Local artists Sue Gross, Cathy McClelland, Janet Martin, Candace Nicol and Larry Hunt will exhibit a genre of printmaking techniques from woodcuts, collagraph assemblage, screen prints, silk screening, metal etching, monotype, relief and intaglio to name a few. Meet the artists on Friday, February 10th at 5pm.

Sue Gross noted North Tahoe printmaker shares her expertise hosting printmaking classes during the summers and exhibits in local galleries. Cathy McClelland, who is well known as an accomplished acrylic painter, is also a printmaker as is Janet Martin who is known for her glass art. Candace Nicol owner of Oxbow Press in Reno has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Larry Hunt states, “Art should make life more enjoyable to the viewer at the time it is being viewed, as life should make art enjoyable to the artists as it is being created”. Larry is an artist at the Co-Op Gallery in Reno and has selected pieces at various galleries in that area.

The opening reception takes place Friday, February 10th from 5-7 pm. Wine and appetizers will be served at this free event at North Tahoe Arts in Tahoe City next door to the fire station.

North Tahoe Arts
380 N. Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145

For more information, please call (530) 581-2787.

Each piece will be priced at $100.  Forty dollars of each piece sold will be donated by Riverside Studios to the High Fives: CR Johnson Memorial Fund. Pick up your art panels today.

The remaining $60 dollars will go to the artist or you can choose to donate your portion to High Fives: CR Johnson Memorial Fund. All checks are issued and mailed by the middle of the following month.

The exhibition will open on Friday, February 3rd and continue until Thursday, March 1st, giving the community an opportunity to purchase an original for over a month.

A Truckee native, CR loved skiing, his family, friends and community. A natural athlete, he excelled at skiing and took the free skiing movement to new heights in his trademark unassuming style, grace and ease.  His poetic prowess on the mountain inspired everyone, even those who didn’t know him.  Now he’s inspired an art event, and you’re invited.

Lion Heart Art Show Details:

The plywood panels are now available at Riverside Studios. Artists can submit a maximum of 3 pieces of artwork. Riverside Studios reserves the right to refuse any work that is considered offensive to the public. Artwork must meet the following requirements:

• Only unframed 10  x 10 x 3/4, plywood panels will be accepted
• Limit of three submissions per artist
• Name and title must be written on back
• Paperwork with: Name, title, address and whether you wish to donate your portion of the proceeds to High Fives:  Johnson Memorial Fund must accompany each submission set
• Artwork must be submitted completely dry with a hanger fixed to the back (unless it is being shipped then we will attach hanger)
• Mark arrow on back of the panel to indicate the top of the piece
• Diptychs and triptychs are acceptable but we will not guarantee that they will be shown together

Drop off artwork any time prior to the deadline. Deadline for submissions: January 31st, Tuesday at 4:00pm at Riverside Studios 10060 Donner Pass Rd. Truckee, CA 96161 (next to the Squeeze In).

Hours: Mon – Thur 10-6, Fri 10-8, Sat 9-8, Sundays 9-6

Riverside Studios
10060 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, CA 96161
For more information, please call 530.587.3789, or email riversideartstudios@gmail.com.

CRJ HEALING CENTER

On August 10th, 2011, the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation opened the CR Johnson Healing Center as a program service to commemorate the professional skier and beloved Truckee resident’s birthday. The Healing Center will provide High Fives – Highlighted Athletes with a space in which they can continue to work toward their goals in a private, “no questions asked” facility.

The CR Johnson Healing Center is replete with equipment that is used by healing professionals that High Fives works with. This equipment includes: A bar for practicing The BAR Method, spin bikes, Bosu balls, TRX strap systems, Swiss balls, foam rollers, weighted balls. Workout routines have been developed to ensure that Highlighted Athletes get a safe and effective workout. Along with the Healing Center’s workout facility the Johnson family has generously donated an infrared healing sauna.

The CR Johnson Healing Center is also home to the Wellness Room, in which local area healing professionals will be working out of and donating part of their proceeds to High Fives Foundation, and it’s newest program service, the Healing Center. Andy Spotts has painted murals of CR Johnson in both the workout facility and Wellness Room so that our friend can look over Highlighted Athletes while they work toward their recovery.

CRJ Memorial Ski Now Available to Support the Fund:

For each pair of CRJ Memorial Skis sold, 4FRNT will donate $100 to the CRJ Memorial Fund which provides funding for alternative modalities of healing to individuals suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury so they can “love the life they live”.

Available sizes are 180cm and 188cm. Skis are available for delivery ASAP. The skis will be delivered with a branded sticker with a short message regarding the CRJ Memorial Project, the donation to the CRJ Memorial Fund, and the mission of the CR Johnson Foundation.

The Johnson family looks forward to growing the legacy CR has left behind through your participation of this limited offer!

Its mission is simple.

Use the power of dance and music to cultivate life skills in our local youth and to inspire an enduring passion for the arts.  By offering a wide variety of dance classes and workshops, InnerRhythms Dance Center believes dance and music will help awaken individual and community consciousness one beat at a time.

InnerRhythms Dance Center is located in Truckee, and offers classes in Classical Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern ,Tap and MiniRhythms for mini dancers.

The goal of the InnerRhythms is to offer a thorough education in dance equivalent to the interests and abilities of the serious student. Teachers encourage students to focus on more than one dance style in order to experience a more complete development. Additionally, as students gain strength and maturity, InnerRhythms provides opportunity for young artists to take their talent to the next level by participating in our Performance Companies, InnerRhythms Dance Theatre and our award winning Hip-Hop troupe, RhythMatriX.

InnerRhythms Dance Theatre has been a founding producer of Trails & Vistas since 2004, and also hosts Summer Dance Camps and Intensives during the months of July and August for Truckee/North Lake Tahoe and the Northern Nevada region.

InnerRhythms, Inc. is a California 501-(c)-3 non-profit organization founded in 2002 whose vision is to promote cultural enhancement in the Truckee/North Tahoe/Northern Nevada community through education, performance excellence and a unique, collaborative alliance between dance and other performing and media arts.

InnerRhythms Dance Theatre
12219 Business Park Drive, Suite 3
Truckee, CA 96161
530-550-8464
info@innerrhythms.org

Art Glass of the Tiffany Era is a unique presentation that will unite three distinct exhibitions that celebrate art of the Tiffany era. The Tiffany family design legacy is presented in this unique mix of exhibitions featuring Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass of the Art Nouveau era and a rare collection of Tiffany & Co.’s decorative firearms. Charles Lewis Tiffany established Tiffany & Co. in 1837; while his son Louis Comfort Tiffany later founded Tiffany Studios, renowned for exquisite decorative objects.

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts, is best known for his work in stained glass. Originally a painter, he became interested in glassmaking around 1875.  In the beginning of his career, Tiffany used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that provided a depth and texture that finer glass lacked. Unable to convince glassmakers to retain the impurities, Tiffany began making his own glass in a variety of colors and textures that became his trademark for designing numerous stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork.  To this day, Tiffany is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements.

Out of the Forest: Art Nouveau Lamps

This exhibition features 20 stained glass lamps manufactured in the early 20th century by the companies of Tiffany Studios; Handel; Durand; and Duffner & Kimberly. The exhibition focuses on themes related to the Art Nouveau style and its inspiration in nature, as well as the history of various design companies who competed for customers at the turn of the century. The lamps will be displayed on a 75-foot-long custom pedestal system designed in the shape of a dragonfly—Tiffany Studio’s company logo.

All of the objects in this exhibition are from the private collection of Byron Vreeland.

In the Company of Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows

Comprised of seven stained glass window panels, the works in this exhibition were created by Tiffany Studios at the beginning of the 20th century and named for the angels in the Book of Revelation from the Bible. The windows were originally installed in the Church of the New Jerusalem in Cincinnati, Ohio until it was taken by eminent domain and demolished for highway construction in 1964. The windows, crated and stored in various garages and sheds for decades, were re-discovered in 2001. This national exhibition tour debuts the story of these seven rediscovered Tiffany Windows.

Arthur Femenella, a Tiffany stained glass expert, and conservator overseeing the restoration of these windows, explains: “These Tiffany windows are selected from a rich and varied palette of opalescent, drapery, rolled, textured, antiqued and flashed glass.  The faces and flesh of the angels are delicately hand painted with vitreous paint.  The rest of the windows are exquisitely plated, a technique developed by Tiffany and John La Farge involving the mechanical layering of layers of glass used to achieve great depth.”

Tiffany & Co. Arms from the Robert M. Lee Collection

This exclusive, single-venue exhibition highlights the wares of Tiffany & Co., the most distinguished name in decorative firearms in America — a surprise to those who might otherwise recognize the firm as a legendary purveyor of fine silver, jewelry and luxury objects. Founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany, what became Tiffany & Co. commenced business just one year after the young inventor Samuel Colt registered his new designs for revolving pistols and long arms with the U.S. Patent Office. In the 175 years since then, the paths of Tiffany & Co. and Colt crossed many times.

The Robert M. Lee Collection is recognized as the finest selection of Tiffany & Co. arms privately owned. The collection of arms in this exhibition — including three revolvers, four pistols, one rifle, and one presentation sword — is rivaled only by those on display in the Robert M. Lee Gallery of American Arms, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Major Sponsorship for Out of the Forest: Art Nouveau Lamps and In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows provided by I. Heidi Loeb Hegerich. Supporting sponsorship provided by Bally Technologies, Wells Fargo Foundation, Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, and McDonald Carano Wilson LLP. Additional support provided by John and Andrea Deane. Exclusive sponsorship of Tiffany & Co. Arms from the collection of Robert M. Lee provided by Wayne L. Prim Foundation.

The exhibitions that comprise Art Glass of the Tiffany Era will be on view February 11 through May 20, 2012. Programming, including lectures, performing art, a film, and tours, will be offered in conjunction with the exhibition. The E.L. Cord Museum School will also offer classes, workshops, and design studios on the design and craft of art glass.

The Nevada Museum of Art is a museum of ideas. The only accredited art museum in the state, it is a private, non-profit organization supported by the generosity of its membership as well as by sponsorships and grants. Through creative programming and scholarship, the Museum provides the opportunity for people to encounter, engage and enjoy a diversity of art experiences.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, late on Thursdays until 8 pm. The galleries, Museum Store and Café Musée are closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and national holidays. Admission is FREE for members, $10 General Admission, $8 Student / Senior, $1 children 6 to 12 years and free for children 5 and under. Museum Membership starts at just $25. To learn more, visit www.nevadaart.org

Mark shoots locally and throughout the Western United States. Although his passion is fine art nature and landscape photography, he has also works in commercial and stock photography. His work has been published in several notable publications and shown in an assortment of galleries and exhibitions in the Reno-Tahoe area. Even though he is primarily self-taught, he has had the opportunity to share his knowledge by teaching beginning and intermediate photographers in a variety of venues.

Mark has been fascinated with photography from a very young age, shooting his first roll of film in kindergarten and from there onto his father’s 35mm SLR. In College, Mark opened a rental darkroom store and studio and shot professionally as a commercial and product photographer. Mark’s interest in computer graphics led to a career in computers where he has been published several times as a computer artist, game developer and desktop publisher. Now that digital photography has truly come into its own and is offering the photographer tools and creative options that were never available prior, the passion of photography can now combine with the fascination of computers.

Finally, the love of nature and the outdoors comes together with photography and computers. Mark feels that without the ‘right’ image a photograph is only a limited two dimensional representation of a moment in time.

Although, the ‘right’ image will inspire memories – spray on your face from a raging water fall, the sound of a crashing wave on a beach, the sensation of a gentle breeze cresting over you and the ridge you are traversing or the chill of early morning air on a winters morning – It is these memories that interact with the image to create a feeling that can take you to places you could never get in your living room, bedroom or office. If this occurs, the photographer has succeeded in capturing more than a mere representation; they have captured feelings. My goal is to capture images that inspire these feelings in you, the viewer, and will take you on little mental journeys.

The public is invited to come into the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach, CA during normal business hours to view the art on display at no charge.

It kicks off with three unique exhibitions to celebrate Aart of the Tiffany Era opening February 11, 2012.

EXHIBITIONS

Celebrate Art of the Tiffany Era – Three unique exhibitions…

The Tiffany family design legacy is presented in this unique mix of exhibitions featuring Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass of the Art Nouveau era and a rare collection of Tiffany & Co.’s decorative firearms. Charles Lewis Tiffany established Tiffany & Co. in 1837; while his son Louis Comfort Tiffany later founded Tiffany Studios, renowned for exquisite decorative objects.

TIFFANY LAMP PHOTO: The Duffner & Kimberly Company, Lamp with Wisteria Motif, Early 20th century. Collection of Dr. Byron Vreeland.  Photo courtesy Christopher Martin.

OPENS FEBRUARY 11

• Out of the Forest: Art Nouveau Lamps includes twenty lamps by Tiffany Studios and other lamp manufacturers of the art nouveau era, all from the private collection of Byron Vreeland.
• In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows debuts seven magnificent stained glass church windows by Tiffany Studios recently salvaged after years in storage.
• Tiffany & Co. Arms from the collection of Robert M. Lee features the finest-known collection of privately owned arms—including fine guns and a presentation sword—rivaled only by those on view in the Robert M. Lee Gallery of American Arms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

MEMBERS’ PREMIERE Hosted by NV Energy

Friday, February 10 / 6 – 8 pm

Museum members are invited to be the first to view the celebrated Tiffany treasures from the turn of the century across three feature exhibitions. Live music and cash bar. Kids Open Art Studio available / $5. Cost: Admission is free for Museum Members with valid member card.

PREMIERE TALK: Dr. Martin Eidelberg on Clara Driscoll, the Tiffany Girls, and Art of the Tiffany Era

Saturday February 18 / 10:30 – 11:30 am

Art Historian Dr. Martin Eidelberg is one of the foremost scholars of Tiffany art glass and lamp designs, and has conducted extensive and important scholarship on the role of women in Louis Comfort Tiffany’s studio. Please join the Museum for what promises to be a fascinating look into the life, art and history of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the art glass crafted in his studio.

Cost: $15 / $10 Museum members

SPECIAL EVENTS

ART BITE Meet the Artist: Peter Liashkov on Paper Cowboy

Friday, February 10 / noon

Artist Peter Liashkov spent time in a Wyoming residency program at the UCROSS Foundation in which he made the works on display in Paper Cowboy. Join the artist for an explanation of the works on display, their influences, and their relationship to historical land use issues. Art Bites are FREE for Museum members / $10 non-members.

VALENTINE’S TRUNK SHOW AT THE MUSEUM STORE

February 11 / 12 – 3 pm

Find a unique Valentine’s Day gift by local artist Virginia Vogel who creates intricate fabric-based, multi-media art pieces.

Admission to the Trunk Show is FREE.

FILM Black Rock Design Institute Presents Urbanized

Thursday, February 16 / 6 pm

A feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Networking and beer at 5 pm. Film at 6 pm. Cost: $10 / $8 Museum Members

VISITING GALLERY Honoring Our History: Traveling WWI Gallery

Wednesday, February 22 / 10 am – 5 pm

Visit this custom “big rig” traveling museum for a free interactive and educational experience designed by the National World War I Museum. The traveling gallery will be located in the Museum parking lot for one day only.

Sponsored exclusively by Waddell & Reed on the company’s 75^th anniversary. Admission is free to Honoring Our History

ART BITE Brett Van Hoesen on August Sander: Face of Our Time

Friday, February 24 / noon

Join Art Historian Dr. Brett Van Hoesen for a discussion of August Sander’s Face of Our Time and its social history during the Weimar Republic. Her talk will also explore the legacy of Sander’s work from its controversial reception during the Nazi era to its significant impact on contemporary photography. Art Bites are FREE for Museum members / $10 non-members.

LIVE MUSIC Great Basin Brass Quintet and Woodwind Ensemble Lead by Eric Fassbender

Saturday, February 25 / 3 pm

In collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno School of the Arts, the Museum presents a music performance series coinciding with the three Tiffany Era exhibitions on view. Enjoy a wide range ofr performances and musical styles responding to the art glass in display. Cost: 15 / $10 Museum Members

REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS

SECOND SATURDAYS ARE FREE!

February 11 / 10 am – 5 pm

Introduce your family and friends to the Museum for FREE! Admission to the Museum on Second Saturdays is FREE!

Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

****HANDS/ON! has moved to Second Saturdays!

Mexican Carnival: Face Painting, Mask Making & Maracas

February 11 / 10 am – 4 pm

Bring the family to explore the Museum for FREE! Join us for gallery activities, storytelling, cultural events, and open studio hands-on art projects each month from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission to hands/ON! is FREE.

Sponsored by the Mathewson CLAT #4, Sato Foundation, City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission and Dermody Properties Foundation.

First Thursday with Charm of Hugo

Thursday, February / 5 to 7 pm

Grab a beer, groove to the live music, and check out the galleries at First Thursday. First Thursday wine bar sponsored by Whispering Vine Wine Company. Sponsored annually by The X 100.1 FM Radio and Great Basin Brewing Company. Bottled water sponsored by Sam’s Club. Bring the kids for Kids Open Art Studio, available from 5 – 7 pm for $5 per child. First Thursday is free for Museum members or non-members with paid regular admission. $10 / $8 Seniors and students/ Free for Museum members.

Art Afternoon: Workshop & Social for Seniors

Friday, February 10 / 1 to 3 pm

Expand your interests with a docent-guided tour and studio art class. Light refreshments. No art background necessary. Cost for two sessions: $12 / $10 Museum members. Sponsored in part by the Leonette Foundation.

KUNR Sunday Jazz Brunch with Scot and Graham Marshall

February 19 / 11 am to 1 pm with

Catch a live jazz performance hosted by KUNR Radio and dine from the à la carte brunch menu from Café Musée. À la carte menu items range from $5 to $15.

Founded in 1931 as a small volunteer-run art gallery, the Nevada Museum of Art has evolved over the years into a nationally recognized art museum thanks to the unending support of the community. Featuring an ambitious line-up of world-class exhibitions, an internationally recognized conference and the premiere feature exhibition of its signature collection, the Museum has much to celebrate.  The Museum is located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno.

Hours:

• Wednesday – Sunday / 10 am to 5 pm
• Thursdays – 10 am to 8 pm
• Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and national holidays

$10 General Admission
$8 Student/Senior (ages 60 and up)
$1 Children 6 to 12 years

FREE Nevada Museum of Art Members, High school students enrolled in Washoe County School District with valid school I.D. and Children 5 and under.  For more information, please visit www.nevadaart.org

Sara’s “Healing” series reflects her path of trying to find emotional, spiritual and physical healing through art, many alternative healing modalities, and mindfulness.

Sara’s unique artworks will be on display from January 6, 2012 through February 2012 and is open to the public.

“My healing artworks are my visual therapy for working through emotional and spiritual challenges. Regardless of where people are in their own journey towards becoming a better or healthier person, creating art like this most likely can help their process. It has for me.” – Sara

Through these works, Sara experiments with what a certain thought or feeling truly feels like, painting those first in colorful, textured layers. It is a very abstract process that requires a lot of quiet and inner exploration so she can “see” what colors and shapes really come to mind when thinking of a particular issue.

Second, she paints what she feels is needed in the healing process by adding different colors that evoke a healing thought. Finally, Sara adds the last layers that end up as visual reminders to her of what she needs to see to remember what it feels like to feel healed and whole. Included in these pieces are “Strength,” “Voice,” “The Royal Feminine,” and “Soul.”

“Healing” will be on display from January 2012 through February 2012 at Riverside Studios, upstairs at 10060 Donner Pass Rd in Truckee, CA.

For more information about Sara Zimmerman or the “Healing” artworks, visit www.sarazimmerman.net.

The exhibit will feature 30 years of covers, with one cover picked from every year of publication from its inception in 1982. Covers feature winter and summer recreation, local faces, local events and a great look at Tahoe and Truckee for the past 30 years.

The highlight of the exhibit is the first edition, which published on Feb. 18, 1982, as “North Tahoe Week.” The first edition was 12 pages and featured a photograph by Vance Fox of a skier cliff jumping near the horse trails in Squaw Valley.

The Weekly is celebrating its 30th year with a redesign of the magazine, debuting on Jan. 12, along with a special 30th anniversary edition on Feb. 9.  There will be a 30^th anniversary party on Feb. 11 at Gar Wood’s in Carnelian Bay from 5 to 8 p.m. and everyone is invited to help celebrate the 30^th anniversary.

Inconspicuously located inside the Tahoe Community Center in Tahoe City is an impressive collection of local art. It’s the North Tahoe Art Center.

North Tahoe Arts is a non-profit organization that supports the arts in the North Tahoe and Truckee communities through exposure, education and participation.

The members are a diverse group of artists and art lovers who work together to make art a priority in North Tahoe/Truckee. Throughout the website you can find several artisans of all disciplines to match your style.

• Monthly gallery exhibits
• Year round gift shop with local art
• Opening receptions & events
• Classes
• Studio tours
• Art camps and much more!

North Tahoe Art Center
380 North Lake Tahoe Blvd. in Tahoe City

Phone: 530.581.2787

The opening reception will take place Friday, January 13th from 5 to 7 p.m. Everyone is invited for appetizers, warm apple cider, wine and of course, art.

You’ll find art in wood, silversmith, leather, metal sculpture, woven art, jewelry, wall art mediums, sculpture, and ceramics.  You’ll also find stunning photography of Lake Tahoe from local photographers like Scott Thompson, shown here.

North Tahoe ARTS is a 501 (c) non profit corporation that supports opportunities for members and the general public to view, purchase, and participate in the arts and cultural activities.

North Tahoe Arts has been shaping the North Tahoe art scene for over two decades and is located in Tahoe City next to the fire station at 380 North Lake Blvd. For more information, please call 530-581-2787.