FEBRUARY 5 – 23, 2007 MARCH 22 APRIL 20 LXS Exhibit: folk and traditional art from 27th Annual Governor’s Awards AIE Arts Learning for All (ALFA) Grants the Nevada Arts Council’s permanent col- Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine and Artist in Residence Grants FY08 lection; Nevada State Legislative Building, Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno postmark deadline Carson City OASIS Pre-Conference Activities, including APRIL 30 – MAY 18 CALENDARFEBRUARY 15 Nevada Presenters’ NetworkOF Meeting EVENTSLXS Exhibit: paintings by Heather Jackpot Grants postmark deadline (see page 9) Patterson, Carson City; Nevada State (for projects April 1 – June 30, 2007) Legislative Building, Carson City MARCH 23 AIE BETA Grants postmark Deadline OASIS Conference: Crossing Boundaries MAY 15 (for projects April 1 – June 30, 2007) (see page 15); Siena Hotel Spa Casino, Jackpot Grants postmark deadline Reno (for projects July 1 – September 30, 2007) ARTS NEWS FEBRUARY 22 – 28 Repertory Dance Theatre’s Tour of MARCH 24 AIE BETA Grants Northern Nevada (see page 13) Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest - (for projects July 1 – September 30, 2007) Nevada Finals; Redfield Proscenium FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 16 Theatre, University of Nevada, Reno MAY 18 – 23 LXS Exhibit: paintings by Maria Partridge, Grant Panel Hearings and Reno; Nevada State Legislative Building, APRIL 2 NAC Spring Board Meeting Carson City Design Arts Grants, Challenge Grants, Location TBA Partners in Excellence Grants FY08 MARCH 1 postmark deadline MAY 21 – JUNE 8 Folklife Apprenticeship Grants FY08 LXS exhibit: photography by Gerald postmark deadline APRIL 6 Franzen, Carson City; Nevada State Artist Fellowship Grants FY08 Legislative Building, Carson City MARCH 15 postmark deadline Project Grants, Development Grants FY08 JUNE 1 – 3 postmark deadline APRIL 9 – 27 Americans for the Arts Conference LXS Exhibit: paintings by Marty Walsh, Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas MARCH 19 – APRIL 6 Las Vegas; Nevada State Legislative LXS Exhibit: photography by Linda Building, Carson City Dufurrena, Winnemucca; Nevada State Legislative Building, Carson City

Celebrate 40 years of the arts in Nevada as the Nevada Arts Council celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2007. Share your stories with us, so we can share them with the world! Send your memories, photographs and comments to [email protected]. PRSRT STD INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF U.S.POSTAGE NEVADA COUNCIL arts PAID 716 N. Carson St., Suite A PERMIT NO. 15 Carson City, NV 89701 CARSON CITY,NV ARTSNEWS 775.687.6680 www.NevadaCulture.org Nevada Comings & Goings ...... page 2 Return Service Requested NAC Grants Season Begins . . . .page 2 – 3 2979 National Update & Grant Opportunities ...... page 6 – 7 Artist Fellowship Deadline ...... page 8 Arts Ed Grants Awarded ...... page 9 Folklife Apprenticeship Deadline ...... page 11 Jackpot Awards ...... page 11 – 12 Accessibility Info ...... page 12

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ARTSA PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA ARTSNEWS COUNCIL / WINTER 2006/2007 Nevadans Recognized with OASIS Conference State’s Highest Honor in the Arts ______Reno, March 22-23 Eight individuals and organizations will be “While it’s an honor to bestow these recognized for artistic achievement and awards every year, the list of recipients Bringing together Nevada’s cultural service to the arts during the 27th Annual for the 27th Annual Governor’s Arts community, OASIS 2007: CROSSING Governor’s Arts Awards on March 22 at Awards is particularly special,” said Tim BORDERS celebrates the common pur- Nightingale Concert Hall on the UNR Jones, chair of the Nevada Arts Council pose of those concerned with the arts, campus, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets for the Board. “As we celebrate the 40th anniver- education, libraries, archives, humani- reception and ceremony are $35 per per- sary of the Nevada Arts Council, these ties, museums, historic preservation son. Invitations will be mailed out at the individuals and groups truly reflect the and archaeology. end of January and will be available to statewide excellence, diversity and impact The OASIS 2007 Conference is download on our website at www.Nevada of Nevada’s arts industry.” designed to provide Nevada’s cultural Culture.org. z;Z workforce and its support base the This prestigious program of the Nevada Excellence in the Arts— opportunity to connect, create partner- Arts Council and the Governor’s Office Gailmarie Pahmeier, Reno ships and expand civic participation in pays tribute to the arts in Nevada and A widely published poet and educator, all things cultural. Join your colleagues those that facilitate its success. This year, Gailmarie Pahmeier writes of ordinary to advocate the common mission of growing the cultural and educational

the event takes on a greater meaning as experiences with a voice that is described OASIS the Nevada Arts Council celebrates its as uniquely her own. Her literary awards life of the state, community by commu- 40th Anniversary and 40 years of arts in include the Chamber Memorial Award, the nity. Nevada. Paumonok Poetry Award, a Witter Bynner Tom Sokolowski, director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 PA, is the keynote speaker for OASIS 2007. His visit coincides with Andy ______Repertory Dance Theatre Tours Nevada Warhol’s Dream American: Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan The Nevada Arts Council is supporting a two-and-a-half week Schnitzer Family Foundation, on exhib- statewide residency by the Utah Repertory Dance Theatre it at the Nevada Museum of Art (RDT) as part of American Masterpieces:Three Centuries of through May 27, 2007. Genius, a national initiative funded by the National z;Z Endowment for the Arts. During the week of January 22 – This year, OASIS features several 28, RDT provided a multitude of activities throughout the unique components, including a Las Vegas Valley and Clark County. The company returns to Cultural Convening and Luncheon as a northern Nevada February 20 – 28 to perform in Reno, pre-conference activity on Thursday Fallon, Carson City, Winnemucca, Elko and Wells. and TableTop Discussions on Friday RDT was conceived as a permanent company committed afternoon. to modern dance as a whole living archive. The company is The Cultural Convening and ______recognized as both a museum and contemporary gallery rep- UTAH’S REPERTORY DANCE Luncheon, featuring presenters from THEATRE, FEATURING resenting the scope and diversity of modern dance. As Linda Animating Democracy, a program of CHIEN-YING WANG AND C. Smith, RDT artistic director, said, “Modern Dance: No ANGELA BANCHERO- Americans for the Arts, is designed to KELLEHER. PHOTO BY CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 ______JEFFREY D.ALLRED. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 NAC CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF SUPPORTING THE ARTS

brations in character as John Sparks ______Comings & Goings and H.F. Dangberg, Sr. We welcome Maryjane Dorofachuk as Fischer was born and raised in Reno. our new Community Arts Development Fischer graduated from Reno High Program Associate in Las Vegas. She School and The University of Nevada, joins us from the Tucson Pima Arts Reno. He received his dental degree Council, a local arts agency serving the (D.D.S., 1975) from the University of second-largest Arizona county, measur- Southern California. ing 9,184 square miles. Dorofachuk The Governor’s press release noted brings to the Arts Council years of Fischer’s comments. “It’s something experience presenting and developing that I’ve looked forward to doing my NACworkshops and seminars; facilitating entire life andNEWS a job that will become a meetings in a variety of rural and urban labor of love for me. I’m honored by settings; and administering, developing Governor Gibbons’s appointment and and evaluating grants, arts education humbled by my duty to the people of and visual arts programs. Graduating Nevada. I look forward to working with from the University of Arizona with a the Department’s excellent staff and major in Art History and a minor in bringing my own experience to help this Business Administration, she also department serve people even better. received an online Certificate in Arts I’ve been involved in the pursuit of his- ______CABALLO, Administration Management from the tory and art all my adult life and I rel- 2006, MARIA PATRIDGE ______ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 24” X 48” University of Massachusetts at ish the opportunity to make them come Amherst. alive for all Nevadans.” LXS 2007 Schedule

New Director Art at the February 5 – 23: folk and traditional art for DCA Legislature from the Nevada Arts Council’s perma- ______nent collection For twelve sessions, LXS (Legislative On January 8, Governor Jim Gibbons February 26 – March 16: paintings by eXhibition Series) has provided a mod- announced the appointment of Michael Maria Partridge, Reno est yet important spotlight on the Silver E. Fischer to serve as Director of the March 19 – April 6: photography by State’s visual artists—painters, photog- Department of Cultural Affairs. Fischer Linda Dufurrena, Winnemucca raphers, printmakers, sculptors and replaces Scott K. Sisco, who has been April 9 – 27: paintings by Marty Walsh, craft artists—for our lawmakers and the acting as Interim Director for the past Las Vegas public. Since 1985, 117 artists have five years. Sisco remains with the April 30 – May 18: paintings by been featured in exhibitions at the Department as its Deputy Director and Heather Patterson, Carson City State Legislative Building in Carson Chief Fiscal and Administrative Officer. May 21 – June 8: photography by City. Fischer has a long history with Gerald Franzen, Carson City numerous Nevada cultural organizations Many thanks to this year’s LXS com- mittee members—Pat Fietta, visual including the Western Folklife Center, For information on LXS and its artists, artist and co-director of Lyon County serving 10 years on the Board of please contact Fran Morrow, Artist Service CourtHouse Gallery in Yerington; Directors and four as Chairman; the Program Coordinator, at 775.687.7109 Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, visual artist Douglas County Historical Society, of or [email protected]. which he is a life member and served and co-director or Goldwell Open Air two years as President; the University Museum in Beatty; and Nolan Preece, of Nevada Alumni Capitol Chapter, serv- visual artist and curator at Reno’s Grants Season ing as President from 1984 – 1985; Truckee Meadow Community College Art Begins the University of Nevada Alumni Gallery—for their assistance in the ______Council Board of Directors; and the selection of the LXS 2007 artists. During the late summer and fall, more H.F. Dangberg Home Ranch State Park Showcased in a new location this than 500 individuals, artists, educa- Steering Committee for master planning session by the elevators on the main tors, arts administrators, board mem- and building restoration. Fischer has floor of the Legislative Building, LXS is bers and representatives from commu- also participated on the Nevada open to the public, Monday through nity-based and social service organiza- Humanities on the Road Program and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tions attended 16 grant workshops pre- during annual Nevada Chautauqua cele- sented by Arts Council staff. We thank

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all those who joined us and provided page for postmark deadlines and mark ted time to address panels, except dur- important feedback on agency programs them in your calendar. ing the Challenge Grant committee and the workshop materials. We partic- meeting on May 18. ularly want to acknowledge our appreci- In the Grants Program, Partners in NAC utilizes an open, peer panel ation for the generous assistance pro- Excellence: Tier II applications ARE review to provide an impartial environ- vided by our workshop co-sponsors and REQUIRED this year. ment in which grant applications are hosts throughout the state: If you think your organization may evaluated. Out-of-state panelists are be able to move from the Develop- engaged to avoid conflicts of interest Parasol Foundation, Incline Village ment Grant category to Partners in and to provide an external perspective Nevada State Library and Archives, Excellence, or from Tier I to Tier II for the evaluation of Nevada artists and Carson City in Partners in Excellence, CONTACT arts organizations. Panelists provide WS Washoe School District the Grants Program Coordinator, at information with a depth of experience Clark County School District 775.687.7102 BEFORE the post- and expertise that assists the Board in McKinley Arts and Culture Center, mark deadline. arriving at informed decisions in its Reno Read all the guidelines for the grant-making role. Résumés of the pan- Great Basin College, Winnemucca grant category and highlight perti- elists and copies of the Grant Winnemucca City Hall nent information before beginning. Application Books will be available at Western Folklife Center, Elko With clear and concise answers, all panel meetings. West Las Vegas Art Center, respond to all the questions posed Las Vegas in the category for which you are Winchester Cultural Center, applying. Las Vegas Remember that most grant pan- Arts4Nevada.org Henderson Convention Center elists are from out-of-state, so Henderson Cultural Arts and don’t presume that they will know Tourism Division people, places or programs in Nevada without a brief explanation. Join the Arts Power Point Online Application packets submitted The Power Point™ for the workshop without ALL required supplemental Advocacy Auto Gaining the Competitive Edge is now materials WILL NOT be reviewed. available in PDF format on our website If you have any questions or prob- ______Club Today! at www.NevadaCulture.org, as are vari- lems with your supplemental mate- Thanks to everyone who proudly sports ous NAC program guidelines, forms and rials, contact the appropriate pro- Nevada’s Rich in Arts license plate. information required for grant applica- gram coordinator BEFORE the post- And if you’re not, isn’t it time for you tion and grant management. mark deadline. to purchase this award-winning license Promotional tapes may not be sub- plate as a New Year’s gift to yourself Reminders! mitted as supplemental materials. and the children of Nevada? Not only NAC grant categories are very competi- If outside support of a major nature do Arts License Plates generate dollars tive. To ensure that the strongest appli- is pending, please note it in the for arts education programs, they are cations receive funding, all grant panel Budget Section of your application one of the most visible promotions for comments and funding recommenda- as “pending.” arts learning. tions will be reviewed carefully by the Each Arts License Plate costs $51 for board of the Nevada Arts Council. Grant Review Panels a standard plate and $20 to renew. $15 Therefore, all applicants are STRONGLY During May 18 – 23, 2007, various of the initial fee and $10 of the renewal RECOMMENDED to review the “Grant grant review panels and committees fee support arts education programs of Writing Tips” in the NAC Guide to will convene in open public sessions to the Nevada Arts Council and VSA arts of Services, which is available in PDF for- review applications to the Folklife Nevada (formerly Very Special Arts of mat on our website at www.Nevada Program and Grants Program, and pro- Nevada) a statewide nonprofit organiza- Culture.org. We will gladly send you a vide funding recommendations for the tion. For details, contact the Special printed copy via U.S. Mail—just give us Board to consider at its spring meeting License Plate Section at DMV in Carson a call at 775.687.6680 or on Wednesday, May 23. In June, vari- City at 775.684.4750; the Nevada Arts 702.486.3700. ous panels will review applications for Council at 775.687.6680, or visit the z;Z Arts in Education grants and Artist NAC website at www.NevadaCulture.org. Consider these recommendations Fellowship grants. We encourage appli- For more information on VSA arts, con- before starting your application: cants to observe our grant review pan- tact Mary Ellen Horan at 775.826.6100 Check the NAC Calendar on the back els in action. Applicants are not allot- or visit www.nv.vsarts.org.

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z;Z the Parents’ Choice Award honors the Making Headlines The Goldwell Open Air Museum, located best material for children in books, or Making A Move? approximately120 miles north of Las toys, music, magazines, software, ______Vegas near the mining town of Beatty, videogames, television and websites. We want to share it with the world! As is featured in a new hardbound book For more information, visit www.erika- well, if you are an artist or organization that dramatically documents some of paul.com. that has received funding from the the world’s most unique places for Nevada Arts Council, we want to link experiencing art. Destination Art, by with your website. Send us your infor- scholar Dr. Amy Dempsey, includes four Las Vegas Hosts STATEmation and your web address to pages on the museum includingNEWS photos National Arts [email protected] and a history of the site. Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, a board member of the ______Conference museum stated, “It was wonderful for The Americans for the Arts is convening ______Nevada Roundup us to see the European tradition of it annual convention Risk and Reward: Steven High, Director/CEO of Reno’s open air museums and sculpture parks Balancing Acts in Arts and Community (NMA) has Nevada Museum of Art that Goldwell’s artists came out of.” A in Las Vegas, June 1 – 3, 2007. For accepted the Director’s position at the percentage of the proceeds from the updates and registration information on Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, GA. book sales will help support museum the conference, visit www.AmericansFor Appointed director of the NMA in activities. To purchase Destination Art, TheArts.org. The Hospitality Committee 1996, High led the museum through visit www.goldwellmuseum.org. The is seeking volunteers to be the welcome one of its most dramatic periods of Goldwell Museum has also hired its ambassadors to our visiting arts and growth since its founding in 1931, fos- first employee, museum host Fred cultural colleagues. Interested? Please tering significant institutional develop- McMillen IV of Beatty. Keeping the visi- contact Maryjane Dorofachuk at ment including refocusing the collec- tor center open on weekends, McMillen [email protected]. tions around themes of land and envi- will be greeting visitors to the open air ronment and establishing a framework museum and the visitor center, which for continued collection growth and contains interpretation about the sculp- Nevada scholarship. During his tenure, the tures and a gift shop. Humanities Grants NMA quadrupled in size and budget z;Z ______and its membership grew from 1,000 to Patricia Harris, assistant manager with Nevada Humanities awards grants to 7,000 households. As well, the NMA the City of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs nonprofit organizations to support com- developed and constructed its new Division, is the recipient of the 2006 munity based humanities activities that building designed by Will Bruder, The Event Solutions Spotlight for bring scholars and citizens together to Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Organizational Planner of the Year, an learn from each other. Project and Visual Arts—E.L. Wiegand Gallery, international award. Honored in the cat- Media Grants are available with a maxi- which opened to critical acclaim in egory of nonprofits, government agen- mum award of $10,000 and are due 2003, successfully completed a cies, universities and colleges, Harris March 10, 2007. Mini Grants, $24 million capital and endowment has been with the City of Las Vegas for Applications for Planning Grants and campaign and increased its endowment 30 years and has programmed numer- Research Grants are accepted through- to over $7 million. The Telfair Museum ous special events, exhibits and per- out the year and are funded up to of Art is the oldest art museum in the formances. $1,000. Questions? Visit south and is known for its early 20th z;Z www.nevadahumanities.org. century collection of American impres- Erika Paul Carlson received a Parents’ sionists as well as a growing contempo- Choice Award for her interactive chil- Reading Amy Tam rary collection. High’s first museum job dren’s music CD titled “Scat’s My Bag,” ______was as a curatorial assistant at the a tool to use as a journey into the world The Las Vegas-Clark County Library Telfair in 1977. As Director, High will of American instrumental and vocal jazz District was one of 72 organizations to oversee the Telfair Academy of Arts and for ages K-12 to adult. Included with receive a National Endowment for the Sciences, the Owens-Thomas House, the CD are song lyric sheets, a glossary Arts grant in support of the Big Read and the Jepson Center for the Arts. An of terms and chords, teaching goals Program, which encourages communi- interim director will be appointed by and suggestions for each song track, ties to come together to read and dis- the NMA Board to work closely with the animations to color and suggested fur- cuss one book. The LVCC selected The museum’s Deputy Director Amy Oppio ther listening. Carlson is on the Joy Luck Club, which will be the basis and Director of Development Thomas Nevada Arts Council’s Artist in of a month of community-based pro- Jackson during the transition period. Residency Roster. A national program, grams. The NEA, in partnership with

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the Institute of Museum and Library the estate of two very generous Arts Agencies, the NEA and our Services (IMLS) and Arts Midwest, Nevadans, many more young people will Congressional delegation to emphasize modeled the Big Read on successful be able to explore their musical abili- the importance of federal funding to “city reads” programs. The Big Read is ties. This new Field of Interest Fund support NAC’s basic services, which designed to address the national will provide for the purchase of musical includes our many grant categories, arts decline in literary reading as document- instruments for promising young musi- education activities and programs ed in the NEA 2004 survey, Reading at cians studying in Nevada’s public designed to reach Nevada’s culturally Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in schools and universities. A public underserved populations. America, which showed that less than announcement when application mate- WS half the American adult population now rials are available will be made later Why Should You Care? reads literature. this year. For more information about the Arts advocacy is a year-round commit- Nevada Community Foundation or the ment, whether on a state or federal Podcasts from Elko new Music Fund, call 702.892.2326 or level. Federal funding to Nevada is ______visit the Foundation’s website at essential to maintain and expand serv- Western Folklife Center (WFC) recently www.nevadacf.org. ices designed by the Arts Council to launched Live From Elko, its new serve citizens throughout the state— biweekly Podcast series featuring cow- NEA Grant Redux delivering visual arts exhibitions to your boy poetry and music drawn from hun- ______community, sponsoring workshops, dis- dreds of hours of performances record- In the fall issue of NAN we reported on tributing grants and providing consult- ed over the years at the National the status of the Arts Council’s NEA ants through the Nevada Circuit Riders Cowboy Poetry Gathering and other grant. In response to this article, the program. Nevada benefits from both the WFC events. These Podcasts celebrate NEA’s State and Regional Partnership NEA special initiatives AND its basic the completion of a preservation effort Program provided us with information funding to the Nevada Arts Council. to digitize all analog audio recordings to further clarify the story. So, how can you get your voice from the National Cowboy Poetry The Partnership Agreement Grant, heard? Gathering form 1985 to 2002, which which is awarded to all state arts agen- was supported with funding from the cies, is comprised of several compo- Tell your story through the two- National Endowment for the nents some of which are competitive, minute advocacy site provided by Humanities and the Grammy some are based on formula funding and Americans for the Arts at Foundation. some are designed for specific use. The www.AmericansfortheArts.org. The WFC Podcast is a MP3 audio net reduction of the Arts Council Grant Become active in one of Nevada’s file that can either be listened to on from $575,300 in FY’06 to $563,300 advocacy groups—Nevada Alliance the WFC website at www.westernfolk in ‘07 was $12,000. Action by the for Arts Education, call Jill life.org, or downloaded for free to an review panel charged with distributing Berryman at 775.329.ARTS; MP3 player such as an iPod through a competitive funding reduced our grant Nevada Arts Advocates in Las media player like iTunes. Listeners may in these categories by a total of Vegas, visit nvartsadvocates.org; or also subscribe to Live from Elko $40,300. In the categories for formula Nevada Citizens for the Arts in through a number of media players distribution with available funds, Reno, visit www.nvcitizens4arts.org. such as iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts or Nevada’s grant was reduced by a total Attend National Arts Advocacy Day Odeo. With a subscription, each new of $19,300. American Masterpieces, a in Washington, D.C. in March installment is automatically downloaded new national initiative, was launched in (page 6).

to your media player. Instructions on ‘07 with a formula award to Nevada of Log on to Arts4Nevada.org. TE NEWS how to subscribe to the series can be $57,900 in new monies. The Arts found in the “Listen & Watch” section Council will be receiving another Your participation WILL make a of the WFC website. $10,000 from the NEA in support of difference. this year’s Poetry Out Loud recitation competition. A New Music Fund The Nevada Arts Council appreciates It’s not for Students and supports NEA’s development of an education ______high-profile initiatives such as The Nevada Community Foundation is American Masterpieces, which is fund- without pleased to announce the creation of the the ing the statewide tour of Utah’s ™ Charles Hughes and Alvin Jones Music Repertory Dance Theatre, and Poetry rts Fund for Nevada Public Schools. Out Loud. We also continue to work Thanks to a remarkable legacy left by with the National Assembly for State

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110th Congress will extend the contin- of the appropriations bills were passed Idaho Arts Leader uing resolution through the remainder by Congress individually and signed REGIONAL/NATIONALDies of the year rather than take up the task into law on time NEWSwas 1994, which was ______of passing individually the remaining the last time they each chaired the Dan Harpole, 51, executive director of appropriations bills that cover the appropriations committees. the Idaho Commission on the Arts domestic portion of the federal budget. (ICA), colleague and friend, died early Passage of the continuing resolution on Friday, December 29, 2006, after a means that funding for the National year-long battle with a rare form of can- Endowment for the Arts will remain at cer. Prior to his move to Idaho in the FY06 level of $124.4 million 2000, Harpole headed a local arts through FY07, consistent with the organization in Pt. Towsend, WA, and President’s budget request for the year. served the public as a county commis- It is unclear whether the final continu- National Arts sioner and as chairman of the ing resolution will adopt the administra- Advocacy Day Washington State Arts Commission. tion’s proposal to cut $3.462 million ______Join your national colleagues in During Harpole’s six years at the ICA, from Challenge America in order to Washington, D.C., on March 12 & 13, he helped increase funding for the arts increase funds for administrative 2007 to advocate for public funding for in Idaho, built a bridge between Idaho expenses by $1.843 million, for direct the arts. National Arts Advocacy Day and the National Endowment for the program grants by $1.117 million, and offers arts supporters the opportunity to Arts (NEA), and drew national attention for State and Regional Partnerships by speak with members of Congress about and arts funding to the state. Harpole $508,000. the importance of the National served on the board and then as presi- The most recent continuing resolu- Endowment for the Arts and other fed- dent of the National Assembly of State tion passed by Congress reflected fund- eral funding in support of the arts and Arts Agencies and was key in helping to ing at the lowest of the House-passed, arts education. Participants receive elevate the profile of Western states on Senate-passed and fiscal 2006 levels. advocacy training and are invited to the the national arts scene. He was instru- Byrd and Obey have indicated that annual Congressional Arts Breakfast mental in supporting Senator Larry some adjustments would be made in and the Craig’s leadership on a bill before the final legislation to provide more 20th Annual Nancy Hanks at Congress that increased NEA funding, money for priorities such as health, Lecture on the Arts and Public Policy the Kennedy Center. This year’s fea- the first Senate-initiated increase in a education and veterans’ medical care. tured speaker is Robert MacNeil, chair- decade. Dana Gioia, NEA chairman, has However, there is no indication that the man of the Board of The MacDowell awarded Harpole the Chairman’s Medal, arts funding is included for some Colony and the former Executive Editor the highest honor the NEA can give, adjustment upward. and Co-anchor of for his service to the arts in America. The budget action announced by The MacNeil-Lehrer on PBS. Roger Madsen, director of the Idaho Byrd and Obey leaves the new Congress NewsHour z;Z Department of Commerce and Labor, free to take up the business of the Register now to attend National Arts will serve as the ICA’s interim executive FY08 budget when the President’s pro- Advocacy Day on the Americans for the director. posal is sent to Capitol Hill in early Arts website at www.AmericansForThe February, without the unfinished busi- Arts.org. The registration fee is $75 per ness of FY07 appropriations still on the Capitol Hill News person. Reserve your room at the By Thomas L. Birch, Legislative Counsel, agenda. Significantly, the incoming Shoreham Omni Hotel by February 23 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies appropriations chairs announced that to receive a discounted rate by calling ______the final continuing resolution to be 202.371.2830. Congress adjourned in 2006 without passed early next year will not contain z;Z completing work on the nine appropria- any of the earmarked funding for spe- Need assistance to attend National tions bills unfinished for the 2007 fis- cial projects contained in the remaining Arts Advocacy Day? Contact Community cal year. The lame duck Congress, in FY07 spending bills. What’s more, the Arts Development Program staff at one of its last acts, passed a third con- congressional Democratic leadership either Arts Council office about a tinuing resolution carrying FY06 fund- has placed a moratorium on earmarks Professional Development Grant. ing levels through February 15, 2007. until reforms are put in place to create According to a press release issued a more transparent process for deci- jointly by the incoming chairmen of the sions about funding for legislators’ proj- House and Senate Appropriations ects. Committees, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) The press release from Obey and and Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the new Byrd observed that the last time each

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Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) people in each of his works. Artist Grants invite applications for a new digital Other features of this extensive proj- WS Announced humanities grant competition sponsored ect includes a seven-city, two-year trav- ______by the two federal agencies. The new eling exhibition, Craft in America: United States Artists (USA), a new non- grant program, “Advancing Knowledge: Expanding Traditions, which features profit organization with a mission to pro- The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership,” more than 200 extraordinary objects; vide direct grants to artists, made its seeks applications for innovative, collabo- Craft in America: Celebrating Two first awards in early December. Fifty rative humanities projects using the lat- Centuries of Artists & Objects, a publi- artists working in fields that range from est digital technologies for the benefit of cation that explores the history of the architecture and design to the visual arts the American public, humanities scholar- handmade, its artists and its inspira- received fellowships totaling $2.7 mil- ship and the nation’s cultural community. tions; and www.craftinamerica.org, an lion. Grant recipients were selected from Bringing together museum, library, online resource center. The website will more than 300 artists nominated by 150 archives, and IT professionals with also provide outreach programs for arts leaders throughout the country. “Our humanities scholars to use innovative teachers and their students at the ele- 2006 USA fellows represent the full approaches in digital technology, these mentary and secondary-school levels. spectrum of artistic excellence and the grants intend to support new perspec- broad array of talent that abounds in all tives on humanities collections, offer new U.S. communities, said Susan V. interpretive contexts and allow existing Nonprofit Berresford, chair of the USA board and resources to be widely shared. The dead- Deductibles president of the Ford Foundation.” This line for applications to the Advancing ______The 2007 standard IRS mileage rates is exactly what we hoped to achieve Knowledge grant program is March 27, can be used by nonprofit organizations when we founded this program.” 2007, and applications must be submit- to reimburse expenses for mileage and As reported in the fall issue of ted through www.Grants.gov. Nonprofit by taxpayers when computing the Nevada Arts News, USA was recently institutions interested in applying can deductible costs of operating an auto- created with $20 million from four find guidelines at www.neh.gov. foundations—Ford, Rockefeller, mobile for business, charitable, med- Prudential and Rasmuson—and is now ical or moving expense purposes. attracting individual donors. USA hopes American Craft Effective as of January 1, 2007, the

that eventually individual donations will Featured on PBS rates for the various deductible costs TIONAL NEWS supply all funding needed for grants, so ______for the use of an automobile are: that foundation dollars can support the A three-part high-definition series, organization and advocacy work on Craft in America, premieres on PBS on The 2007 standard mileage rate for behalf of artists. For a list of USA fel- Sunday, April 29, and continues on the cost of operating a car is lows and more about United State successive Sunday nights (please check 48.5 cents per mile for all business Artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org. your local listings). “The series goes miles driven. The rate for 2006 was where TV has never gone before,” notes 44.5 cents a mile Carol Sauvion, executive director of the The standard mileage rate for the NEA Grant project. “In each of the three episodes use of a car when assisting a chari- Deadline Nears —Memory, Landscape, and Community table organization remains at ______—we meet artists and their work in a 14 cents per mile. This mileage Access to Artistic Excellence, a grant way that goes beyond the media they rate is set by statute. category of the National Endowment for work in, to explore the relationships of The standard mileage rate for use the Arts, encourages and supports artis- what they do, with how they do it, with of your car for medical reasons or tic excellence, cultural heritage preser- why they have chosen a life of creating moving purposes is 20 cents per vation and access to the arts for all great and moving art for all to enjoy mile. The previous rate was Americans. Qualified applicants may and appreciate. They are stories as var- 18 cents a mile. request a grant amount from $5,000 to ied as Mary Jackson’s—a basket weaver $150,000. The postmark deadline is who continues a South Carolina tradi- This information is available at March 12, 2007. Visit www.arts.gov for tion that started with slaves shipped www.GrantThornton.com. Grant more information and grant guidelines. over from Africa; Richard Notkin—a Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm Montana potter of protest who makes of Grant Thornton International, one of New Digital teapots and tiles that argue eloquently the six global accounting, tax and busi- for peace and humanity; or Tom Joyce, ness advisory organizations. ______Innovation Grant a New Mexico blacksmith and recipient The Institute of Museum and Library of a MacArthur ‘Genius’ fellowship, who Services (IMLS) and the National instills a sensitivity to the land and its

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future growth, but I feel compelled to ten poetry before wrote and presented Artist Services create works about this change.” some extraordinary poems.The writer Program had the ability to put amateurs at ease ______Artist Fellowships Deadline so the participation became effortless.” The Artist Fellowship Program provides Beverly deGero, Jarbidge Arts Council Questions & Answers direct financial support to Nevada z;Z PROGRAMFor information about the Artist artists of merit in support of creative NEWS Services Program, please contact Fran pursuits. This year’s postmark deadline Morrow at [email protected] or to submit applications is April 6, 2007. 775.687.7106 or Rossitza Todorova, The Fellowship application will be Nevada Touring Initiative Assistant, at mailed out in February and will also be [email protected] or available both in a PDF and Word for- 775.687.7108. mat on the NAC website www.Nevada The Tumblewords Program of the Culture.org. Nevada Touring Initiative (NTI) offers Nine fellowships of $5,000 (three communities the opportunity to host an each in literary arts, visual arts and author for a full day “in residence” to performing arts) and $500 grants to the interact with a range of residents top three honorable mentions in each through informal outreach services. category will be awarded for FY08. Out- Tumblewords residencies are scheduled of-state panelists selected for their on a first-come, first-served basis, con- expertise and training in one or more of tingent on funds available. A residency the literary, performing and visual arts includes two different types of activities will meet in June to review fellowship designed to impact two different audi- applications and make recommenda- ences—a reading and a community out- tions to the Board. We encourage artists reach event. Tumblewords sponsors to attend these public meetings and lis- often use local writing clubs or senior ten to the proceedings. Though appli- centers for these outreach activities, cants are not required to be present but the possibilities are limited only by during panel deliberations, attendance your imagination—interviews on local may help in understanding the process radio shows or cable access stations,

______and in preparing future fellowship workshops for at-risk populations or WORTH SHORE, LAKE TAHOE, 2006, applications. informal lectures at the local bookstore ______PAUL FORD, MIXED MEDIA, 24” X 18” Since the program’s inception in or coffeehouse. 1988, NAC has awarded fellowships to z;Z Paul Ford Receives GAA 114 actors, poets, sculptors, musi- NTI, supported by the NEA Commission cians, dancers, photographers, play- Challenge America Program, is Through a competitive review process in wrights, painters and writers in recogni- designed to increase access to high November, the NAC Governor’s Arts tion of exemplary talent and commit- quality visual arts exhibits and writers Awards (GAA) Committee, which includ- ment to creation of new work. In addi- in residence at the local level, particu- ed board members and past GAA com- tion to using the grant to produce art larly in geographically isolated and cul- mission artist Joe Zuccarini, selected during the fellowship year (spending turally underserved communities. Minden artist Paul Ford to create the more time in the studio, developing a z;Z artwork that will be presented to the marketing strategy or researching new For information on NTI events in 27th Annual GAA recipients this March. techniques), each fellow provides a your town, or to schedule either an For the 27th GAA recipients, Ford will community outreach activity relevant to exhibit or Tumblewords writer in your create framed rectangular contemporary his or her discipline. These events community, visit www.Nevada landscapes composed of mixed materi- (readings, exhibitions, performances Culture.org. Click on “Grants & als, including plastic bags, soil, paint and master classes) take place around Services” button for NTI programs and and incised lines. According to Ford, the state at a variety of venues and are check out both the Traveling Exhibition “Sustained urban growth in the past, free and open to the public. descriptions with images and the present and future is not without a Tumblewords Writers’ Roster. You can price in terms of impact upon the natu- Bring a Writer to Your Town! also contact Rossitza Todorova or Fran ral environment. With thoughtful plan- “Our Tumblewords workshop felt Morrow as noted above. ning and cooperation from all factions, exquisitely tailored to our sense of I remain optimistic about Nevada’s place. Participants who have never writ-

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WS National Finals inWashington, D.C. Gibran Baydoun,aseniorfr petition heldattheGovernor’s Mansion, ipated inPOL.Atthestatefinal com- Pr held onMarch24attheRedfield University ofNevada,Reno,willbe ed bytheCollegeofLiberalArts, and ThePoetryFoundation. the NationalEndowmentforAr Education tofacilitatethisinitiativeof (NAAE) andtheNevadaDepartmentof Nevada AllianceforArtsEducation withthe Arts Councilhaspartnered semi-finals. Againthisyear, theNevada schools readytocompeteindistrict schools areparticipating,with37 Nevada’s 17countiesthathavehigh proud toannouncethatall16of (POL) iskickingintohighgear. We are The secondyearofthe OutLoud2007 Poetry 775.687.7119. Margolis [email protected] or Education Pr For informationabouttheArtsin Questions & Answers ______Program Arts inEducation Loud NationalRecitationCompetition Washington, D.C. prizes attheNationalFinalsin of $50,000inscholarshipsandschools petes forthenationaltitleandashare pr chase ofpoetr schools willr ners eachreceive$500andtheir programs. Secondandthirdplacewin- chase ofpoetrybooksandliteraryarts will receive$2,000tosupportthepur- will r public. and isfreeofchargeopentothe event isscheduledtobeginatnoon, selected tor Valley HighSchoolinHenderson, was ogramming. Nevada’ oscenium Theatr Last year, tenschooldistrictspartic- The 2007NevadaStateFinals,host- The NevadaStatePOLchampion eceive $1,000andhis/herschool epr ogram, pleasecontactGary eceive $1,000forpur- y booksandliteraryarts z;Z esent Nevada at the e oncampus.The s championcom- Poetry Out Poetry om Green ts Nevada Arts News ______AN ARTS INEDUCATION GRANT PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM FUNDEDBY SMITH VALLEY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ______Congratulations goto: education activitiesthr increase studentlearningorprovidearts skills inteachingorusingthearts, Ar the third quarterBetterLearningThrough Eight individualsandwereawardedFY07 BETA Grants Awarded ts (BET Elementary School Chinese NewYear atMinden Educators’ Confer $625 –To attend theNationalArt School ar “Teaching atthe MathThroughArt” tinuing teacher educationcourse, Pahrump, $250–To attendacon- Elementar Esther Englund, Maxine Davie, Xian Na(Sonia)Carlson, Julie Floyd, Melanie Fassbender, Phoenix Through Art”attheUniversityof tion course,“T attend acontinuingteachereduca- teacher Elementary Schoolkindergarten nating per ar of dancer Confer Music Educators’Association Sparks, $625–To attendtheTexas Elementar ts tolocalchildr fer aseriesofclassesinChinese A) Grantstoenhancepersonal 9 ence , Gardnerville,$750–To , Pahr t teacher y Schoolar y Schoolmusicteacher, for A Publication oftheNevada ArtsCouncil Mt. Charleston mance tocelebratethe ump, $250–T Silverado High eaching Math Mt. Charleston ence ough workshops. , LasVegas, en withaculmi Greenbrae t teacher Chinese o , - 702.486.3738. at [email protected] or 775.687.7109 orMaryjaneDorofachuk [email protected] please contactRobinA.Hodgkinat UNR Performing Arts Series,andwill UNR Performing Arts This gathering isco-sponsoredbythe Nevada, Renofrom2:30–4:30 p.m. on thecampusofUniversity of Extended StudiesBuilding,Room 109 on Thursday, March 22,2007atthe during anOASISpre-conference activity or first meetingofNevada’s presenting Join yourpr at OASIS Conference Meeting Nevada Presenters’ Ar For informationabouttheCommunity Questions & ______Program Development Community Ar prior tothepostmarkdeadline. racy ifsubmittednolaterthan10days cation toensurecompletenessandaccu- to provideacourtesycheckofyourappli- numbers listedabove.We willbehappy lines, pleasecontactGaryMargolisatthe information, ortorequestgrantsguide- April 1–June30,2007.Foradditional Febr ganizations inmor ts DevelopmentPr The nextBETA postmarkdeadlineis Educators’ Conference $625 –To attendtheNationalArt School artteacher, Henderson, University ofPhoenix Phoenix Thr tion course,“Teaching Math attend acontinuingteachereduca- teacher, Pahrump,$250–To Elementary Schoolfirstgrade Kristi KayWatson, Kathryn Skjei, Keele McDaniel, Conference attend theNationalArtEducators’ art teacher, LasVegas, $625–To uary 15forprojectstakingplace ough Art”attheUniversityof esenting colleaguesatthe Answers Del SolHighSchool e thanfiveyears ogram, .us or Mt. Charleston Green Valley High PROGRAMts NEWS

focus on the value of becoming a block- Go Where You Need To Go nity? Do you have a space to hold a booking network; updates on regional Time is running out to receive a FY07 workshop? Contact the Community Arts and national conferences, block-booking Professional Development Grants (PDG). Development staff to discuss workshop options for the upcoming 2007-08 sea- These grants, of up to $450, assists topics or to request a date for staff to son. As well, a representative from the staff members or trustees of arts organi- visit your community or organization. Western States Arts Federation (WEST- zations, local arts agencies and govern- PROGRAMAF) will discuss the TourWest program NEWSThe World Is A Stage mental cultural offices to attend region- and its application process for 2007-08. al or national conferences, workshops or The Montana Performing Arts OASIS registration forms will be mailed seminars. Awarded on a first-come, Consortium (MPAC) will hold its 24th out and posted online at www.Nevada first-served basis throughout the year, Annual Artist Showcase and Block Culture.org by the end of January. thirteen FY07 PDGs, totaling $6,495 Booking Conference at the Great Falls out of $7,500, have been awarded to Civic Center, February 2 – 4, 2007. Research and Referrals Artown, Churchill Arts Council, City of MPAC encourages presenter develop- Our staff regularly receives requests Mesquite, Great Basin College, Historic ment in rural communities and pro- and inquiries about a number of issues Fourth Ward School Museum, Las Vegas motes communication among artists that arise as arts organizations engage Highlands Dance Association, Moapa and presenters. For more information in capacity-building and planning. We Arts Council, Reno Philharmonic, Sierra go to www.mtperformingarts.org. z;Z thought we’d share a few to start out Arts Foundation, Tahoe Arts Project, the New Year: UNR Performing Arts Series, Virgin The National Dance Project (NDP), a Valley Artists Association and the program of the New England >> Question: Western Folklife Center. Foundation for the Arts, provides How do we decide which fundraising grants for the production and touring consultant is right for our organization? NCR Consultants: of contemporary dance in the United >> Answer: Making A Difference States. Every season NDP awards 15 to We recommend that you request all The Nevada Circuit Riders Program 20 Production Grants, ranging from potential candidates to provide you a (NCR) provides a roster of specialists $15,000 to $35,000 each. Because written proposal that includes the fol- and consultants that can provide con- NDP views touring as essential to the lowing information: a) at least three sultancies in a number of fields includ- vitality of dance as an art form, NDP professional references, including one ing planning, board development and Production Grants are awarded in con- from a less-than-satisfied client; b) capacity building. Eight FY07 NCR junction with NDP Touring support. three years of fundraising goals met; c) Grants of $2,000 were awarded to: Touring grants support the distribution three years’ history of applications to Nevada Opera, Cockroach Theater and presentation of NDP-funded proj- government agencies, foundations, cor- Company, Clark County Parks & ects. Performing arts presenters may porations and businesses with dollar Recreation for Mexico Vivo Dance receive fee subsidy grants for the pres- amounts requested and awarded and Company, Contemporary Arts entation of NDP-supported touring scores; and d) a list of recent employ- Collective, Historic Fourth Ward School projects. Deadlines are April 2 for ers and professional associations. Museum, Nevada Ballet Theater, Youth Production Grants and February 9 for Artworks and Sierra Nevada Ballet. Touring Grants Letter of Intent. >> Question: Though all NCR funding for FY07 Questions? Visit www.nefa.org/grant How can we set up a teleconference? has been committed, we strongly rec- prog/ndp/index.html or contact program >> Answer: ommend that you begin planning for a staff at 617.951.0010. z;Z Use www.freeconferencecall.com. This FY08 NCR grant today. For more infor- is a free reservationless conference call mation, please contact the Community American Masterpieces: Dance (AMD) is service that is very simple to use – it Arts Development Program staff. the dance component of a major initia- requires only a name and an e-mail to tive of the National Endowment of the receive a 120-day renewable account. Customized Workshops Arts to acquaint Americans with the Once you enter your name and e-mail, Available best of their cultural and artistic lega- you will be instantaneously provided Could your community benefit from a cy. The AMD project, administered by with a dial-in number and access code customized workshop such as “Fishing the New England Foundation for the for immediate phone conferencing. Your for Funds,” “Gaining the Competitive Arts (NEFA), celebrates the extraordi- new conference line is available to you Edge” or “Forming a Local Arts nary and rich evolution of dance and 24/7, with no need to schedule or make Agency”? Do you have community choreography in the United States. reservations. Each account accommo- members, elected officials, artists, Launched in 2006, AMD activities will dates 96 callers on an unlimited num- teachers and volunteers who want to extend at least through 2007-08 sea- ber of 6-hour free conference calls. bring arts and culture to your commu- son and looks promising for future con-

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tinuation. For information, visit awarded throughout the year to eligible www.nefa.org/grantprog/americanmas- applicants on a first-come, first-serve ______Grants Program terpieces.html or call program staff at basis. One grant was recently awarded 617.951.0010. to the Las Vegas Highland Dance Questions & Answers z;Z Association for its Third Annual Scottish For information about the Grants Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Ceilidh in January 2007. The event, Program contact Mary Vargas, Interim WS (PennPAT) a program of the Mid- featuring traditional music and dances Coordinator, at [email protected] Atlantic Arts Foundation, offers Travel of Scotland, is hosted by the Las Vegas- or 775.687.7102. For guidelines and Grants, to presenters who are interest- Clark County Library on East Flamingo applications, visit our website at ed in booking a Pennsylvania-based Road, and is free to the public. www.NevadaCulture.org. performing artist on the PennPat ros- ter. Grants may be used to attend a full Folklife Apprenticeship Jackpot!!! public performance by a PennPat ros- FY08 Grants Deadline Ten artists and three organizations ter artist, at home or on tour, or to DUE: MARCH 1, 2007 shared $9,129 in the third quarter of attend their showcase at the annual Do you know and practice a traditional FY07 Jackpot Grant funding. These Pennsylvania Presenters Networking craft, teach ethnic dance in your com- grants support a variety of arts projects Meeting. For more information, go to munity, or maintain songs or stories and professional development opportu- www.pennpat.org. that your parents and grandparents nities occurring between January 1 and taught you? The Nevada Arts Council March 31, 2007. Congratulations go to: Folklife Program (NAC) supports the teaching of folklife ______and traditional art forms that are hand- Carolyn M. Brown, printmaker work- ed down within families, occupations, ing in Japanese Woodblock Prints Questions & Answers tribes, ethnic, and other community of the mokuhanga technique, For information about the Folklife groups through its Folklife Carson City, $800 – To support Program and its activities, please Apprenticeship Grant Program. research of orchids to create a contact Jeanne Harrah Johnson at Each year, NAC awards up to 12 series of woodblock prints [email protected] or Folklife Apprenticeship Grants of up to Dean Burton, photographer, Reno, 775.687.7103 or Rebecca Snetselaar $2,500 each to encourage the teach- $813 – To support an exhibit of at 702.486.3739 or ing and preservation of Nevada’s tradi- his recent works at the University [email protected]. tional arts within cultural groups and Art Gallery of CA, Stanislaus, in communities that have created and Turlock, CA New Folklife sustained them—groups such as tribal, Carson Valley Community Theatre, Apprenticeship Awarded occupational and ethnic groups. These Minden, $638 – To support the Vinton Hawley, FY07 Folklife grants provide funding for skilled mas- production of Blackjack Bottom, a Apprenticeship recipient, recently ter artists to teach one or two commit- country western musical written informed the Folklife Program that he ted student-apprentices through and directed by a local artist would be unable to fulfill the require- instruction of hands-on projects that Susan Glaser Church, sculptor and ments of his Apprenticeship Grant this carry on traditional art forms. filmmaker, Elko, $650 – To support year. After reviewing the Folklife Panel Applicants must apply together for video production of The Work of comments, the NAC Board awarded the Folklife Apprenticeship grants. Their Hands, highlighting the cre- grant to Helen Williams, a Paiute and The postmark deadline for Folklife ative process of eight women artists master artist from Lovelock, and Donna Apprenticeship grant applications is at work in their Great Basin studios Cossett, a Paiute and apprentice artist March 1, 2007. If you are interested in Mathew V. Dodge, visual artist, from Fallon. Their grant will support this program, please contact Jeanne Incline Village, $372 – To support the collection, learning and recording Harrah Johnson or Rebecca Snetselaar an exhibit of his recent work at the of stories and oral history of the Coup- to discuss your project or to receive an North Tahoe Art Center Ticutta Lovelock Paiute Tribe, with an application packet. Denise R. Duarte, visual artist, Las emphasis on the traditional and cultur- The Folklife Apprenticeship panel Vegas, $863 – To support the al places of significance of the will meet in Reno on Sunday May 20, installation of the “Women of Lovelock Paiutes. 2007, time and place to be deter- Diversity Triad Tower” as part of mined. All applicants are encouraged the 100 Years of Influence,The Role Sustaining Traditional Arts to observe this public meeting. of Women in Shaping the First To support Nevada’s vibrant folk and tra- Hundred Years of Las Vegas” exhibit ditional cultures, four Folklife at the Nevada State Library and Opportunity Grants of up to $1,500 are Archives in Carson City

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Eileen Gay, mosaic artist, Sparks, Accessibility Opportunities & Reminders $763 – To attend the Society of ______American Mosaic Artist Sixth Annual Conference for professional Making the arts accessible to Nevadans of all cultures and abilities is a priority of development the Nevada Arts Council. By taking steps to make Nevada arts and cultural programs, Junior League of Las Vegas, Inc., Las information and facilities accessible and usable to all people, with and without dis- PROGRAMVegas, $617 – To support furniture abilities, we open the door to expanded audiences,NEWS participants, patrons, and advo- design by Florida artist Vladimir cates. Kagan for the historic Morelli House Wayne Littlejohn, sculptor, Las The 2000 United States census identified that: Vegas, $775 – To assist with the construction of a large-scale sculp- Of the 69.6 million families in the United ture for the Las Vegas Art States, 20.3 million families had Museum’s 10th anniversary exhibi- at least one member with a dis- tion “Diasposa” ability. Dolores Janet Nast, visual artist, Las In Nevada, 7.3 percent of persons Vegas, $275 – To assist with an over 5 years of age has a disability, which exhibit of her recent work at the equals more than 375,910 individuals. Wiseman Gallery People with disabilities spend on average 20 hours per Candace Nicol, printmaker, Sparks, week on the Internet and 48 percent say that the $850 – To attend the 2007 Internet has significantly improved their quality of life. Southern Graphics Conference for professional development These numbers speak volumes. For the arts community, a Suzanne M. Williams, author, Reno, commitment to reach out to Nevadans with disabilities could mean providing access $1,000 – To attend the Winter to hundreds of thousands of Nevadans. Conference of Society of Children’s z;Z Book Writers and Illustrators for By accepting NAC funding, grantees are required to abide by accessibility standards professional development as outlined in 504 guidelines. If you have questions about ways to accommodate Big Four Educational Film Theatre persons with disabilities in your programs and at your venues, please contact the dba Las Vegas Little Theatre, Las Nevada Arts Council. Vegas, $713 – To assist with costs NAC grantees may download ADA (Americans with Disability Act) icons for use in related to commissioning an origi- program materials by visiting our website at www.NevadaCulture.org. nal score for the play Fiction z;Z If you would like a copy of the Design for Accessibility Handbook, please contact Mary Jackpot Grants are awarded quarterly Vargas at the above numbers. You may also download it, along with the Arts and support artists and arts organiza- Accessibility Checklist on the NEA AccessAbility Homepage at tions in producing projects such as www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/index.html. For the Checklist: Download the PDF visual arts exhibitions and theatrical in the right-hand margin box, “Evaluate Your Organization’s Accessibility: The Arts performances, as well as professional and Humanities Accessibility Checklist. development activities for artists. Please remember that if you are a cur- Arts Presenters Focus on Accessibility rent recipient of a Development Project Accessibility minimums in the arts are “no longer acceptable.” The Association of or partners in Excellence Grants, you Performing Arts Presenters’ report on accessibility and the performing arts, Beyond are NOT ELIGIBLE for a Jackpot Grant. the Ramp: Accessibility as an Organizational Asset, furthers national dialogue toward The next deadline for Jackpot Grant increasing cultural opportunities for older adults and people with disabilities. This applications is February 15, 2007, for report “…clearly demonstrates that meeting the minimum requirements of the projects planned for April 1 – June 30, Americans with Disabilities Act is no longer acceptable for performing arts organiza- 2007. FIRST TIME APPLICANTS are tions,” said Sandra Gibson, Arts Presenters’ President and CEO. “We must reach out strongly urged to speak to Mary Vargas to these audiences and respond to their interest and needs.” Written to guide arts at the above numbers before submitting administrators, Beyond the Ramp demonstrates the power of these growing audi- a Jackpot Grant application. A courtesy ences with statistics, best practices, reference materials, and accepted terminology. check of your application to ensure For a copy, visit www.artspresenters.org/members/pdf/beyondtheramp.pdf. completeness and accuracy will be pro- vided if submitted no later than 10 days prior to the postmark deadline.

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______Leadership in the Arts: Individuals— ment with local arts events. Nichols’s NEVADANS RECOGNIZED WITH STATE’S HIGHEST HONOR IN THE ARTS Jill Berryman, Reno convictions and statewide connections ______CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER With the Sierra Arts Foundation since assisted the Nevada Arts Council and Western States Arts Federation to set Foundation Poetry Fellowship, two 1995, first as Program Director and into motion the MetroArts Las Vegas Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowships now as Executive Director, Jill initiative – the development of an arts and the Silver Pen Award from the Berryman was instrumental in the suc- service organization for the Las Vegas Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. As a cre- cessful acquisition and conversion of valley. ative writing and literature instructor at the Riverside Hotel into the Riverside z;Z the University of Nevada, Reno, Artist Lofts, a project that has been Pahmeier has been honored with the recognized with numerous national Distinguished Service—David Bugli, Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award awards. Berryman’s involvement in her Carson City As an artist, administrator and volun- and the University Distinguished field and commitment to arts education teer, David Bugli has influenced the Teacher Award. expand beyond the workday and city z;Z limits. Her passion has led Berryman to cultural landscape of northern Nevada. Excellence in Folk and Traditional Arts— a dizzying array of commitments, In 1983 he formed the Carson City Mexico Vivo, Las Vegas including work with Youth ArtWorks, the Symphony, which under his leadership as conductor and music director now Founded in 1995 by Ixela Gutierrez, Kennedy Center Arts Education includes the Carson City Chamber Mexico Vivo preserves and presents the Alliance, the Nevada Alliance for Arts Singers, regularly features works of traditions of folkloric dance, music, Education, Western States Arts emerging artists and sponsors theatre, pageantry and folk traditions of Federation and the President’s Strings in an after-school program. Mexico, Spain and Latin America, as Committee on the Arts and Humanities. the Schools, z;Z Bugli also serves as director and key- well as Latin traditions of the United boardist of the Mile High Jazz Band, States. Mexico Vivo celebrates multicul- Leadership in the Arts: Organizations— which he founded in 1988. Both were turalism and diversity through its own Great Basin Arts and Entertainment, the only Nevada groups selected to par- distinguished performing troupe, Winnemucca ticipate in a Mexico Vivo Dance Company, a dance Determined to keep culture alive in Continental Harmony, national millennium project of the academy and summer camp, guest Winnemucca following the massive American Composers Forum and the artist residencies, unique “infor- arson fire that destroyed the historic National Endowment for the Arts. In mances” for schools throughout south- Nixon Opera House in 1992, a small 1998, he helped organize the Carson ern Nevada, master classes and work- group of friends created Great Basin Arts Coalition and created an annual shops for both children and adults, and Arts and Entertainment. For 19 years, summer Jazz Festival in 2004. participation in national and interna- GBAE has presented concerts repre- z;Z tional festivals. senting musical influences that have z;Z shaped the American experience. Distinguished Service—Nevada Ballet Leadership in the Arts: Education— Performances have ranged from tradi- Theatre, Las Vegas The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre, tional music from Mainland China, Co-founded by Nancy Houssels, the Las Vegas Celtic Irish and Scottish music from Nevada Ballet Theatre is celebrating its 35th year as a respected regional ballet Marking 30 years of service to the Las the British Isles and European chamber company with a commitment to excel- Vegas community, the Rainbow music to traditional folk singers and lence, education, outreach and commu- Company Youth Theatre has presented young performers from South Africa. An nity service. For more than three more than 150 professional productions all-volunteer organization, GBAE contin- decades, NBT has marshaled commit- of new works and prominent plays to ues to celebrate its community through ment from volunteers, financial support nearly 540,000 audience members. the sharing of live music and cultural from individuals to major corporations, Whether through its annual season, education. z;Z partnerships with schools and educa- school workshops and classes, or the tional institutions, and the collective management of the Rainbow Company Patronage in the Arts—Jim Nichols, Reno support of the entire community. The Ensemble, an intensive theatre program Jim Nichols serves the state of Nevada result is a multi-million dollar arts for 40 students, the focus of the through personal, professional and organization with 39 dancers on con- Rainbow Company is always on the financial support of the arts while tract, 20 full time staff and an development of skills, confidence and avoiding the spotlight. In the north, his Academy with a faculty of 16, teaching discipline for youth through direct par- largesse is visible as a trustee of the more than 600 students annually. ticipation in the arts. Sierra Arts Foundation and the Reno z;Z Philharmonic, as a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Liberal Arts at UNR and through his involve-

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______Nevada Arts Council OASIS CONFERENCE RENO, MARCH 22 – 23 Nevada Arts News, a quarterly publication of the CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER ______Nevada Arts Council, is available in print or online at www.NevadaCulture.org, and highlights the news of engage Nevada’s cultural leaders and elected officials in considering how cultural the arts industry from state, regional and national perspectives. Information about NAC programs, institutions in partnership with decision-makers can engage citizens in dialogue about updates on Nevadans making news, and articles from new possibilities for Nevada’s future. and about the field are included to provide a sense of connection to colleagues and events around town, TableTop Discussions provide an opportunity for formal or informal meetings and throughout the state and across the nation. NAC pro- networking. If you have a particular subject or issue that you would like to facilitate grams and activities are supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. as a TableTop Discussion, please be sure to list it on the registration form. The Nevada Arts Council is a division of the Nevada Pre-Conference Activities – Thursday, March 22 Department of Cultural Affairs. Explore the Riverside Artists Lofts (no charge) Jim Gibbons, Governor, State of Nevada Walking Tour of Reno’s Downtown Arts District Michael E. Fischer, Department Director Cultural Convening and Leadership Luncheon ($30) Carson City Office Nevada Presenters Network Meeting (no charge) 716 N. Carson St. Suite A • Carson City, NV 89701 775.687.6680 • fax 775.687.6688 Museum Workshop at Nevada Museum of Art (no charge) 27th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards ($35; $25 with OASIS registration) Southern Nevada Office 2755 E. Desert Inn Road, Suite 160 Las Vegas, NV 89121 OASIS Conference Activities – Friday, March 23 702.486.3700 • fax 775.486.3887

Early Bird Workshops from 8 – 9:30 a.m. Board The Shape of Museums in the 21st Century, with Tom Sokolowski Tim Jones, Chair, Reno Engraved in Stone: The Mission of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation, facilitated by Firouzeh Forouzmand, Las Vegas Shaun T. Griffin, Virginia City Alanah Woody Carol Johnson, Reno Superboards That Soar! Hands-On Solutions for Leading Organizations into the Monique Laxalt, Reno Joan Lolmaugh, Henderson Future with Kendall Hardin Marcia Robinson, North Las Vegas Strategic Marketing on a Shoestring, presented by the Estipona Group Candy Schneider, Las Vegas William E. Snyder FAIA, Henderson The Black Rock Design Institute Afternoon Tabletop discussions from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Administrative Team Susan Boskoff, Executive Director Evening reception for the exhibition “The Central Pacific Railroad and the [email protected] Comstock” at the Nevada Historical Society Linda Ficklin, Administrative Services Officer I [email protected] Lisa Boldman, Administrative Assistant II OASIS Registration [email protected] Registration is $50, which includes conference materials and meals. Conference Angelina Horn, Program Assistant, Las Vegas [email protected] attendees may attend the 27th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards Celebration in Reno for a special ticket price of $25. The OASIS 2007 Registration Form will be mailed out Artist Services Program Fran Morrow, Coordinator at the end of January. It will also be available online for downloading at [email protected] www.NevadaCulture.org. Rossitza Todorova, NV Touring Initiative Assistant [email protected]

OASIS Lodging Arts in Education Program As the OASIS conference site, Reno’s Siena Hotel Spa Casino is offering a limited Gary Margolis, Coordinator [email protected] number of deluxe rooms (king and double queen) for conference attendees on March 21 – 22, 2007 for $79 per night, plus a $3 concierge charge and 17.5% room tax. Community Arts Development Program Robin A. Hodgkin, Coordinator Reservations must be made no later than February 26, 2007 for this rate. Please make [email protected] your reservations directly to the hotel reservations department by calling Mary Jane Dorofachuk, Program Associate, Las Vegas [email protected] 877.743.6233 and identifying yourself as being a part of the OASIS group. For other local hotels, please contact the Nevada Arts Council at 775.687.6680. Folklife Program Jeanne Harrah Johnson, Coordinator [email protected] OASIS Sponsors Rebecca Snetselaar, Folklife Associate, Las Vegas, OASIS 2007 is sponsored by the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs (Nevada Arts [email protected] Council, Division of Museums & History, State Historic Preservation Office, Nevada Grants Program State Library & Archives), Nevada Humanities and the Downtown Reno Library, Mary Vargas, Interim Coordinator [email protected] Washoe County Library System; with support from Sierra Arts, Harrah’s Reno, Nevada Museum Association, the City of Reno, and the School of the Arts, University of Nevada, Reno.

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