Patsy Cline, Christmas and More`

Brewery Arts Center

Saturday, December 8
7:30 pm

BAC Performance Hall

Tickets
$25 preferred seating
$22 balcony
$3 off BAC members, seniors, & students

Joni Morris is well-known for her own special tribute to the queen of country music, Patsy Cline, and has been playing to sold out crowds across the country. This is a show that will truly delight country music fans, and the show will truly bring in the Christmas spirit!

[graphic from BAC Web site.]

CCAI Holiday Party Saturday, December 1

You're Invited!

CCAI will host its first ever holiday party this Saturday, December 1 from one to five at CCAI Downtown!, our temporary exhibition|project space at the corner of 3rd and Curry Streets in Carson City's historic downtown.

From the new edition of the Flash: "The party will feature door prizes, rockin' music [courtesy of our in-house iPod DJ Christina Bruce!], treats, and surprises. It will also provide a great opportunity to purchase artworks by participating local Carson 5 artists Carol Brown, Michael Gilbert, Nanette Oleson, Ralph Phillips and James Simpson, books from Box Sled Publishing and Radical Fashion Designer Kodi Fuji. What better way to support local artists and CCAI? [a portion of the proceeds will go to support CCAI's programs.]

Free and open to the public. We hope to see you all there!

[image from google search for 'holiday party.']

Katherine Bennett

Artist Lecture
Katherine Bennett
Sheppard Gallery

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Church Fine Arts Complex, University of Nevada, Reno

The Curatorial Studies class is honored to present a lecture by artist Katherine Bennett, to correspond with her concurrent exhibition, Antenna Clouds, in the McNamara Gallery.

Ms. Bennett did her graduate studies at the School of The Art School Institute of Chicago. She is interested in memories and social spaces. She often creates interactive environments involving light and sound.

[image from a google search for 'Antenna Clouds']

Christopher Miles

The University of Nevada, Reno Art Department Visiting Critic Lecture Series

Christopher Miles

Thursday. Dec. 6 | 5:30 - 6:30pm
Church Fine Arts Building
Room 153

"Christopher Miles is Associate Professor of Art Theory and Criticism at California State University, Long Beach, where he is Graduate Advisor and Associate Chair of the Art Department. He also has taught at Art Center College of Design, the Claremont Graduate University, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Southern California. He is recipient of a 2004 Penny McCall Award for his work as a writer/curator, and presently writes for Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, Flaunt, Frieze and the Los Angeles Times."

more

[image from a google search for 'Long Beach']

SNC Choir at St. Patrick's

Sierra Nevada College Choir Winter Concert
November 29 - 7:30 pm
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
341 Village Boulevard
Incline Village, Nevada
[map]

Under the direction of Donna Axton, the Winter Concert will feature a number of seasonal favorites including Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and carols & lullabies from the Southwest.
Tickets: $12/advanced sales, $15 at the door, $10 for all students and seniors. Outlets for advance purchase: The Potlatch or SNC Bookstore (Incline)

Contact: Donna Axton 775-831-1314 ext. 7586

[image from google search for 'choir,' found on the Encyclopeadia Britannica Web site Caption: Detail of carvings on the wall of the choir, Amiens Cathedral, France. © 1997; AISA, Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, España.]

NVN XX - Adam Lerner - Art & Ideas

Save the Date!
Wednesday, November 14 - 7 pm
Carson City Library

Nevada Neighbors XX: "Experimenting with Art and Ideas"
Adam Lerner – Director, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar

read the press release for details!



[graphic from google image search for 'ideas.' From a cover of the New York Times magazine.]

NVN Reminder!

Wednesday, October 17 - 7pm | Nevada Neighbors-Jeff Kelley | China Now!

READ all about it!

[image from the Daily Mail from a google image search for "China"]

CCAI Radical Fashion Benefit Event!

Radical Fashion Radical Fashion Benefit Fashion Show and Dinner
Saturday Evening, October 13
Station Grille
tickets: 775.843-4903

Read all about it! - and see post below Radical Fashion exhibition

[photo caption: CCAI Radical Fashion Designer Kodi Fujii. Featured in October 13 Benefit Fashion Show.]

Nevada Neighbors XIX: Jeff Kelley | China

Save the Date!

Wednesday, October 17 - 7 pm
Carson City Library [map]
Nevada Neighbors
China Now: New Horizons in Chinese Contemporary Art
Arts Writer|Curator Jeff Kelley

press release


[photo caption: Curator|Arts Writer Jeff Kelley — and former Nevada Arts Council staffer and UNR visiting faculty.]

Radical Fashion Design Studio Update!

[As promised in an earlier post, below is an update on the first of four CCAI programs focusing on the intersection of art and fashion. Check the link to the press release for details and more pictures.]

Radical Fashion Design Studio
CCAI Downtown!
Saturdays, July 21, July 28
+ August 4 * 1 pm-5 pm

Hands-on DIY Fashion Workshop
Snacks + Materials Provided!

details | press release

[photo of Design Studio presenter Kodi Fujii in one of her creations.]

Radical Fashion I

Saturday, July 21 | Saturday July 28 + Saturday August 4 * 1-5pm
CCAI Downtown!
northeast corner of 3rd and Curry Streets

Radical Fashion Design Studio

Hands-on DIY Fashion Workshop
Snacks + Materials Provided!

Details upcoming!


[photograph: designer Milan delVecchio, {right}, modeling one of her creations. Milan, a Carson High School graduate, is one of the participating artists in CCAI's Radical Fashion project.]