art-making utilizing a variety of materials including wool, denim, leather, and thread. In her workshop, Natural Dye Introduction, Lillegard will demonstrate the simple and safe processes she uses to dye fibers with natural materials easily harvested in Nevada backyards.

The Work of Artists 2015 features a series of talks and demonstrations with some of northern Nevada’s finest folk, traditional, and contemporary artists. The series, a collaboration of the Nevada Arts Council, SENarts, and the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI], connects artists with community members and those working in and visiting the Nevada State Legislative Building through interactive and engaging activities. All Work of Artists presentations are free and open to the public.

The Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery presents, Second Skin, an exhibition of Ms. Lillegard’s work from February 2 – April 17, 2015. The OXS Gallery is located in the NAC offices, 716 N. Carson Street, Suite A, Carson City, and is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

This SENarts event is co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council and the Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI].

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 online projects.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] is funded in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, Nevada Arts Council, City of Carson City, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Bank Foundation, Comstock Foundation for History and Culture, and John and Grace Nauman Foundation.

[top image: Sarah Lillegard portrait]
[second image: Sarah showing natural dyes on wool]
[third image: workshop in process]
[bottom left: attendees reading Sarah’s resource books]