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Jake Reid, a junior at Douglas County High School in Minden, took first place at the Nevada Finals of the FY08 Grants Panels Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Competition held Schedule Saturday, March 24, 2007, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. As state champion, Reid received $1,000 and will compete for $50,000 in scholarships and Design Arts Grants Committee school stipends in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C., April 29 Friday, May 18, 1:30 – 3 p.m. – May 2. His school also receives a $2,000 stipend for the purchase of poetry books Location TBA and to support literary programs. Sophomore Lainey Henderson from Carson High School in Carson City won sec- Challenge Grants Committee ond place and Geoffrey McFarland, a senior at Reno’s Galena High School, took Friday, May 18, 3 – 4 p.m. third. Each receives $500, with $1,000 for his or her school. Location TBA In this second year of Poetry Out Loud, all Nevada counties with high schools par- ticipated with local and semi-final competitions. For the State Finals, 13 of the 16 Folklife Apprenticeship Grants Sunday, May 20, 8 a.m. – 12 noon school districts sent students to compete. McKinley Arts & Culture Center “Thanks to the dedication of the students, teachers, coaches, parents and project 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV sponsors, Poetry Out Loud was a great success in Nevada this year, with every district

CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Project & Development Grants Monday, May 21, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Office of the Attorney General, Mock Courtroom Grants Season in Full Swing at 100 N. Carson St., Carson City Partners in Excellence Grants, Tier I & II Nevada Arts Council Tuesday, May 22, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Office of the Attorney General, Between May 19 – 24, 2007, various grant panels and committees will convene in Mock Courtroom open public sessions to review applications in five categories of the Grants Program 100 N. Carson St., Carson City and those submitted for Folklife Apprenticeship grants. Their funding recommenda- tions will be presented to the Board of the Nevada Arts Council (NAC) for considera- Artist Fellowships Panels June 12 – 14 tion at its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 23. Nevada State Library and Archives Bldg. In June, various panels will review applications for Arts in Education grants and Carson City Artist Fellowship grants, which the NAC board will review and approve during a con- (See page 9 for more information) ference call scheduled before June 30. For more on the Artist Fellowship review panels, please see page 9; for the Arts in AIE Grants Panel Education grant review panel, please turn to page 10; and the Folklife Apprenticeship June 21 and 22 grant panel, please visit page 11. Nevada State Library and Archives Bldg. Carson City Grants Program Receives (See page 10 for more information) $1,309,793 in FY08 Requests The Grants Program received 115 applications in Project, Development, Partners in Excellence, Tier I & II, Challenge and Design Arts grant categories, requesting a total Celebrating our 40th of $1,309,793 to support programs, projects and operations for FY08. Anniversary with a new look! CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 nac news HONORS FOR NAC JEANNE HARRAH JOHNSON’S FAREWELL BOARD MEMBERS In the middle of June, Folklife Program Coordinator Jeanne Harrah Johnson leaves the Candy Schneider was selected by the Nevada Arts Council after nine years of service to the state of Nevada to pursue a National Art Education Association myriad of other interests too diverse to list. During her tenure, Jeanne brought her (NAEA) to receive the Nevada Art own vision to Nevada’s highly respected Folklife Program and leaves an indelible Educator of the Year Award. This award mark. Her love of folklife will always direct her personal and professional choices and recognizes the exemplary contributions, we expect to have a continuing relationship with Jeanne in the future. service, and achievements of one out- • • • standing NAEA member annually at the As hard as they try, no one can convince me that being the Coordinator of a Folklife state level. NAEA President Susan Program is the same as being a Coordinator of any of the other programs at an arts Gabbard wrote, “Candy exemplifies the council. As Consultant, then Associate, then Coordinator of the Nevada Arts Council’s highly qualified individuals active in the Folklife Program over a span of nine years, part of my job has been to act as the stew- field of art education today: leaders, ard of tradition bearers and their artistic expressions. I have been entrusted with much teachers, students, and advocates who of the history and humanity of this state, and with the responsibility to elevate its visi- give their best to the profession.” NAEA’s bility. I take this as a profound privilege, handed down to me, not unlike a priceless membership includes elementary, sec- piece of folklore itself, by the extraordinarily capable hands of my predecessors, ondary, middle and high school art teach- Blanton Owen and Andrea Graham. ers in 50 states, representatives from I have never taken my job lightly, and I do not take my leave lightly. I will miss the major art museums, state departments of confidence and pride, and remarkable understanding and support that the Nevada education, arts councils and major col- Arts Council’s executive director, staff and Board have shown toward the Folklife leges and universities worldwide. Program. I am at a loss to find strong enough words to express the gratitude I have • • • for the many folk artists with whom I have worked. They have provided me with an Each year, the International Center seeks education equal to one hundred doctoral degrees, they are my friends, and they will nominations for three international forever have my heart. awards: the International Visionary Award, The Folklife Program, grounded in its history while reaching toward new and the International Volunteer Award, and the broader goals, will continue to flourish and serve as the consistent touchstone of sup- Global Citizen Award. The 2007 recipients port for folk artists as it has been for over twenty years. Rebecca Snetselaar, the of the Global Citizen Award are NAC Folklife Program’s Associate in Las Vegas, is already reshaping important parts of the Board Member Shaun Griffin and Folklife Program and stretching the Program’s arms to new horizons in southern Deborah Loesch-Griffin. In 1991, the Nevada. Nevada’s folk and traditional artists know that they can count on the integrity Griffins founded Community Chest, Inc., a and opportunities of Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program for the support, honor program involved in community and youth and recognition they need to preserve and pass on what is important to their commu- development. Their organization has nity and essential to them as people: their traditional arts and culture. grown to include twenty full- and part-time I thank each one of you for your commitment to the remarkable variety of people employees, over thirty programs, and a in our state, and for understanding how significant folk art and traditional culture are budget of $1,450,000. to the people and communities we live among. It has been a rewarding ride; I leave feeling honored to have been in the presence of all of you. COMINGS & GOINGS – Jeanne Harrah Johnson A California transplant to Nevada almost Accounting at Cal State LA. With a voice you heard when calling the agency, 16 years ago, Mary Vargas has worked breadth of experience working with CPA has taken a position with the Office of at the Nevada Arts Council for more than firms, private industry and even the casi- Sponsored Projects, 4-H Youth Programs, a year. She started as arts associate, pro- no industry, she brings a background of at University of Nevada, Reno. Boldman viding assistance to all the program expertise to assist applicants and has been part of the Arts Council family areas including the Grants Program dur- grantees in fiscal planning and grants since 2005, working with the NAC Board ing its annual grants panel period last management. Vargas looks forward to and constituents in both the Grants and year. Appointed as the Interim Grants working with the nonprofit sector and Arts in Education programs. We wish her Program Coordinator in July, Vargas took individual artists and to be a part of the very best, envy her ten-minute com- on the official title of Grants Program Nevada’s cultural workforce. mute to her new workplace, and know Coordinator this February. After attend- • • • that the University has inherited a cre- ing most of her classes at Cal Poly, San Lisa Boldman, the Nevada Arts Council’s ative, dedicated and inventive new Luis Obispo, she attained her B.S. in Administrative Assistant II and the first employee.

NEVADA ARTS NEWS | 2 | A Publication of the Nevada Arts Council reGIonaL+naTIonanacL newsnews VISUAL ARTISTS AT THE LEGISLATURE For eleven sessions, the Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS) has provided a modest yet important spotlight on the Silver State’s visual artists—painters, pho- tographers, printmakers, sculptors, and craft artists—for our lawmakers and the public sector. Since 1985, 117 artists have been featured in exhibitions at the State Legislative Building in Carson City. This session, a committee of Pat Fietta, visual artist and co-director of Lyon County Court House Gallery in Yerington; Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, visual artist and co-director Goldwell Open Air Museum in Beatty; and Nolan Preece, visual artist and curator at Truckee Meadow Community College Art Gallery recommended six artists to be featured in three-week solo LXS exhibits, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The last three LXS exhibits for the 2007 Legislative session are:

April 9 – April 27: Marty Walsh Las Vegas, painting – Walsh’s paintings are from her Maid of Honor and the Tap Boy exhibits, many of which were inspired by the humorous names of “o-matic” kitchen gadgets and their sometimes odd function and design that created an appeal which still grows in TOP: Black Rock Point, 2006 Gerald Lee Franzen Magic Hostess, 2006 this new century. “I have long felt the Epson Print, 16” x 30” Marty Walsh romantic notion of the artist working at Oil on Canvas, 30” x 40” BOTTOM: Underwater Growth (1 of 6), 2007 the ‘turn of the century’ and the respon- Heather Patterson sibility of the artist to bridge one century Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 30” x 22” to another,” said Walsh. “I now watch the lowly kitchen gadgets of old mature into May 21 – June 8: Gerald Franzen We appreciate the support of our LXS a new objet d' art.” Carson City, photography – Franzen’s 2007 sponsors—the Wingfield Nevada photographs were taken in September Group, R & R Partners, the Ferraro April 30 – May 18: Heather Patterson 2006 at the Black Rock Desert, which is Group, the Griffin Crowley Group and Carson City, painting – Patterson’s work two hours north of Reno, and is the Sheehan VanWoert Bigotti Architects— evolves from photographs of elements in largest flat area in North America. The which made this year’s nature. Because of the large scale of her exhibit images were captured the area exhibit possible. work, Patterson paints primarily with oil directly north of the geological formation • • • paint on the floor, dripping paint and at the southern end of the Black Rock LXS is managed by the Artist Services then carving into the surface to make the Range known as the “Black Rock,” using Program. For information on these artists images rise up from underneath. Some an Olympus 5050 digital camera, mini- or the LXS program, please call panels have a final layer of Plexiglas or mally processed in Photoshop, and print- 775.687.6680. resin applied to the surface much the ed on an Epson 4800 printer. same way a thin plastic coverslip is • • • placed on a microscopic slide.

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Governor Presents • The 17-piece Mile High Jazz Band Annual Arts Awards ended the evening with Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most by On March 22, 2007, more than 400 people Frances Landesman. joined in the celebration of the 27th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards at Nightingale Tim Jones, chair of the NAC Board Concert Hall on the campus of the noted, “….many people have said that the University of Nevada, Reno. Governor Jim ceremony was one of the best ever pro- Gibbons presided with aplomb as he wel- duced. Our recognition of statewide comed each recipient and acted as the excellence in the arts was therefore Master of Ceremony for an evening filled reflected by an event that was, in itself, with video vignettes of the awardees, marked by excellence.” speeches and nearly 100 performers. The event’s excellence could not have In addition to personal and thought- occurred without the generosity of time, provoking presentations by UNR President energy and support provided by so Milton Glick and Tim Jones, chair of the many—the performers, many of the per- Nevada Arts Council, keynote speaker TOP: Governor Jim Gibbons introduces David formers’ parents, volunteers and University Bugli, GAA award recipient, and the Mile High Bob Lynch, CEO and President of Jazz Band staff—and for that the Arts Council is most Americans for the Arts, shared his infec- appreciative. We thank our host—the MIDDLE: Dances from the State of Jalisco are tious sense of humor and brought a School of the Arts; our media sponsor— presented by Mexico Vivo Dance Company national perspective to the evening. KUNR 88.7 FM; Karen Gulash and her The Nevada Opera’s Youth Chorus BOTTOM: An excerpt from Writes of Passage, Proctor R. Hug High School students who performed by members of the Rainbow opened the evening with an arrangement Company Ensemble created the Nevada Landscape artwork; of the Star Spangled Banner, Home and the skilled Nightingale Concert Hall Means Nevada, and Happy Birthday (cele- • Mexico Vivo, Las Vegas – technical crew. brating Nevada Arts Council’s 40th Excellence in Folk and Traditional Art Finally, the success of GAA could not Anniversary). The program also featured • The Rainbow Company Youth have been accomplished without remark- five of the eight award recipients: Theatre, Las Vegas - ably generous financial donations from Leadership in Arts Education Norma J. Byer; Charles Schwab Bank; • Gailmarie Pahmeier read “Home Grown • Jill Berryman, Reno – Dunlap & Laxalt Attorneys; Caren Jenkins Roses,” a poem from her new manu- Leadership in the Arts: Individuals Law Office; Tim Jones; John Klai, Jr.; Joan script, In the Snapshot of the Porch. • Great Basin Arts & Entertainment, Lolmaugh; L’uva Bella Wine Gallery; • Dancers from Vivo Mexico Dance Winnemucca – Leadership in the Arts: Machabee Office Environments; Morris, Company presented La Negra and Organizations Pickering and Peterson – Attorneys at Law; Jarabe Tapatio. • Jim Nichols, Verdi – Candy Schneider; Sheehan Van Woert • Members of the Rainbow Company Patronage in the Arts Bigotti Architects and Tate Synder Kimsey Ensemble performed an excerpt from • David Bugli, Carson City – Architects. Writes of Passage, an original play writ- Distinguished Service to the Arts • • • ten by company students. • Nevada Ballet Theatre, Las Vegas – Congratulations again to: • Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Yoomi Lee and Distinguished Service to the Arts • Gailmarie Pahmeier, Reno – Kyudong Kwak performed the Black Excellence in the Arts Swan Pas de Deux.

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advantage of new technology permitting a IN MEMORY: major increase in program offerings,” he Hal Rothman said. Under Marchese’s leadership, Hal Rothman, the oft-quoted expert on all Nevada Public Radio has grown into a six- things Las Vegas, died Sunday after a year- station system covering 80 percent of the long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He state of Nevada, including the Las Vegas was 48. Rothman, who hosted a radio Valley and St. George, UT as well as bor- show, wrote a column in the Las Vegas Sun dering areas of Arizona and California. and authored several books, was diag- Rogers had extensive experience with nosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or public and commercial radio stations in ALS, in December 2005. The University of the and at the Isle of Wight Nevada, Las Vegas, hired Rothman as a Radio, England, where she was born and history professor in 1992, when the Strip raised. She holds a M.A. in radio and tele- was leading the valley headlong into a vision from San Diego State University and boom that was to last into the next a B.A. in communications from Coventry IN MEMORY: decade. It provided Rothman with his topic University in England. Paiute Master Artist of choice—“Neon Metropolis: How Las • • • Ralph Charlie Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century,” as David Itkin will succeed Maestro Hal his 2002 book was titled. Rothman’s sharp Ralph Charlie, a respected senior mem- Weller as the new Music Director of the mind and quick wit made him the media’s ber of the Paiute tribe living in Schurz, Las Vegas Philharmonic on July 1, 2007. choice for intelligent perspective on the died on February 23, 2007, in Reno, NV. The appointing of Itkin concludes a nearly city. He was quoted in or appeared on Born on January 19, 1943, in Stewart, NV, two-year process by the Philharmonic that almost every national news outlet in the he grew up near Bridgeport and Lee involved more than 250 applicants. country, including , Vining, CA, and graduated from Colville Maestro Itkin will also continue as the Newsweek, ABC World News Tonight, The High School in 1961. Married to music director of the Arkansas Symphony Wall Street Journal, the CBS Evening Josephine David with two children, he Orchestra and the Abilene Philharmonic News, CNN and National Public Radio. worked in construction and as an elec- Orchestra. A veteran of a 20-year career Though he became known worldwide as tronics technician in Nevada and in which has seen him on the podium of an historian of modern Las Vegas, California. In the mid-1960s, Charlie orchestras throughout the United States, Rothman’s areas of expertise also included served as a Medical Corpsmen/ Europe, and Asia, Itkin is also a composer environmental history and the history of Paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of note and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nomi- the American West. Rothman is survived by while stationed in Okinawa, then in the nee. Weller, founder and conductor of the his wife and two children. Donations in 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, NC. Philharmonic, will continue his residency in Rothman’s memory may be made to the Ralph Charlie knew many of his peo- Las Vegas and will be accorded the title of ALS Society of Nevada. ple’s traditions, and often demonstrated Founding Music Director/ Conductor his traditional skills and his cultural Laureate. His final concerts, Masterworks knowledge to children in the local NEVADA ROUNDUP IV and V, will be on April 14 and May 5 at schools. With support of a NAC Folklife Florence M.E. Rogers has taken the the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. Apprenticeship grant, he worked closely helm as General Manager and • • • with Marlin Thompson in 2003 to pass on President of KNPR-FM Nevada Public Renato N. Estacio joined the Las Vegas the traditional process of making Paiute Radio, succeeding Lamar Marchese, who Philharmonic in early March as its new arrowheads. He gathered obsidian from founded the nonprofit corporation and Director of Marketing. The former the area and made his own flaking tools headed it for 30 years before his retire- assistant director of the University of in addition to his own arrowheads. An ment in March. Rogers had served as the Nevada, Las Vegas, Writing Center. active supporter of the American Indian station’s director of programming and Estacio brings a unique background to Movement, Ralph Charlie documented assistant general manager. David Cabral, the Philharmonic because of his passion Paiute elders and their language in an president of the board of directors, for both music and business. “I love effort to help preserve and pass on the said,“ One of Lamar’s overarching quali- both,” he says, “so this engagement cer- Paiute language. ties was his vision, a vision that put serv- tainly combines the best of both worlds.” Ralph Charlie’s many friends and fami- ice to the growing community in the • • • ly members will miss him deeply, as will forefront of what Nevada Public Radio Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT) announced those who support folk artists, traditions does. I look forward to Flo’s continuation that Jeanne Frederick has been appoint- and cultures so deserving of our honor of that visionary approach as the organiza- ed Director of Development. Formerly and recognition. tion moves into the future and takes NBT’s Special Events Manager, Frederick

NEVADA ARTS NEWS | 5 | A Publication of the Nevada Arts Council nevaDa news will be responsible for all areas of fundrais- and with which the Thea Award is shared, ing for the Las Vegas-based ballet compa- NEVADANS NOTED included architects, writers, historians, ny, including individual, corporate and IN NY TIMES 3-D designers, graphic designers, a/v foundation support. Her role will also media producers, a/v equipment special- include board member relations and over- MUSIC REVIEW ists and lighting designers. In a recent New York Times review of sight of all special events including the “The TEA’s Thea Awards once again Phillip Bimstein’s newest CD, Larkin annual Black & White Ball, the Ballet's honor outstanding achievement in experi- Gifford’s Harmonica ( ST-214), largest fundraiser. Earlier this year, Tim ence design and themed entertainment, performances by Las Vegas-based Sierra Doyle replaced Beth Gayler as NBT’s and reinforce the value of creating com- Winds and Stephen Caplan, professor of Development Manager. pelling places and experiences to a ever- oboe at UNLV and an artist fellowship • • • wider range of venues, events and indus- recipient, received praise. A classically In early March, Capital City Arts Initiative tries,” said TEA International Board trained composer who lives in Utah, (CCAI) presented its inaugural CAP President Craig Hanna. “Truly they reflect Bimstein is noted in the article as “best Awards, established to acknowledge long- the impact that storytelling, architecture, known for his quirky electro-acoustic com- term supporters of CCAI and the arts in technology and experience design are positions, in which instrumental perform- northern Nevada. Honored were Joe having on the guest and visitor experi- ers mingle with sampled storytellers and McCarthy, Carson City’s Economic ence.” For more information about the sound effects.” The reviewer continued, Development and Redevelopment Thea Awards, visit www.themeit.com. “Mr. Bimstein doesn’t miss the obvious Manager; Andrea Moore, Community pun in ‘Casino’ when his narrator, a former Relations Coordinator for the Carson City craps dealer originally trained as a priest, Library; and Jim McCormick, UNR Art NEA GRANT recounts a mention of dice in Milton’s Department Professor Emeritus and TO CCSN ‘Paradise Lost.’ …The Sierra Winds play CCAI’s first board president. CCAI is an The National Endowment for the Arts tuneful, dancing figures, augmented by artist-centered organization committed to announced that the Community College rattling dice and burbling slot machines. the encouragement and support of artists of Southern Nevada (CCSN) received one Mr. Bimstein’s fascination with the sounds and the arts and culture of Carson City of 136 Challenge America Fast-Track of nature surfaces in ‘Half Moon at and the surrounding region. For more grants totaling $1,360,000 in awards to Checkerboard Mesa,’ in which the oboist information, visit www.ccai.org. organizations throughout the United Stephen Caplan engages in intricate call- • • • States. CCSN’s grant of $10,000 will sup- and-response with a chorus of chirping Yunior Lopez (viola) and Jeremy Rhizor port its New Music Festival, which features frogs.” For more information visit (violin), both of Las Vegas, and Reno’s artists of international stature in concerts, www.starkland.com. Timothy Woodard (cello) will participate in recitals, and lecture/workshops for audi- the Kennedy Center/National Symphony ences of Southern Nevada, including high Orchestra Summer Music Institute, a four- AWARD FOR school and college students. week festival of orchestral and chamber music for young people ages 14 – 21 at the MUSEUM DIRECTOR Kennedy Center. Musicians from 26 states Peter Barton, acting administrator of the NEW DANCE and the District of Columbia are participat- Nevada Division of Museums and History, an COMPANY IN LV agency in the Department of Cultural Affairs, ing in the Institute, which consists of orches- Nevada newest dance company, Dance recently received the Thea Award from TEA tral and chamber music coached by NSO Theater of Nevada of Las Vegas, will pres- (formerly the Theme Entertainment musicians, conducting and master classes, ent its premier performance on Association) for his involvement in the cre- private lessons with NSO musicians, and September 4 and 5 at the Cashman ation of the U-505 Submarine exhibit at the additional enrichment sessions. Center. The Founding Artistic Director is Museum of Science and Industry in . • • • Bernard Gaddis, a former principal dancer Barton worked on the U-505 project while Greta Brunschwyler, director of the with the Alvin Ailey American Dance employed by Christopher Chadbourne & Department of Cultural Affairs’ Nevada Theater and the Co-Director is Charmaine Associates (CCA), a Boston, Mass. based State Museum and Historical Archives Hunter, principal for Dance Theater of firm specializing in museum planning and in Las Vegas, left after four years of serv- Harlem. Planning is in the works to man- exhibit design. He served as Vice President ice to accept a post at the High Desert age an educational facility to provide of CCA from 1999 until he relocated to Museum in Bend, Oregon. David exemplary dance training emulating the Carson City to become director of the Millman, the museum’s Curator of quality and depth as those schools locat- Nevada State Railroad Museum in August Collections, is serving as interim director. ed in New York. For more information, 2004. please contact Victoria Foster at The design team Barton worked with, [email protected].

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CARSON CITY IN CULTURAL FACILITIES AWARDED GRANTS TOP 10 CITIES FOR In early March, the Commission on Cultural Affairs (CCA) awarded $3,120,200 in ARTISTS grants, following its mission to preserve Nevada’s cultural resources and promote a Using a variety of criteria, Business Week network of cultural centers through the preservation of Nevada historic structures. recently citied Carson City as third on its CCA funds, generated through state bond revenues, are awarded through a competi- list of the top 10 “Best Places for Artists in tive grants review process. To date, CCA has funded more than 85 projects, saving America.” In her article, Maya Roney dis- some of Nevada’s most treasured buildings and insuring lively cultural centers in our cusses a number of salient points about communities across the state. The CCA funded the following projects for FY08: the value of arts and culture, and artists as an economic impact driver. Bethel AME Church, Bethel Housing Development Corp., Reno $ 70,000 The article quoted Bert Sperling, the Boulder Dam Hotel, Boulder City Museum Historical Society, founder and president of Sperling’s Best Boulder City 100,000 Places, and the compiler of St. Teresa’s Church, Brewery Arts Center, Carson City 95,000 BusinessWeek.com’s list of the Best Places California Building, City of Reno 50,000 for Artists in America, in discussing the role of the artist in developing economic Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, Carson City Parks/Recreation 18,000 vitality, “Artists are the advance guard of Cookhouse Museum, Lander County Historical Society, Elko 72,000 what’s hip and cool.” East End School House, Fernley Ladies Aid Society, Fernley 8,700 Roney also referred to the work of Anne Genoa Courthouse, Douglas County Historical Society, Genoa 11,000 Markusen, an economist and professor at Golconda School House, Golconda Fire Protection District, Golconda 42,000 the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Gold Hill Depot, Gold Hill Historical Society, Gold Hill 30,000 Institute of Public Affairs, considered a Historic Fourth Ward School, Virginia City 190,000 leading researcher of the effects of the arts Jarbidge Community Hall, Jarbidge Community Association, Jarbidge 85,000 on regional economics. Maintaining that Kiel Ranch, North Las Vegas Parks/Recreation, North Las Vegas 68,000 artists bring more than culture to a com- munity, Markusen was quoted as saying, La Concha, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas 100,000 “Businesses don’t often understand the McGill Depot, White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation, Inc., Ely 125,000 extent to which art affects them. [Artists] Manhattan School, Smoky Valley Library District, Manhattan 29,000 are just as important as science and tech- Marvel Cookhouse, Lander County Historical Society, Round Mountain 95,000 nology companies.” Mineral County Courthouse, Mineral Co. Historic Preservation Foundation, The article also noted that being a cul- Hawthorne 60,000 tural center also helps local businesses Morelli House, Junior League of Las Vegas 21,000 attract employees who want to be able to Northern Nevada Railroad Complex, White Pine Historical Railroad regularly go to the ballet or the theater, Foundation, Inc., Ely 140,000 hear authors read from their latest books or attend art-gallery openings. Nye County Courthouse, Belmont 42,500 In developing this list, Oats Park School, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon 132,000 BusinessWeek.com and Sperling’s Best Old Gym/Rock House, Mesquite 30,000 Places identified the metro areas with the Overton Gym, The Society of the Preservation of the Old Overton Gym 35,000 highest concentrations of artistic establish- Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno 75,000 ments, the percentage of people ages 25 Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City 120,000 to 34, population diversity and concentra- Richardson House, North Central Nevada Historical Society, Winnemucca 100,000 tion of museums, philharmonic orchestras, Roberts House, Carson City Parks/Recreation, Carson City 18,000 dance companies, theater troupes, library resources and college arts programs. St. Augustine’s Cultural Center, Austin 300,000 • • • “25 Ranch” Cookhouse, Lander County Historical Society, Battle Mountain 95,000 The top 10 places for artists are— Thompson Opera House, Lincoln County, Pioche 110,000 Los Angeles; Santa Fe; Carson City; New Tuscarora Masonic Lodge, Elko County, Tuscarora 85,000 York City; Kingston, NY; Oxnard-Thousand Whitell Estate, Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society, Lake Tahoe 60,000 Oaks-Ventura, CA; Nashville, TN; Boulder, U.S Post Office/Courthouse, City of Las Vegas 475,000 CO; San Francisco; and Nassau-Suffolk Western Folklife Center, Elko 125,000 counties, NY.

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port for arts education; broaden the facilitate one session on the topic of CHAIRMAN reach of grants to underserved communi- artist fellowships. Participants will look at PRESENTS NEA ties; increase appropriations to the state the history, value, and significance of arts agencies, which “reach deeper than artist fellowships to our field and for the FY08 BUDGET we do”; and improve funding for interna- public good. Proponents, opponents, Appearing before the House Interior tional cultural exchanges. and those who see both sides of the Appropriations Subcommittee on March Testifying with Gioia at the hearing artist fellowship question will provide an 20, Dana Gioia, chair of the National were two NEA grantees: Craig Hella engaging session and a rich context for Endowment for the Arts (NEA), present- Johnson, artistic director of Conspirare, a future discussion. Join in the discussion ed the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budg- choral group from Austin, Texas, who to deepen your understanding of this et requesting $128.412 million, repre- explained the success enjoyed from complex and important issue. senting an increase of $4 million for the American Masterpieces support of choral To see the full conference schedule NEA. In his testimony, Gioia reported presentations; and Marie Pyko, manager and to register go to www.AmericansFor that “the NEA is currently operating with of the Topeka and Shawnee County TheArts.org. high artistic standards, unprecedented Public Library in Topeka, Kansas, one of CAD Professional Development democratic access, inclusive partner- the early innovative grantees of The Big Grants are available for professional paid ships, and improved efficiency.” Read. or volunteer administrators to attend this Gioia received praise from Democratic Other subcommittee members at the conference. See the Community Arts and Republican legislators alike for his hearing who added their praise for Development section on page 11 for energy and creativity in guiding the NEA. Gioia’s stewardship of the arts endow- more information. The subcommittee chair, Rep. Norm ment were Reps. James Moran (D-VA), Dicks (D-WA), opened the hearing by Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Maurice Hinchey (D- telling Gioia that “we hope that working NY), John Peterson (R-PA), John Doolittle OPEN DIALOGUE XI: together we can make your second term (R-CA) and Tom Udall (D-NM). Global Connections to even better.” Cultural Democracy However, Dicks observed, with some The Association of American Cultures disappointment, that the President’s AMERICANS FOR (TAAC) has selected Denver to serve as funding request for 2008 is “a flat budg- THE ARTS CONVENE the backdrop for its 11th biennial confer- et in real terms” and still well below the ence on art, culture, and diversity: Open high budget mark of 12 years ago. He IN LAS VEGAS Dialogue XI: Global Connections to expressed the hope that the subcommit- The Americans for the Arts 2007 Annual Cultural Democracy, July 1 – 15, 2007. tee would be able to “find funds to Conference, Risk and Reward: The four-day conference, sponsored address this shortfall.” Balancing Acts in Arts and Community, by TAAC and hosted by the Western Gioia’s testimony focused on the will convene June 1 – 3, 2007 in Las States Arts Federation (WESTAF), merges reach of NEA grants to “every communi- Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel. the national conference with WESTAF’s ty in the United States” through the The convention is packed full of edgy annual symposium. The conference will Challenge America program and the arts ideas and useful tools. Introduced this bring together hundreds of artists, cul- endowment’s other initiatives and granti- year are seven new program tracks that tural leaders, policy makers, and repre- ng programs. ensure both close connection with your sentatives from diverse communities, arts In describing the literary component colleagues and expanded opportunity organizations and state arts agencies to of the American Masterpieces, The Big for crossover among important areas of focus on the intersections of art, culture Read, Gioia told the legislators that the the larger arts field. and global migration. NEA’s goal is to connect with 200 com- Convention highlights include the Participants will explore global con- munities in all 50 states in 2007, and with national release of Arts & Economic nections, arts and cultural policy initia- 400 communities participating in 2008. Prosperity III, the culminating session of tives, and issues affecting communities “The decision,” he said, “to expand The the MetLife Foundation National Arts of many cultural, ethnic and racial back- Big Read into 400 communities is a piv- Forum Series, the introduction of new grounds in the United States and world- otal moment in connecting Americans to recognition awards, and guest artist Jenny wide. A number of professional develop- their culture.” Holzer, as well as inspiring speakers, ment workshops on various topics—from When asked by Dicks what he would thought provoking sessions and performing arts to technology and arts do with more funds in the NEA budget, ARTventure tours. funding—will also be offered. Gioia identified five priorities: invest- Nevada Arts Council Executive CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 ment in the core granting programs to Director Susan Boskoff and WESTAF increase the size of grants; improve sup- Executive Director Anthony Radich will

NEVADA ARTS NEWS | 8 | A Publication of the Nevada Arts Council nac PROGPrOGram news ARTIST SERVICES GAA Visual Arts Apr 27, 2007 Commission Deadline Gailmarie Pahmeier & Willy Vlautin, poets Churchill Arts Council, Fallon PROGRAM Friday, October 5, 2007 is the postmark 775.423.1440 deadline to submit applications for the • • • Questions & Answers Governor’s Arts Award Visual Arts For information about the Artist Services Apr 28, 2007 Commission. The commission artist will Program, please contact Fran Morrow at Ellen Hopkins, prose writer be awarded $3,500 to create seven origi- [email protected] or 775.687.7106; Douglas County Public Library, Minden nal works of art—six pieces will be pre- or Rossitza Todorova, Nevada Touring 775.782.9841 sented to recipients of the 28th Annual Initiative Assistant, at • • • Governor’s Arts Awards in spring of 2008, [email protected] or 775.687.7108. June 1, 2007 and one will be placed in the Arts Joanne Meschery, prose writer Council’s permanent collection. Previous Churchill Arts Council, Fallon Fellowship Panels commissions have included a variety of 775.423.1440 Scheduled media that exemplifies the diversity of • • • Out-of-state panelists selected for their Nevada’s artists. The works need not be June 15 & 16, 2007 expertise and training in one or more of identical and may be in any two- or Adam Henry Carriere, poet the literary, performing and visual arts three-dimensional medium. The artist is Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas will meet in June at the Nevada State responsible for any necessary framing or 702.229.6211 Library and Archives Building in Carson handling apparatus. The Visual Arts City to review FY08 Artist Fellowship Commission application forms will be applications and make funding recom- available in August 2007. Visual Arts Exhibits mendations for the NAC Board to con- In Your Community sider. In late May, fellowship applicants The Traveling Exhibition Program, a com- will receive a notice about the panel ponent of the Nevada Touring Initiative meeting schedule and bios of this year’s (NTI), is ready to deliver visual arts panelists. Nine fellowships of $5,000 exhibits to communities throughout the (three each in literary arts, performing state and is available to nonprofit organi- arts, and visual arts) will be awarded for zations for a $150 fee. This cost includes FY08. Three $500 grants are also award- Tumbling Words rental of the artwork, installation and ed to the top honorable mentions in Now in its 13th season, Tumblewords pick-up, insurance, and publicity and each category. The primary criteria used keeps rolling along. A component of the educational materials. NTI traveling in evaluating and awarding fellowships Nevada Touring Initiative (NTI) and sup- exhibits feature an array of subjects and are artistic excellence and aesthetic ported in part by WESTAF, Tumblewords art forms, ranging from traditional merit. offers free readings and workshops by Washoe basketry and Ukrainian egg- writers from Nevada and the western painting to landscape painting and con- Performing Arts Fellowship Panel region in communities throughout the temporary sculpture. The work of Tuesday, June 12 state. Nevada’s finest painters, sculptors, pho- 9:30 a.m. through completion Tumblewords sponsors often use local tographers and traditional artists as well Nevada State Library and Archives Bldg. writing clubs or senior centers for these as work from artists who garner national 100 N. Stewart St., Carson City outreach activities, but the possibilities and international acclaim. are limited only by each sponsor’s imagi- To schedule an NTI – Traveling Exhibit Visual Arts Fellowship Panel nation—interviews on local radio shows in your community, visit our website at Wednesday, June 13 or cable access stations, workshops for www.NevadaCulture.org and check out 9:30 a.m. through completion at-risk populations, or informal lectures the lists of Traveling Exhibitions and Nevada State Library and Archives Bldg. at the local bookstore or coffeehouse. Guidelines. For more information on the 100 N. Stewart St., Carson City To schedule a Tumblewords writer in following exhibits, please call the spon- your community, visit our website at sors listed below. Literary Arts Fellowship Panel www.NevadaCulture.org and check out Thursday, June 14 the Tumblewords Roster and Guidelines. Mar 28 – May 23, 2007 9:30 a.m. through completion For information on the following activi- Voces Latinas Nevada State Library and Archives Bldg. ties, please call the sponsors as listed. St. Mary’s Art Center, Virginia City 100 N. Stewart St., Carson City 775.847.9344

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Apr 12 – June 18, 2007 munities to explore the Nevada Touring grants requesting $6,510, with $4,000 Honest Horses Initiative’s (NTI) Traveling Exhibition and available for funding. All applicants were Great Basin National Park Visitor Center, Tumblewords programs. The episode approved for grants at the following Baker includes segments with Lovelock amounts: 775.647.7331 Elementary School fifth graders and their May 31 – July 31, 2007 teacher, Mr. Wuth; Lovelock community • Arts for the Schools, Tahoe City, $460 Voces Latinas members; Pershing County Library – To host a children’s art show for stu- Left of Center Gallery, North Las Vegas Director Jeanne Munk; the Nevada dents in pre-school through grade 12 702.647.7378 Museum of Art curator Ann Wolfe; Nevada at the Blue Onion Café. NOW II exhibit artist Rebekah Bogard; • Carson City Symphony, Carson City, July 1 – Aug 31, 2007 and Tumblewords poet Gailmaire $460 – To support a workshop and Texture & Weave of Traditional Art Palmeier. Also, featured are the NTI concert with the California-based Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas Program Assistant, Rossitza Todorova, and “Strolling Strings” at the Northern 702.895.3381 NAC’s “Art Guy” or the NTI Exhibition Nevada Children’s Museum. Aug 3 – Sept 19, 2007 Installer, Chad Sorg. • Victoria Ceretto-Slotto, docent, Voces Latinas Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, $460 – Pahrump Arts Council, Pahrump To attend the National Docent 775.751.5282 ARTS IN Symposium, Phoenix, AZ. Aug 8 – Sept 24, 2007 EDUCATION • Caroline Davey, theater teacher, Palo Honest Horses PROGRAM Verde High School, Las Vegas, $315 – Humboldt County Library, Winnemucca To attend “Camp Bravo,” a theater 775.623.6388 arts summer camp, Northridge, CA. Questions & Answers May 25 – 28, 2007. Sept 5 – Oct 31, 2007 For more information about the Arts in • Joan Elder, docent, Nevada Museum Texture & Weave of Traditional Art Education Program, please contact Gary of Art, Reno, $460 – To attend the Lost City Museum, Overton Margolis, AIE Program Coordinator, at National Docent Symposium, Phoenix, 702.397.2193 775.687.7119 or [email protected]. AZ. Oct 1 – Nov 19, 2007 • Lucia Mason, theater teacher, Palo Voces Latinas Arts Ed Grants Verde High School, Las Vegas, $460 – Nevada State Museum, Carson City Review in June To attend the International Thespian 775.687.4810 The AIE Grants Review Panel will meet Festival, Lincoln, NE. Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2007 June 21 – 22 at the Nevada State Library • Nancy Oakley, docent, Nevada Honest Horses and Archives Building in Carson City to Museum of Art, Reno, $460 – Washoe County Library/Downtown review applications for FY08 Arts To attend the National Docent Reno Branch, Reno Learning for All (ALFA) and Artist in Symposium, Phoenix, AZ. 775.327.8312 Residence (AIR) grants. Comprised of • Gayle Robinson, docent, Nevada individuals from arts and education sec- Museum of Art, Reno, $460 – Nov 21 – Jan 10, 2008 tors, the panel evaluates all eligible To attend the National Docent Voces Latinas applications and make funding recom- Symposium, Phoenix, AZ. Pershing County Library, Lovelock mendations for the NAC Board to con- • Jim Barclay, educator, Sparks, $460 – 775.273.2216 sider and approve. All NAC review pan- To support the attendance of the Jan 14 – Mar 16, 2008 els are open to the public and present a Sparks High School’s 17-member Voces Latinas wonderful opportunity to learn about the Chamber Singers at a competition in Lyon County Courthouse Gallery, grant making process. For names of pan- Chicago, IL. Yerington elists and panel times, please check our 775.463.4963 website at www.NevadaCulture.org or The next deadline to apply for a BETA contact AIE Program Coordinator Gary grant is May 15, 2007 for projects On the Road with NTI Margolis at 775.687.7119. planned for July 1 – August 31, 2007. An episode for the Exploring Nevada Staff will provide a courtesy check of series, On the Road: Nevada Touring Support for your application to ensure completeness Initiative, recently aired on public stations Arts Ed Activities and accuracy if submitted no later than throughout Nevada and northern Two organizations and seven individuals 10 days prior to the postmark. California. Exploring Nevada host Gwen applied for FY07 fourth quarter Better MORE ARTS EDUCATION ARTICLES Clancy traveled to several Nevada com- Education Through the Arts (BETA) ON PAGE 13

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Interested? Learn more about the NCR ... Association of Performing Arts COMMUNITY ARTS roster and download the client application Presenters (APAP) Conference, DEVELOPMENT at www.NevadaCulture.org. January 11-15, 2008, , visit www.artspresenters.org PROGRAM Nevada Presenters Questions & Answers Meet at Oasis Research and Referrals >> Question: For information about the Community An Oasis pre-conference meeting of Where do we locate a luncheon speaker Arts Development Program and its activi- Nevada Presenters was attended by pre- for our community? ties please contact Robin A. Hodgkin at senting organizations as varied as the City [email protected] or 775.687.7019; of Henderson Arts & Tourism office, the >> Answer: or Maryjane Dorofachuk at Eureka Opera House and the Brewery Arts Nevada “Humanities on the Road” [email protected] or 702.486.3738. Center in Carson City. This gathering attracted 40 individuals interested in dis- Speakers Bureau Go Where You cussing the benefits of working together Humanities on the Road is a program that as a network of presenting organizations. sends Nevada’s college professors, writers Need To Go Speakers included CJ Walters, Associate and other scholars “on the road.” It makes Participation at workshops, conferences Director of Arts Programs, School of the high-quality programs on literary and his- and seminars help with important ele- Arts, University of Nevada, Reno; Karen torical subjects available to audiences ments of our work as arts administrators. Hanan, Executive Director, Arts Northwest; throughout the state. Two types of pro- For the professional paid or volunteer Shannon Daut, Senior Director of grams are available—lectures and administrator, Professional Advancement Programs, Western States Arts Federation; Chautauqua presentations. Chautauqua Stipends Grants provide up to $450 to and Robin A. Hodgkin, Community Arts presentations are portrayals of significant attend regional or national conferences, Development Coordinator, Nevada Arts historical figures by humanities scholars. workshops or seminars. Council. These stipends are provided on a Attendees at the Presenters Network first-come, first-served reimbursement FOLKLIFE committed to building a network with basis throughout the year, and are avail- the goal of increasing the affordability, PROGRAM able to staff members and trustees of quality and quantity of cultural events arts organizations, local arts agencies presented throughout Nevada. Future Questions & Answers and governmental cultural offices. To activities will include a 2007-2008 block- For information about the Folklife assure that there are funds available for a booking telecomference in November Program and its activities, please contact Stipend Grant, please contact the 2007 and NPN meetings at upcoming Jeanne Harrah Johnson at Community Arts Development Program regional conferences. [email protected] or 775.687.7103; staff at the numbers above. • • • or Rebecca Snetselaar at 702.486.3739 or • For more information on block book- [email protected]. Circuit Riders for ing or the NPN, contact CJ Walters at Technical Assistance 775.784.4895 or [email protected], or Apprenticeship Looking ahead to the future? Does your Community Arts Development staff Panel Set organization need technical assistance in members at the number above. On Sunday May 20, from 8 a.m. – 12 noon, planning, fundraising, marketing or board • Join Nevada Presenters by sending an 20 applications for FY08 Folklife development? Apply now for a Nevada email to: [email protected]; In the Apprenticeship Grants will be reviewed Circuit Rider (NCR) consultant to work with subject line: nvpresenters; In the body at the McKinley Arts and Culture Center, your organization. The NCR roster of the email: subscribe nvpresenters. 925 Riverside Dr., Reno. Panelists include includes professional consultants with • Think about attending these confer- Tim Evans, Associate Professor of Folk experience in a variety of fields. ences, and don’t forget to apply for a Studies and Coordinator of Public Any Nevada nonprofit arts or cultural Professional Development Grant as Folklife Track, Department of Folk organizations may submit one NCR appli- described in the story above. Studies and Anthropology, Western cation per fiscal year. Grants of up to ... Northwest Booking Conference, Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; $2,000, requiring a cash or in-kind match Oct 8-11, 2007,Tacoma, WA, visit Debbie Fant, Director of Public of 50 percent, are awarded on a first- www.artsnw.org Programs, Northwest Folklife, Seattle, come, first-served basis. The client organi- ... Western Arts Alliance (WAA) WA; and Darcy Minter, External zation is responsible for payment of Conference, Aug 27 - 31, 2007, Los Communcations Director, Western Nevada Circuit Rider fees based on a pre- Angeles, CA, visit www.westarts.org Folklife Center. After reviewing all appli- determined fee scale.

NEVADA ARTS NEWS | 11 | A Publication of the Nevada Arts Council nac PrOGram news cations, the panel will provide funding recommendations for 12 master and apprentice pairs for the NAC Board to consider at its Spring Board Meeting, Wednesday, May 23 at the Attorney General’s Office, 100 N. Carson Street in Carson City. Applicants and the general public are invited to attend the panel meetings, though no comments from the audience are permitted during the review session. Each year, Folklife Apprenticeship Grants support twelve 10-month individ- ualized teaching projects between expe- rienced master artists and dedicated apprentices, ensuring that Nevada’s tra- ditional arts are maintained for future generations. For information about the Many hours went into finding and fit- ting just the right branches to underpin program or the current apprenticeship the roof of this gazebo restored by vol- projects, please visit our website at unteers (Stop 42) www.NevadaCulture.org.

A “TCP” or “traditional cultural proper- Lake Tahoe’s Culture ty” is the federal designation for his- toric sites significant in the living tradi- Brenda Frank’s pine needle baskets at Carson City Office tions of a community. In this case, Cave often take first prize for the catergory Images of Washoe basket designs, Rock embodies beliefs and theories of baskets made with “nontraditional” that are part of Washoe Indian identity materials in the juried basket competi- Ukrainian egg decorations, Austrian and and culture. (Stop 32) tion that is the centerpiece of the Wa Hungarian decorative arts and Cuban fla- She Shu It Deh, Native American Arts Festival hosted every July by the menco dancers are but a few of the pho- Washoe Tribe. tographs in Tahoe: These Are Your Neighbors, an exhibit created by the NAC Folklife Program, on display through June 28, 2007 at the Nevada balance of diverse, talented and creative National Endowment for the Arts, with Arts Council’s Carson City gallery space. human beings who bring their ancestry, support from the Western Folklife Center. “Tahoe is home to many communities, their family histories, and their stories to Excerpts from interviews and photo- individuals and ethnic groups who con- bear on contemporary urban life.” graphs based on Rucks’s work at Lake tribute to the often unnoticed rich tapes- Working in conjunction with Johnson, Tahoe are featured in Enduring try of living traditions and folklife at Lake anthropologist and photographer Penny Traditions, The Culture and Heritage of Tahoe,” said Jeanne Harrah Johnson, Rucks designed the exhibit to feature Lake Tahoe, Nevada Driving and Folklife Program Coordinator. “The exhib- people she interviewed in Lake Tahoe Walking Tour. The publication is available it reminds us that the world—even the communities. This project was funded by for $12 from the Nevada Arts Council. small world of Lake Tahoe—is a complex the Challenge America Program of the

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Nevada Folk Artist • Catherine Angel, Henderson, $1,000 if submitted no later than 10 days prior Roster: “Under – To support an exhibition of photog- to the postmark deadline. raphy produced in Argentina for the ______Construction” Jessie Metcalf Gallery in Las Vegas. The Nevada Folk Artist Roster is taking • Pamela S. Brekas, Gardnerville, $662 DID YOU KNOW? shape, with a roll-out tentatively sched- – To support the development of a From the 2006 Council of Chief State uled for Fall of 2007. This project will business and marketing plan, includ- School Officers—the Biennial State include an online roster of folk and tradi- ing a brochure, postcard and website Policy Report identifies that 45 states tional artists from around the state who to promote her artwork. have standards in the arts. In 2006, 29 are available for performances and pre- • Diane Bush, Las Vegas, $775 – To states reported requirements in arts, sentations in classroom and community attend the “Review Santa Fe” confer- while 26 reported an arts requirement in venues. Artists for the inaugural roster ence, for professional development 2004. The reported credit requirements have previously been recognized through opportunities. by these states vary from 0.5 to 2.0 cred- their participation as master artists in the • Geoffrey Nelson, Incline Village, $675 its per state. Check it out at Folklife Apprenticeship program, and – To support an exhibition of 30 life- www.ccsso.org/whats_new/new_ have presented educational programs size portraits at the Nevada Museum publications/index.cfm. supported by the Folklife Program. of Art in Reno. An educational consultant is currently • Elaine Parks, Tuscarora, $1,000 – To working to develop curricula, lesson manage The Memorial Day Open plans and classroom activities to support Studio, where all the artists who live in the folklife presentations, and to make .ORG town open their studios to showcase TS4NV sure that they “count” toward state edu- their work. AR cational standards. These materials will • Piper’s Opera House Programs, Inc., also be available online once the project Virginia City, $413 – To adapt a his- is complete. toric musical theatre presentation for Funding to support development of performance in May. DRIVE THE the Nevada Folk Artist Roster and relat- • David Pomeranez, Reno, $650 – To MESSAGE HOME! ed educational components was provid- support the recording and mastering Arts education is a must for the well- ed by a grant from the Folk and of solo compositions and the creation being and future of our children and our Traditional Arts Infrastructure program of and distribution of press kits for mar- state. Take the first step as an arts advo- the National Endowment for the Arts. keting. cate and bolt a “Rich in Art” license For additional information please con- • Irwin Sorkin, Reno, $503 – To support plate to your car today. Add some color tact Folklife Program Associate Rebecca an exhibition of platinum photographs to your ride this spring and support arts Snetselaar at 702.486.3739. at the Sierra Arts Gallery in Reno. education year-round. For each plate issued, $15 of the ini- GRANTS PROGRAM Jackpot Grants are awarded quarterly tial fee and $10 of the renewal fee sup- and support artists and arts organizations port important statewide arts education Questions & Answers in producing projects such as visual arts programs of the Nevada Arts Council For information about the Grants exhibitions and theatrical performances, and VSA arts of Nevada (formerly Very Program contact Mary Vargas at as well as professional development Special Arts of Nevada). The cost is $51 [email protected] or 775.687.7102. activities for artists. Please remember for a standard plate, with an annual For guidelines and applications, visit our that if you are a current recipient of a renewal fee of $20. Personalized plates website at www.NevadaCulture.org. Development Project or partners in run $86 for the initial cost and $40 for Excellence Grants, you are NOT ELIGI- renewal. You can purchase the plate Jackpots Awarded BLE for a Jackpot Grant. when you register your vehicle, order a The next Jackpot Grant deadline to Seven artists and one arts organization personalized plate or exchange your apply is May 15, 2007, for projects shared $5,353 in the final quarter of present plate for the arts plate. Visit our planned for July 1 – August 31, 2007. Jackpot Grant FY07 funding. These website at www.NevadaCulture.org or FIRST TIME APPLICANTS are strongly grants support a variety of arts projects contact the special License Plate Section urged to speak to Mary Vargas at the and professional development opportu- of the Department of Motor Vehicles at above numbers before submitting a nities occurring between April 1 and 775.684.4750. Jackpot Grant application. A courtesy June 30, 2007. Congratulations go to: check of your application to ensure com- pleteness and accuracy will be provided

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OPEN DIALOGUE XI POETRY OUT LOUD FINALS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER The keynote address will be delivered containing a high school participating,” said Gary Margolis, Arts in Education by Doudou Diène, the Special Coordinator for the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). “It was evident that all the state final- Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of ists were prepared to win, and in our eyes, they are all winners.” Racism, Racial Discrimination, Reid recited “The Secret of the Machines” by Rudyard Kipling, “Walking Down Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance to Park” by Nikki Giovanni and “Rough Music” by Deborah Digges. Henderson recited the United Nations High Commission on “Why I am Not a Painter” by Frank O’Hara, “I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds Human Rights. Other conference presen- and “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. McFarland recited “My Last ters include James Early of the Duchess” by Robert Browning, “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Smithsonian Institution, Maria-Rosario “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg. Jackson of the Urban Institute, Justin This year’s Competition Judges were: Mai Do, anchor, KOLO-TV, Reno; Shaun Laing of the Heinz Endowments, Ilona Griffin, poet and NAC board member, Virginia City; Tracy Gruber, ELA/Fine Arts Kish, Secretary General of the European Consultant, Nevada Department of Education, Carson City; Lisa Hoitsma, executive Forum on Arts and Culture, and a host of director, Gateway to the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA: Patricia Miller, vice-president for pro- others. gramming, promotion and education, KNPB/Channel 5, Reno; Ellis Rice, actor and For more information and to register coordinator, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas; Bill Russell, executive director, for Open Dialogue XI, please visit Nevada Opera, Reno; Kim Russell, program director, International House of Blues www.westaf.org/taac2007. To request a Foundation, Las Vegas; and Tim Sauers, program director, Urban Gateways, Chicago, conference brochure, please contact Erin IL. Stacey Spain, public art specialist for the City of Reno’s Arts and Culture Division, Bassity at [email protected] or assisted as prompter. 303.629.1166. Nevada’s Poetry Out Loud program is presented by a partnership of NAC, Nevada CAD Professional Development Department of Education, Nevada Alliance for Arts Education, National Endowment Grants are available for professional paid for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. The host of this year’s state finals was the or volunteer administrators to attend this College of Liberal Arts of the University of Nevada, Reno. conference. See Community Arts For more information on all the participating students and the program, please Development on page 11 for more infor- visit our website at http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/arts/programs/artsedu/poetryout mation. loud.html. ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER The National Association of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is making its online collection of tools and information on 2007 Nevada Poetry Out Loud finalists the creative economy available to the • Allison Briggs, sophomore, White Pine High School, Ely County public. NASAA maintains an ongoing commitment to providing practical tools, • Daren Briones, sophomore, Lowry High School, Humboldt County timely information and strategic technical • Kim Dix, junior, Elko High School, Elko County assistance to cultural leaders at the state • Michael David Gloeckner, senior, Lincoln County High School, Lincoln County and regional levels. The resources are • Lainey Henderson, sophomore, Carson High School, Carson City divided into sections on Policy and • Becca Hartswick, junior, Fernley High School, Lyon County Practice, and Tools and Resources. Check it out at www.nasaa-arts.org/artworks/ • Geoffrey McFarland, senior, Galena High School, Washoe County creative_economy.shtml. • Dillon Oberhansli, junior, Mineral County High School, Mineral County • Kate Ohene, junior, Bishop Gorman High School, Clark County It’s not • Jaitee Pitts, sophomore, Pahrump Valley High School, Nye County an education • Shannon Qualls, junior, Pershing County High School, Pershing County • Andrew Perazzo, junior, Churchill County High School, Churchill County without the • Jake Reid, junior, Douglas High School, Douglas County rts™ • Roxanne Strahan, sophomore, Virginia City High School, Storey County

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Nevada Arts News, a quarterly publication of the GRANT SEASON IN FULL SWING Nevada Arts Council, is available in print or CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER online at www.NevadaCulture.org, and high- lights the news of the arts industry from state, regional and national perspectives. Information The estimated total budget for applicant projects in these categories for FY08 is about NAC programs, updates on Nevadans $31,250,639. making news, and articles from and about the field are included to provide a sense of connec- As we go to print, the Grants Program has $728,178 available to award in Project, tion to colleagues and events around town, Development, and Partners in Excellence, Tier I & II grant categories. This figure throughout the state and across the nation. NAC includes $25,000 of Challenge America funding from the NAC’s National Endowment programs and activities are supported by fund- ing from the National Endowment for the Arts. for the Arts Partnership Grant. Challenge America dollars will support projects and programs that provide access to populations typically underserved in the arts. The Nevada Arts Council is a division of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs. The Challenge Grant program has $105,246 available to distribute, with $125,000 requested by three organizations; $25,000 is available in the Design Arts category, Jim Gibbons, Governor, State of Nevada with five grantees requesting $32,754. All grant recipients will be listed in NAN Michael E. Fischer, Department Director Summer 2007. CARSON CITY OFFICE We strongly encourage applicants to observe our grant review panels in action. 716 N Carson St, Ste A, Carson City, NV 89701 Applicants are not allotted time to address panels, except during the Challenge Grant 775.687.6680 | fax 775.687.6688 committee review on May 18. Applicants are not required to attend Grant Panels, nor SOUTHERN NEVADA OFFICE will absence in any way prejudice application review. 2755 E Desert Inn Rd, Ste 160, Las Vegas, NV 89121 702.486.3700 | fax 775.486.3887

Panelists Selected BOARD NAC utilizes an open, peer panel review program to provide an impartial environment Tim Jones, Chair, Reno Firouzeh Forouzmand, Las Vegas in which grant applications are evaluated for funding. Out-of-state artists and admin- Shaun T. Griffin, Virginia City istrators are employed to avoid conflicts of interest and to provide an external per- Carol Johnson, Reno Monique Laxalt, Reno spective in the evaluation of Nevada artists and arts organizations. These panelists Joan Lolmaugh, Henderson provide information with a depth of experience and expertise that assists the Board Marcia Robinson, North Las Vegas to make informed decisions in its grant-making role. This year’s ‘omnibus’ panel will Candy Schneider, Las Vegas William E. Snyder FAIA, Henderson review all grant applications in the categories of Project, Development, and Partners in Excellence, Tier I & II. Panelists are: ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Susan Boskoff, Executive Director [email protected] • Anne Bunker (Dance) – Artistic Director, OTO Dance, Tucson, AZ Linda Ficklin, Administrative Services Officer I [email protected] • Paul Dresher (Music) – composer and performer, San Francisco, CA Vacant, Administrative Assistant II • Tim Evans (Folklife) – Associate Professor of Folk Studies, Western Kentucky Angelina Horn, Program Assistant, Las Vegas [email protected] University, Bowling Green, KY • Catherine Hernandez (Community Arts) – Executive Director, Latin Arts ARTIST SERVICES PROGRAM Association of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Fran Morrow, Coordinator [email protected] • Mary Ann McAuliffe (Nevada Representative) – Arts & Culture Manager and Rossitza Todorova, NV Touring Initiative Assistant Diversity Welcoming Marketing Manager, Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitor’s [email protected] Authority, Reno, NV ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM • Genaro Mendez (Music) – Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Gary Margolis, Coordinator [email protected] • Ramon Rivera-Servera (Theatre) – Assistant Professor of Performance Studies, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State COMMUNITY ARTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Robin A. Hodgkin, Coordinator University, Tempe, AZ [email protected] • Chuck Zimmer (Visual Arts) – Art in Public Places Project Coordinator, New Mexico Mary Jane Dorofachuk, Program Associate, Las Vegas Arts, Santa Fe, NM [email protected] • • • FOLKLIFE PROGRAM Resumes of all panelists and copies of the Grant Application Books will be available Jeanne Harrah Johnson, Coordinator [email protected] at panel meetings. Rebecca Snetselaar, Folklife Associate, Las Vegas • • • [email protected] For more information on the Grants Program and its review committees and panels, GRANTS PROGRAM please contact Mary Vargas at 775.687.7102 or [email protected]. Mary Vargas, Coordinator [email protected]

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CHECK OUT THE APRIL 9 – 27 MAY 20 JUNE 1 – 3 SCHEDULE ON PAGE 3 LXS exhibit: paintings by FY08 Folklife Apprenticeship Panel Americans for the Arts Conference FOR VISUAL ARTS Marty Walsh, Las Vegas 8 a.m. – 12 noon Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas EXHIBITS OR Nevada State Legislative Building, McKinley Arts & Culture Center, Carson City Board Room JUNE 12 TUMBLEWORDS 925 Riverside Drive, Reno Performing Arts Fellowship Panel LITERARY EVENTS APRIL 20 Nevada State Library & Archives TRAVELING THE AIE Arts Learning for All (ALFA) MAY 21 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson City STATE THROUGH Grants and Artist in Residence Development & Project Grants THE NEVADA TOURING Grants FY08 postmark deadline Panel JUNE 13 INITIATIVE. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Visual Arts Fellowship Panel APRIL 30 – MAY 18 Office of the Attorney General Nevada State Library & Archives LXS exhibit: paintings by Mock Courtroom 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson City Heather Patterson, Carson City 100 N. Carson St., Carson City Nevada State Legislative Building, JUNE 14 Carson City MAY 22 Literary Arts Fellowship Panel Partners in Excellence Grants Nevada State Library & Archives MAY 15 Panel (Tier I & II) 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson City Jackpot Grants postmark deadline 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (for projects July 1 – Sept 30, 2007) Office of the Attorney General JUNE 21 & 22 Mock Courtroom Arts in Education Grants Panel AIE BETA Grants 100 N. Carson St., Carson City Times TBA (for projects July 1 – Sept 30, 2007) Nevada State Library & Archives MAY 21 – JUNE 8 100 N. Stewart Street, Carson City MAY 18 LXS exhibit: photography by FY08 Design Arts Grants Gerald Franzen, Carson City AUGUST 15 Committee Nevada State Legislative Building, Jackpot Grants postmark deadline 1:30 – 3 p.m. Carson City (for projects Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2007) Location TBA MAY 23 AIE BETA Grants FY08 Challenge Grants Committee NAC Spring Board Meeting (for projects Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2007) 3 – 4 p.m. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Location TBA Office of the Attorney General Please check the NAC website Mock Courtroom www.NevadaCulture.org for calendar updates.

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11 Presenters Round-up

12 Lake Tahoe Exhibit at NAC Office

13 Jackpot Grant Recipients