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National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation
and Access Preservation Assistance Grants for smaller museums help
small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums,
historical societies, archival repositories, town and country
records offices and colleges, improve their abil-ity to preserve
and care for their humanities collections.
Awards of up to $5,000 support preservation related collection
assess-ments, consultations and workshops, and institutional and
collaborative disas-ter and emergency planning. Grants cover
consultant fees, workshop registra-tion fees, related travel and
per diem expenses and the costs of purchasing and shipping
preservation supplies and equipment.
All applications to the NEH must be submitted through
Grants.gov. See the application guidelines for details. The 2007
guidelines for Preserva-tion Assistance Grants for Smaller
Institutions are available at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find
sample project descriptions, sample narratives and a list of
frequently asked questions. The deadline for application is May 15,
2007. Small and mid-size institutions are encouraged to apply. For
more information, contact the staff of NEH’s Di-vision of
Preservation and Access at 202-606-8570 or
[email protected].
Nevada Museums Association c/o Denise Sins National Automobile
Museum The Harrah Collection 10 So. Lake St.
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AASLH WORKSHOP Collections Management and Practices
Host: Utah’s Office of Museum Services and Utah State Historical
Society, Salt Lake City, UT Cost: $250 members/$300 non-members;
Early Bird Discount if Registration Received by May 31st! Last
year, the Heritage Health Index highlighted the precarious state of
the collections in America’s muse-ums. If your organization needs
help with your collections, AASLH is holding collections care
workshop in your region this summer to help you become better
stewards of the historical treasures entrusted to your care.
Participants in this two-day workshop will learn about their
institution’s responsibility toward its collection, the necessary
policies and procedures, and the best practices of collections
management. During lively group discussions and hands-on
activities, participants will become familiar with current issues
and trends to better understand how collections fit within the
context of history organizations. Participants will explore other
top-ics including the role of collections in exhibition and
interpretation, the basic steps of collections management from
acquisition to disposal, professional standards and ethics,
conservation on a shoe-string budget, as well as learning about the
multitude of resources available for collections preservation.
Space is limited! Register today at www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm.
Nevada Musings
Inside this issue:
Nevada Humanities to Revise Grant Guidelines Nevada Humanities,
the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
plans to alter its grant guidelines to bring them into line with
its new mission. After a year of strategic planning, Nevada
Humanities has determined to emphasize several goals. These include
creating com-munity through conversation and to encourage civic
engagement. Nevada Humanities believes that grant proposals should
encourage critical think-ing and reflection. Nevada Humanities also
wishes to preserve and make accessible Nevada history, especially
through its Online Nevada Encyclo-pedia. For more info, call
775-784-6587 or on the web at www.nevadahumanities.org. Guidelines
available June 2007.
NEH Pres/Access grants 1 NEH grants revision President’s Message
2 Gr. Basin Nat’l. Heritage 3 Interwoven 2007 Saving a NV Treasure
4 Charitable Gift Planning Peace Walk at ATM 5 Havens in a
Heartless World NSM, L.V. 6 Chill Out! Let’s Play Railway at the
Lied Coleman/Smokey weave baskets at NSM, CC. 7 Events Calendar 8,9
Plus insert NV Museum of Art 10 Nat’l. Auto Museum 11 Taste of
Gardnerville 12 Source Well Sparks Heritage Mus. 13 Humboldt Museum
Young Chautauqua Notes from the Basement at NSM 14 4th Ward Parties
and Types-lingers Liberace cooks 15
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NMA - Executive Committee
President Barbara Mackey, Executive Director Historic Fourth
Ward School P.O. Box 4 Virginia City, NV 89440 (775) 847-0975,
847-1011 Fax [email protected] First Vice-President
Mark Hall-Patton, Administrator Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum
1830 S. Boulder Hwy. Henderson, NV 89015 (702) 455-7968
[email protected] Second Vice-President/Membership Vanya Scott,
Registrar Atomic Testing Museum 755 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV
89119 (702) 794-5142 [email protected] Secretary Jeanette
McGregor, Exhibit Prep. Nevada State Museum 600 N. Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701 (775) 687-4810 [email protected]
Treasurer Summer Kay 431 Trellis Drive Fernley, NV 89408 (775)
575-1251 phone and fax [email protected] Nevada State Museum
Representative Michelle Schmitter P.O. Box 7082 Incline Village, NV
89452 (775) 843-1389 [email protected] Immediate Past
President vacant
President’s Message The Nevada Museums Association was formed to
provide learning opportunities for its members. The annual
conference, newsletters, NMA website and other annual programs are
all de-signed for this purpose. However, learning opportunities
require more than exposure to information. Applicability to an
individual museum’s mission or facility and implementation of
educational materials are two steps rarely addressed and sometimes
the most difficult to execute. Conference workshops and sessions,
while perhaps not directly aligned with your type of museum can
pro-vide unique perspectives and opportunities when tailored to fit
your museum needs. This requires continually thinking outside the
box and challenging our modes of standard operations. Im-plementing
new objectives adds the time and effort of planning and perhaps
reorganizing your direction or goals.
How often have you been inspired by a conference ses-sion, an
article or consultant only to find that within a few days you have
lost your enthusiasm and become frustrated at trying to apply and
implement these new ideas? More than likely, you ex-pected
immediate results or tried to accomplish too much without thorough
planning. The old adage of one step at a time is helpful at curbing
the frustration and directing your energy towards a more successful
outcome. Next time perhaps, select just one as-pect of the session
or article that will work for you and include them in your
strategic planning process. For example, by tweak-ing your
marketing plan to focus on a campaign to link your web-site to
regional business sites, you might find some new sponsors and
target audiences. Whereas, if you tried to incorporate all the
ideas from a “marketing on a shoestring” session, you might
ac-complish none of them.
The NMA program for “Futureworld: Pitfalls and Possi-bilities”
has developed into a conference that you will find inter-esting,
informative, helpful, entertaining and most important, ap-plicable.
The program committee has focused on topics about where the museum
world is going and how your museum can get there too. Sessions will
include defining (continued on page 9)
Historic Fourth Ward School Comstock Typeslingers and Sagebrush
Jour-nalists: 19th Century Newsmen and Their Careers, May
11-October 31, 2007. The long tradition of newspaper publishing on
the Comstock is marked by the early typeslingers who later became
noted journalists such as Mark Twain, Dan DeQuille, Alf Doten,
Wells Drury, Joe Goodman, Dennis McCarthy, Fred Hart, Alf Chartz,
Arthur McEwen, Lyin’ Jim Townsend and Sam Davis. Funded by the
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the exhibit includes their lives, a
timeline of printing history and a step-by-step process of
letterpress printing used by the students of the Fourth Ward
School.
PARTIES OF THE YEAR
If you want something different and exclu-sive in entertainment
or adventure, select from a collection of 30 adventures paired with
everything from refreshments to gourmet cuisine in unique
lo-cations and individually hosted by generous com-munity donors
and friends throughout the region.
The opportunities please every appetite; from lunch after a
guided wildflower hike around Spooner Lake to hands-on flower
arranging and lunch at Smith and Smith Farms; or brunch on top of
Sun Mountain to lunch at the private historic town of Sutro; or a
progressive dinner at four his-toric homes with an evening of
history, whiskey and warm beer. Others include a Lake Tahoe kayak
trip, crafts classes, a haunted pub crawl, historic fashions,
Comstock firemen’s stories and more. Parties run June2 through
December 1, 2007. Call 775-847-0975 about ticket purchasing to one
or more parties. Each party varies in number of avail-able tickets
and prices.
Liberace Museum Commemoration of Liberace Leg-
acy and Mother ’ s Day
LAS VEGAS - May marks the month of many celebrations and
milestones, especially Mother’s Day and May 16th, which would have
been the 88th birthday of Liberace, known around the world as “Mr.
Showmanship.” In celebration, The Liberace Foundation and Museum
will host a special 2nd Sunday Birthday Celebration and Mother’s
Day event on Sunday, May 13, from noon to 4 p.m. Free. In
conjunction with the event, the Museum will present the debut of
the new book, “Joy of Lib-erace, Retro Recipes from America’s
Kitschiest Kitchen,” published by Angel City Press. Authors Karan
Feder and Michael Feder will be on hand to meet and greet guests
and sign copies of purchased books for patrons. This is the first
ever cookbook authorized by the Liberace Foundation, and a por-tion
of the proceeds will benefit the Liberace Foun-dation for the
Performing and Creative Arts scholar-ship program. The book
contains archival photo-graphs of Liberace and his family, coupled
with the new concept of Bling Cooking™, executed by ex-pert chefs
of the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where he entertained
for more than 20 years. For more information, call the Liberace
Museum at 702-798- 5595 or at
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Notes from the Basement A Mounting & Edge Painting
Primer
Photos can be a major element in any exhibit, but when you are
on a tight budget, your choices for displaying them can be limited.
At the Nevada State Museum, a preferred technique is to mount the
photos on a special, stiff foam core board called “Gatorfoam,” and
treat the edges by “edge painting.” It is a great look that will
make your images pop without breaking the bank. Gatorfoam is
superior to standard foam core due to its rigidity and resistance
to warping. Choose either white or black Gatorfoam based on the
dominant coloring of your image. Mount your image and laminate it
if it will be displayed where people might touch it. The easiest
way to cut Gatorfoam is with a table saw using a fine tooth blade.
Because it is more durable than foam core, it is also more
difficult to cut it with an x-acto knife. Trim your mounted image
to size by taking several passes on the saw. Even with the sharpest
of blades, after trimming, the edges will probably be a little
fuzzy. Hold your sanding block at a 45 degree angle and take a few
smooth passes over the fuzzy edges. Finish each side off by holding
the block perpendicular to the image and take a few passes that
way. You will have a clean, mounted image that could easily go into
the gallery at this point. But, we’re not done yet.
Edge painting is the final touch. This simple and inexpensive
tech- nique is easy to learn and will give your mounted images a
sharp, professional quality. Lay out some acrylic paints in the
colors of your image. Mix colors as closely as you can and paint
the edges as if you were wrapping the image around the sides of the
Gatorfoam. If your image is not laminated, take extra care not to
get paint on the printed image. If your image is laminated, excess
paint will wipe off with a damp cloth. Don’t get your paint too wet
as it will have a tendency to soak into the paper your image is on.
You can be as detailed or as sketchy as you like. If your color is
a little bit off, don’t worry; people will not be viewing all sides
of your image at once and lighting differences can ac- count for
changes in color. With prac- tice, you will get faster and
smoother. Your color mixing will improve as
well. Remember, have fun. A Zen-like state can be attained by
edge paint-ing. Try it! Jeanette D. McGregor, Exhibit Preparator,
Nevada State Museum, Carson City.
The Great Basin National Heritage Area Winter was a busy time
for the Great Basin National Heritage Route after receiving
national designation in the fall of 2006. The Heritage Route
management entity, The Great Basin Heritage Area Partnerships
(GBHAP), has been occupied with the preliminary work necessary to
prepare its manage-ment plan. The enabling legislation for the
Heritage Route requires that a management plan be prepared within
three years. This plan will guide the direc-tion that the Heritage
Route takes for the next ten years. In February 2007, GBHAP
president, Denys Koyle, attended the Alliance of National Heritage
Area annual meeting in Washington D.C. Ten new national heritage
areas were created in 2006 and this conference addressed the new
heritage areas with sessions on funding, management planning and
other areas. While in Washington, Koyle visited the Utah and Nevada
congressional delegations who will be critical in securing federal
funding for the Heritage Route. In March, Koyle and Tonia Harvey,
grant writer for the GBHAP, attended the Oasis Confer-ence in Reno.
At a conference round table discus-sion, Harvey presented the
document she wrote “Nevada Heritage Tourism: A Rural Agenda,” which
puts forth the concept of a state heritage area program for Nevada.
A blog was established in which anyone interested in heritage
tourism can par-ticipate. The address is:
nevadaculturalheritagetour-ism.yahoogroups.com. Koyle attended
Rural Round-up in Primm the following week. Securing funding for an
administrative staff to oversee pro-duction of the Management plan
is the Heritage Area’s top priority.
Interwoven 2007 Celebrating 20 Years of the Great Basin
Basketmakers Last year’s debut of Interwoven: Visions of the
Great Basin Basketmakers, (GBB) was such a success that the Nevada
State Museum and the GBB have united to create another wonderful
exhibit, this time honoring the 20th anniversary of the founding of
the GBB guild. This year’s exhibit will feature many new creations
of contemporary and traditional basketry, some by original founding
members and others by brand new members of the GBB. The exhibit
will include innovative uses of weaving techniques and unique
materials from plastic and hardware cloth to gourd and banana
leaves.
Coiled pine needles on gourd by P. Weidimann
Interwoven will be on exhibit in the Nevada State Museum’s south
Changing Gallery from May 11 to August 5, 2007. Please join the GBB
artists in celebrating their 20th anniversary with a reception
Wednesday, May 23 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Ne-vada State
Museum, 600 North Carson Street in Car-son City.
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Saving a Nevada Treasure The Nevada State Museum has a one-time
opportunity to purchase an extraordinary collection of twenty-eight
historic slot machines dating from 1895 to 1937. The gaming devices
are on loan to the museum from the owners Mar-shall and Frank Fey
and are available for viewing in the exhibit Slot Machines: The Fey
Collection. The Fey brothers set aside the collection in 2006 when
auctioning off other slot machines and gaming memorabilia housed at
the former Liberty Belle Restaurant and Saloon in Reno. They saved
the best and oldest machines in-vented by their grandfather Charles
Fey. The family wished to keep the collection together in Nevada
for public benefit and offered to sell the collection to the state
at a price well below mar-ket value. Acquiring the collection would
cele-brate over 75 years of legalized gaming in Ne-vada. The
collection holds major historical and educational value for
residents and visitors to our state. If acquired, the museum will
produce an expanded exhibit presenting the fascinating story of
slot machine development, telling a story only Nevada can tell. Not
acquiring the slot machines would likely result in the state losing
its opportunity to preserve its history, to educate the public and
to celebrate Nevada’s gaming heritage.
What is Charitable Gift Planning? From the National Committee on
Planned Giving®
Charitable gift planning is the process of cul-tivating,
designing, facilitating and stewarding gifts to charitable
organizations.
CHARITABLE GIFT PLANNING
• Uses a variety of financial tools and techniques for
giving,
• Requires the assistance of one or more qualified
specialists,
• Utilizes tax incentives that encourage charitable giving when
appropriate, and,
• Covers the full spectrum of generosity by indi-viduals and
institutions and is based on powerful traditions of giving in the
United States.
The techniques of charitable gift planning include both
revocable and irrevocable arrange-ments, gifts available for use at
the time they are given, gifts that may not be available until a
future date and split-interest gifts intended to balance
fi-nancial, personal and charitable objectives. These techniques
are called planned gifts. The tools of charitable gift planning
include all type of real and personal property and tangible and
intangible assets. Donors should seek gift plan-ning advice from a
professional with integrity, ex-pertise and experience in law,
investments, property, tax and charitable transfers in order to
assure both the technical merits of the transfer and the
philan-thropic quality of the gift. (continued on page 13)
What are Planned Gifts? (continued from page 4) Planned gifts
are a variety of charita-ble giving methods that allow you to
express your personal values by integrating your charity, family
and financial goals. Planned gifts can be made with cash, but many
planned gifts are made by donating assets such as stocks, real
estate, artwork or business interests - the possibilities are
endless. Planned gifts can provide valuable tax benefits and/or
lifetime in-come for you and your spouse or other loved one.
Bequests to charities made through an individual’s will are the
most common planned gifts. Other popular planned gifts include
charitable trusts and charitable gift annuities.
Sparks Heritage Museum The Sparks Heritage Museum will reopen on
Sun-days starting June 10. Hours will be 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. with
once a month programs. June 10th is the beginning of the Heritage
Begins at Home series. It’s a family event called Discover
Historical Sparks. Youth will be making ice cream, so please come
and share.
Other summer activities include Reading short stories in July
and making cars in August. Free to members: $5.00 nonmembers.
President’s Message (continued from page 2) the “futureworld,”
new exhibit technologies, archives in the digital age, strategic
planning for new technologies, changes in public relations,
hands-on grant writing and exciting pre and post conference tours.
Mark your calendars for September 12-14 to join your NMA colleagues
in Las Vegas. A separate mailer will be arriving this summer with
all the de-tails. Scholarships are offered to assist those mem-bers
with financial constraints.
Douglas County Young Chautauqua presents
“Chautauqua in the Park”
Desiree McKean as Louisa May Alcott
June 20 and 21, Mormon Station Park, Genoa. Bring a picnic; meet
famous characters from history. The show begins at 5:00 p.m. and is
entertaining, educational and fun for the whole fam-ily. Funded in
part by a grant from Nevada Hu-manities.
Zofia Tisue as Rosa Parks
HUMBOLDT MUSEUM The Humboldt Historian, whose articles deal with
local area history, was one of the first priorities of the North
Central Nevada Historical Society in 1978. Phil Earl’s Motorcycling
and Automobiling Across North Central Nevada in 1901 and 1903 is
slated for the summer of 2007 issue. In the same issue will be Jere
Baker’s story of Thomas Ewing’s Last Mining Adventure in the
Buckaroo Canyon 1912-1919. For more information, contact Pansilee
Larson at 775-623-2912.
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“A Taste of Gardnerville” The Douglas County Historical Society
will be holding their annual “Taste of Gardnerville” on August 5,
2007 starting at 5:00 p.m. This is a walking tour from Mill St. to
Mission St. Along the way you can browse in the shops, taste the
food from all the local restaurants and enjoy music by musicians
scattered in loca-tions throughout the walk. The “Taste” is an
annual fundraiser for the Historical Society. Tickets can be
purchased in advance for $20.00 per person. The evening begins at
the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center where there will be
music, food and plenty of park-ing. Tickets are limited, so get
them early. For more information, call 775-782-2555 or
775-265-6097.
Lyon County Museum News Preparing the Lyon County Museum for
summer has been ongoing for several weeks. Sat-urday May 19 is
Yerington’s Centennial Celebra-tion and the Museum’s Open House.
Board mem-bers have painted, polished and in general given Museum
properties a spring cleaning. New dis-plays and enhanced lighting
complement the entire area. The Gift Shop is stocked with numerous
Ne-vada books, Native American jewelry and various trinkets. A new
collection of postcards is being introduced shortly. A fantastic
scrapbook, gifted by Mrs. Virginia Millar, depicting Anaconda’s
Weed Heights operation, is on display for former residents
returning to the area for family and class reunions. Last but not
least, Mike Hagen, a retired teacher and irreplaceable board
member, hosts Mu-seum Moments on KSVL 92.3 FM, the local radio
station. The 5 minute show airs weekdays at 7:25 a.m. and 4:25
p.m.
ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM On March 27, the Atomic testing Museum
(ATM) hosted the opening ceremonies of the Ne-vada Desert
Experience’s 17th Annual Sacred Place Walk. The event culminated
several days later with a gathering at the entrance to the Ne-vada
Test Site (NTS), 65 miles north of Las Ve-gas. The Peace Walk drew
participants from across the country, including actor Martin Sheen,
who joined the group the following Sunday at their planned
anti-nuclear demonstration near the gates of the NTS.
Bill Johnson, Director of the Atomic Testing Museum, welcomes
the participants of the Nevada Desert Experience’s Sacred Peace
Walk to the museum
The Nevada Desert Experience, a group whose mission “is to stop
nuclear weapons testing through a campaign of prayer, education,
dialogue and nonviolent direct action,” is one of many di-verse
groups who have chosen the ATM as a venue. Since its grand opening
in early 2005, the Atomic Testing Museum has hosted such events as
the advocacy group Citizen Alert, Republican Senator Pete Dominici
and the Atomic Bomb Exhi-bition from the Nagasaki National Peace
Memo-rial Hall. Bill Johnson emphasizes the importance of
presenting diverse viewpoints as part of
museum and event programming. “It is important for museums to
establish dialogue and provide edu-cation to enrich people’s
lives,” he said. “In the case of the Atomic Testing Museum, we deal
with a controversial history, and embracing a diversity of
organizations only strengthens our legitimacy and encourages
thoughtful consideration of the history of atomic testing and how
that history applies in to-day’s world.” As cultural organizations
dedicated to en-riching a community’s quality of life, museums
fos-ter public accessibility to history. Because the Atomic Testing
Museum’s particular focus is on a history both emotionally charged
and inherently controversial, the board and staff work together to
develop programs and events that give our patrons the tools they
need to apply the lessons of history to their lives in today’s
world. For more information about events and tours at the Atomic
testing Museum, please all 702-794-5161.
Source Well Gatorfoam is more expensive that regular foam core,
but it is a far better product. It is strong, durable, lightweight,
long-lasting, warp-resistant, and its hard, smooth surface defies
dents. It is great for mounting photos, silk screening and
paint-ing. You can typically find Gatorfoam in black or white. It
comes in thicknesses from 3/16” to 2” and in sheets from 8” x 10”
up to 5’ x 10’. For a standard 3/16” 4’ x 8’ sheet, prices range
from around $36.00 to $44.00 If you are able to buy in bulk (15 to
20 sheets) you will get a case discount of between five to eight
dollars per sheet. And, of course, unless you can pick your order
up, you will also have to pay freight. Here are some sources here
in Nevada: Montroy Supply Company 605 Boxington Way 3106 Sparks, NV
89434 Phone: 775-331-1002 FAX: 775-331-7780 (Talk with Jeremy)
Apple Foam & Plastics 1151 Grier Drive Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV
89119 Phone: 702-361-7999 FAX: 702-361-4477
Treasurer’s Report
Current Checkbook Balance: $14,514.62
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Nevada State Museum & Historical Society, Las Vegas Havens
in a Heartless World - Virginia City Saloons and the Archaeology of
the Wild West, on exhibit April 20 through August 19, 2007. This
exhibit gives a view of life in Vir-ginia City during the Comstock
silver boom and shows how archaeological excavation and analy-sis
add to the tales of history. The exhibit sto-ries come from four
19th century Virginia City establishments excavated by
archaeologists be-tween 1993 and 2001. Each of these businesses had
a unique character and offered a different quality of service and
entertainment. The Las Vegas museum continues exhib-its and
programs as well as work in anticipation of its move to a new
museum building sched-uled to open in 2009. Work on the building
has begun at the site at the Las Vegas Springs Pre-serve. The
museum will be participating in the annual Cultural History Fair in
Las Vegas to be held this year on May 19 at the Old Las Vegas
Mormon Fort State Park. Summer programs begin with a major book
signing and panel on Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las
Vegas Mobster and
a Government Witness, by Dennis Griffin and Frank Cullotta, will
be launched at the museum on June 6 with a book signing. This will
be followed by a panel discussion with Las Vegas journalists Jane
Ann Morrison and George Knapp participat-ing. Two fun events are
also scheduled for the hot summer. On July 14, artist and
naturalist Sharon Schafer will present “CHILL OUT! Wild-life of the
Antarctic Peninsula and its Islands.” Ice cream will be served.
Home Movie Day has again been scheduled for August 11. The public
is invited to bring in and share those old 8mm home movies. It’s a
fun ex-perience for the movie owners who usually have not seen the
films on screen in years and a real “blast from the past” time for
the audience. In the fall, programs in conjunction with the
basketry exhibit INTERWOVEN will be offered.
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum Let’s Play Railway! ™
May 26 through August 19, 2007 Let’s Play Railway guides
children down the right track as they play in Let’s Play Railway!,
a larger than life size replica of Brio’s® famous wooden toy
engine, cattle wagon and caboose. In the engine, children pretend
to operate the train as they manipulate levers, dials, cranks and
realistic sound effects. Little farmhands will keep busy with
cooperative play in the Cattle Wagon as they groom the pony, milk
the cow, harvest the corn and sing along with Old MacDonald. In the
Caboose, kids will develop coordination skills as they play in a
roly-poly wheel and guide a ball past train stops. on a fun
track.
National Automobile Museum The Harrah Collection
TOPLESS: CONVERTIBLES OF THE
1950S From the Private Collection of Wayne and
Alzina Davis
Masterpiece Exhibit, May 23-October 15, 2007 American
automobiles of the 1950s have been called many things, but boring
was not one of them. Convertibles of this era spoke their own
language. These luxurious status symbols were powerful, beautiful
and bold, and their paint schemes said, “Look at Me.” They were
laden with chrome, accented with fins and packed with over-the-top
designs and innova-tions. Without question, the five convertibles
in this exhibit have all the “right stuff.”
The Art of Jay Koka Changing Exhibits Gallery July 1-October 15,
2007
This exhibition features the automotive art of Jay Koka. The
work of this well known, inter-nationally respected artist is
ever-changing in color, texture and composition reflective of a man
who is constantly searching and continu-ously evolving his work.
His art alternates be-tween two style extremes; realism and
impres-sionism, which exist side by side in Koka’s work. He was
commissioned to produce the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
poster and won the “Lincoln Award” for the
most elegant work at the AFAS art exhibition at Pebble Beach. In
a career filled with accomplish-ment, Koka is particularly proud of
his selection by Chrysler Corporation for the creation of
Metamor-phosis, a major 80 square foot, 4-panel work for the
corporation’s World Headquarters in 1996.
AARP Driver Safety Program
Monday & Tuesday, June 25 & 26 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
A refresher course especially designed for drivers age 50 and
older. This program qualifies for auto discounts for those 55 and
older who take the course. $10.00 per person. Limited to 30 people.
For more information, please call Bill Perry at 775-815-7520.
ICE HOT CARS Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
A free family event with hot rod, street rod and custom car
outdoor exhibit, Art Cars, a hands-on art car activity, ice cream
and entertainment. At 1:00 p.m., the Reno premiere of the art car
film, Automorphosis, presented by filmmaker Harrod Blank in the
Museum’s theatre.
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Nevada Museum of Art Exhibitions
June 16 through September 23, 2007 Deborah Butterfield:
Horses
For over 20 years, Montana sculptor Deborah Butterfield has
transformed scrap metal, discarded wood and bronze into
larger-than-life sculptures of the horse that are breathtakingly
beautiful and captivating to encounter.
April 14 through July 29, 2007 Black Maps: David Maisel
Black Maps is comprised of large-scale aerial pho-tographs by
San Francisco-based artist David Maisel.
April 21 through August 12, 2007 So-Called Laws of Nature:
Paintings by
Takako Yamaguchi These enigmatic, environmental landscape
paint-ings portray dramatic weather conditions and at-mospheric
phenomena that are sometimes peculiar and unsettling, but always
beautiful to behold.
July 14 through November 11, 2007 A Tribe of Artists: Costumes
and Culture at
Burning Man For the past 20 years during the week of Labor Day,
Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is transformed into the celebrated
Burning Man art festival and temporary community. The NMA presents
an ex-hibition of 25 life-sized photographs and six man-nequins
documenting nighttime Burning Man ac-tivities.
July 21 through October 21, 2007 A Fragile Presence: The Local
Landmark
Paintings of Roy Powers In a growing region like northern
Nevada, familiar landmarks
landmarks seem to disappear from the landscape with the blink of
an eye. Powers’ oil paintings nos-talgically recall a bygone era
and remind us that there are, in fact, many noteworthy structures
whose existence continues to hang in fragile balance.
August 18 through December 9, 2007
Salt Dreams: Reflections from the Downstream West
This exhibit examines the complex environmental history of the
Salton Sea, the largest lake in Califor-nia.
Events First Thursdays - Join the NMA, KTHX Radio and the Great
Basin Brewing Company for an evening featuring refreshments and
live music. Free for members. Tickets $10/$8 for seniors/students.
$2 Kids Open Art Studio. June 7, July 5 and August 2, 5 to 7 p.m.
KUNR Sunday Jazz Brunch - Spend Sunday morning enjoying live jazz
while dining from the à la carte brunch menu from Café Musée. June
17, July 15 and August 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday Chamber Music
Brunch - The NMA proudly adds Sunday Chamber Brunch to our ongo-ing
event schedule. Join us on the last Sunday of each month to
experience live music by the Reno Chamber Orchestra. hands/ON!
Sunday Family Program - Admission is free due to sponsorship from
the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, Nevada Arts Council
and the National Endowment for the Arts. Four one-hour sessions;
noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. For information on any NMA programs,
please call 775-329-3333.
NEVADA MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION SUMMER 2007
MASTER WASHO BASKET WEAVER SUE COLEMAN
Demonstrates Her Art Saturday, June 30
The Nevada State Museum presents an after-noon of cultural
enrichment as master basket weaver Sue Coleman demonstrates her art
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2007. Sue Coleman in a
member of the Washo nation, part of the Dresslerville reservation.
She currently lives in Carson City. A participant and core group
organizer of the 40th An-nual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Sue is
passionate about weaving and her Washo heritage. She will
demonstrate the art of twining in willow, a method of basket
weaving popular in the Great Basin since pre-historic times. “Sue’s
presentations are always very special,” Says Curator of Education
Deborah Steven-son, “Because she shares so generously from the
heart of her Washoe teachings and childhood memories.” The program
is co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program. For
more information, call Deborah at 775-687-4810, ext. 237.
MASTER PAIUTE BASKET WEAVER ELAINE SMOKEY
Demonstrates Her Art Saturday, July 21
The Nevada State Museum celebrates Pai-ute cultural heritage as
master basket weaver Elaine Smokey demonstrates her art from 1:00
to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Elaine is a member of the
Walker River Paiute Tribe, cur-rently living in Schurz, Nevada.
Elaine will bring raw materials to demonstrate both willow work and
horsehair basketry techniques. She is highly skilled in the art of
making cradleboards, but she also knows how to make “boat” baskets
for new-borns, round baskets, cone baskets, winnowing trays and
rattles. Her demonstration complements the exhibit: Interwoven
2007: Visions of the Great Basin Basketmakers. The program is
co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program. For
more information, call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext.
237.
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May 2007 Nevada State Museum, Carson City Ongoing: Slot
Machines: The Fey Collection is on display in the Changing Gallery
through January, 2008. For more information call 775-687-4810 ext.
239. May 12 WNCC Multi-Cultural Festival with basketmaking
demonstrations by Nevada State 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Museum staff and
volunteers. May 18 Free admission for International Museum Day. May
22 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series : Historic Archaeological
Discoveries Unearthed 7:30 p.m. During the Reno Train Trench
Project, by Ed Stoner of Western Resource Managers; for more info
call Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext 239. May 23 Free opening
reception for Interwovern 2007: Visions of Great Basin
Basketmakers; 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. exhibit continues through August 5,
2007. May 25 Natural History Curator’s tour featuring Plants and
Animals of Nevada. For reservations 10 am & 1:30 pm call
Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237. May 26 Wild West Tour.
Guided walking tour of Carson City’s Historical District; meet
charac- ters portraying historic Carson City residents. For more
information, call 775-687-7410. Lost City Museum May 1-June 30 Art
Exhibit: Southern Paiutes: A Portrait by Michael Plyler/Hebner May
18 Free admission for International Museum Day May 1-31 Roads,
Rails and Trails to St. Thomas. Contact Eva Jensen at 702-397-2193
or Steve Daron at 702-293-8019 Atomic Testing Museum 100 SUNS by
Michael Light; contact Rachel Warrick at 702-794-5123 through
August 26
National Automobile Museum May 23 to October 25, 2007 Topless:
Convertibles of the 1950s, from The Harrah Collection the private
collection of Wayne and Alzina Davis June 2007 NSM& Hist. Soc.
L.V. June 6, Panel discussion and book signing, Cullotta: The Life
of a Chi- cago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness,
by Den- nis Griffin and Frank Cullotta; call for time;
702-486-5205.
June, cont. Sparks Heritage Museum Discover Historical Sparks,
come and eat hand-made ice cream. Free for June 10, 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. members, $5.00 non-members. Nevada Museum of Art June 16
Deborah Butterfield: Horses exhibit opening June 22, noon Art Bite,
Jeff Erickson on Lost Wax method of bronze casting June 29, noon
Art Bite, Griff Durham ,Great Basin Cowboy Gear as Folk Art Nevada
State Museum Weaving on Gourds, basketmaking demonstration by
Cheryln Bennett of June 14, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the Great Basin
Basketmakers; for more info, call Cheryln at 775-852-5090 June
15-16 Taste of Downtown; sample some of Carson City’s finest
restaurants; walking tour with live entertainment along the way;
call 775-883-7654 for tickets and times.
June 15-17 Father’s Day Weekend Powwow at Stewart Indian School;
free. Call 775-687- 8333 for more info.
June 26 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Dr. S. L. Lee and Other
Anthropological 7:30 p.m. Curiosities by Dr. Eugene Hattori,
Curator of Anthropology; free for members; Contact Robert Nylen for
more information at 775-687-4810, ext 239.
June 29 Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by volunteers Ken
& Karen Hopple in the 10:30 to noon & 1-3 pm historic Mint
Building. For more info, call Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext
239
June 30 Basket Weaving Demonstration by renowned Washo basket
weaver Sue 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Coleman, co-sponsored by the Nevada
Arts Council’s Folklife Program July, 2007 Lost City Museum July
1-31: Art Exhibit: Maria Wurtz and Bernice Breedlove, Mixed Media
Sparks Heritage Museum Celebrate Sparks’ Libraries: Come and
participate in short story reading and July 8, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
story-telling. Free for members, $5.00 for non-members. Nat’l Auto
Museum AARP Driver Safety Program, 1 to 5 p.m.; $10.00 per person;
call 775-815-7520 June 25-26 for more info. Nevada State Museum
Weaving with Natural Materials: Demonstration by the Great Basin
Basket- July 12, 10:00 & 1:00 p.m. makers. For more information
call Cheryln Bennett at 775-852-5090.
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July 2007 Nevada State Museum, cont.
July 21 Basket Weaving Demonstration by master weaver Elaine
Smokey, to include 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. willow work and horsehair
baskets, sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program;
call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237 July 24 Frances
Humphrey Lecture Series: The Mackay Silver Service by Rachel 7:30
p.m. Dolbier, Administrator, W. M. Keck Earth Science & Mineral
Engineering Mu- seum, University of Nevada, Reno. Free for members.
For more info, contact Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext. 239
July 27 Behind-the-Scenes Tours in Anthropology, featuring Great
Basin Basketry 10:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. and Dr. S. L. Lee basket
collection. Natural History Curator’s tour also avail- able,
featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada. For reservations, please
call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237 July 27
Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by volunteers Ken & Karen
Hopple in 10:30 to noon & the historic Mint Building. For more
info, contact Robert Nylen at 775-687- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 4810, ext.
239 Nat’l Automobile Museum The Art of Jay Koka, Changing Exhibits
Gallery, July 1-October 15, The Harrah Collection 2007 July 14 Ice
Hot Cars: A free family event with hot rod, street rod and custom
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. cars, art car project; ice cream and
entertainment. At 1 p.m., Reno pre- miere of Automorphosis, the new
art car film by Harrod Blank. NSM&HS, LV Chill Out! Wildlife of
the Antarctic Peninsula and Its Islands, July 14 presented by
Sharon Schafer. Ice cream will be served. Call for show time and
cost. 702-486-5205.
Nevada Museum of Art Roy Powers on A Fragile Presence: The Local
Landmark Paintings July 27, noon of Roy Powers. The changing
architectural landscape of northern Nevada is documented in this
presentation.
August 2007 Nevada Museum of Art A Taste for Art. The NMA
presents its 23rd annual wine tasting in the August 10, 6:00 to
9:00 p.m. beautiful courtyards at International Game Technology.
This premiere wine tasting in northern Nevada features over 100
wineries, pouring over 150 labels. Food is provided by over 20
local restaurants, hotels and caterers. Tickets on sale July 3,
2007. Tickets purchased (cont.)
NMA Cont.
prior to August 9 are $40 for members and $50 for non-members.
All tickets will be $60 at the door on the day of the event.
August 3 Geoffrey Nelson on Burning Man. Burning Man artist
Geoffrey Nelson is noon well-known in the Burning Man community for
his electro-luminescent costume designs. Join the artist in the
gallery as he discusses his photographs and cos- tumes of the
Burning Man festivals of the years past, and the art of the 2007
festival with its emphasis on the relationship between humans and
the natural world. Nevada State Museum August 4, 9:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Willow Basketmaking Workshop by Betty Hulse; co-sponsored by the
Great Basin Basketmakers; limited enrollment, pre-registration
required. $35 fee. For more information, call Eileen Brilliant at
530-544-5145. August 24-26 Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by
volunteers Ken & Karen Hopple in the 10:30 am to noon &
historic Mint Building. For more information, contact Robert Nylen
at 775- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 687-4810, ext 239. August 25-26 15th
Annual Carson City Mint Coin Show; 30 dealers, free appraisals,
raffle prizes, gold panning, kids’ activities and more! Hours:
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Sunday, 8:30a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Call 775-687-4810, ext. 237.
August 28 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: The Han Dunn Carson
City 7:30 p.m. U.S. Mint Postcard Collection: A Tribute to a Carson
City Mint Collector, by Robert A. Nylen, Curator of History at NSM.
Free for members. For more information, contact Robert Nylen at
775-687-4810, ext. 239. August 31 Behind-the-Scenes Tours in
Anthropology, featuring Great Basin Basketry 10:00 a.m. & 1:30
P.M. and the famous Dr. S.L. Lee basket collection. Natural History
Curator’s tour also available, featuring Plants and Animals of
Nevada. For reservations, call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810,
ext. 237. Sparks Heritage Museum August 12, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
History of Hot August Nights. Free to members, $5.00 non-members.
NSM&HS, LV August 11 Home Movie Day. Call for times and cost.
702-486-5205. Lost City Museum Art Exhibit: Lucile Carstensen
Watercolors. Contact 702-397-2193. August 1-31
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