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CASH MOB! Sell Your Art!

A Reno Sparks CASH MOB is coming to the Wild River Grille on Tuesday, April 16th from 11-6pm. Sierra Arts is seeking artists wishing to sell visual artwork in the under $50 price point for exhibition during the CASH MOB. … Continue reading

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Voices from the Arts: Will Nevada Repertory Company lead Reno?

The marriage between theater companies and universities began about 50 years ago. Most companies were, or at least aimed to be, professional — meaning they paid theater artists to create the productions with the students and possibly teach a few … Continue reading

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Concerts At The Riverside

This music series focuses on local musicians playing their own great stuff. In an incredible and historic space at The Riverside. This concert will be in the Sierra Arts Gallery. April 7: Vanessa Porter & Eugenio Urrutia Vanessa Porter- Started … Continue reading

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Arts education: access equity in Northern Nevada

I just came back from the Partners in Education annual meeting in our nation’s capital. I saw Pink Martini at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Ari Shapiro hopped in and sang a couple of tunes, … Continue reading

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Chad Sweet: “Buy Local” Means Theatre, Too

For a few years now, the buy local movement has been snaking its way into Reno’s hearts and pocketbooks. Look at the impressive expansion of the Great Basin Community Food Co-op, the great new restaurants and bars sourcing local products … Continue reading

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Stacey Spain: A Conversation with Christine Fey

I sat down with Christine Fey, the city of Reno’s resource development and cultural affairs manager, to talk about her role in Reno’s public art process by discussing the Virginia Street Bridge public art project. A little background here is … Continue reading

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Arts Integration Workshop #2

Mindful Music with Kay Judson and Dawn Roskelley Saturday, March 16 8am-5pm; Tuesday, March 19 5-9pm & Thursday, March 21 5-9pm Rita Cannan Elementary Sierra Arts Foundation and Washoe County School District are pleased to announce the workshop schedule for the 2012-13 … Continue reading

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Luna Film Festival

What is Lunafest? Established in 2000 by LUNA, the makers of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, LUNAFEST connects women, their stories and their causes through film. This traveling film festival spotlights the work of a diverse array of talented … Continue reading

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Professional Development Workshops

Our Arts Infusion Project funded by a US DOE Professional Development for Arts Educators grant will host its first workshop of this cycle on February 23, 26 and 28 at Sierra Arts. The workshop, open to all teachers in the Washoe County School … Continue reading

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Artist Grants Are Back!

The Sierra Arts Foundation has provided grants to artists working in the northern Nevada and northeastern California region since 1986. Intended to encourage personal artistic growth, the awards are merit-based and free of obligatory stipulations. The Sierra Arts Grants Committee … Continue reading

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