Mark Salinas, Carson City's Arts and Culture Director talks with It's Your City host Cortney Bloomer about the upcoming first time Capital Collage slated for the day before Nevada's Nevada Day parade.
A tribute to Nevada’s arts and entertainment will kick off this year’s Nevada Day festivities celebrating the same theme. Capital Collage 2017, featuring a variety of arts and artists from across the state, will be 7-11 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, 1870 Russell Way.
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“The intent is to charge us as the capital with the responsibility for bringing together arts in our state,” said Salinas. “We will be celebrating the diversity of the artists, diversity of their creations, and the diversity of where they live in Nevada.”
More than 20 artists and organizations will be represented in the one-night-only curated art show, which will be followed by the 79th annual Nevada Day parade on Oct. 28. The Capital Collage is being sponsored by the Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority, along with the Nevada Division of Tourism.
“We’re bringing together visitors bureaus and chambers of commerce to represent their parts of the state,” Salinas said. “We really see this as a statewide campaign of creative cohesion.”
Proceeds from the show will serve as a fundraiser to raise money for public art programming in Carson City.
Salinas said he hopes to make Capital Collage an annual event, making art an integral part of the Nevada Day celebration. Food will be provided by The Lady Tamales and drinks by Shoe Tree Brewing Company.
Cost is $50 per person. Order tickets online at www.squareup.com/store/nevada-day-inc
For more info check VisitCarsonCity.com.
This edition of It's Your City is sponsored by Wired Wednesday which is hosting the Carson Creepy Horror Film Competition with screenings on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall. Go to www.wiredwednesday.org to register and for more information about the film festival.
It's Your City is a weekly program produced by Darla Bayer and hosted by Cortney Bloomer. The program features news, events and happenings around Carson City. If your business would like to sponsor a program, contact Darla at DarlaEdits2@gmail.com or (775) 830-7939.