NAC BUDGET INCREASE: ADVOCACY WORKS!
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With a $400,000 boost to the biennial budget of the Nevada Arts Council (NAC), the 2013 Nevada Legislative Session ended several years of deep cuts to the state agency responsible for providing access to the arts for all Nevadans.
A sustained statewide arts advocacy effort began in late summer of 2012, when advocates contacted Governor Brian Sandoval and requested a restoration of the nearly 53% lost by the NAC due to the recession. Advocates emphasized the importance of Arts Council programs and grants for their community's quality of life, the local economy, arts education and connection to attracting new businesses and tourists. The Governor heard the message and included $250,000 for the biennium for the NAC in his Executive Budget before sending it to the Nevada State Legislature.
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During the 2013 Legislative Session, the voices of Nevada's youth were especially impressive before the Subcommittee on General Government on March 7. Ben Stevenson, a 10th grade student at Reno's Sage Ridge School, read his impassioned plea for arts support, stating that, "Art is my home, creation is my life, innovation is my future." Continued public testimonies and communications from arts leaders, educators and artists reiterated the necessity of NAC budget restoration. In the end, legislative leaders added another $150,000 to the Arts Council's biennial budget. These new dollars will support NAC grants, and mitigate federal and sequestration cuts to the agency's grant from the National Endowment to the Arts, which funds NAC outreach programming.
Please take a moment to write a brief thank you letter to Governor Sandoval and your legislative representatives through the VoterVoice system on the Arts4Nevada website.
NEA HONORS RALPH BURNS: PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE ELDER
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Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe has been named a 2013 National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts - one of the nation's most prestigious awards in the folk and traditional arts. A gifted performer and master of the Numu (Northern Paiute) language and oral traditions, Burns received the Nevada Heritage Award in 2011. Burns, along with all this year's National Heritage Fellows, will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC on September 25. For information on the 2013 National Heritage Fellows, click here.
Click on image to see and hear Ralph Burns on the NAC Nevada Stories video, "Telling Place: The Stone Mother at Pyramid Lake,"
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JOIN IN THE FESTIVITIES! OPENING RECEPTION FOR FOLKLIFE EXHIBIT
“FAMILY FLOWERS / FLORES FAMILIARES” IN LAS VEGAS
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The intricate and colorful embroidery of Las Vegas folk artist Romeo Siguenza and members of his family will be featured in Family Flowers/Flores Familiares, a new exhibition developed by the Nevada Arts Council Folklife Program for the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas.
Family Flowers/Flores Familiares, which runs through the end of the year, was developed by Rebecca Snetselaar, Nevada Arts Council Folklife Program Associate, in consultation with scholars from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and staff at the Nevada State Museum-Las Vegas, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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OXS GALLERY FEATURES PAINTINGS BY MATTHEW COUPER
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Paintings by Las Vegas artist Matthew Couper are featured at the OXS Gallery from June 3 through July 26, 2013. Originally from New Zealand, Couper moved to the United States to explore periods of Western art history. Through what he calls painterly investigations, he said, he has discovered that history often repeats. In Valley of The Dry Bones, Couper uses the established Spanish Colonial narrative traditions to discuss the space between myth, religion and art politics. Couper received a 2013 NAC Artist Fellowship Honorable Mention Award in Visual Arts. |
NAC will host an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. as part of a public reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. The OXS Gallery is located at 716 N. Carson St., Carson City and is open Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m to 5 p.m.
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: CHINESE NEW YEAR, LAS VEGAS STYLE
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The celebration of Chinese New Year, which traditionally lasts for 14 days, is significant in many Asian cultures. Las Vegas has a large resident Chinese population and is a destination of choice for Chinese and other Asian tourists during their New Year. In the newest addition to the NAC's "Nevada Stories" video series, and with the assistance of Feng Shui consultant Peter Lung, we learn how Chinese traditions are observed in Las Vegas - both in Chinese homes and in the casino!
Click on image to see and hear the Nevada Stories video, "Year of the Dragon: Chinese New Year, Las Vegas Style,"
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NEW TRAVELING EXHIBIT CELEBRATES THE PRINTED WORD
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Words + Images: Broadsides from the Black Rock Press features 34 illustrated and non-illustrated letterpress broadsides, produced at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Black Rock Press using the letterpress process with handset type and relief plates. The framed works include poetry and prose by noted writers, and national poets laureate Robert Pinsky and Billy Collins. Curated by Bob Blesse, director of the Black Rock Press, the exhibit’s Gallery Notes include information about the process of creating broadsides, the history of the Black Rock Press; and an essay by Harry Reese, a professor of art at University of California, Santa Barbara, where he teaches classes in printmaking, book arts and papermaking. Schedule Word + Images for your community today and read more about the other visual arts exhibits that are delivered statewide by the Nevada Touring Initiative (NTI). |
IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE - ROBIN A. HODGKIN
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It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the loss of a beloved family member of the Nevada Arts Council. Robin A. Hodgkin, the longtime Community Arts Development Program Coordinator, has passed away. We will miss Robin's camaraderie and curiosity and her unwavering commitment to the arts, community and the human spirit. Information regarding a memorial service will be forthcoming. Thank you for your ongoing support.
The Nevada Arts Council - Susan Boskoff, Linda Ficklin, Fran Morrow, Pat Atkinson, Kathy Davis, La Vonne Vasick, Ann Libby, MaryJane Dorofachuk, Lynn Bistany, Rebecca Snetselaar, Shirley Richardson, Alana Berglund, Kaitlyn Cooper, and Amanda Palmer.
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