CCAI 2009 CAP Awards Announced!

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CCAI Announces Second Biennial “CAP” Awards Recipients Pat Calhoun Ariaz and Steele & Associates

The Capital City Arts Initiative is delighted to announce its second CAP Awards recipients, Steele & Associates, and Pat Calhoun Ariaz. The awards, given out every two years, were established in 2007 to acknowledge long-term supporters of CCAI and the arts in northern Nevada.

The 2009 awardees will be presented with a limited edition cap, embroidered with the initials “CAP,” at a luncheon hosted at Carson City's classic American diner, The Cracker Box, on Friday January 23rd.

The luncheon will begin at 1:30pm. Consistent with CCAI's inclusive approach to the arts, tickets are available on a sliding scale from seventeen dollars and fifty cents to seventeen hundred and fifty dollars. Proceeds from the event will support CCAI’s Artists In Education programs. The Cracker Box is located at 402 E. William Street, Carson City.

CAP honoree Pat Calhoun Ariaz is recognized for her long standing philanthropic work with the James W. Calhoun Foundation. The foundation started in February 1953. Prior to its closing in 2007, the foundation provided significant support to various arts and culture organizations agencies including CCAI, the Brewery Arts Center, and the Nevada State Museum.

"Pat's vision and leadership have been key to the foundation's mission," comments CCAI Executive Director Sharon Rosse. "Northern Nevada's non-profits are very fortunate to have her support."

Pat, a Carson High School graduate, is the daughter of Thelma Calhoun, a pioneering area arts activist, and James W. Calhoun, in whose honor the foundation was named.

Steele & Associates is Certified Public Accounting firm in Carson City. It offers a wide range of services to individual and business clients. The firm is committed to the area, and has generously provided pro bono accounting services to CCAI since 2005.

Founding partner Benjamin Steele has practiced in Carson City since receiving his CPA certificate in 1979. His son Jon, a native Carsonian, is a managing partner of the firm.

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[Photographs - Pat Calhoun Ariaz with daughter and grand-daughter; Ben and Jon Steele]