[Grantee Event] Wayne Scarpaci: Ships of Nevada
October 14, 2024 – February 20, 2025
Community Center’s Crowell Board Room
851 E William St, Carson City
The Capital City Arts Initiative presents Ships of Nevada by Wayne Scarpaci, an exhibition with paintings of USS ships, all related to Nevada. The Ships of Nevada exhibit will be in the Community Center’s Crowell Board Room, from October 14, 2024 – February 20, 2025.
The Community Center is located at 851 E William Street, Carson City. The Crowell Board Room is open for all the city’s public meetings and upon request. Click https://youtu.be/xYxXB-AJ_aM to watch the gallery interview with Scarpaci.
Wayne Scarpaci has paintings on board numerous ships including the USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, USS Alabama, USS Massachusetts and on the USS Nevada submarine. He has work at the Naval Academy at Annapolis and at the Russian Naval Museum in St. Petersburg (of a Russian battleship). His painting of the USS Carson City was commissioned by Mayor Bob and Susan Crowell and is on board the ship; Susan christened the USS Carson City.
Courtesy of Capital City Arts Initiative (CCAI)
Wayne Scarpaci uses acrylic to create his paintings on canvas and refers to his style as “realistic impressionism” because he “pumps up the colors and contrast in the paintings”. He typically paints from photographs and he said, “All are historically accurate, and I can do some ships from memory, I have done them so many times.” His art skills are entirely self-taught. He was born into a career navy family in 1950. He grew up on and around naval ships and naval stations. When he was five, he began drawing the ships he frequently saw. In his teens, he was a US Naval Sea Cadet and served many types of ships. In 1966, he enlisted in the Army’s Nike Missile Program and was stationed at an Air Defense Command Post in Germany. After discharge, Wayne worked as a computer field service engineer on many military and civilian projects. He also served with the California Army Guard on self-propelled field artillery.
The Initiative is funded by the John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, Steele & Associates LLC, and CCAI sponsors and members.
Visit Capital City Arts Initiative’s website for more information about this exhibition.
