Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
CCAI Courthouse Gallery
P.O. Box 1333
Carson City, Nevada 89702


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2007

Capital City Arts Initiative PRESS RELEASE

"Robert Morrison – Tamara Scronce at CCAI Courthouse Gallery"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Robert Morrison – Tamara Scronce at CCAI Courthouse Gallery"

Featured in CCAI's fall Courthhouse Gallery exhibition are two of northern Nevada's preeminent scultors Robert Morrison and Tamara Scronce.

A reception for the artists will take place Thursday, September 20 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Carson City Courthouse, located at 885 East Musser Street in Carson City. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.

At press time, the artists were both deep in creative process, conceptualizing and developing their site-specific sculpture installations. While the final product of their individual efforts is distinctively different, both use personal narrative and autobiographical elements as starting points for the creation of their work.

Although Ms. Scronce and Mr. Morrison are both member of the UNR Art Department sculpture faculty, this is a rare opportunity for them to show together.

Professor Scronce received her MFA degree from UNLV in 1997 and was a student of Professor Morrison while an undergraduate of UNR. Professor Morrison joined the UNR faculty in 1968 and was the subject of a one-person retrospective at the Nevada Museum of Art in 2004. Both have exhibited widely in the west.

The exhibition runs through December 14. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m to 5 p.m.

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 through community building and public programs. Its activities include contemporary art exhibitions, live events and arts education programs for the area’s diverse adult and youth populations.

CCAI is funded 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; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; Gayle Crowell; Coldwell Banker Best Sellers; Carson High School; UNR Art Department; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group'; CCAI's Business Leaders; and CCAI's growing membership.

CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy; Steele & Associates, CPAs; the Dan Leck Family; Jenny Lopiccolo; Classy Seconds & Advocates to End Domestic Violence; the Rehm Family; Westside Ink Bookstore; Carson City Courthouse; Dr. Kim Bean, Dr. Jeffrey Bean; Vital Signs; Carson Shopping Center; Capital City Entertainment; Genoa Lakes Golf Club & Resort; Rick Sikes, Nevada Green; Carson Harley-Davidson Buell Dealership; David Ruf, Greenhouse Garden Center; Western Nevada College; and Simpson Creative.

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

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caption: Artists Tamara Scronce and Robert Morrison
Exhibition at CCAI Courthouse Gallery, Carson City.
[please credit: photo by Dean Burton]

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