Reno artist’s work featured in Carson City at Nevada Legislature’s LXS Gallery
Submitted by editor on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 3:15pm
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Reno artist Lisa Kurt named her artwork display at the Nevada Legislature building “a subtle story.” In her acrylics and mixed media, she features people, animals and creatures in mysterious settings, incorporation nature and the unexpected. Containing traces of nostalgia and melancholy, her work focuses on themes of childhood, nature, stories, allegory and dreams.
It’s available for the public to view from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nevada Arts Council’s LXS Gallery, located across the hall from the Caucus Deli on the first floor of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City.
Kurt has lived in Reno since 2008. Originally from the Boston area, she earned a BFA in design and illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. Kurt served as faculty librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno, leaving to pursue her art and illustration career full time in 2013. She has taught at the Nevada Museum of Art and shown her work in Reno, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. She recently illustrated the children’s book “Sarla in the Sky.” For more information or to purchase her work, visit http://www.lisakurt.com.
Kurt’s work will remain on display through Feb. 24. She is one of six Nevada artists who will be featured at the gallery through the end of the Legislative session in June. Others include:
· Feb. 27-March 17: Photography by Christopher Tsouras, Henderson;
· March 20-April 7: Mixed media by Jen Graham, Reno;
· April 10-28: Paintings by Kathryn Grider, Spring Creek;
· May 1-19, Mixed media by Myranda Bair, Las Vegas;
· May 22-June 9: Paintings by Eyob Mergia, Las Vegas.
The Nevada Arts Council, a division of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, was founded in 1967 as the state agency charged with ensuring that state and national funds support cultural activity and encourage participation in the arts throughout Nevada. The agency’s programs and services are designed to support creative expression, animate communities, diversify local economies and provide lifelong learning in the arts for all Nevadans. The Nevada Arts Council is funded by the State of Nevada, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other public and private sources.
Photo information: Lisa Kurt’s artwork is featured in the Nevada Arts Council’s LXS Gallery on the first floor of the Nevada Legislature building through Feb. 24.
— Guy Clifton is a public relations specialist for the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Museums, Arts and Indian news
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