nevada rts |NEWS a publication of the Nevada Arts Council GRANTS SEASON BLOOMS AT THE Spring 2008 NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL a division of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs In addition to baseball, proms and Daylight Savings Time, springtime means grant season at the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). In March and April, staff will process hun - dreds of FY09 grant applications in the Artist Services, Arts in Education, Folklife and FY09 Grant Panel Grants Programs. Between May 18 and 21, various grant panels and committees will convene in Schedules open public sessions to review applications to five categories in the Grants Program and for Folklife Apprenticeship grants, then provide funding recommendations for Folklife Apprenticeship Grants the NAC Board to consider at its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 21. Sunday, May 18, 9 a.m. –12 noon In June, additional panels will review applications for Arts in Education grants and Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship grants, which the NAC board will review and approve during a con - 716 N. Carson Street, Ste. A, Carson City ference call scheduled before June 30. For more on the Artist Fellowship review panels, please see page 8; for the Arts in Project & Development Grants Education grant review panel, please turn to page 9; and the Folklife Apprenticeship Monday, May 19, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. grant panel, please visit page 12. Nevada Legislative Building, Room 3137 401 S. Carson St., Carson City CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Web Broadcast: www.leg.state.nv.us Partners in Excellence Grants—Tier I Carson City’s Lainey Henderson Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 a.m. –5 p.m. Competes At Poetry Out Loud Finals Same as above Design Arts and Challenge Grants On March 15 Lainey Henderson, a junior at Carson High Committees School, took first place at the Nevada Finals of the 2008 Wednesday, May 21, 8:30 –9:30 a.m. Nevada Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Competition, Same as above reciting Mrs. Krikorian by Sharon Olds, It was Not Death, for I Stood Up by Emily Dickinson and Since There is No NAC Spring Board Meeting Escape by Sarah Teasdale. Wednesday, May 21, 10 a.m. –3:30 p.m. As state champion, Henderson was awarded $1,000 and Same as above her school received $2,000 for the purchase of poetry books and to support literary programs. In late April, she com - AIE Grants Panel petes at the National Finals in Washington, D.C. against 51 June 3 and 4; times TBA other high school students from every state, the District of Same as above Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands for $50,000 in scholar - (See page 8 for more information) ships and school stipends. Talton Gay, a junior at Elko’s Independence Artist Fellowships Panels High/Nevada Youth Training Center, took second place and Monday, June 16 –18 Heather Gibeson, a junior at Pahrump Valley High School, Room 320, Joe Crowley Student Union, UNR won third place. Each received $500, with $1,000 for his or 87 West Stadium Way, Reno, NV her school. (See page 12 for more information) In this third year of Poetry Out Loud, students from 15 PHOTO: DAVID CALVERT Nevada school districts out of the 16 with high schools par - New Traveling Exhibit from ticipated at the state finals, which were held on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. Guest speakers included John Ostrout, director of State and Regional Western Folklife Center CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Ready to Tour, see page 8 nac news COMINGS & OXS EXHIBITS IN CARSON CITY FaithHopeLoveSpace, a GOINGS series of giclee prints by We welcome Rennie Brode (Brode with digital artist Shan a silent ‘e’) as our Administrative Michael Evans, is on dis - Assistant II and the first voice you will play through May 16, hear when you call the Carson City office. 2008 as part of the A Las Vegas native, Brode has also lived Office eXhibition Series in Palmdale, California; Philadelphia, (OXS). After extensive Pennsylvania; and Pahrump, Nevada, globetrotting for most of where she worked as the Business his youth, Arizona-born Licensing Administrator for five years. In Evans now calls Las 2006, she took to the road in a motor Vegas his home. A self- home and traveled the United States for taught artist, Evans a year before settling in Carson City. favors self-exploration Brode is a writer, website builder and Prayer Monks by Shan Michael Evans, giclee print on canvas, 2008 over traditional tech - loves all aspects of the arts whether nique and uses the digi - music, dance, film or visual arts. Of her tal medium and computer art to communicate messages of faith, hope and love. Evans’s new position, she says, “I have been here work is evidenced in toy design to clothing to local public art projects such as the 2005 only seven weeks and have enjoyed ZAP!Project and the RTC 2006 Wrap It Transit Art Competition. He is a recipient of the every moment and hope that it continues 2008 Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship. for a long, long time.” • • • • • • The Texture and Weave of Traditional Art, celebrating the rich diversity of Nevada’s tra - We are delighted to announce that ditional and ethnic artists, will be featured in the OXS Gallery, May 28–July 27. The Rossitza Todorova is our new exhibit includes examples of Ukrainian decorated eggs; Peruvian embroidered textiles; Community Arts Development Program Paiute, Washoe, and Shoshone water jugs, beaded and willow baskets; rawhide and Associate in Carson City. For the past horsehair equine gear; and silver and gold jewelry with classic Western and Nevadan two years, Todorova has developed rela - images. Curated by Jeanne Harrah Johnson, Texture and Weave is part of the Nevada tionships with organizations and individu - Arts Council’s Nevada Touring Initiative, which is supported by the National Endowment als statewide in her position as the for the Arts. Nevada Touring Initiative Assistant— – • – booking visual arts exhibits and A curator’s talk and Tumblewords literary arts residencies, opening reception will and assisting Fran Morrow with other be held in the OXS aspects of the Artist Services Program. Gallery on Thursday, She served as executive director of June 26 from 4:30 p.m. Reno’s Youth ArtWorks and received a to 6:30 p.m. The OXS BFA in Painting and Drawing with minors Gallery is located in in Business Administration, Marketing Nevada Arts Council and Management from the University of office at 716 N. Carson Nevada, Reno. Additionally, Todorova is Street (intersection of a professional artist whose work has Washington Street), been exhibited throughout Nevada, Suite A, in Carson City including solo exhibitions at the Nevada and is open 8 a.m. to 5 Museum of Art and Sierra Arts Gallery. p.m., Monday through Todorova said, “I am very excited to con - Friday. Call 775.687.6680 Southern Paiute pitched ochre biconical jug by Everett Pikyavit, 2003 tinue my work with organizations for details. throughout Nevada. I look forward to • • • assisting organizations in their growth The OXS Gallery is managed by The Artist Services Program. and development in a state so rich in arts and culture.” NEVADA ARTS NEWS | 2 | A P ublication of the Nevada Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs nac news CELEBRATING THE GOVERNOR’S 28th Annual ARTS AWARDS Governor’s Arts PHOTOS: BRIAN HIGGINS Awards Recipients Recognized for their outstanding and enduring contributions to Nevada through artistic achievement and service to arts, this year’s recipients are: • L. Martina Young, Reno – Excellence in the Arts • Mike Williams, Fallon – Excellence in Folk and Traditional Arts • Jim Burke, Reno – Leadership in Arts Education Recipients of the 28th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards: • Sally Ahlstedt, Henderson – Candy Schneider, Senator Mike Schneider, Sally Ahlstedt, Walter Niejadlik for the Leadership in the Arts: Individuals Las Vegas Little Theatre, Mike Williams, L. Martina Young, Jim Burke and Bill Fain • Las Vegas Little Theatre, Las Vegas – Leadership in the Arts: Organizations • Bill Fain, Virginia City – Patronage in On March 27, 2008, more than 400 people joined Governor Jim Gibbons and First Lady the Arts Dawn Gibbons to honor recipients of the 28th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards at the • Candy and Senator Mike Schneider, Charleston Heights Arts Center in Las Vegas. In addition to comments provided by the Las Vegas – Distinguished Service to Governor and Tim Jones, chair of the Nevada Arts Council, the evening featured video the Arts vignettes of the awardees and performances by a quintet from the Las Vegas Youth • • • Orchestra, the Shirley Chen Dancers and the Muhammed Shakir Quintet with guest Each award recipient received a freestand - artist Adelaide Robbins on keyboard. ing glass fusion sculpture representing The evening’s success was ensured by the energy and support provided by dozens Nevada’s beautiful red rock and clear blue of individuals and businesses—including the performers, the volunteers from sky created specifically for the 28th Annual Contemporary Arts Collective, the staff at Charleston Heights Arts Center and our co- Governor’s Arts Awards by Las Vegas sponsors—Metro Arts Council of Southern Nevada and the City of Las Vegas Leisure artists Barbara and Larry Domsky. Services Department –Arts & Community Events Division. • • • The Nevada Arts Council extends its profound appreciation to our generous The 29th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards donors—Barrick Gold of North America, Bernice A. Fischer, Carry-On Trailer celebration will be moved to Reno in Corporation, Embarq, Great Basin Arts & Entertainment, Humboldt County Chamber of spring 2009; date, time and location will Commerce, Jason Kenneth Designs, Tim Jones, Joan Lolmaugh, be announced later this year.