New hours at Grayspace

Grayspace is excited to announce our new hours starting this week! We are now open Thursdays 12-3pm, Fridays 3-6pm and Saturdays 11am-2pm.

I hope that you can stop by to check out Bobby Lukas’s exhibition running through February 22.

February Artouring events

Show me the love!

Show Us What You Got, Show Us Your Love!
The 9th Biennial Valentine Invitational Exhibition and Auction 2008

++Featuring special installations by students and recent graduates Rob Brown, Tony Alston, Omar Pierce, Caedron Burchfield and Devin Hosselkus++

++Auctioneer: Venerable Professor Howard Rosenberg++

++Invite Card designed by UNR graduate Ellen Drewes++

Work on preview Monday January 28 – Friday February 8, 2008
Pre-bidding starts Monday February 4!!!

Auction, Raffle and Party is Friday, February 8, 2008
5:30pm to 8:30pm
NOTE: Bidding starts closing at 6:30pm! So come early!

This will also be your last time to purchase our Limited Edition Print by Mike Sarich! See the print in person!

Gallery hours 11am to 5pm M-Thur. and 11am to 2pm Friday

Free parking after 5pm on top floor of Whalen Parking Lot one building north of Church Fine Arts.

The Biennial Valentine Exhibition and Auction features over eighty local artists as well as past exhibiting artists. There are also numerous raffle items generously donated by local and regional businesses. Proceeds support all gallery programming including exhibitions, lectures, visiting artist residencies, catalogues and other publications.
(No grant funds were used for this project.)

Art at the Safari Club

The Safari Club International convention in Reno isn’t just about booking a safari or checking out the latest in hunting gear.  This annual gathering also features some of the very best in wildlife, Western and hunting art in the world.

In fact, you’re exposed to great art before you even get into the exhibit hall-  The convention directory, which includes the program and schedule for the four-day event, features images from a couple of the great names in Western art on its front and back covers.

On the front is a painting by Tom Mansanarez, “Narrow Escape.”  As always, Mansanarez has exquisitely captured the texture of light as it illuminates a scene of a mountain lion pouncing toward a bounding muley buck.

On the back cover is Craig Tennant’s “Over the Limit.”  No one captures life in the West with quite the same soul that Tennant does.  The way in which he presents the people and places is so true to their spirit that it can be almost heartbreaking at times.

And these are only two of the more than 70 artists exhibiting at this year’s convention, tagged “Own the Adventure.”  For more information about SCI and the annual convention in Reno, visit www.safariclub.org.

LeMaitre’s Oilcans at Metro Gallery

Metro Gallery presents “Oil Cans— An Iconic Form” by George LeMaitre through March 7 in Reno City Hall, located at 1 East First Street in downtown Reno.

LeMaitre works in many different media, in both two- and three-dimensional formats. “This has given me the freedom to express my artistic and aesthetic ideas to their fullest,” he feels.

In the Metro exhibit, LeMaitre has striven to touch on certain qualities of the oil can— its monolithic stature as a three-dimensional form, its iconic nature, its symbolism of our society’s industrial past, and its pop art imagery.

“Oil Cans” comprises both three-dimensional fired clay works and two-dimensional acrylic paintings. “I like the way they all complement each other and encourage the viewer to compare and contrast the varied aspects of the oil can in an aesthetic context.”

LeMaitre has studied at UC Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute, and holds a B.F.A. from Colorado State University. He currently teaches art at Smith Valley High School in Lyon County, Nev., where he also serves as a curator for the Lyon County Courthouse Gallery, and co-owns both the KSVL radio station and the Starry Night Art Ranch.

Metro Gallery is funded by the City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission and is managed by Sierra Arts.  It is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Peter Goin’s “Contested Places” at Sierra Arts Gallery

Sierra Arts Gallery welcomes Peter Goin’s “Contested Places” photography exhibit through March 6, with an opening reception January 18, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Peter Goin is a foundation professor and has been in the Department of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno, since 1984. He is internationally recognized for his powerful photographs dealing with the long-term impact of culture and technology on the environment.

“Contested Places” features stunning images of the wild and desolate West, such as “Burnt Joshua Trees,” looking northwest at the Joshua Tree Wilderness boundary, near Hidden Valley, and “Last Light over Wizard Island,” presenting a view from northwest of Llao Rock, at Crater Lake, Ore.

Goin’s work integrates history, architecture, urban planning, and the social and political sciences with the environment. He has published 16 books, and 43 major collections have acquired his work. The Library of Congress alone owns 350 of his photographs.

The Sierra Arts Gallery is located at 17 S. Virginia St., Suite 120, in the heart of downtown Reno’s downtown arts district. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 329-ARTS for more information.

The Sierra Arts Gallery is supported by the City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission, Sierra Pacific Power Company, the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Applications ready for Artist in Residence Roster Artists

Applications Ready for Artist in Residence Roster Artists
Postmark Deadline: April 1, 2008

Nevada Arts Council is now accepting applications from artists interested in serving on the FY2009 – 2011 Artist in Residence (AIR) Roster of the Arts in Education Program. AIR Roster applicants must: (1) be a professional artist in the literary arts, dance, folk arts, music, storytelling, theater, design arts, visual arts, media/film and interdisciplinary arts; (2) have academic training and/or experience in the field of education; (3) have U.S. citizenship or legal residence status; and (4) be at least 21 years old and not a degree-seeking student in the field in which application is made. Artists living both in and outside the State of Nevada may apply.

AIR Artist Roster Applications are available on our website at www.NevadaCulture.org <http://www.nevadaculture.org/> , with a postmark deadline of Tuesday, April 1, 2008.  To receive a print version, please contact Maryjane Dorofachuk, Arts in Education Coordinator, at 702.486.3738 or mdorofac@clan.lib.nv.us

The AIR program provides students, teachers and communities with direct hands-on arts experiences through personal interaction with working artists. AIR sponsors (schools, public institutions and nonprofit organizations) work directly with artists to create engaging and creative activities for residency participants that occur during an extended period of time, for example, once a week for four months or a five times a week for three weeks.

For more information on the AIR Program, please visit  www.NevadaCulture.org <http://www.nevadaculture.org/> .

Brew HaHa!

The Shane Dwight Band, more that 25 microbreweries, and great raffle prizes!

Visit www.sierra-arts.org for info and you can buy your tix online- general admission, VIP, even your raffle tickets!

Extended Deadline- Biggest Little Art Show in Nevada call for artists!

New deadline is Jan. 31!  Click on www.sierra-arts.org for downloadable details and entry form!

Jan and Feb classes from KidScape Productions

Workshop:     Beginning Theater Games / Improvisation
Ages:              6-11yrs old
Day:                Monday’s-Ongoing
Time:              4:00-5:30pm
Start Date:     January 14th
Skip Dates:    2/18, 3/10 & 5/26
End Date:      June 2nd 2008 (Class will resume at a new location after 6/2)
Location:        Reno High School Alumni Building
395 Booth Street Reno, 89509
(Building on east lawn of Reno High Campus)
Cost:               $8 per class / Punch Card:  $40 for 6 classes
Registration: No pre registration required – just show up in comfy clothes!
More info:  775-787-3900 or www.KidScapeProductions.com

Description:   Seen “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”  This class uses beginning Theatre Games and Improvisation helping students create imaginary circumstances and characters.  Option to participate in:  A Spontaneous performance with audience participation / Every 7-8 weeks in the Reno/Sparks Community.

Workshop:     Intermediate Theater Games / Improvisation
Ages:              12-16 yrs old
Day:                Tuesday’s- Ongoing
Time:              4:00-5:30pm
Start Date:     January 8th
Skip Dates:    3/11 & 6/10
End Date:      June 3rd  2008 (Class will resume at a new location after 6/3)
Location:        Trinity Episcopal Church Hall
200 Island Ave  Reno, 89501
(Building directly south of main Church entrance)
Cost:               $8 per class / Punch Card:  $40 for 6 classes
Registration: No pre registration required – just show up in comfy clothes!
More information 775-787-3900 or www.KidScapeProductions.com

Description:   Seen “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”  This class uses intermediate Theatre Games and Improvisation helping students create imaginary circumstances and characters.  Option to participate in:  A Spontaneous performance with audience participation / Every 7-8 weeks in the Reno/Sparks Community.

Workshop:     Scene Study
Ages:              9-15
Day:                Friday’s 2/1/08-3/07/08
Time:              4:30-6:30pm
Start Date:     February 1, 2008
Skip Dates:    None
End Date:      March 7, 2008           Performance at 7pm @ Studio on 4th
Location:        Studio on 4th
432 E. 4th Street  Reno, 89512
Cost:               $200 for 6 week class
Registration: Must call KidScape Productions 775-787-3900 to reserve spot – www.KidScapeProductions.com <http://www.kidscapeproductions.com/>  No later then January 24, 2008- Payment due at first class
Description:   This workshop helps students get a deeper understanding of working in the theater. Through method acting participants work on character development, scene analysis and sharpen self awareness while working on a scene for their final performance. Performance at Studio on 4th