Giving Thanks

CCAI wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving!

This year and every year we are especially thankful for our good fortune to work with fantastic artists, brilliant cultural animators, and wonderful northern Nevada arts supporters!

We hope to see you all at the 2nd Annual CCAI Holiday Party Wednesday, December 3!

[illustration from google image searches for 'Cranberry Jelly' and 'Freedom from Want.']

Nutcracker Ballet

Pinkerton Dance Academy
The Nutcracker Ballet

Thanksgiving weekend
November 28 ~ 30, 2008

Carson City Community Center
Carson City

details

The Gift of Art & Community

WE may be just a little bit biased, but we can't imagine a better holiday gift than a CCAI membership!

A twelve-month membership makes for a great, unexpected surprise treat that helps build the arts, culture and community in northern Nevada.

CCAI memberships come in just about all sizes, from a dime-a-day category for artists/students, to the-sky's-the-limit option for our major benefactors. Memberships are tax-deductible, and feature a range of attractive benefits. But best of all, a CCAI membership gives the warm happy feelings that come with supporting community and creativity!

And of course feel free to treat yourself and family, as well as your friends and associates to a membership!

Click here for details.

And thanks for your support of CCAI - your arts organization!

[Note that although the photograph above accurately represents the enthusiasm and collective spirit of CCAI's growing membership, it is actually of a campaign rally in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to GC for the scouting help!]

Save the Date - CCAI Holiday Party!

Wednesday, December 3
4:30 - 7 p.m
Bliss Mansion*
FWAC! | 2nd Annual CCAI Holiday Party!

In conjunction with our monthly CCAI First Wednesdays Arts Coffee!

[With thanks as always to our hosts Cyndy and Steve Brenneman!]

*[corner of Robinson and Elizabeth Streets in historic Carson City]

Check back for details - and CCAI Flash Subscribers can look for a special email invitation soon!

[note that the graphic above is for illustration purposes only. Actual size and design of the CCAI party may vary.]

Western Nevada | South Pacific

Nov. 8 - 23, 2008 (Sat - Sun)

Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company

Carson City Community Center
851 E William St
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 887-2290

South Pacific

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, considered to be once of the greatest musicals of all time, a love story set in the South Pacific islands during World War II.

Nine performances, November 8-23. Fridays and Saturdays show begins at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. There is also a matinee on Saturday November 22 at 2pm. Tickets $18 for general admission, $16 for students and seniors, and $14 for youth 17 and under.

For tickets and information call 775-445-4249.

[graphic from google image search for 'South Pacific.']

Candace Nicol: Postures & Parts

[click on graphic to enlarge.]

Burning Man

McKinley Arts & Culture Center
925 Riverside Dr.
Reno, NV 89503
(775) 334-2417

"A new photography exhibit of Burning Man art is on display at McKinley Art Gallery from Oct. 23-Dec. 11. The exhibition is funded by Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and shows sculptures as they were displayed at Burning Man and then placed in civic environments as temporary public art. The photography captures the installations as they were experienced on the playa juxtaposed to their city locations."

[text from Reno News & Review arts calendar; photo from google image search for 'Burning Man.' Photo credit: Claudia Gold. Click to enlarge.]

"…arising from natural inclination"

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

November 17 - December 16, 2008
…arising from natural inclination: Susan Murrell

Opening Night Thursday Nov. 20, 2008
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Artist Lecture in Room 153, 6:30 - 8 pm Reception in Gallery

*Public access to installation process: Sat. Nov. 15 and Mon. Nov. 17, please call to confirm. 775-784-6658

"Susan Murrell is an emerging artist from Hood River, Oregon who will create two related eclectic and detailed installations for the gallery. Murrell uses invented biomorphic imagery to create a visual language to explore the acquisition and recall of knowledge. Her large-scale installations contain watercolor and pen drawings, gouache paintings on vellum, latex sculptures, encaustic and printmaking. Murrell's installation process will be open to the public as she creates her piece. Sheppard Gallery invited three undergraduate and graduate students to work as Murrell's assistants, an honor which gives our students first-hand knowledge of an artist's process."

3-D Glasses Provided!

[In the spirit of political canvassing, we're sending out a second notice of Wednesday's upcoming event at the Carson City Library, this time with a reminder that there is no need to bring your own 3-D glasses. These will be provided by CCAI.

No kidding. Professor Goldbaum will be demonstrating some spiffy emerging online 3-D display technologies during his talk!]

Carson City Library [map]
Wednesday, November 12 6:30 pm

Nevada Neighbors XXIV – "What We Know and How We Know It: Photography and History"

Multi-media presentation by UNR Journalism Professor Howard Goldbaum in conjunction with CCAI Courthouse Gallery exhibition "Capital Views."

Informal reception at 6:00 p.m.

Free and open to the public!
more | press release

press release for Capital Views Exhibition

[photo from google image search for '3-D glasses]

The Chalkboard Jungle

Stremmel Gallery
1400 South Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada 89502

Gallery hours:
M-F 9 am - 5:30 pm
Sat 10 am -3 pm

Opening reception: November 13 | 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Tom Judd
"The Chalkboard Jungle"
mixed media paintings

"Tom Judd creates paintings of birds, plants and landscapes upon collaged fragments of antique floral wallpaper, old maps, botanical prints, maps, and sewing pattern paper. The resulting superimposed images are an exploration of the effect that change of context has upon a found object, often revealing the contradictory emotions that an artifact from an earlier time may have on the modern viewer. Describing his work, Judd says he combines "landscape, still life, patterns and figures to imitate the eclectic nature of our memories.""

exhibition continues through December 6.


[graphic from Stremmel Web site.]

November 4, 2008 !

CCAI encourages everyone to get out and vote. Your participation in the electoral process is critical in these historic times!

Find your polling place!

What We Know and How We Know it

Mark Your Calendars!
Carson City Library [map]
Wednesday, November 12 6:30 pm

Nevada Neighbors XXIV – "What We Know and How We Know It: Photography and History"

Multi-media presentation by UNR Journalism Professor Howard Goldbaum in conjunction with CCAI Courthouse Gallery exhibition "Capital Views."

Informal reception at 6:00 p.m.

Free and open to the public!
more | press release

press release for Capital Views Exhibition

Post Election CCAI November 5 FWAC!

FWAC!, CCAI's monthly First Wednesday Arts Coffee
4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Bliss Mansion located at the corner of Robinson and Elizabeth Streets in historic Carson City across the street from the Governor's Mansion.

We hope you can join fellow artists, and arts & culture enthusiasts for our informal monthly arts gathering.

And stay tuned for word of a very special holiday FWAC! in December!

Our thanks as always to Cyndy and Steve Brenneman for their hospitality!

[image from a google image search for 'coffee']