Capital City Arts Initiative

Exhibition Dates: May 28 – June 30, 2021
Exhibition Venue: Carson City Courthouse, 885 E Musser Street, Carson City, Nevada

Home Means Nevada
Exhibition in the Courthouse Gallery

The Capital City Arts Initiative presents Home Means Nevada at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery from May 28 – June 30, 2021. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City and is open Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm. Watch the exhibition’s video tour at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLaf0nCFoX0

This exhibition echoes famous photographs and artwork from the late 1800s and early 1900s that helped spur protections for places like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. Like the state’s song, Home Means Nevada, this is a place of inspiration for the photographers who find beauty in her rugged geology and starry skies. 

Nevada is a state of spectacular geography, natural features, and poignant history. It is defined by its public lands — conservation areas, wilderness and wildlife refuges, national forests, rangelands, watersheds, and a national park — all of which provide diverse benefits to Nevadans and the travelers who visit.

This show features work by 15 photographers and highlights some of the treasures found on federally managed lands across the state, from bighorns to Burning Man, and to Gold Butte’s ancient rock art and petroglyphs.

The exhibition artists include Nevadans: Olin Feuerbacher, Pahrump; Peter Goin, Reno; Mike Hill, Las Vegas; Julian Kilker, Las Vegas; Kurt Kuznicki, Reno; Bruce Loeffler, Las Vegas; Alan O’Neill, Henderson; Robert Park, Las Vegas; Will Roger Petersen, Gerlach; Kimberly Reinhart, Henderson; Deon Reynolds, Eureka; Sharon K. Schafer, Henderson; and Cristian Torres, Las Vegas. In addition, the show includes work by Kelly Carroll from Hagatna, Guam, and Sam Davis of Cedar City, Utah.

The Home Means Nevada exhibition was originally installed in the rotunda of the Senate Russell Building in Washington D.C, September, 2016. The exhibit was organized by the National Parks Conservation Association and curated by University of Nevada Las Vegas professor Sergio “Checko” Salgado with help from wildlife biologist Paula Jacoby-Garrett. The show, now part of the Nevada Arts Council’s Nevada Touring Initiative, travels throughout the state.

CCAI is an artist-centered not-for-profit organization committed to community engagement in contemporary visual arts through exhibitions, illustrated talks, arts education programs, artist residencies, and online activities.

The Initiative is funded by the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Carson City Cultural Commission, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, U.S. Bank Foundation, RISE, Nancy Raven, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, Steele & Associates LLC, and CCAI sponsors and members.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development provided additional support through its Nevada Pandemic Emergency Technical Support Grant for 2021.

image, right: Kelly Carroll, Bristlecone Pine
image, lower: Home Means Nevada exhibition flier