Resident Artist Program hosts artist’s reception for Allison Rasmussen
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 12:13pm
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March 3, 2018 (All day) A public reception for emerging artist Allison Rasmussen is being hosted by the Resident Artist Program in Silver City on Saturday, March 3 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the McCormick House, 142 High Street, the residence 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.
Allison Rasmussen is an honors student at Argent Preparatory Academy, studying art at Western Nevada College through "Jump Start College," an early college entry program. She will complete an associate's 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 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.
Each year, the Resident Artist Program in Silver City hosts at least one young emerging artist, as well as established artists.
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.
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, along with 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.
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