Silver City Winter and Spring 2017 News

Silver City, Nevada - Silver City, a community located in Lyon County within the historic Comstock region near Virginia City, always has a busy schedule of unique arts and culture events for the public. Below are highlights of some upcoming winter and spring events.

Cemetery News:

Photos, documents, maps, etc of Silver City Historic Cemetery are being sought. If you’d like to contribute, contact Susan Stornetta 847-0738 or Cindy Etchegoin at 847-0430.

Silver City Arts group news:

Exhibition: Acclaimed local artist Larry Kotik will have an exhibition of his paintings at the Silver City School House on Saturday, May 6, 2017.

Monthly Acoustic Jam: Bring your instruments to the Silver City School House and jam on the 4th Saturday of each month from 3pm to 5pm.

Concert News:

Save the Date for Gurf Morlix Concert: Evangeline Elston and Dr. Robert Elston are organizing another concert at the Silver City School House. Folk and blues legend Gurf Morlix will offer a show on April 13 at 7pm, as part of a CD release celebration for his new album The Soul & The Heal. Gurf is known for being Lucinda William’s guitar player as well as a musical director and producer. He’s a song writer who plays guitar and a dozen other instruments. In 2000 he began recording his own work and has since produced nine albums. He now lives in Texas and is identified with the Austin music scene. Proceeds support the school house and future music productions there. Suggested donation $12-$25. A Yellow Truck and Evangeline Presents production.

Resident Artist Program in Silver City news:

Painting of Silver City at Nevada Legislature: Artwork by Sophie Scott of New Zealand is on display at the Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City during the 2017 Legislative session through June 4th, 2017. Look for it on the third floor near Ways and Means. Sophie’s painting, based on an 1860s photograph of Silver City, was created while she was a resident artist in Silver City in 2015. It was previously displayed, along with about a dozen other paintings and stencils, during a well attended show at the Silver City School House sponsored by the Resident Artist Program. A painter and printmaker, Sophie has a BFA from the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. In other good news, Sophie will be back at the Resident Artist Program in Silver City in Autumn of 2017.

Journalist from Denmark To Visit: In March the Resident Artist Program will have a visit from journalist Peter Krogh Andersen of Denmark. This is Peter’s 4th time crossing the U.S. Last year, he traveled across the U.S. interviewing people about the Presidential election, American health care, and other issues and publishing a number of features based on the interviews (find those articles in the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad and on his own site, A Dane Passed By). Peter has also lived in Lebanon and Turkey, has traveled in Syria, Egypt and Somalia, and has biked from Copenhagen to Greece. He has a Master’s degree from the University of Southern Denmark in International Politics, with a focus on the Middle East. His dissertation was on Turkish foreign policy. He also attended Bilkent Üniversitesi, with a focus on Turkey and International Politics, and the American University of Beirut with a focus in Middle Eastern Studies. His undergraduate degree in journalism is from the University of Southern Denmark.

In late March he’ll offer a talk in Silver City with a slide show of photos from his trips, followed by questions and answers and discussion with the audience. The date of the event, which will be hosted by the Resident Artist Program in Silver City, will be announced in March.

Display of Work by Visiting Artists: For those who missed a December 2016 show with a sample of artwork, essays, poems, assemblages, and photographs created by visiting artists at the Resident Artist Program in Silver City, some of the items are on display at the Silver City Post Office through March. The display includes poetry about Silver City by former Utah Poet Laureate David Lee; photographs by Brian Schorn, Marielle Toll and Ava Covington; essays by author/ artist Scott MacLeod and internationally acclaimed photographer Frances Melhop; plus drawings and paintings by London-based artists Stewart Easton and Claire Scully, Oakland-based artist Scott MacLeod and New Zealand-based artist Sophie Scott.

Silver City Small Actions Committee News:

Post Card Writing Event March 5th: The Silver City Small Action Committee is hosting a postcard writing social gathering on Sunday, March 5th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Silver City School House Community Center, 385 High Street. The event is designed to give the wider communities of Dayton, Virginia City, Mound House and Carson City the opportunity to meet other concerned citizens and take action through letter writing. Postcards with postage, issue summaries, dessert refreshments, coffee and tea provided. More information: Evangeline Elston, Silver City Small Actions Committee, evangelineelston@yahoo.com.