Photo Finished 2020: Student Art Exhibition at the Brick
Valerie Wamsley, all untitled, digital print, 2019
Exhibition: December 13, 2019 – March 26, 2020
Artists’ Reception: Wednesday, January 22, 5 – 6:30pm
Community Development Building (the Brick)
108 E Proctor Street, Carson City, Nevada
The Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI) announces its exhibition, Photo Finished 2020, at the Community Development Building (the Brick), 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. Nine students from Carson High School’s Advanced Photography program have work in the exhibit.
CCAI will host a reception for the artists on Wednesday, January 22, 5 – 6:30pm. The free exhibition is available to the public from December 13, 2019 — March 26, 2020, Mondays – Fridays, 8am – noon and 1-4pm.
The Carson High students include Jackie Garza, Ansley Griffin, Karla Herrera, Meagan Kiesow, Kayee Konze, Kailee Luschar, Vanessa Martinez, Haley Trost, and Valerie Wamsley.
The artists are all students in Kara Ferrin’s Advanced Photography class. Mrs. Ferrin said, “The work is the students’ ‘capstone project,’ a culmination of all four years of photographic work.” For this exhibition, she asked students to create a cohesive body of images around a central theme of their own choice.
Haley Trost had a fellow student strike challenging poses at sites around Carson City. Ansley Griffin reframed words’ meanings through her compositions. Kaylee Konze illustrated a murder mystery with four black/white scenes that depict the trauma of violence.
Kailee Luschar’s studies in color portray a variety of human emotions. Jackie Garza presents landscape elements as portraits. Meagan Kiesow took pictures of friends and then painted on the color print to enhance the surfaces and images.
Karla Herrera’s pieces focused on elements around a figure such as intense color or the rhythm of stripes and checks. Vanessa Martinez’s Perspective series of still lifes shows the ways water can change how one sees objects. Valerie Wamsley confined her colorful organic forms within hard-edged shapes.
Sharon Rosse, CCAI Executive Director, said “CCAI is delighted to present this exhibition and appreciates the opportunity to work with Mrs. Ferrin and her accomplished students. We are very impressed by the professional level of the students’ work and by their teacher who encourages and nurtures their imaginations and skills.”
This show is another in CCAI’s ongoing series of student exhibitions in the Brick.
The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region. The Initiative is committed to community building for the area through art projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its online projects.
The Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI) is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Carson City Cultural Commission, Nevada Arts Council, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, U.S. Bank Foundation, MarBil Group, and its members.
