Capital City Arts Initiative

Capital City Arts Initiative

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Febuary 3, 2004

Nevada Neighbors Series Continues with lecture/presentation by Portland Curator Stuart Horodner

Nevada Neighbors
, Capital City Arts Initiativeís lecture series on contemporary art practice in the West, continues in March with "Portland Possibilities," a slide lecture presentation by Portland-based curator Stuart Horodner. The presentation will take place at the Carson City Library on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. There will be a reception for Mr. Horodner immediately preceding his talk at the library beginning at 6:15 p.m. The library is located at 900 North Roop Street. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.

ìDominant institutions, funding, collecting, and alternative scenes are all a part of what is happening here,î states Mr. Horodner, speaking of Portland's dynamic art scene. His talk will focus on artists working in the Portland area. He comments: ìI think these artists are doing special things--conceptually, with regard to craft, installation and subject matter. This includes the DIY (do it yourself) strategies that contemporary artists are using to empower themselves.î

Mr. Horodner was most recently the visual art curator at PICA (Portland Instutute for Contemporary Art). He received his BFA from The Cooper Union and his MFA from Rutgers University. From 1992-96 he was owner/director of the Horodner Romley Gallery in New York City; from 1997-200, he was the director/curator of the Bucknell University Art Gallery in Lewisburg, PA. He has organized numerous exhibitions, residencies, billboard projects, and unique collaborations. He has worked with artists including Leon Golub, Jessica Stockholder, Janine Antoni, Melanie Manchot, and Dana Schutz. He has contributed writing to magazines including Surface, Sculpture, New Observations and BOMB. He currently teaches at Portland State University and the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

As part of his visit to northern Nevada, Mr. Horodner will meet with local artists to discuss their work.

For additional information visit CCAI's web site at http://www.arts-initiative.org.

CCAI's programs include contemporary visual arts exhibitions, arts education projects, public programs and artistsí residencies.

Capital City Arts Initiative and its programs are funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority, the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Carson High School, St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services Carson City; and by BrAG, its 'Brilliant Advisory Group'. We extend special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma Coffee, Capital City Entertainment, Milliard Realty and Construction, Phil & Kathie Bartlett, John Walker-BAC and Whispering Vines Wine Company.

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Capital City Arts Initiative

Wednesday, March 3, 2004
7 pm slide presentation:
Nevada Neighbors VI: Portland Possibilities
by Stuart Horodner, Curator, Portland, Oregon
Carson City Library
900 North Roop Street
Carson City, Nevada
Free admission. The public is cordially invited.
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