Never Ender is back!

Never Ender 

"clothes, accessories and art by emerging artists"

[graphic from store website.]

Holland 0-1 Spain [and now back to life as we usually know it ...]

[As the World Cup ends and with it, our month-long soccer indulgence, we feature one last bit of World Cup media - a deft English salute to the ultimate game. Do note that "Goal 2010!" CCAI's exhibition of the FIFA Fine Art Poster PortfolioGoal 2010! continues at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery continues through September 10, and we'll periodically feature prints from the exhibition, and soccer books at the Carson City Library.]

Brick-by-brick fussball: World Cup Final: Holland 0-1 Spain

A recreation of the 2010 World Cup final "in which Spain kept all their pieces together despite dirty play from the Dutch" from the brilliant and sadder-but-wiser mates staffing the Guardian sports desk.

One of a suite of their riveting marriages of stop frame animation Legos and actual match audio.

WATCH  to relive the yellow cards held high – and Iniesta's ball finding the back of the net.

Link to all the videos, including a painful recreation of Rob Green's 'awful moment' in the USA-England match.

Sierra Arts
Northwest Reno Library Gallery
2325 Robb Drive, Reno

John Molezzo
"Visons of Reno"

"It’s late at night and I’m heading south through town on Virginia Street, maybe I’ll take a right on Second Street and drop by the El Cortez, say “Hi” to Bill Fong, or maybe I’ll keep going and pay my respects to Dorothy at Landrum’s, have a cup of joe and a slice of apple pie. It’s one of those midnight drives where the streets are full of gamblers and dreamers while the neon’s buzzing in reds and blues and yellows and greens. Maybe I’ll stop in at the Mapes, see if ol’ Blue is working the graveyard tonight. Maybe I’ll ride the elevator up to The Sky Room and stare out at the twinkling lights of the Biggest Little City just one more time before I head home."

Through September 2.

[Text and graphic from Sierra Arts website.]

Relic

Saint Mary's Art Center
55 N. "R" Street
Virginia City 89440

Relic: Dominique Palladino

"Dominique Palladino is a sculptor/performance artist who recently graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Interested in the visceral and rich history of the formerly known hospital turned art center, Palladino relishes in the idea and duality of past and present, identity and placement, the sacred and the discarded, survival and surrender, and loss vs. gain. Rooted in her utilization of feminine symbology and bodily materials, Relic is a new body of work that explores Palladino’s level of relatedness to her surrounding environments by using the idea of ritual to interact with personal, surviving objects of something past; such as menstruation, animal remains, and artifacts from previous performance pieces. Relic displays an introspective strive to find comfort in an uncomfortable place."

Gallery hours: Tue - Sun 11am - 4pm

Soft Opening: Saturday, July 10th 12pm – 4pm
Exhibition through September 7

[Text and graphic from the artist. CCAI extends congratulations to best wishes to CCAI AIE artist Dominique, and SMAC!]

Bend It Like Beckham at the Carson City Library !

"Who wants to cook chapattis when you can bend a ball like Beckham?

If you're 18, love Beckham and can bend a ball like him the world's your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess Bhamra  - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it. Do you think your marriage-obsessed folks will let you play a man's game?"

In conjunction with Goal 2010!, CCAI's exhibition of World Cup fine art posters at its Courthouse Gallery, the CCAI Blog! is delighted to feature related media at the Carson City Library and CLAN Cooperative Libraries Automated Network.

With this post, we  spotlight Bend It Like Beckham, a film directed and co-written by by  Gurinder Chadha. A DVD of the film is available through CLAN.

The film, a serious, thoughtful and hilarious comedy, lovingly depicts  the cultural challenges common to England's first and second generation immigrants  - and the more universal coming-of-age clashes well known to all parents and teens. And of course it's about a passion for soccer.

The 2003 film  stars Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, at the time relatively unknown actors. The former went on to play Dr. Neela Rasgotra on televisions long running situation drama "E.R." for no less than 129 episodes. The latter, now on Hollywood's A List, has wowed audiences in Pirates of the Carribean, Love Actually, Pride and Prejudice and Atonement.

The film received a PG-13 MPAA  rating for adult situations and language.

The Carson City Library and CLAN collections have an impressive number of tomes devoted to the 'beautiful game. You can browse all the library's soccer holdings by visiting the library -- or by visiting the library's online catalog. A library card will give you premium access.

[Graphic and opening quote from Cinematic Intelligence Agency web page for 'Bend It Like Beckham.']  

July Showbiz Kids!

[graphic from CVAC website. Click on image to enlarge.]

art form | ballet | religion

"To the aesthete it is an art form, an athletic ballet.  To the spiritually inclined it is a religion."

-- Paul Gardner

[Graphic from "Goal 2010!" exhibition of the FIFA Fine Art Poster Portfolio at the Capital City Arts Initiative Courthouse Gallery in Carson City, Nevada. Caption: "Stadia II." 2004. By Ethiopian born artist Julie Mehretu.]

July FWAC!

Wednesday, July 7 | 4:30-6 pm
FWAC!
First Wednesday Arts Coffee

The Bliss Mansion

608 Elizabeth Street *

Carson City

All CCAI Blog readers: you are cordially invited to attend CCAI's trademark caffeinated informal gathering at the incomparable Bliss Mansion. *

Please join us for coffee and conversation this Wednesday–and the first Wednesday of every month!

Specials thanks, as always, to our hosts Cindy and Steve Brenneman.

* located at the corner of Robinson and Elizabeth Streets in Carson City's Historic District across the street from the Governor's Mansion.

[graphic from Google image search for 'coffee club .']

Soccer at the Carson City Library !

In conjunction with Goal 2010!, CCAI's exhibition of World Cup fine art posters at its Courthouse Gallery, the CCAI Blog! is delighted to feature related books and media at the Carson City Library.

The library's collection has an impressive number of tomes devoted to the 'beautiful game. With this post, we  spotlight "Mia Hamm: Soccer Star" by Rob Kirkpatrick.

The 24 page book features information on the United States' most famous soccer player–with all due respect to Landon Donovan! It's a good introduction to Ms. Hamm and a fine 'read to,' 'look at together' book for parents and four to eight year-olds.

The text is pegged at a third grade level for young readers.

You can browse all the library's soccer books by visiting the library -- or by visiting the library's  online catalog.

[Graphic from Google Books]

Kids around the world

"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man."

-- Pele

[Graphic from "Goal 2010!" exhibition of the FIFA Fine Art Poster Portfolio at the Capital City Arts Initiative Courthouse Gallery. Caption: "World Cup SA 2010." 2009 By South African  artist Marlene Dumas, known for her ability to capture her subject with  frank honesty.  4th of 17 posts featuring the posters in the portfolio. Click on image to enlarge.]