Award-winning artist wins 2024 Carson City Jazz & Beyond poster art competition
The Jazz & Beyond festival committee announces that the winner of the 2024 poster and program cover art contest is Carol Foldvary-Anderson. Her design, "More Than Just Jazz!" was selected from six entries to highlight the 21st annual Carson City music festival.
Carol Foldvary-Anderson is a multi-media, award-winning, grant supported Nevada Arts Council recipient, best known for her works in Calligraphy and the Oil Pastel Smudge technique she invented. Currently she sees herself moving in the direction of creating digital imagery with her artistic talents.
This is Foldvary-Anderson's second win in the Jazz and Beyond poster contest. "My goal in life is to create art and to bring beauty and joy into the world,” states Foldvary-Anderson. "I am proud to have my art represent the 2024 Jazz & Beyond festival!” You can find more of her work at http://www.varycarol.com.
The Jazz & Beyond festival will feature about thirty free concerts at Carson City venues. It opens with the Reno Jazz Orchestra led by its exciting new music director, Dr. Greg Johnson, on Friday, August 16, outdoors at the Governor’s Mansion. The country-themed Day at the Silver Saddle Ranch will be on Sunday, August 18. The festival will include the Mile High Jazz Band on Count Basie’s birthday, Wednesday, August 21, at McFadden Plaza Stage, and close with Mighty Mike Schermer's blues band on Monday, August 26.
The original artworks submitted for the contest, individually valued at $250 to $500, will be raffled at concerts. Winning tickets will be drawn at the closing concert on August 26. The winner need not be present.
The full schedule of events, on the websites JazzCarsonCity.com and Milehighjazz.com, will be updated frequently. Annual Jazz & Beyond Festivals are presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association and are supported by grants from the Carson City Cultural Commission, the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, and by private donations.