Follow CCAI on Twitter + Save the Date!

YOU can now follow CCAI on Twitter! We hope you'll join our three early trailblazers to get timely updates.

AND as mentioned in our most recent tweet: "Save the Date! F October 16 CCAI "Recycled Seconds" Cocktail Party and DIY Fashion Show @ Classy Seconds! Details soon!

A portion of the proceeds will go to AEDV, Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

[screengrab of CCAI Twitter page. Click on image to enlarge.]

Global Lens International Film Series

Western Nevada College
International Film Series
Friday evenings - 7 p.m.
Marlette Hall
Cedar Building
Carson City Campus

September 18
“Getting Home"

$3. Western students with ID are free.

"Save your Friday nights this fall for a series of thought-provoking international films at Western Nevada College that explore cultures around the world.

Designed to promote cultural awareness, films are part of the Global Film Initiative’s “Global Lens 2009” series.

With partial funding by Nevada Humanities, the film stories are told in their native languages with English subtitles."

Schedule

GETTING HOME - Sept. 18
Zhang Yang, China, 2007

SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS - Sept. 25
Marat Sarulu, Kazakhstan, 2008

POSSIBLE LIVES – Oct. 2
Sandra Gugliotta, Argentina, 2006

I AM FROM TITOV VELES - Oct. 9
Teona Strugar Mitevska, Macedonia, 2007

MUTUM (EDU) - Oct. 16
Sandra Kogut, Brazil, 2007

MY TIME WILL COME - Oct. 23
Víctor Arregui, Ecuador, 2008

THE PHOTOGRAPH - Nov. 6
Nan Triveni Achnas, Indonesia, 2007

THOSE THREE (EDU) - Nov. 13
Naghi Nemati, Iran, 2007

SLEEPWALKING LAND - Nov. 20
Teresa Prata, Mozambique, 2007

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (EDU) - Dec. 4
Faouzi Bensaïdi, Morocco, 2006

[text, information and graphic from WNC press release. Caption: “Getting Home” is the story of a Chinese worker who honors a dying friend’s request to be buried in the Three Gorges region."]

WNC Faculty on Display!

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

Carleton Watkins in Yosemite

Nevada Museum of Art

160 West Liberty

Reno, Nevada

Carleton E. Watkins: Yosemite Photographs

"Discover the sites and landscapes of Yosemite as seen through the lens of nineteenth-century photographer Carleton E. Watkins. This small exhibition features views of Yosemite icons such as Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, the Merced River, and the redwood tree nicknamed Grizzly Giant. The sheer size of Yosemite’s natural monuments challenged artists, such as Watkins, to create equally large-scale works that reflected the epic scale of the future national park."

Through October 11

[text and graphic from museum website. Caption: "Carleton E. Watkins, Pompompasos, Three Brothers, Yosemite. Circa 1878-81/printed no later than 1883
Mammoth-plate albumen print, 21 x 15 ¼ inches. Private Collection.]

Open House at the Governor's Mansion

Saturday, September 12 | 2-5 p.m.
Centennial celebration of the Nevada Governor's Mansion
606 Mountain Street
Carson City

"Mansion Coordinator Helen Wiemer said Gov. Jim Gibbons opened the event to all Nevadans, saying it's their mansion."

more

[information and text from Nevada Appeal website, via an Around Carson tweet. Image from bobindrums' Flickr site.]

Nevada Neighbors September 9 kick-off!

Wed. Sept. 9 | 7 pm
Carson City Library
900 Roop Street
Nevada Neighbors Public Talk:
"Art + Change"
by Rachel M. Williams

Nevada Neighbors, CCAI's signature series of public talks, part of its visiting artists and scholars program of the same name, kicks off its 2009-2010 season on Wednesday, September 9 at 7 pm at the Carson City Library with a presentation by Rachel M. Williams of The University of Iowa. In what promises to be a lively and engaging illustrated talk, Ms. Williams, a teacher, artist, and cultural animator will talk about her work in the larger context of civically engaged and community-based artistic practice.

Rachel, a recipient of a MFA in painting, and a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University, has worked with prison inmates in several states. "Women on the Inside" was a two-year program with prisoners at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. Participants read and discussed the works of well-known women writers, attended workshops with visiting authors, and then wrote stories of their own.

She is currently working on graphic novel.

Nevada Neighbors welcomes artists, curators and scholars to northern Nevada for brief, three-day to week-long residencies. In addition to the LIbrary presentations, participants visit local schools and colleges for talks and workshops, as well as informal community meetings and gatherings.

The talk is presented in conjunction with "Recycled Second"s, CCAI's project focusing on community-based practice, DIY fashion design, sustainability and civic engagement.

The Library talk is free and open to the public. Early arrivals will have a chance to meet Ms. Williams, with cookies and coffee served at 6:30 pm.

Directions to the Library.

FB R.S.V.P.

[graphic from Rachel's Facebook page. Originally posted on September 2.]

Time in America

Churchill Arts Council
Oats Park Art Center
151 E. Park Street
Fallon, Nevada
775.423.1440

September 12 | 4 pm
A conversation with Lee Brumbaugh

5–7pm reception to follow

Lee Brumbaugh is Curator of Photography at the Nevada Historical Society in Reno. His project, "Time in America, Selections 1996-2009," of which eighty-eight images will be on view presents an idiosyncratic and metaphorical look at representations of time as perceived by the photographer.

[text and graphic from Churchill Arts Council press release.]

Measure Twice, Cut Once

Charleston Heights Art Center
800 South Brush Street
Las Vegas

September 4-November 19, 2009
"Measure Twice, Cut Once"
Brenda Jones

“I make these aprons and garments from manipulated and stitched papers and found materials primarily because of the connections they make with the tradition of hand and home made articles by anonymous women of the past, my grandmother included.” -

more information: 702.229-1012

[text and graphic from City of Las Vegas website. Caption: "Brenda Jones. 'Marriage Dress, used coffee filters, hand and machine stitching.'"

As part of "Recycled Seconds," CCAI's Fall 2009 project focusing on community-based practice, DIY fashion design, sustainability and civic engagement, the CCAI Blog! will feature a range of textiles|fashion projects through the end of the year.]

Nevada Humanities Grants Workshop

Nevada Humanities
P.O. Box 8029
Reno, NV 89507
(775) 784-6587

Wednesday, Sept. 9 | 4-5 p.m.
Northwest Reno Library
2325 Robb Drive

" ... open to anyone interested."

"Nevada Humanities offers grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations and government entities, such as libraries and schools, to fund public programs and educational programs in the humanities.

The next deadline for proposals is Oct. 10, 2009. Minigrant requests of up to $1,000 may be submitted at any time.

Nevada Humanities is especially interested in funding projects that promote community through various forms of engagement and that encourage conversation. This may be through face-to-face dialogue, such as lectures or panel and round-table discussions, but also through programs that stimulate thought and reflection, such as media productions, film screenings, exhibitions, local history projects and projects that explore local culture and Nevada's diverse heritage and unique places.

In addition to welcoming applications that explore a wide range of humanities topics, Nevada Humanities will have a special grant category for projects that explore themes in American history and heritage for the Oct. 10, 2009 deadline. Projects about Nevada history and heritage are encouraged, particularly if they link to larger national themes.

Nevada Humanities is one of 56 state and territorial humanities councils affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. With offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities creates public programs and supports public projects statewide that define the Nevada experience and facilitate the exploration of issues that matter to Nevadans and their communities."

Free to the public.

[Text from Nevada Humanities press release. Graphic from Google image search for 'humanities.'
CCAI is proud to be a Nevada Humanities recipient. Our current Nevada Humanities grant helps support our 2009-2010 public programs.]

In Heaven There is no Beer: Save the Date!

Carson City Library
Carson City Library Parking Lot
900 N Roop
Carson City
775.887-2244

Saturday, September 19 | 11 am – 6 pm
Oktoberfest-With a Twist

A benefit produced by the Carson City Library Foundation

"The Carson High Chamber Choir will open festivities. Their performance will be followed by The Schnitzel Groovers, playing traditional polka music until 2:30 p.m. Hard-driving rock and blues will take to the stage from 3:00 p.m. to close with Blues Edge Band.

The Carson Nugget, a major sponsor, will be grilling tasty sausages. Along with savory brats, hot dogs, German potato salad, pretzels and sauerkraut; citrus-spiced Hefeweizen and harvest brews provided by Capital Beverages; delicious desserts; and oodles of family fun will be served at the fundraiser to benefit the Carson City Library. Friends of the Carson City Library will provide the Carson City version of die Budenstrasse, the famous fairway at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, by hosting their own "Buchenstrasse", a pathway of hundreds of gently, used books at the ever popular book sale.

A compliment to the Friends' Book Sale will be a host of celebrated area authors. Invited authors will have their published books available for sale and book signings. Click here for a complete listing of visiting authors.

Oktoberfest contests such as dancing to the Chicken Dance, with Carson City Library's very own Dancing Chicken, an ice cream eating contest and stein holding contest will add to the fun and merriment. Guests are invited to wear traditional lederhosen (traditionally worn in the mountainous regions of Germany) and dirndls, the whimsical, folk-style dress worn by women in Germany.

The generous sponsorship of the Carson Nugget benefits Carson City Library in their commitment towards community involvement. An awakening of a vibrant downtown committed to public/private partnerships delivers opportunities for residents and visitors alike. Star Anderson, General Manager for the Carson Nugget notes, "The Carson Nugget is proud to be a major presenting sponsor with the Carson City Library. ... This partnership was made possible not only by the organization's commitment to "Community First", but by the unselfish 22 volunteers who are employed by the Carson Nugget. We look forward to a resounding success for the Oktoberfest event.""

[text from Library Press Release. Graphic from Google image search for 'Oktoberfest.']