Artists | Educators Grants!

[NB: Applications are due August 17.]

Nevada Arts Council
Jackpot Grants

"Jackpots Grants are awarded on a quarterly schedule to eligible individuals and organizations to support new or exemplary arts projects. Jackpots are also designed to support activities that help artists further their careers. Artists must have attained a certain level of proficiency as represented in the quality of work samples submitted with the applications.

Examples of eligible Jackpot projects for organizations include:
• Arts exhibitions, performances, readings and concerts
• Sponsoring of arts related workshops and conferences
• Marketing and promotional activities"

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Better Education Through the Arts Grants

"The Better Education Through the Arts (BETA) Grant are quarterly grants for teaching artists, educators, schools, public institutions, non-arts nonprofit organizations, and arts organizations not receiving a Development or Partners in Excellence (PIE) Grant from the Grants Program. BETA grants are awarded on a quarterly basis and support small arts education projects designed and presented by organizations and individuals."

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[text from NAC website. Graphic from Google image search for 'jackpot.']

Sierra Club Organized Hikes

Sierra Club Great Basin Club

July 21 (Tuesday) 5:30-8:00 PM
Easy to Moderate Paced Conditioning Hike.

"We will be doing weekly Tuesday evening hikes through September. Hikes are about 4 miles, with minimal to moderate elevation gain in the parks and foothills of the Reno-Sparks area. We hike about 2 hours. Please call the hike hotline (473-1445) for directions and trail descriptions. DL. Leaders: Yvonne Jerome, Karen Todd, Kelly Johns. Moderately easy."

Donations For Outings: $1. $2. for non-members

[text and photograph from club website. caption: "Lola Montez Lake Hike (07-04-2009). Led by Craig Mastos, eighteen of us hiked the up-&-down trail to reach Lower Lola Montez where several swam in the cool water. Then we climbed the granite chute, traversing the white granite terrain up above, to get to Upper Lola Montez lake. Even more swim suits came out for an irresistible swim up there. Views for 30-40 miles? Photos by Carol-Lynn & Gary."]

Bastille Day: le jour de gloire est arrivé

"The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. While the prison only contained seven prisoners at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution, and it subsequently became an icon of the French Republic. In France, Le quatorze juillet (14 July) is a public holiday, formally known as the Fête de la Fédération (Federation Holiday). It is usually called Bastille Day in English."

Below are two versions of la Marseillaiese, each fierce in their own way. CCAI wishes everyone a Happy Bastille Day!

La Marseillaise - Serge Gainsbourg

La Marseillaise - Mireille Matthieu

[Text from Wikipedia. Graphic from Google image search for "storming of the Bastille."]

India @ Your Library

Carson City Library
900 N Roop
Carson City, NV 89701
775.887-2244

Thursday, July 16 6 pm
Explore the World @ Your Library: India with Rupali Mohansingh

Mohansingh is from the southern city of Hyderabad in India. She studied Chemical Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering both in India and the United States. She works in the Environmental Services Division for the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Explore the World @ Your Library is a bimonthly Thursday night program, featuring presentations by people from other countries or by those who have traveled internationally. If interested in presenting a foreign country, please call 887-2244 ext. 1021.

[text from Carson City Library. Graphic from Google image search for 'Hyderabad.' Caption: "Charminar, Hyderabad."]

Call for Artists!

City of Reno Art Galleries
c/o McKinley Arts & Culture Center
925 Riverside Drive, Suite 2
Reno, Nevada 89503

"Currently accepting exhibition proposals for City of Reno Galleries: Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall, Gallery East & West at McKinley Arts and Culture Center, and Southside Cultural Center Gallery. Seven eight-week exhibitions will be scheduled for August 2009 through October 2010, four alternates (one for each gallery) will also be chosen. The Arts and Culture Division manages these galleries and curates exhibitions of two and three dimensional contemporary artwork in all media.

The deadline for submissions is Friday July 31, 2009; they must be received in the office by 5pm.

Submissions should include:
1) A CD with ten images that are representative of the work proposed for the exhibition. The work must have been completed within the last two years and must not have been shown within a 100 mile radius of Reno, Nevada within the last 12 months. Each image should be numbered and should correlate to the Image List.
2) Image List: Typed, numbered and should identify the title, dimensions and medium of each piece.
3) Resume.
4) Artist Statement/Proposal: A brief statement about the artistic philosophy proposed for the exhibition.
5) Return envelope, self-addressed sufficiently stamped for return of all materials.
6) Artist Registry Form

Submit materials to:
Gallery Exhibition Program
McKinley Arts & Culture
925 Riverside Drive, Suite 2
Reno, Nevada 89503

For more info call 775-334-6264 or email sullivana at cityofreno.com

Ali Sullivan
Public Art Technician
City of Reno
775-334-6264

[text from City of Reno flier. Graphic from Google image search for 'City of Reno.']

DDR at the CCL!

Carson City Library
900 N Roop
Carson City, NV 89701
775.887-2244

Saturday, July 11 | noon - 4 pm
Teen Gaming: Dance Dance Revolution Tournament!

Call Library for details.

[graphic from Google image search for 'Dance Dance Revolution.']

Lavender Harvest Workshop

Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute

Wednesday July 22
Lavender Harvest Workshop
Lavender Ridge Farm
9 a.m. – 4 p.m
7450 West 4th Street
Reno

"Western Nevada College continues its program to develop small farm agriculture in Nevada with three summer harvest workshops. The first workshop will be held during lavender harvest season.

A daylong workshop will include sessions on growing and harvesting lavender, beekeeping, sales and marketing, and adding value to farm products.

Cost is $25 if registered by July 19, $30 after July 19, and includes a lunch prepared with locally-grown food.

Kristen and Mike Harris, owners of Lavender Ridge Farm, will be the featured speakers. Participants will tour the lavender field of more than 2,000 plants, view the distillation process, and tour the farm amenities including an event center, water feature, nursery, and gift shop.

Lavender Ridge was established on the site of a farmstead dating back to the 1920's. The farmhouse, barn, and several buildings were preserved and are currently in use.

The workshop will also include a session on the business of beekeeping, presented by Leonard Joy of Joy's Honey Farm. Joy has been keeping bees for more than 30 years and currently has 85 hives throughout northern Nevada. Other workshop sessions will focus on the importance of sales and marketing to increase farm profitability.

To register, contact Ginny Dugan, 775-423-5186, or visit WNC’s website."

[text and graphic from WNC press release.]

FY 2009 Grant Awards: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

National Endowment for the Arts Stimulus Grants to 3 Nevada Organizations

"Congratulations to three Nevada arts organizations receiving direct stimulus grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of job preservation in the arts – Clark County Cultural Division, Las Vegas ($50,000); Reno Chamber Orchestra, Reno ($25,000); and Western Folklife Center, Elko ($50,000).

The NEA received more than 2,000 applications for these funds, provided by the American Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act, and awarded 631 direct grants totaling $29,775,000."

Full list

[text from the Nevada Arts Council website. Graphic from Google image search for 'Capitol White House.']

Let's Talk

Carson City Library
900 N Roop
Carson City, NV 89701
775.887-2244

Wednesday, July 8 | 6pm
Let's Talk/Vamos a Platicar




Este es un programa donde miembros de la comunidad vienen a practicar conversación en inglés o/y español a su propio nivel una vez por mes.

This is a program where community members can come to practice conversation in English and/or Spanish at their own pace once a month.

[graphic from a google image search for 'conversation.' Caption: "René Magritte. The Art of Conversation. 1950. Oil on canvas. 65 x 81 cm. Private collection." Click on image to enlarge]

The Fog of War

[A bit outside the regular territory of the CCAI blog, with this post we link to information on Robert McNamara and "The Fog of War," a remarkable documentary work by filmmaker Errol Morris.]

Errol Morris

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Robert McNamara (June 9, 1916 — July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense. McNamara served as Defense Secretary for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1968.

more:
Terry Gross Fresh Air interviews:*

Robert McNamara On Doubts, And Vietnam
April 1995 interview with Robert McNamara

McNamara And The 'Fog Of War'
2005 interview with filmmaker Errol Morris

* available after 5 pm July 6.


[Text from Wikipedia. Graphic from Fog of War's official website. Click to enlarge.
The film, which features a brilliant musical score by Philip Glass, won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2004.]