Nevadans Receive State's Highest Honor in the Arts Live...! It's Culture Grants Online It's Not an Education Without the A
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Nevada ARTSA PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA ARTSNEWS COUNCIL / WINTER 2003 / 2004 Nevadans Receive State’s Highest Honor in the Arts It’s not an education without the Arts™ Five Nevadans will be honored at the this year’s five honorees based on their By Stacey Spain, Executive Director 24th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards commitment to enhance Nevada’s pres- Nevada Alliance for Arts Education during a reception and ceremony at the ent day quality of life while ensuring a Charleston Heights Art Center in Las strong cultural legacy for future genera- With significant budget cuts threat- Vegas on March 25, 2004. Tickets will tions.” ening the quality of education in be $35 per person. The event is co- 1Qq! Nevada, a strong and unified voice is sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Phillip Ruder, Excellence in the Arts needed more than ever to ensure Division of the City of Las Vegas’ Violinist Phillip Ruder has been per- that all Nevada students receive Department of Leisure Services. For forming as soloist, chamber musician education in all arts disciplines ticket information, please contact the and concertmaster from a very early age, including visual arts, music, Nevada Arts Council at 775.687.6680 making his solo debut with the Chicago dance, theater and literature. In or 702.486.3700. Symphony Orchestra at age 12. In the partnership with the Nevada Arts Governor’s Arts Awards recognize midst of a stellar career, Ruder moved to Council and other organizations and outstanding and enduring contributions Reno in 1994 to teach at the University individuals, Nevada Alliance for Arts to Nevada through artistic achievement, of Nevada, Reno. In addition to con- Education (NAAE) is working to commitment and service to the arts. ducting the University Symphony shape, develop and support legisla- Nevada Arts Council Executive Director Orchestra and performing with the tion that will move us toward the Susan Boskoff said, “The board selected CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 goal of arts education for every Nevada student at every educational level. Our grassroots campaign, It’s Live...! It’s Culture Grants Online not an education without the Arts™, strives to educate and advo- Applicants readying for the FY05 grants added at bottom and side cate for and about arts education season will discover a Culture Grants ’ New applicant status buttons opportunities in Nevada. Online system facelift to aid in naviga- ’ New “Tech Tips” button tion, which will be available January 15, ’ Automatic “Save” feature 2004 through the Nevada Arts Council Why Now? website at www.NevadaCulture.org or Please remember, online grant appli- Why become an advocate for educa- through the Culture Grants Online cations are required for ALL FY05 tion in Nevada? Our kids are in dan- (CGO) website at www.culturegrants- Grants Program and Arts in Education ger. The statistics paint a gloomy nv.org. Feedback gathered from con- Program applications. For online system picture about dollars spent per child stituents throughout the year assisted technical assistance, call the WESTAF in our state, achievement scores and Western States Arts Federation (WEST- Hotline at 1.888.562.7232. the future Nevada job force. Today, AF) and the Arts Council in the refining As well, applicants using the online our legislature has the opportunity of the CGO system. application form for the first time to make decisions that will either What’s new? Those of you familiar MUST contact the program coordinator require our school districts to bal- with the online application form will to discuss project eligibility and applica- ance their budgets by cutting pro- notice some visible improvements and tion specifics before starting. Kellie gramming or be brave enough to fix find it easier to use. Changes include: O’Donnell, Grants Program Coordinator a failing tax structure. Every child ’ Easier navigation—new buttons [email protected] or has the right to a well-rounded com- CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Nevada Touring Initiative Hits the Road! Page 9 Art Association, The Old Town members of the Artist in Residence Staff Update Gallery, and the Mural Project roster. Committee in Old Town Henderson, 1Qq! Questions about the Nevada Touring Kitty Boeddeker reluctantly submit- Currently showing in Carson City is Initiative and its components: ted her resignation from the board of Ann O’Lear’s, Men Without Women: Tumblewords or the Traveling the Nevada Arts Council this past Pugilism. O’Lear’s vibrant paintings Exhibition Program? Tara Bray, our December. In her letter to Governor express her love for boxing and the new Nevada Touring Initiative Booking Guinn, she wrote, “I have enjoyed the beauty she sees in the sport. “I find Manager can answer them all. Bray camaraderie with my fellow board boxing a compelling subject matter recently relocated to Nevada from members and have learned inestimable for works of art,” she said. “I’m deal- Fayetteville, Arkansas. While complet- knowledge of the arts in Nevada.” As ing with a contest of absolute drama, NACing her MFA in Creative Writing at NEWSrace, voyeurism and money—lots of is her nature, during her tenure on the the University of Arkansas, she held board, Kitty jumped right in, chairing it—in a state where boxing is an the Walton Fellowship for Poetry, Arts in Education, Artist Fellowship industry.” 2002-2003, co-directed and taught in 1Qq! and Grants review panels. We wish her the Arkansas Writers in the Schools Robert Beckmann’s exhibition in well in all her pursuits. Program and instructed students in 1Qq! the Las Vegas office includes paintings English Composition. Additionally, To fill Kitty Boeddeker’s seat on the from his “Test Site” series, two expan- she taught in the public schools for board, Governor Guinn appointed sive desert landscape paintings, and twelve years in her home state of Joan Lolmaugh, manager of the mock up drawings for murals located Georgia. Her poetry has appeared in Cultural Affairs Division for Clark in the Las Vegas Valley, including a numerous literary journals, some of County Parks and Community mural commissioned to commemo- which are Atlanta Review, Southern Services. She brings a wealth of arts rate the City of Henderson’s 50th Review, Puerto del Sol, Many administration experience, which Anniversary. For more information, Mountains Moving, Midwest Quarterly, visit www.beckmannstudio.com. includes all that was learned as execu- 1Qq! Poet Lore and Green Mountains tive director of the Idaho Arts Review. Her essays have appeared or Commission. Joan is a recent recipient OXS exhibits change every two will soon appear in Shambhala Sun of the Governor’s Art Awards, which months and we encourage you to visit and Ascent. She resides in Reno with recognized her outstanding service our offices to see the work of some of her husband who teaches English at and support of the arts. Long a voice Nevada’s finest artists. For the OXS the University of Nevada, Reno. Bray for the arts throughout Nevada, we schedule, see the Calendar of Events can be reached at 775.687.7108, or welcome Joan aboard. on the back page of NAN. [email protected]. 1Qq! 1Qq! Board member Shaun Griffin’s We send our best wishes to Melanie poem, “This is Not Love’s Offering,” Meehan-Crossley, who recently appears in the new anthology, Poetry retired as Deputy Attorney General serv- Daily: 366 Poems from the Worlds’ arts-ed.com ing the Department of Cultural Affairs. Most Popular Poetry Website. The Meehan-Crossley provided legal advice founding editors of poems.com, the and interpretation, and moral support Poetry Daily website, compiled 366 to the Nevada Arts Council for many days worth of contemporary poetry, years. Meehan-Crossley will still be including one for Leap Year. Rita Join the Arts Advocacy active in the arts as an artist and Dove and Dana Gioia, NEA chair- teacher, so our relationship will contin- man, were advisory editors to the Auto Club Today! ue, just in a slightly different manner. project. Thanks to everyone who proudly Replacing her is Ed Irvin, who has sports Nevada’s Rich in Arts license worked in the Human Resources Artists Spotlight at plate. And if you’re not, isn’t it time Division of the Office of the Attorney NAC Offices for you to purchase this award-win- General for the past four years, and has ning license plate? Remember that for At both Carson City and Las Vegas practiced law in Nevada for more than each plate issued, $15 of the initial fee offices, OXS (Office eXhibition two decades. and $10 of the renewal fee support Series) features the work of artists who arts education programs of the have been recipients of NAC Board Notes Nevada Arts Council and VSA arts Fellowships, Governor’s Arts Awards, Embracing an increased number of of Nevada, a statewide nonprofit Folk Arts Apprenticeships or are responsibilities with the Henderson organization. 2 GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARDS CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER The Funding is Crucial The funding raised through the Arts Argenta Quartet, Ruder is the concertmaster for both the Reno Philharmonic License Plates is vital to arts education Orchestra and Reno Chamber Orchestra. The Reno Philharmonic Association funding statewide. In light of budget and Reno Chamber Orchestra nominated Ruder for this award. cuts, continued sales and renewals are 1Qq! even more important than before. Virginia McCuin, Excellence in Folk Arts 1Qq! A native Nevadan and Native American, Virginia McCuin grew up on the family The Message is Critical ranch in Railroad Valley, Nevada. Her father was an accomplished blacksmith Not only do Arts License Plates gener- and her inspiration to pursue gold and silver smithing. This mainly self-taught ate dollars for arts education programs, artist has become one of the premier western engravers and jewelers in the they are one of the most visible promo- United States.