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Kim Lamb • LVN photo The Churchill County Museum staff was setting up Wednesday for opening of the Native American Art Show and "Finding Our Balance" exhibit on Saturday. Volunteer Wilma Mansfield, left, and Donna Cossette, museum registrar, hang a painting on the wall while Director Jane Pieplow, right, positions another painting. The art show, featured in the Dodge-Fitz Changing Exhibit Gallery, will remain through February at the museum.
Artwork from area Native American artists will be on display at the Churchill County Museum through February as part of a special exhibit.
"Finding Our Balance" is a collection of six exhibits created by Native American groups through a program sponsored by the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian based in Washington, D.C.
The local exhibit includes work shown on large two-sided panels, supplemented by work from local and regional artists.
"Finding Our Balance" is a collection of six exhibits created by Native American groups through a program sponsored by the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian based in Washington, D.C.
The local exhibit includes work shown on large two-sided panels, supplemented by work from local and regional artists.
"We've got every kind of medium," said Jane Pieplow, museum director.
Paintings using watercolors, acrylic and oils will be shown along with collage work, sculpture and more artisan pieces like hand-woven rugs, cradle boards, tule duck decoys and beadwork.
Pieplow said artists contributing to the local exhibit hail from Fallon, Schurz, Reno, Carson City and Pyramid Lake. A total of 13 artists will show pieces in the month-long exhibit.
The opening of the exhibit and Native American Art Show will be held at the museum, 1050 S. Maine St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Paintings using watercolors, acrylic and oils will be shown along with collage work, sculpture and more artisan pieces like hand-woven rugs, cradle boards, tule duck decoys and beadwork.
Pieplow said artists contributing to the local exhibit hail from Fallon, Schurz, Reno, Carson City and Pyramid Lake. A total of 13 artists will show pieces in the month-long exhibit.
The opening of the exhibit and Native American Art Show will be held at the museum, 1050 S. Maine St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
The exhibit's theme "Finding Our Balance" will explore seven aspects of Native American life including struggles and choices made by American Indian people today, how they embrace the past, move forward into the future and how they share their knowledge with young people.
"It's food for thought for visitors," said Pieplow.
Local gallery Artistically Yours will hold an artists reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at 111 S. Taylor St. Artists confirmed for the reception include Yvonna Yesslith, a Navajo rug weaver from Fallon; Dean Barlese, a beadwork artist from Pyramid Lake and Mike Williams, a tule duck decoy maker from Fallon.
"It's food for thought for visitors," said Pieplow.
Local gallery Artistically Yours will hold an artists reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at 111 S. Taylor St. Artists confirmed for the reception include Yvonna Yesslith, a Navajo rug weaver from Fallon; Dean Barlese, a beadwork artist from Pyramid Lake and Mike Williams, a tule duck decoy maker from Fallon.
Earlier this week, Williams was selected as a recipient of the Governor's Art Award for excellence in folk and traditional art. Williams is a Walker River Paiute and is considered the nation's foremost tule duck decoy maker.
The artists were also asked to write short biographies and share their thoughts about how they find balance through their work in the modern world.
Donna Cossette, registrar at the local museum, partnered with Ben Aleck at the Pyramid Lake Museum and applied to be part of the program since recipients had to be primarily Native American museums. The Churchill-Pyramid Lake team was chosen as one of six teams nationwide out of 34 applicants.
The exhibit and art show will be at the Churchill County Museum through Feb. 29. Admission to the museum is free and winter hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
The artists were also asked to write short biographies and share their thoughts about how they find balance through their work in the modern world.
Donna Cossette, registrar at the local museum, partnered with Ben Aleck at the Pyramid Lake Museum and applied to be part of the program since recipients had to be primarily Native American museums. The Churchill-Pyramid Lake team was chosen as one of six teams nationwide out of 34 applicants.
The exhibit and art show will be at the Churchill County Museum through Feb. 29. Admission to the museum is free and winter hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
