WNC Carson Galleries Present:

Western Nevada College
Carson City Campus
WNC Carson City
2201 West College Parkway
Carson City, NV 89703

WNC Galleries
Bristlecone Building

Note January 8 reception!

[graphic from WNC press mailing. Click on image to enlarge.]

A very special FWAC!

Wednesday September 1, 4:30–6 pm
FWAC!
[First Wednesdays Arts Coffee]
WNC Carson City Campus

FWAC! is CCAI's monthy gathering of artists and arts & culture enthusiasts for coffee and conversation. As always, all welcome to attend!

This month we feature a very special FWAC! on the WNC Carson City campus [2201 West College Parkway] in the Main Gallery in conjunction with the artists reception for Secrets Revealed, a printmaking exhibition organized by Candace Nicol.

Special thanks to our hosts at WNC!

[Graphic from Google image search for 'coffee and art .' Click on image to enlarge.]

WNC Student Art Show

Western Nevada College
Carson City Campus
WNC Carson City
2201 West College Parkway
Carson City, NV 89703

WNC Galleries
Bristlecone Building

Juror: Reno artist and graphic designer Maria Partridge.

[CCAI congratulates WNC and all participating artists, including CCAI's very own Program Associate Christel Passink!
Graphic from WNC. Click on image to enlarge.]

The Artistry of Western Ranching Culture

January 25-March 11

Western Nevada College
College Gallery
Bristlecone Building

“The Lingo of Our Calling: The Legacy of Cowboy Poetry”
Artists Reception: Wednesday, January 27 | 4:30-5:30 pm

"'The Lingo of Our Calling' offers a glimpse into ranching culture of the rural West through the lens of cowboy poetry and related art forms.

The multimedia show features cowboy poetry, music and gear, paintings, photography, posters, and quilting. Short films featuring the art and work of contemporary ranchers offer insight into the culture from those who work the land.

From the time of the open range and trail drives to today’s ranching generation, cowboy poetry, storytelling and music have been a means of entertainment and communication. Because of their universal themes – friendship, loyalty, connection to place, loss, loneliness and change – these art forms have an appeal that reaches well beyond the culture from which it emanates."

Curated by the Western Folklife Center in Elko, and presented as part of the Nevada Arts Council’s Nevada Touring initiative.

Gallery Hours: Weekdays from 9 am - 8 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm

[text and graphic from WNC press release. Caption: "'The Legend of Pecos Bill.' 1948. Harold Von Schmidt (1893-1982). Courtesy of the Museum of Texas Tech University.]

Red, Blue and Other Colors

Western Nevada College
Main Gallery
Bristlecone Building
Carson City Campus

Through January 7, 2010

Galen Brown
"Red, Blue and Other Colors"

more

We extend best wishes to CCAI Alum Galen Brown who was featured in "Waves: Line and Rhythm", a spring 2008 one-person exhibition at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery.


[Graphic from CCAI exhibition. Caption: "Galen Brown. Detail from "Wave" series of 100 drawings. China marker, Colored Pencil, and Spray fix on board mounted on aluminum. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4."
2004.]

Exhibitions in the WNC Galleries

[Click on image to enlarge. CCAI extends best wishes to WNC and the participating artists, with a special 'shout-out' to Jim McCormick who will be featured in a special exhibition of site-specific work opening winter 2010 at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery.]

WNC Faculty on Display!

[graphic from UNR press release. Click on image to enlarge.]

Always Lost

Western Nevada College + Lone Mountain Writers
Bristlecone Building
Main Gallery
Carson, City

May 28 - August 14
Opening reception: Thursday, May 28th 6-8 pm

Always Lost: A Meditation on War

Gallery hours: 9 am – 8 pm M–F | Sat 10 am – 4 pm

[graphic from WNC press release. Click on image to enlarge.]

WNC Time Bomb

Impressions of the Earth

Western Nevada College
Bristlecone Building
Main Gallery
Carson, City

January 20 - February 20
Gil Martin
Impressions of the Earth

reception Wednesday, February 4, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Gallery hours: M-F 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat-Sun 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"To say that the artist has an organic approach may be an understatement. In his words: “The colors I use come directly from the earth. I gather the pigments myself, generally from road-cuts, on my travels throughout the United States. To make paint, I mix the natural pigments with a starch paste made from wheat or corn flour.”

Martin will exhibit paintings, sculptures and photographs, including a 7’x 25’ untitled mural. In creating his work, he sometimes labors outside on the ground, using an aqueous paint. “I eschew complete control over the medium, letting the paint pool and run across the uneven surfaces of the ground," he said.

“My work is intended to be non-objective. The shapes, surfaces, and linear elements are meant to communicate balance, tension, and resolve, through the visual language of painting. I attempt to put colors in arrangements that accentuate the beauty of the material. Natural processes - the flow of a river, the decomposition of a leaf, the shape and movement of a tumbleweed rolling across the road – inspire me to paint.”"

[text and photograph from WNC press release. Photo Caption: "Artist Gil Martin paints on an untitled mural for his show at the WNC College Gallery. At right is his "studio assistant," Ebenezer."]