Art News & Events

Call for ARTour 2010
North Tahoe Arts is calling local artists for ARTour 2010. It is the 18th year for ARTour and one of North Tahoe Arts largest and most popular events. ARTour will be held two consecutive weekends: July 9 to 11 and July 16 to 18. Applications and information are available now by e-mail at info@northtahoearts.com or call (530) 581-2787. The deadline to apply is March 5.

SNC hosts ‘Soulcycler’
Sierra Nevada College presents writer/photographer/adventurer Rick Gunn’s 90-minute presentation “Soulcycler: Words and Images from a Bicycle Journey Around the World” on March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences. This event is free and open to the public. This presentation is the first in a mosaic of five events celebrating cultural diversity throughout March.

“Soulcycler” combines 350 photos from 33 countries, set to music, accompanied by a selection of emotional stories from around the globe. Inspired by a series of experiences during his childhood, Gunn delivers a front-row seat to the pursuit of his lifelong dream of cycling the planet — all 25,811 miles of it. Ultimately transformed by scenes of war, poverty and disease along the way, Gunn begins dedicating his journey to the greater good, expanding his definition of what it means to care, to give and to love.

Whether reporting from an orphanage in Nepal, volunteering in an AIDS hospice in Thailand, covering bomb extraction and mine-victim rehabilitation in Laos and Vietnam, to simply planting trees in Borneo, “Soulcycler” delivers a personal account of the realization of a dream, the current state of the planet, and what it means to care. For more information, call (775) 831-1314, ext. 7420 or e-mail dnoonan@sierranevada.edu.

Heart Art at North Tahoe Arts
The ARTisan Shop at North Tahoe Arts has the perfect gift and cards for your special someone at the “Heart Art” exhibit featuring photography, original art, cards, pottery, jewelry and fabric art during February. The “Heart Art” exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except Tuesdays. For more information, call (530) 581-2787.

Klein exhibits at Soule Domain
Soule Domain is hosting an exhibit by photographer Kevin Klein from March 4 through June 1. There will be an Artist’s Reception on March 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. with half-priced wines and complimentary light hors d’oeuvres.

”Home for me is Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada. The change of years, of the seasons, of days or hours brings a constant kaleidoscope of beauty,” Klein says of his work. “I am thankful every day for the new, fresh insights each day presents through the beauty of the Lake Tahoe area. Photography keeps me searching for those magical moments and for the magic of each moment. It pushes me to find new ways to bring those moments into our consciousness, into our hearts: to create art.” For more information on Klein’s work, visit www.kevinkleinphotography.com.

Gathering of Art
North Tahoe Arts “A Gathering of Art” program meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month at the Corison Loft from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program is for artists and novice artists to have the opportunity to work on individual projects, yet be with others at the same time. The next meetings are March 3 and 17.

Bring equipment (easels, etc) and supplies (tables and chairs provided). There will be no instructor. A Gathering of Art is open to the public to join in, observe and ask questions. Bring your own supplies and easels. There is no charge for these gatherings, but a donation to North Tahoe Arts would help defray the costs of supplies for Kids Art Saturday programs. Donations are tax deductable. For more information, call (530) 581-2787.

Pottery classes, drop-in
T Pots Pottery is offering a wheel throwing class for intermediate students. Intermediate Wheel Throwing is for students comfortable with basic centering and pulling techniques and offers an emphasis on altering the thrown vessel and putting multi-part projects together. This course is offered Tuesdays from March 2 to 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The cost is $115.

As well, a Weekly Clay Drop-In will be offered Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Space reservations are advised. For more information or to register, call (530) 559-9773 or visit www.tpotspottery.com.

Watercolor class
Artist Jan Foss will offer an Introduction to Watercolor Painting class on Tuesdays from March 2 to 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. Students will spend two weeks painting flowers and two weeks painting landscapes, while learning many different watercolor techniques. The class is for beginners or continuing students. The cost is $99. Classes will be held at Watercolors By Jan Foss, 120 Country Club Drive, #21, and Incline Village. Call (775) 833-1144 to register.

Fat Cat hosts art exhibit
Fat Cat Café in Tahoe City hosts “Another Well Hung” art show featuring a collective exhibit from local artists. The show is presented by chrisCHRISchris and Bella Petunia and will run through March 10. Fat Cat is open daily. For details, call (530) 583-3355.

Gross featured at Artisan Gallery
Printmaker Sue Gross is among the featured artists at the North Tahoe Artisan Gallery. Gross is a printmaker and the illustrator of two children’s books, “I’m Going to be a Big Sister” and ‘I’m Going to be a Big Brother,” both the recipients of the 2006 iParent Media Awards.

Gross is a self-taught artist who worked in the publishing field until concentrating on her artwork full time. All of Sue’s prints are original, signed and numbered block, monotype or woodblock prints, sometimes incorporating pastels, watercolors or acrylics. Her work focuses on the fun and enjoyment in life. Her creations range from themes of Lake Tahoe to food and wine and much more. In 2007, Gross started Organicotton Goods, which pairs her block prints with organic cotton clothing and tote bags. All are made from organic cotton that is grown, processed and sewn in the USA.

Her prints, cotton clothing and books are available at North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City. For more information, call (530) 581-2787.

Museum events offered
The Nevada Museum of Art offers a number of workshops and talks. Meet artist Bryan Christiansen discussing the exhibit “Trophy Hunter” at the Feb. 26 Art Bite at noon. The exhibit is an exploration of the rituals of hunting and the innocence of childhood.

The free Hands On Sunday Family Program features “It’s Carnival” on Feb. 28 at noon and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Families are invited to make festive and colorful Carnival masks and learn about the traditions of this vibrant annual festival celebrated in Italy, Latin America and throughout the world.

The Black Rock Design Institute presents Joseph Tanney | Resolution: 4 Architecture on March 25 at 6 p.m. Tanney discusses the design directives and motivation behind Resolution: 4 Architecture, winners of the Dwell Magazine Home Design Invitational 2003. The cost is $10 or $8 for members.

An Art Afternoon Workshop and Social for Seniors will be March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. featuring a docent-guided tour and studio art class. Light refreshments will be served. No art background is necessary. The cost for two sessions is $12 or $10 for members.

‘The Woman With the Veil’
The Nevada Museum of Art and Arte ITALIA present Raphael’s “The Woman With the Veil” at the NMOA through March 21. There will be an Arte Italia Day on Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with free admission to everyone.

Depicting a woman wearing a veil, the painting embodies some of the high Renaissance master’s distinctive qualities: his control over pigment and color, and a serenity that contrasts with the style of his mentors and fellow icons of the era.

Tickets for the special events are available at the museum admissions desk or online at www.nevadaart.org/tickets.

The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $1 for kids ages 6 to 12, and free for kids 5 and under and museum members. For more information, call (775) 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

Raphael subject of exhibit
Arte Italia is hosting the exhibit “Raphael: Life of an Artist” to coincide with the showing of his masterpiece “The Woman with the Veil” at the Nevada Museum of Art. The exhibit of Raphael features the painter’s life, work and influence on the American collector, and runs through March 21.

Admission is free. The museum at 442 Flint St. in Reno is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday and until 8 p.m. on Thursday.

NMOA hosts Youth Art Month
The Nevada Museum of Art presents an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010 during Youth Art Month. The exhibit will be on display from March 6 to April 3. The museum also will host a Teen Art Night on March 26. For more information, call (775) 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

Gallery at Incline opens
The Gallery at Incline recently opened in the Country Club Center at Incline Village. Owner and artists Tom and Mary Garrels feature original oil and watercolor paintings. Their subjects range from the landscape to abstract. They are both passionate about their art and creating it. The Gallery at Incline is their connection to share this passion with the world.

Tom and Mary met as painters and fell in love. Their styles are different, yet complementary. Mary’s passion for beautiful skies and Tom’s ability to orchestrate skillfully the landscape are their contributing strengths when painting together.

Tom’s aspires to create paintings that take you back to simpler times. He loves to recount history and tell stories with his paintbrush. Mary’s aspiration is to produce enjoyable art. Her imaginative intent is to create paintings that engender whimsical and fun elements. Currently, scrumptious food is her inspiration.

The Gallery at Incline is located at The Country Club Center (across from the Hyatt Regency), at 120 Country Club Drive, Suite 63, Incline Village. The Gallery is open from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday or by appointment. For more information, call (775) 831-7077.

Sierra Arts exhibits
Sierra Arts in Reno is currently exhibiting at several locations. Artist Jen Klein exhibit “Road Trip” through March 4 at Sierra Arts Gallery. Klein spent her youth visiting old Western movie sets in Hollywood and exploring the vistas that inspired those magical backdrops. In the back of a rambler station wagon, she could only see a portion of the neon passing by, but it captivated her nonetheless. As an adult, Klein became a sign painter who is, in her words, “intrigued with the patina of age and despair.”

“Double Vision” features the work of photographer Michael Gilbert in the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Gallery in the South Valleys Library, 15650A Wedge Parkway, through March 18. Gilbert invites viewers to reflect on the nature of sight. The artist’s process is straightforward: by taking a picture and mirroring it, an abstract pattern develops. This simple alteration allows geometric shapes to emerge from everyday landscapes.

The group show “Crossing Over Making Contact,” curated by Eunkang Koh and Melanie Yazzie, is on exhibit at the Northwest Reno Library Gallery, 2325 Robb Drive. The show is on display through March 11. The most active printmakers from South Korea and America have been selected to exhibit their art together.

Gee’s Bend quilts on display
The Nevada Museum of Arts presents “A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts” through April 11. A longstanding tradition among the African-American women of Gee’s Bend, Ala., quilting was both a necessity and a rare opportunity for creative personal expression.

Explore the internationally renowned quilts that have been lauded in The New York Times as “some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced.” Divided into four sections, this show delves into the history, styles, artistic influence and future of Gee’s Bend quilts.

Upcoming programs include an Art Bite on March 12 at noon featuring quilt expert Julie Silber on A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts. Cost is $5, $4 for museum members. A Taste of Gee’s Bend Dinner will be offered March 25 with three seatings at Café Musée. The cost is $44.50 or $34.50 for members. A Hands On Sunday Family Program on Tiny Quilts is March 28 at noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Bring the entire family for this free program featuring hands-on art projects and gallery activities.

The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $1 for kids ages 6 to 12, and free for kids 5 and under and museum members. For more information, call (775) 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

NMOA opens new exhibits
The Nevada Museum of Art is hosting a number of new exhibits, including a video exhibit on copper mining production from Nevada to China and a colored-pencil exhibit on the American dream of home ownership.

“Beffi Triptych: Preserving Abruzo’s Cultural Heritage” will be on display through April 11. Painted in the early 15th century, the Beffi Triptych survived a violent earthquake in April 2009 that struck the Abruzzo region of Italy. The first work of art to be transported out of the region since then, the Beffi Triptych is one of the most important works from the National Museum of Abruzzo and is named for the village of Beffi where it once adorned the Church of Santa Maria del Ponte.

Sculptor Bryan Christiansen presents “Trophy Hunter” through May 9. Christiansen’s life-sized, contemporary sculptures challenge conventional notions of rural life, home, the innocence of childhood and the rituals of hunting.

For nearly a decade, Penelope Gottlieb has worked to produce a series of drawings that examine the archetypal American dream of home ownership, while also exploring the idea of the house as a status symbol, marker of class identity and focal point of desire. In “No $ Down,” Gottlieb’s colored-pencil drawings catalogue frontal views of popular domestic architecture. On display through May 23.

Lucy Raven’s video “China Town” traces copper mining and production from an open pit mine in East Ely, Nev., to the Yangtze River in China, where the semi-processed ore is sent to be smelted, refined and spun into wire ultimately used to electrify the nation. The video consists of an animated sequence created from more than 7,000 photographs, along with ambient sound that Raven recorded along her journey across the globe. The exhibit is on display through May 9.

Pottery, stoneware classes
Susan Dorwart is offering Wheel Thrown and Handbuilding technique classes on ongoing Thursdays. Students will enjoy molds, slabs, coils and the wheel. The workshops are for all ages from beginner to expert and all ages 12 and older.

The classes meet 5:30 to 8 p.m. Fees are $36 for four weeks and $10 per class for drop-in. Material fees are $15 every two months.

Alanna Hughes offers a Stoneware class every Monday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Students will explore and construct, then elaborate and glaze food quality stoneware projects. Fees are $32 for four weeks and $10 per class for drop-in. Materials fees are $20 as needed for clay and glazes.

Both classes are offered through Truckee Parks and Rec. For more information and to register, call (530) 582-7720.

Olson’s hand knitted hats featured
North Tahoe Arts ARTisan Shop currently hosts a fine collection of wearable arts for the Tahoe/Truckee winter season. Nancy Olson expresses herself with paintbrushes of wool yarns and natural fibers in producing fine hand knitted felted hats.

For many years while teaching skiing, Olson created winter gear, eventually replacing her ski hats with sophisticated fine chapeaus. Her felted hats start by hand knitting in a circular style creating a rhythmic calmness and at the same time resulting in a ready template for the creative process. She embellishes her colorful hats by hand knitting and embroidering, as well as dabblings in many other complimentary fiber designs to achieve one of a kind wool hats for every woman’s taste. The colors range and styles of her hats range from contemporary to traditional.

In addition to knitted and felted hats she is experimenting with silk painting, nuno felting and, as she titles it, “little works” that entice the customer to want to know more. She was recently published in a national wearable arts magazine for her felted hat creations.

Olson’s creations, along with the works of other local artisans, are available at North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City next to the fire station. For details, call (530) 581-2787.

Salm exhibits at Uncorked
Photographer Ryan Salm has been traveling around the world for the last 15 years. In between the endless wanderings, he spends his down days living in North Lake Tahoe and photographing the beauty that makes us all love this place so much. From backpacking trips, to sky diving planes and evening sunset strolls on the beach, Salm loves to portray the vivid colors and unique perspectives that Lake Tahoe has to offer.

Salm will be exhibiting a photographic show of recent work at the Uncorked Wine Bar in the Village at Squaw Valley. For more information, visit www.ryansalmphotography.com.

Kids ART Saturdays
North Tahoe Arts hosts Kids ARTS Saturday on select days for children ages 5 to 12 years old each month. The art days are offered at no cost with materials provided, and no advance registration is required. For upcoming dates, call the center at (530) 581-2787 or e-mail info@northtahoearts.com.

‘Work Ethic in American Art’ exhibit
Nevada Museum of Art hosts new openings with “The Work Ethic in American Art” on display through March 28.

The collection includes paintings that depict laborers and various work environments. Among the works in the exhibition will be those by Lovell Birge Harrison, Elsie Palmer Payne, Jacob Getlar Smith and Moses Soyer.

“Swarm: Elaine Parks” runs through March 14. Parks’ installation “Swarm” consists of more than 1,000 over-sized clay crickets that cover the entire floor and ascend the walls of the gallery.

For Parks, the annual invasion of Mormon crickets in the Nevada town of Tuscarora is an event she anticipates with both deference and dread. Located about 50 miles north of Elko in the northeastern region of Nevada, Tuscarora is just one of many small towns across the American West that brace for the insects – known as shield-backed katydids – that invade annually. For details, visit www.nevadaart.org or call (775) 329-3333.

Zimmerman displays at Dragonfly
Truckee artist and illustrator Sara Zimmerman is showing her “Woman in Raw” exhibit at Dragonfly Cuisine in Truckee.

“These expressive works represent my recent story of becoming a mom, integrating motherhood into an active and creative lifestyle, and trying to juggle it all while maintaining a sense of self,” says Zimmerman. The exhibit of these large art works will be on display through April and is open to the public.

‘Monsters and Maidens’ at NMOA
The Nevada Museum of Arts hosts “Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era.”

Between 1892 and 1918, the Amphora Pottery Company manufactured thousands of remarkably imaginative and delicately crafted ceramic vessels in its workshop in Teplitz, Austria. From snarling dragons and sea creatures to medieval maidens and lily pads, the wares of the Amphora pottery makers were influenced by artistic and literary movements ranging from Symbolism and Secessionism to Art Nouveau. This exhibition, which continues through April 11, features 20 stunning examples of Amphora Pottery from the Southern California collection of Byron Vreeland. For more information, call (775) 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.

Guided Tours at NMOA
The Nevada Museum of Arts hosts guided tours free with admission to the museum at 1 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. As well, tours are offered at 6 p.m. Thursdays, except on the first Thursday of every month. Reservations are not required.

Spanish-language tours also are available and are offered by appointment. Call (775) 329-3333, ext. 253.
The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors/students, $1 kids 6 to 12, and free kids 5 and under and for museum members. For more information, call (775) 329-3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.