West of Worcester –– Reflections on Grad Night

UNR Art History professor Brett M. Van Hoesen 's essay commissioned in conjunction with the CCAI Courthouse Gallery exhibition "Grad Night" is now online.

West of Worcester –– Reflections on Grad Night

[Artwork from Grad Night: Aimee Doran. "You Betcha," digital photography. 2008. 18” x 24”]

Grad Night Artist Reception Tonight!

Friday June 19
CCAI Courthouse Gallery 5 to 7 pm
Grad Night Artist Reception

Exhibition of work by the UNR and Sierra Nevada College BFA and MFA Classes of 2009

[photograph of Grad Night installation featuring works by Bryan Christiansen – sculptures in foreground, Christina Lee – paintings, and Jonathan Farber. CCAI will publish an online catalog of all the works in the show in the weeks ahead.]

CCAI Grad Night!

June 15 - September 2
CCAI Courthouse Gallery
885 East Musser Street [map]
Carson City

Grad Night
Exhibition of work by the UNR and Sierra Nevada College BFA and MFA Classes of 2009

Opening reception: Friday, June 19 | 5–7 pm

Bryan Christiansen
Aimee Doran
Jeff Erickson
Jonathan Farber
Jonah Harjer
Ahren Hertel
Christina Lee
Jocelyn Meggait
James Nagel
Dominique Palladino
Melissa Swanson

The project also includes a catalog essay by UNR Art History professor Brett Van Hoesen.

[Graphic: "Passage of Knowledge," Christina Lee. Oil on canvas. 4' x 12', 2009.]

RSVP! - Grad Night Party Auction Fundraiser Celebration- May 8!

Fundraising event and party for "Grad Night," CCAI's June exhibition of work by the UNR and Sierra Nevada College BFA and MFA Class of 2009.

Many of the participating artists will be in attendance.


[click on image to enlarge. We hope you can attend and help support northern Nevada's young artists and CCAI!]

Cervidae

Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
Church Fine Arts Building
University of Nevada, Reno

April 27 - May 1
BFA Exhibition
Bryan Christiansen
Cervidae

artist reception: April 30 | 6–8 pm



"... Christiansen’s work is an amalgamation of male and female pastimes pressed into the deconstruction and recontextualization of discarded objects of the home."

Mr. Christiansen's work will be included in "Grad Night," CCAI's June exhibition of work by graduating UNR and Sierra Nevada College MFA and BFA students.

[text and graphic from UNR Sheppard Art Gallery press release. Click on image to enlarge.]

Smoke and Mirrors

[Below, link to a second review by Brad Bynum in the Reno News & Review of an artist featured in CCAI's upcoming June 2009 "Grad Night" exhibition project.]

Smoke and mirrors
Jeff Erickson

By Brad Bynum

"Just four days before the opening of his exhibit Western Star in the Sheppard Gallery, Jeff Erickson was still making decisions about his installation. This wasn’t indecision—it was part of the creative process. When artists who work in traditional media—like, say, oil paints—install their work in a gallery, their primary concern is to display their artwork in a representative manner. But for a site-specific artist like Erickson, the installation process is the artwork."

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[Photo from Reno New & Review. Caption: "Jeff Erickson, with reflection, during the installation of Western Star." Photo by Brad Bynum."]

Ahren Hertel Theory of evolution

[An exhibition by UNR MFA candidate Ahren Hertel, one of the artists to be featured in CCAI's June 2009 "Grad Night" exhibition project, is the subject of a review by Brad Bynum in the current Reno News & Review.]


Theory of evolution
With his MFA thesis exhibit, Ahren Hertel evolves
beyond pop surrealism
By Brad Bynum

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[photo from Reno News & Review website. Caption: "Hertel’s style is evolving from pop surrealism to more realistic portraiture."]