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.
As the Resident Artist Program’s winter visiting artist, Rasmussen has created a number of paintings, as well as a new permanent artwork for the Program, using one of Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet David Lee's poems as its inspiration.
During his 2016 visit, Lee wrote “Silver City Dawn Psalm,” a poem about watching the sun rise in Silver City. It was later nominated for a Pushcart Prize and will be included in his new book of poetry, scheduled for release in 2018.
UTAH POET LAUREATE DAVID LEE VIEWS ALLISON RASMUSSEN'S PAINTING INSPIRED BY ONE OF HIS POEMS ABOUT SILVER CITY NEVADA
Each year, the Resident Artist Program in Silver City hosts at least one young emerging artist, as well as established artists.
Previous Artists in Residence: During the reception, work by previous visiting artists such as internationally acclaimed photographer Frances Melhop, Oakland-based artist/writer Scott MacLeod, New Zealand artist Sophie Scott, and British artists Stewart Easton and Claire Scully will also be on display.
Painting and drawing of the art studio at McCormick House by British artists Stewart Easton and Claire Scully.
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 across the country. 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 unique Resident Artist guest housing, a geodesic dome designed by artist Jim McCormick in 1972, in exchange for offering free public performances, exhibitions, workshops, etc.
More about the Resident Artist Program:
https://www.facebook.com/silvercitynevadaresidentartistprogram/
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