[NH Supported Event] Capital City Arts Initiative: On the Map Exhibition

This event is supported with a grant from Nevada Humanities.

Exhibition Dates: Through May 30, 2024
Exhibition Venue: Carson City Courthouse, 885 E. Musser Street, Carson City, Nevada

The Capital City Arts Initiative’s exhibition, On the Map, presents drawings by Jon Farber and ceramics by Catherine Schmid-Maybach at the Courthouse Gallery, in Carson City.

Jon Farber, Pyramid Lake, markers on Railroad Board, 22”x 28,” 2023

About his art, Farber said, “A portion of my work is dedicated to creating intricate maps of where I live. As an avid outdoorsman living near Lake Tahoe, I use a variety of mapping systems to not get lost. Whether using a paper map with a compass, or looking at an interactive map on my phone, a topographical depiction of where I am is an essential tool when in the woods. Cartography can depict such a wide array of information simply with the culmination of lines, colors, and a spattering of a few symbols.”

Describing her artwork, Schmid-Maybach said, “The last years I have been working on flat, low relief wall plaques and platters. I use ceramic materials and techniques to layer patterns and images and build a visual narrative adapting to each layer that comes out of the kiln.

Using mostly my own photographs, I continually experiment with transfer techniques and decals to add layers in multiple firings.”

Farber, an artist and photographer, who has an eclectic background that spans from janitorial work at a warehouse to a registered nurse at a local critical care unit.

Schmid-Maybach, a ceramic sculptor from San Francisco, was born to German parents. She and her siblings grew up between the cultures of the “old world” and the new. Discovering clay in the banks of a lake in summer started her adventures with ceramics.

This program is supported in part by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information visit: https://www.ccainv.org/map-farber-schmid-maybach/