Oasis 2009

March 6 | 7:15am – 5pm

Siena Hotel Spa Casino
Reno

"OASIS 2009 Conference: Cultural Leadership -
A call to Action

"The challenges facing our communities today are formidable – it is no longer business as usual. Now is the time for Nevada’s cultural leadership to champion a vision that invests in people and the places they live; and promotes the creative industry’s essential role for our state.

OASIS 2009 will focus on issues that address today’s economic realities as well as topics that are consistently relevant for arts administrators, artists and trustees/board members. From fundraising, advocacy and branding to creative markets, artnerships, and surviving and even thriving during a crisis, the presentations will be of value. After lunch at the National Automobile Museum, a panel of visionary speakers will challenge Nevada’s cultural community to provide the leadership necessary to transform today’s crisis into tomorrow’s catalyst for change.

Speakers
Georja Skinner - chief officer, Creative Industries Division, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii
Alan Brown - principal, Wolf Brown Consultants, San Francisco, CA
Jay Dick – director, State and Local Government Affairs, Americans for the Arts, Washington D.C.
Steven Nightingale - writer, venture capitalist, casino owner, conservationist and philanthropist, NV, CA and Spain
Karen Craig - consultant, creative economic development, Reno, NV
Richard Hooker, urban arts coordinator, Office of Cultural Affairs-City of Las Vegas
Lisa Stamanis, Public Art and Gallery Programs, Office of Cultural Affairs-City of Las Vegas

Conference Information
Registration is $40, which includes conference materials and meals. Conference attendees may attend The 29th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards Celebration for a special ticket price of $25. Unless noted otherwise, all OASIS 2009 activities will occur at the Siena Hotel Spa Casino. The OASIS 2009 registration desk opens at 7:15 a.m. at Lexie’s on the River at the Siena Hotel Spa Casino. Continental breakfast will be available to OASIS 2009 attendees."

Registration 775.687.6680.

[text and graphic from Nevada Arts Council website.]

Cinnamon Theologies

Nevada Museum of Art
160 West Liberty Street
Reno, Nevada

Thursday June 19
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Sonnet Reading from Cinnamon Theologies
Steven Nightingale

"Join the NMA and the Black Rock Press in welcoming Steven Nightingale for a special reading from Cinnamon Theologies, his third book of sonnets. Nightingale’s newest writings are meant to explore the beauties and blessings available everywhere—in the elements of daily life, in woman and child, in art, and in the wild Great Basin. Published by the Black Rock Press, copies of Cinnamon Theologies will be available for purchase at the event. A reception and book-signing will follow the program.

Admission to this event is free. A ticket is required for guaranteed seating. Tickets are available on a “first come, first served” basis and are available for pick-up only beginning June 3 at the NMA admissions desk."

[graphic: detail of cover of Black Rock Press publication, Cinnamon Theologies. Bob Blesse, Designer.]