Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Carson City, Nevada

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2006

Nevada Neighbors XIV: "Trails Plowed Under, Seeds Planted: Montana Art Practice"
Lecture/Presentation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nevada Neighbors XIV: "Trails Plowed Under, Seeds Planted: Montana Art Practice"

Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative’s lecture series on contemporary art, continues its spring events on Wednesday, March 29 with "Trails Plowed Under, Seeds Planted: Montana Art Practice." Stephen Glueckert, Curator at the Missoula Art Museum, will present an illustrated talk at the Carson City Library at 7:00 p.m.

There will be a reception at the library prior to his talk beginning at 6:15 p.m.The library is located at 900 North Roop Street. The lecture and reception are free and the public is cordially invited.

"Trails Plowed Under, Seeds Planted” will examine the evolution of Montana’s rich art history and discuss how the emergence of modernism has impacted the arts in big sky country. Notes Mr. Glueckert, “Charlie Russell’s book “Trail’s Plowed Under” captured a particular time and flavor of our regional history, but it also lamented great changes that would eventually come to the plains. My presentation will focus on some of those changes and the evolution of often overlooked contemporary art and artists in Montana.”

For the past 13 years Mr. Glueckert has served as Curator at the Missoula Art Museum. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Montana. A recipient of an artist’s fellowship, he has also taught art in Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Papua, New Guinea and Australia.

The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region. The Initiative is committed to community building for the area's diverse adult and youth populations through art exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its web site.

CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Gayle Crowell; Western Nevada Community College Foundation; Carson High School; Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group' and CCAI's growing membership. CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Gail Ford, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.

For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org.

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