Great Basin Basketmakers

Nevada State Museum
600 N. Carson Street
Carson City

March 25
Interwoven 2010: Visions of the Great Basin Basketmakers
Reception: 5-6:30 pm

6:30 pm: Frances Humphrey Lecture
Basketry as Art: Does a Basket Have to Hold Something?

Presentation and discussion with Great Basin Basketmakers Founder Mary Lee Fulkerson.

Ms. Fulkerson, also founder of Wild Women, explores the very nature and definition of basketry, the question of art versus craft, and the evolution of “old time” basketry to contemporary woven sculptures and constructions.

Joining the discussion Rossitza Todorova, Nevada Arts Council Community Arts Program Development Associate; and Deborah Stevenson, Nevada State Museum Curator of Education

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[Graphic from NSM. Click on image to enlarge.]

To: From: through April 2

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

Exhibition:
From: To: a study of space and commuting

Collaborative exhibition by Carson City photographer Kelly Bridegum and Reno artist Rossitza Todorova, inspired by the artists’ daily 45-minute drive though the high desert of Washoe Valley.

[graphic from Rossitza Todorova's website.]

TRG Invitational

Truckee River Gallery
"TRG Invitational"
Through February 1

Artist Reception January 17, 4-7 pm

[Image from exhibition. "Highway and Bridge Stand Unfinished." Rossitza Todorova ink on watercolor paper, 2007"]