Allison Rasmussen Awarded Artist Residency in Silver City

Silver City, Nevada - The winter 2018 visiting artist at the Resident Artist Program in Silver City is Allison Rasmussen of Carson City, Nevada.

She's creating a permanent artwork for the Program, using Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet David Lee's poem "Silver City Dawn Psalm" as its focus. During his 2016 visit, Lee wrote the poem about watching the sun rise in Silver City - it was later nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

March 3 Reception: A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, March 3 from 2:30pm -5:30pm at McCormick House (the housing for visiting artists with the Resident Artist Program). Rasmussen's new artwork will be unveiled during the reception, which will include refreshments plus live music by Mylo McCormick.

About the Artist: Allison Rasmussen is an honors student at Argent Preparatory Academy, studying art at Western Nevada College through their early college entry program, "Jump Start College". She will complete an Associate degree this year at age 18.

Each year, the Resident Artist Program in Silver City hosts at least one young emerging artist, as well as established artists.

Recent established artists awarded Residencies in Silver City have included internationally acclaimed photographer Frances Melhop; UK artist Stewart Easton (his work has been on view at the Tate Modern in London); Michigan-based artist Brian Schorn who currently has a show at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno; Oakland-based writer/artist Scott MacLeod; and former Utah Poet Laureate David Lee. The Program has also hosted established artists, writers and dancers from Denmark, England, New Zealand, California, and Indiana.

About Silver City and the Resident Artist Program: Silver City is located within one of the nation's federally designated historic landmarks, three miles from Virginia City and 29 miles from both Reno and Lake Tahoe. The town's irreplaceable historic buildings and sites, and its crystal clear views of the Sierras and the Comstock, attract visiting plein air painters and photographers from around the West. Recently declared an "Arts and Cultural Resources Production Center," Silver City is already home to a surprising number of Nevada's highly productive artists, musicians, artisans, academics and other innovative thinkers and unique souls. The Resident Artist Program provides a venue for those from other parts of the U.S. and the world to engage with the town and the Northern Nevada region through the arts. Visiting artists reside at the Resident Artist guest housing in exchange for offering free public performances, exhibitions, workshops, etc.

More about the Resident Artist Program:
https://www.facebook.com/silvercitynevadaresidentartistprogram/