Field Guides

"CAP," CCAI's year long focus on art in public, continues this month with "Field Guide," an art-in-print and online project by Seattle artist Jennifer Montgomery.

Two hundred copies of the 'guide' were printed in Seattle by the artist in the University of Washington Printmaking Department studios. They will be assembled in mid-May with the help of volunteers in Carson City, and distributed on May 14 and 15 to local cafes, bookstores, the public library, shops, and to people visiting the historic downtown.

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[image: Detail of "Field Guide." courtesy of the artist.]

Invitation to a Dance

Participatory Art|Dance Performances

As part of "CAP," our year long focus on art in public, we are proud to present "Three Minutes of Intimacy," a performance work by New York-based CAP artist, Elaine Tin Nyo.

CCAI will stage participatory dance performances on Saturday, May 5 at the Carson City Harley-Davidson dealership from one to four p.m., and on Sunday, May 6 at the Greenhouse Garden Center from ten a.m. to one p.m. At the events, Ms. Tin Nyo will dance with passersby on a temporary dancefloor for three minutes. She will then lead three minutes of conversation with her dance partner.

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[image courtesy of the artist]

CCAI Courthouse Gallery Relaunches: Homeless in Nevada Exhibition

Following a one year hiatus, the CCAI reopens the Carson City Courthouse Gallery with "Homeless in Nevada: Street Stories," a photography exhibition organized by Reno City Police Officer Patrick O’Bryan. The photographs were previously exhibited in the Nevada State Legislature building.

A reception will take place Tuesday, May 1, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the Courthouse Gallery. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.

Click here to read the press release.

[photograph from CCAI Courthouse Gallery exhibition]

Stephen High Update

Steven High, former Director at the Nevada Museum of Art, has accepted a position as director of the Telfair Museum of Art. We wish him all the best.

[image from announcement of position]

Carson City ranked # 3 city in U.S. for Artists

According to Business Week ...

[And we trust that CCAI's trailblazing efforts factored into the ranking!]

Yuji Hiratsuka, UNR Visiting Printmaking Artist

Yuji Hiratsuka, Visiting Printmaking Artist
Art Department, University of Nevada, Reno

Thursday March 15, 2007
Printmaking Demonstration 2:30pm Room 204
Lecture 5:30 pm Room 153, Church Fine Arts Complex
Reception 6:30 - 7:30, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery

NVN XVIII: Signs of Life: Murals and Spraycan Art

Wednesday, March 7 - 7 p.m.

"Nevada Neighbors XVIII: Signs of Life: Murals and Spraycan Art"
Illustrated talk by Photographer Jim Prigoff
Carson City Library
reception at the Library at 6:15

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free and open to the public

[image: Carson City mural by CAP artist Erik Burke]

How To Cross The Street

Our CAP exhibition at WNCC continues through March 23 at WNCC. Click here for details!

[image: installation view of CAP artist Elaine Tin Nyo's suite of six ballroom dance photographs, a central element of her work in the exhibition.]

One Way Street

Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
UNR Art Dept

March 1 - April 6, 2007
One Way Street:exhibition of four international artists working with video:
Amanda Beech, Pierre Bismuth, Mark Leckey, Jaspar Joseph-Lester, Roman Vasseur.

"How To Cross The Street" - Reception February 28 at WNCC

You're invited!

A public reception is scheduled next Wednesday, February 28, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the WNCC gallery for "How To Cross The Street," CCAI's CAP [CCAI Art in Public] exhibition.

Featured artists are Elaine Tin Nyo [New York], Jenna Montgomery [Seattle] and Erik Burke [Reno]. CAP writer Kris Vagner [Reno] will contribute an exhibtion essay.

Jenna Montgomery's work in the exhibition includes a collaborative project featuring artworks by twenty-two Carson High School art students.

The Main Gallery is located in the Bristlecone Building at Western Nevada Community College, 2201 W. College Parkway, Carson City.

Admission is free.

press release

[image by Elaine Tin Nyo of ballroom dancers, included in the exhibition]