January 2016 Silver City Nevada News and Notes

Town Survey: The survey by the Silver City Citizen Advisory Board of Silver City residents regarding the future land use and development in and around Silver City will be discussed again on January 5th, 2016 at 6pm at the Silver City School House (community center). During a Dec. 8th workshop, Board members noted that so far they've received about 30 of 75 household surveys, and they are hoping residents will complete and return their surveys by Christmas. Any resident who did not receive a survey, or who has lost their survey, can contact one of the Board members.

Silver City's January Citizen Advisory Board Meeting is at the Silver City School House on Tuesday, Jan. 5th at 7pm.

Exhibit at the Holland Project through Jan. 8, 2016 includes 3 artists whose early work was featured among the pieces in Silver City Arts' July 2015 show - Edw Martinez, Joan Arrizabalaga, and former Silver City resident Jim McCormick. It also includes 5 other acclaimed Nevada artists who've made their mark on generations of young artists and on Nevada's "arts landscape." Follow this link to more details about the show, titled "Resound"

http://www.hollandreno.org/event/resound-opening-reception/

Open Studio, sponsored by Silver City Arts: Saturday, January 9 from 3:00pm to 5:00 pm at the School House. People can bring arts and crafts; sewing; writing projects; build upcycled art (recycled items in a new use), or whatever they would like to work on. Please bring a tarp if you plan to use paint, glue, glitter or anything else that could harm the floors. Carol Godwin notes, "Finger food would be nice if you have some."

Frances Melhop, Winter Visiting Artist: There's a Resident Artist Program in Silver City now, with visiting artists from both near and far. During the summer, multidisciplinary artist Brian Schorn of Michigan offered free workshops and created exhibits, and during the Fall, New Zealand painter and printmaker Sophie Scott was the visiting artist. This winter, internationally known photographer Frances Melhop will create photo portraits of locals during her stay. In the spring, Oakland based writer and performance artist Scott MacLeod will offer free workshops, and in summer 2016, the program welcomes London-based artists Stewart Easton and Claire Scully. More about the program can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/silvercitynevadaresidentartistprogram/

Community Soup Social: Bean soup will be the featured soup on January 15, starting at 6:00 pm at the School House. Carol Godwin of Silver City Arts group explains, "If able, you can bring salads, breads, special beverages, or desserts. If not, please come anyway."

Acoustic Jam Session, Saturday, January 23 from 3:00pm to 5:00 pm at the School House. Bring your musical instruments and jam. For more info, check with Will and Sheree.

Exhibition Features Women of Silver City, Gold Hill and Virginia City: "The Women's Project: The Gift" by Silver City-based artist Karen Kreyeski is "a unique and special exhibition" with a focus on women from 3 Comstock communities. Through January 15th, 2016, the entire first floor of St. Mary's Art Center is the backdrop for Karen Kreyeski's fantastic collection of portraits and corresponding flower pieces. St. Mary's writes, "Women from our area were her focus and she pays a lovely tribute to each individual woman and the heart and soul within them. Her collection includes a variety of mediums that not only capture her subjects, but the uniqueness and character within each woman, whether the portrait or the representative flower." In his review of the paintings, poet Shaun Griffin writes, "Every oil portrait represents the choice a woman made to create a possible life: painter, archeologist, educator, actress, gardener, bartender, and all the roles that become an amalgam of women: mother, wife, breadwinner. She honors each of their characters with portraits that bend time. They move away from the literal time of their lifework to reflect upon how these women lasted in their community, the Comstock, a place whose resources have been mined and excavated." In April 2016, the show will travel to the Dini Center in Yerington.

Lectures at the Volunteer Library: The Silver City Volunteer Library will host a series of lectures, with various speakers, on the history of Silver City, 1960's to 2005, during the winter of 2016. Watch for flyers with times and dates at the Post Office.

Brian Schorn's Silver City art in Reno until April: Sierra Arts Foundation's "Galleries at Work" program puts art in spaces like foyers and offices. For instance, 22 pieces of art Michigan artist Brian Schorn made while living in Silver City, Nevada at the Resident Artist Program are on display in the foyer of the 50 West Liberty building in Reno's Arts District until April 2016. Check it out during business hours. Brian's artwork was previously presented in a solo exhibit called Comstock Wabi Sabi at St. Mary's Art Center in Virginia City in August 2015. His mixed media assemblages were made with found objects from the historic Comstock area of Silver City. More here: http://silvercityreads.blogspot.com/2015/11/brian-schorn-resident-artist-program-in.html

Wally's World: The Loneliest Art Collection in Nevada: This exhibit, which includes artwork by dozens of Nevada artists including work by long-time Silver City residents such as Jean LeGassick and Jeff Nicholson, former Silver City resident Jim McCormick, and other well-known Nevada artists such as Craig Sheppard, will be at St. Mary’s Art + Retreat Center in Virginia City from April 4th through May 27, 2016. More about the exhibit here:
http://nac.nevadaculture.org/indexc612.html?option=com_content&view=article&id=1941:george-perreault&catid=36:artist-services-traveling-exhibition-program