National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access Preservation Assistance Grants for smaller museums help small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and country records offices and colleges, improve their abil-ity to preserve and care for their humanities collections.

Awards of up to $5,000 support preservation related collection assess-ments, consultations and workshops, and institutional and collaborative disas-ter and emergency planning. Grants cover consultant fees, workshop registra-tion fees, related travel and per diem expenses and the costs of purchasing and shipping preservation supplies and equipment.

All applications to the NEH must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the application guidelines for details. The 2007 guidelines for Preserva-tion Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find sample project descriptions, sample narratives and a list of frequently asked questions. The deadline for application is May 15, 2007. Small and mid-size institutions are encouraged to apply. For more information, contact the staff of NEH’s Di-vision of Preservation and Access at 202-606-8570 or preservation@neh.gov.

Nevada Museums Association c/o Denise Sins National Automobile Museum The Harrah Collection 10 So. Lake St.

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AASLH WORKSHOP Collections Management and Practices

Host: Utah’s Office of Museum Services and Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, UT Cost: $250 members/$300 non-members; Early Bird Discount if Registration Received by May 31st! Last year, the Heritage Health Index highlighted the precarious state of the collections in America’s muse-ums. If your organization needs help with your collections, AASLH is holding collections care workshop in your region this summer to help you become better stewards of the historical treasures entrusted to your care. Participants in this two-day workshop will learn about their institution’s responsibility toward its collection, the necessary policies and procedures, and the best practices of collections management. During lively group discussions and hands-on activities, participants will become familiar with current issues and trends to better understand how collections fit within the context of history organizations. Participants will explore other top-ics including the role of collections in exhibition and interpretation, the basic steps of collections management from acquisition to disposal, professional standards and ethics, conservation on a shoe-string budget, as well as learning about the multitude of resources available for collections preservation. Space is limited! Register today at www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm.

Nevada Musings

Inside this issue:

Nevada Humanities to Revise Grant Guidelines Nevada Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, plans to alter its grant guidelines to bring them into line with its new mission. After a year of strategic planning, Nevada Humanities has determined to emphasize several goals. These include creating com-munity through conversation and to encourage civic engagement. Nevada Humanities believes that grant proposals should encourage critical think-ing and reflection. Nevada Humanities also wishes to preserve and make accessible Nevada history, especially through its Online Nevada Encyclo-pedia. For more info, call 775-784-6587 or on the web at www.nevadahumanities.org. Guidelines available June 2007.

NEH Pres/Access grants 1 NEH grants revision President’s Message 2 Gr. Basin Nat’l. Heritage 3 Interwoven 2007 Saving a NV Treasure 4 Charitable Gift Planning Peace Walk at ATM 5 Havens in a Heartless World NSM, L.V. 6 Chill Out! Let’s Play Railway at the Lied Coleman/Smokey weave baskets at NSM, CC. 7 Events Calendar 8,9 Plus insert NV Museum of Art 10 Nat’l. Auto Museum 11 Taste of Gardnerville 12 Source Well Sparks Heritage Mus. 13 Humboldt Museum Young Chautauqua Notes from the Basement at NSM 14 4th Ward Parties and Types-lingers Liberace cooks 15

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NMA - Executive Committee

President Barbara Mackey, Executive Director Historic Fourth Ward School P.O. Box 4 Virginia City, NV 89440 (775) 847-0975, 847-1011 Fax director@.fourthwardschool.org First Vice-President Mark Hall-Patton, Administrator Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum 1830 S. Boulder Hwy. Henderson, NV 89015 (702) 455-7968 mhp@co.clark.nv.us Second Vice-President/Membership Vanya Scott, Registrar Atomic Testing Museum 755 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702) 794-5142 vanya.scott@dri.edu Secretary Jeanette McGregor, Exhibit Prep. Nevada State Museum 600 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 (775) 687-4810 jdmcgreg@clan.lib.nv.us

Treasurer Summer Kay 431 Trellis Drive Fernley, NV 89408 (775) 575-1251 phone and fax SummerKay01@aol.com Nevada State Museum Representative Michelle Schmitter P.O. Box 7082 Incline Village, NV 89452 (775) 843-1389 michelle@nevadamuseums.org Immediate Past President vacant

President’s Message The Nevada Museums Association was formed to provide learning opportunities for its members. The annual conference, newsletters, NMA website and other annual programs are all de-signed for this purpose. However, learning opportunities require more than exposure to information. Applicability to an individual museum’s mission or facility and implementation of educational materials are two steps rarely addressed and sometimes the most difficult to execute. Conference workshops and sessions, while perhaps not directly aligned with your type of museum can pro-vide unique perspectives and opportunities when tailored to fit your museum needs. This requires continually thinking outside the box and challenging our modes of standard operations. Im-plementing new objectives adds the time and effort of planning and perhaps reorganizing your direction or goals.

How often have you been inspired by a conference ses-sion, an article or consultant only to find that within a few days you have lost your enthusiasm and become frustrated at trying to apply and implement these new ideas? More than likely, you ex-pected immediate results or tried to accomplish too much without thorough planning. The old adage of one step at a time is helpful at curbing the frustration and directing your energy towards a more successful outcome. Next time perhaps, select just one as-pect of the session or article that will work for you and include them in your strategic planning process. For example, by tweak-ing your marketing plan to focus on a campaign to link your web-site to regional business sites, you might find some new sponsors and target audiences. Whereas, if you tried to incorporate all the ideas from a “marketing on a shoestring” session, you might ac-complish none of them.

The NMA program for “Futureworld: Pitfalls and Possi-bilities” has developed into a conference that you will find inter-esting, informative, helpful, entertaining and most important, ap-plicable. The program committee has focused on topics about where the museum world is going and how your museum can get there too. Sessions will include defining (continued on page 9)

Historic Fourth Ward School Comstock Typeslingers and Sagebrush Jour-nalists: 19th Century Newsmen and Their Careers, May 11-October 31, 2007. The long tradition of newspaper publishing on the Comstock is marked by the early typeslingers who later became noted journalists such as Mark Twain, Dan DeQuille, Alf Doten, Wells Drury, Joe Goodman, Dennis McCarthy, Fred Hart, Alf Chartz, Arthur McEwen, Lyin’ Jim Townsend and Sam Davis. Funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the exhibit includes their lives, a timeline of printing history and a step-by-step process of letterpress printing used by the students of the Fourth Ward School.

PARTIES OF THE YEAR

If you want something different and exclu-sive in entertainment or adventure, select from a collection of 30 adventures paired with everything from refreshments to gourmet cuisine in unique lo-cations and individually hosted by generous com-munity donors and friends throughout the region.

The opportunities please every appetite; from lunch after a guided wildflower hike around Spooner Lake to hands-on flower arranging and lunch at Smith and Smith Farms; or brunch on top of Sun Mountain to lunch at the private historic town of Sutro; or a progressive dinner at four his-toric homes with an evening of history, whiskey and warm beer. Others include a Lake Tahoe kayak trip, crafts classes, a haunted pub crawl, historic fashions, Comstock firemen’s stories and more. Parties run June2 through December 1, 2007. Call 775-847-0975 about ticket purchasing to one or more parties. Each party varies in number of avail-able tickets and prices.

Liberace Museum Commemoration of Liberace Leg-

acy and Mother ’ s Day

LAS VEGAS - May marks the month of many celebrations and milestones, especially Mother’s Day and May 16th, which would have been the 88th birthday of Liberace, known around the world as “Mr. Showmanship.” In celebration, The Liberace Foundation and Museum will host a special 2nd Sunday Birthday Celebration and Mother’s Day event on Sunday, May 13, from noon to 4 p.m. Free. In conjunction with the event, the Museum will present the debut of the new book, “Joy of Lib-erace, Retro Recipes from America’s Kitschiest Kitchen,” published by Angel City Press. Authors Karan Feder and Michael Feder will be on hand to meet and greet guests and sign copies of purchased books for patrons. This is the first ever cookbook authorized by the Liberace Foundation, and a por-tion of the proceeds will benefit the Liberace Foun-dation for the Performing and Creative Arts scholar-ship program. The book contains archival photo-graphs of Liberace and his family, coupled with the new concept of Bling Cooking™, executed by ex-pert chefs of the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where he entertained for more than 20 years. For more information, call the Liberace Museum at 702-798- 5595 or at

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Notes from the Basement A Mounting & Edge Painting Primer

Photos can be a major element in any exhibit, but when you are on a tight budget, your choices for displaying them can be limited. At the Nevada State Museum, a preferred technique is to mount the photos on a special, stiff foam core board called “Gatorfoam,” and treat the edges by “edge painting.” It is a great look that will make your images pop without breaking the bank. Gatorfoam is superior to standard foam core due to its rigidity and resistance to warping. Choose either white or black Gatorfoam based on the dominant coloring of your image. Mount your image and laminate it if it will be displayed where people might touch it. The easiest way to cut Gatorfoam is with a table saw using a fine tooth blade. Because it is more durable than foam core, it is also more difficult to cut it with an x-acto knife. Trim your mounted image to size by taking several passes on the saw. Even with the sharpest of blades, after trimming, the edges will probably be a little fuzzy. Hold your sanding block at a 45 degree angle and take a few smooth passes over the fuzzy edges. Finish each side off by holding the block perpendicular to the image and take a few passes that way. You will have a clean, mounted image that could easily go into the gallery at this point. But, we’re not done yet.

Edge painting is the final touch. This simple and inexpensive tech- nique is easy to learn and will give your mounted images a sharp, professional quality. Lay out some acrylic paints in the colors of your image. Mix colors as closely as you can and paint the edges as if you were wrapping the image around the sides of the Gatorfoam. If your image is not laminated, take extra care not to get paint on the printed image. If your image is laminated, excess paint will wipe off with a damp cloth. Don’t get your paint too wet as it will have a tendency to soak into the paper your image is on. You can be as detailed or as sketchy as you like. If your color is a little bit off, don’t worry; people will not be viewing all sides of your image at once and lighting differences can ac- count for changes in color. With prac- tice, you will get faster and smoother. Your color mixing will improve as

well. Remember, have fun. A Zen-like state can be attained by edge paint-ing. Try it! Jeanette D. McGregor, Exhibit Preparator, Nevada State Museum, Carson City.

The Great Basin National Heritage Area Winter was a busy time for the Great Basin National Heritage Route after receiving national designation in the fall of 2006. The Heritage Route management entity, The Great Basin Heritage Area Partnerships (GBHAP), has been occupied with the preliminary work necessary to prepare its manage-ment plan. The enabling legislation for the Heritage Route requires that a management plan be prepared within three years. This plan will guide the direc-tion that the Heritage Route takes for the next ten years. In February 2007, GBHAP president, Denys Koyle, attended the Alliance of National Heritage Area annual meeting in Washington D.C. Ten new national heritage areas were created in 2006 and this conference addressed the new heritage areas with sessions on funding, management planning and other areas. While in Washington, Koyle visited the Utah and Nevada congressional delegations who will be critical in securing federal funding for the Heritage Route. In March, Koyle and Tonia Harvey, grant writer for the GBHAP, attended the Oasis Confer-ence in Reno. At a conference round table discus-sion, Harvey presented the document she wrote “Nevada Heritage Tourism: A Rural Agenda,” which puts forth the concept of a state heritage area program for Nevada. A blog was established in which anyone interested in heritage tourism can par-ticipate. The address is: nevadaculturalheritagetour-ism.yahoogroups.com. Koyle attended Rural Round-up in Primm the following week. Securing funding for an administrative staff to oversee pro-duction of the Management plan is the Heritage Area’s top priority.

Interwoven 2007 Celebrating 20 Years of the Great Basin

Basketmakers Last year’s debut of Interwoven: Visions of the Great Basin Basketmakers, (GBB) was such a success that the Nevada State Museum and the GBB have united to create another wonderful exhibit, this time honoring the 20th anniversary of the founding of the GBB guild. This year’s exhibit will feature many new creations of contemporary and traditional basketry, some by original founding members and others by brand new members of the GBB. The exhibit will include innovative uses of weaving techniques and unique materials from plastic and hardware cloth to gourd and banana leaves.

Coiled pine needles on gourd by P. Weidimann

Interwoven will be on exhibit in the Nevada State Museum’s south Changing Gallery from May 11 to August 5, 2007. Please join the GBB artists in celebrating their 20th anniversary with a reception Wednesday, May 23 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Ne-vada State Museum, 600 North Carson Street in Car-son City.

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Saving a Nevada Treasure The Nevada State Museum has a one-time opportunity to purchase an extraordinary collection of twenty-eight historic slot machines dating from 1895 to 1937. The gaming devices are on loan to the museum from the owners Mar-shall and Frank Fey and are available for viewing in the exhibit Slot Machines: The Fey Collection. The Fey brothers set aside the collection in 2006 when auctioning off other slot machines and gaming memorabilia housed at the former Liberty Belle Restaurant and Saloon in Reno. They saved the best and oldest machines in-vented by their grandfather Charles Fey. The family wished to keep the collection together in Nevada for public benefit and offered to sell the collection to the state at a price well below mar-ket value. Acquiring the collection would cele-brate over 75 years of legalized gaming in Ne-vada. The collection holds major historical and educational value for residents and visitors to our state. If acquired, the museum will produce an expanded exhibit presenting the fascinating story of slot machine development, telling a story only Nevada can tell. Not acquiring the slot machines would likely result in the state losing its opportunity to preserve its history, to educate the public and to celebrate Nevada’s gaming heritage.

What is Charitable Gift Planning? From the National Committee on Planned Giving®

Charitable gift planning is the process of cul-tivating, designing, facilitating and stewarding gifts to charitable organizations.

CHARITABLE GIFT PLANNING

• Uses a variety of financial tools and techniques for giving,

• Requires the assistance of one or more qualified specialists,

• Utilizes tax incentives that encourage charitable giving when appropriate, and,

• Covers the full spectrum of generosity by indi-viduals and institutions and is based on powerful traditions of giving in the United States.

The techniques of charitable gift planning include both revocable and irrevocable arrange-ments, gifts available for use at the time they are given, gifts that may not be available until a future date and split-interest gifts intended to balance fi-nancial, personal and charitable objectives. These techniques are called planned gifts. The tools of charitable gift planning include all type of real and personal property and tangible and intangible assets. Donors should seek gift plan-ning advice from a professional with integrity, ex-pertise and experience in law, investments, property, tax and charitable transfers in order to assure both the technical merits of the transfer and the philan-thropic quality of the gift. (continued on page 13)

What are Planned Gifts? (continued from page 4) Planned gifts are a variety of charita-ble giving methods that allow you to express your personal values by integrating your charity, family and financial goals. Planned gifts can be made with cash, but many planned gifts are made by donating assets such as stocks, real estate, artwork or business interests - the possibilities are endless. Planned gifts can provide valuable tax benefits and/or lifetime in-come for you and your spouse or other loved one. Bequests to charities made through an individual’s will are the most common planned gifts. Other popular planned gifts include charitable trusts and charitable gift annuities.

Sparks Heritage Museum The Sparks Heritage Museum will reopen on Sun-days starting June 10. Hours will be 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. with once a month programs. June 10th is the beginning of the Heritage Begins at Home series. It’s a family event called Discover Historical Sparks. Youth will be making ice cream, so please come and share.

Other summer activities include Reading short stories in July and making cars in August. Free to members: $5.00 nonmembers.

President’s Message (continued from page 2) the “futureworld,” new exhibit technologies, archives in the digital age, strategic planning for new technologies, changes in public relations, hands-on grant writing and exciting pre and post conference tours. Mark your calendars for September 12-14 to join your NMA colleagues in Las Vegas. A separate mailer will be arriving this summer with all the de-tails. Scholarships are offered to assist those mem-bers with financial constraints.

Douglas County Young Chautauqua presents

“Chautauqua in the Park”

Desiree McKean as Louisa May Alcott

June 20 and 21, Mormon Station Park, Genoa. Bring a picnic; meet famous characters from history. The show begins at 5:00 p.m. and is entertaining, educational and fun for the whole fam-ily. Funded in part by a grant from Nevada Hu-manities.

Zofia Tisue as Rosa Parks

HUMBOLDT MUSEUM The Humboldt Historian, whose articles deal with local area history, was one of the first priorities of the North Central Nevada Historical Society in 1978. Phil Earl’s Motorcycling and Automobiling Across North Central Nevada in 1901 and 1903 is slated for the summer of 2007 issue. In the same issue will be Jere Baker’s story of Thomas Ewing’s Last Mining Adventure in the Buckaroo Canyon 1912-1919. For more information, contact Pansilee Larson at 775-623-2912.

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“A Taste of Gardnerville” The Douglas County Historical Society will be holding their annual “Taste of Gardnerville” on August 5, 2007 starting at 5:00 p.m. This is a walking tour from Mill St. to Mission St. Along the way you can browse in the shops, taste the food from all the local restaurants and enjoy music by musicians scattered in loca-tions throughout the walk. The “Taste” is an annual fundraiser for the Historical Society. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20.00 per person. The evening begins at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center where there will be music, food and plenty of park-ing. Tickets are limited, so get them early. For more information, call 775-782-2555 or 775-265-6097.

Lyon County Museum News Preparing the Lyon County Museum for summer has been ongoing for several weeks. Sat-urday May 19 is Yerington’s Centennial Celebra-tion and the Museum’s Open House. Board mem-bers have painted, polished and in general given Museum properties a spring cleaning. New dis-plays and enhanced lighting complement the entire area. The Gift Shop is stocked with numerous Ne-vada books, Native American jewelry and various trinkets. A new collection of postcards is being introduced shortly. A fantastic scrapbook, gifted by Mrs. Virginia Millar, depicting Anaconda’s Weed Heights operation, is on display for former residents returning to the area for family and class reunions. Last but not least, Mike Hagen, a retired teacher and irreplaceable board member, hosts Mu-seum Moments on KSVL 92.3 FM, the local radio station. The 5 minute show airs weekdays at 7:25 a.m. and 4:25 p.m.

ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM On March 27, the Atomic testing Museum (ATM) hosted the opening ceremonies of the Ne-vada Desert Experience’s 17th Annual Sacred Place Walk. The event culminated several days later with a gathering at the entrance to the Ne-vada Test Site (NTS), 65 miles north of Las Ve-gas. The Peace Walk drew participants from across the country, including actor Martin Sheen, who joined the group the following Sunday at their planned anti-nuclear demonstration near the gates of the NTS.

Bill Johnson, Director of the Atomic Testing Museum, welcomes the participants of the Nevada Desert Experience’s Sacred Peace Walk to the museum

The Nevada Desert Experience, a group whose mission “is to stop nuclear weapons testing through a campaign of prayer, education, dialogue and nonviolent direct action,” is one of many di-verse groups who have chosen the ATM as a venue. Since its grand opening in early 2005, the Atomic Testing Museum has hosted such events as the advocacy group Citizen Alert, Republican Senator Pete Dominici and the Atomic Bomb Exhi-bition from the Nagasaki National Peace Memo-rial Hall. Bill Johnson emphasizes the importance of presenting diverse viewpoints as part of

museum and event programming. “It is important for museums to establish dialogue and provide edu-cation to enrich people’s lives,” he said. “In the case of the Atomic Testing Museum, we deal with a controversial history, and embracing a diversity of organizations only strengthens our legitimacy and encourages thoughtful consideration of the history of atomic testing and how that history applies in to-day’s world.” As cultural organizations dedicated to en-riching a community’s quality of life, museums fos-ter public accessibility to history. Because the Atomic Testing Museum’s particular focus is on a history both emotionally charged and inherently controversial, the board and staff work together to develop programs and events that give our patrons the tools they need to apply the lessons of history to their lives in today’s world. For more information about events and tours at the Atomic testing Museum, please all 702-794-5161.

Source Well Gatorfoam is more expensive that regular foam core, but it is a far better product. It is strong, durable, lightweight, long-lasting, warp-resistant, and its hard, smooth surface defies dents. It is great for mounting photos, silk screening and paint-ing. You can typically find Gatorfoam in black or white. It comes in thicknesses from 3/16” to 2” and in sheets from 8” x 10” up to 5’ x 10’. For a standard 3/16” 4’ x 8’ sheet, prices range from around $36.00 to $44.00 If you are able to buy in bulk (15 to 20 sheets) you will get a case discount of between five to eight dollars per sheet. And, of course, unless you can pick your order up, you will also have to pay freight. Here are some sources here in Nevada: Montroy Supply Company 605 Boxington Way 3106 Sparks, NV 89434 Phone: 775-331-1002 FAX: 775-331-7780 (Talk with Jeremy) Apple Foam & Plastics 1151 Grier Drive Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Phone: 702-361-7999 FAX: 702-361-4477

Treasurer’s Report

Current Checkbook Balance: $14,514.62

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Nevada State Museum & Historical Society, Las Vegas Havens in a Heartless World - Virginia City Saloons and the Archaeology of the Wild West, on exhibit April 20 through August 19, 2007. This exhibit gives a view of life in Vir-ginia City during the Comstock silver boom and shows how archaeological excavation and analy-sis add to the tales of history. The exhibit sto-ries come from four 19th century Virginia City establishments excavated by archaeologists be-tween 1993 and 2001. Each of these businesses had a unique character and offered a different quality of service and entertainment. The Las Vegas museum continues exhib-its and programs as well as work in anticipation of its move to a new museum building sched-uled to open in 2009. Work on the building has begun at the site at the Las Vegas Springs Pre-serve. The museum will be participating in the annual Cultural History Fair in Las Vegas to be held this year on May 19 at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Park. Summer programs begin with a major book signing and panel on Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and

a Government Witness, by Dennis Griffin and Frank Cullotta, will be launched at the museum on June 6 with a book signing. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Las Vegas journalists Jane Ann Morrison and George Knapp participat-ing. Two fun events are also scheduled for the hot summer. On July 14, artist and naturalist Sharon Schafer will present “CHILL OUT! Wild-life of the Antarctic Peninsula and its Islands.” Ice cream will be served. Home Movie Day has again been scheduled for August 11. The public is invited to bring in and share those old 8mm home movies. It’s a fun ex-perience for the movie owners who usually have not seen the films on screen in years and a real “blast from the past” time for the audience. In the fall, programs in conjunction with the basketry exhibit INTERWOVEN will be offered.

Lied Discovery Children’s Museum Let’s Play Railway! ™

May 26 through August 19, 2007 Let’s Play Railway guides children down the right track as they play in Let’s Play Railway!, a larger than life size replica of Brio’s® famous wooden toy engine, cattle wagon and caboose. In the engine, children pretend to operate the train as they manipulate levers, dials, cranks and realistic sound effects. Little farmhands will keep busy with cooperative play in the Cattle Wagon as they groom the pony, milk the cow, harvest the corn and sing along with Old MacDonald. In the Caboose, kids will develop coordination skills as they play in a roly-poly wheel and guide a ball past train stops. on a fun track.

National Automobile Museum The Harrah Collection

TOPLESS: CONVERTIBLES OF THE

1950S From the Private Collection of Wayne and

Alzina Davis

Masterpiece Exhibit, May 23-October 15, 2007 American automobiles of the 1950s have been called many things, but boring was not one of them. Convertibles of this era spoke their own language. These luxurious status symbols were powerful, beautiful and bold, and their paint schemes said, “Look at Me.” They were laden with chrome, accented with fins and packed with over-the-top designs and innova-tions. Without question, the five convertibles in this exhibit have all the “right stuff.”

The Art of Jay Koka Changing Exhibits Gallery July 1-October 15, 2007

This exhibition features the automotive art of Jay Koka. The work of this well known, inter-nationally respected artist is ever-changing in color, texture and composition reflective of a man who is constantly searching and continu-ously evolving his work. His art alternates be-tween two style extremes; realism and impres-sionism, which exist side by side in Koka’s work. He was commissioned to produce the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance poster and won the “Lincoln Award” for the

most elegant work at the AFAS art exhibition at Pebble Beach. In a career filled with accomplish-ment, Koka is particularly proud of his selection by Chrysler Corporation for the creation of Metamor-phosis, a major 80 square foot, 4-panel work for the corporation’s World Headquarters in 1996.

AARP Driver Safety Program

Monday & Tuesday, June 25 & 26 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

A refresher course especially designed for drivers age 50 and older. This program qualifies for auto discounts for those 55 and older who take the course. $10.00 per person. Limited to 30 people. For more information, please call Bill Perry at 775-815-7520.

ICE HOT CARS Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

A free family event with hot rod, street rod and custom car outdoor exhibit, Art Cars, a hands-on art car activity, ice cream and entertainment. At 1:00 p.m., the Reno premiere of the art car film, Automorphosis, presented by filmmaker Harrod Blank in the Museum’s theatre.

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Nevada Museum of Art Exhibitions

June 16 through September 23, 2007 Deborah Butterfield: Horses

For over 20 years, Montana sculptor Deborah Butterfield has transformed scrap metal, discarded wood and bronze into larger-than-life sculptures of the horse that are breathtakingly beautiful and captivating to encounter.

April 14 through July 29, 2007 Black Maps: David Maisel

Black Maps is comprised of large-scale aerial pho-tographs by San Francisco-based artist David Maisel.

April 21 through August 12, 2007 So-Called Laws of Nature: Paintings by

Takako Yamaguchi These enigmatic, environmental landscape paint-ings portray dramatic weather conditions and at-mospheric phenomena that are sometimes peculiar and unsettling, but always beautiful to behold.

July 14 through November 11, 2007 A Tribe of Artists: Costumes and Culture at

Burning Man For the past 20 years during the week of Labor Day, Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is transformed into the celebrated Burning Man art festival and temporary community. The NMA presents an ex-hibition of 25 life-sized photographs and six man-nequins documenting nighttime Burning Man ac-tivities.

July 21 through October 21, 2007 A Fragile Presence: The Local Landmark

Paintings of Roy Powers In a growing region like northern Nevada, familiar landmarks

landmarks seem to disappear from the landscape with the blink of an eye. Powers’ oil paintings nos-talgically recall a bygone era and remind us that there are, in fact, many noteworthy structures whose existence continues to hang in fragile balance.

August 18 through December 9, 2007

Salt Dreams: Reflections from the Downstream West

This exhibit examines the complex environmental history of the Salton Sea, the largest lake in Califor-nia.

Events First Thursdays - Join the NMA, KTHX Radio and the Great Basin Brewing Company for an evening featuring refreshments and live music. Free for members. Tickets $10/$8 for seniors/students. $2 Kids Open Art Studio. June 7, July 5 and August 2, 5 to 7 p.m. KUNR Sunday Jazz Brunch - Spend Sunday morning enjoying live jazz while dining from the à la carte brunch menu from Café Musée. June 17, July 15 and August 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday Chamber Music Brunch - The NMA proudly adds Sunday Chamber Brunch to our ongo-ing event schedule. Join us on the last Sunday of each month to experience live music by the Reno Chamber Orchestra. hands/ON! Sunday Family Program - Admission is free due to sponsorship from the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Four one-hour sessions; noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. For information on any NMA programs, please call 775-329-3333.

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MASTER WASHO BASKET WEAVER SUE COLEMAN

Demonstrates Her Art Saturday, June 30

The Nevada State Museum presents an after-noon of cultural enrichment as master basket weaver Sue Coleman demonstrates her art from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2007. Sue Coleman in a member of the Washo nation, part of the Dresslerville reservation. She currently lives in Carson City. A participant and core group organizer of the 40th An-nual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Sue is passionate about weaving and her Washo heritage. She will demonstrate the art of twining in willow, a method of basket weaving popular in the Great Basin since pre-historic times. “Sue’s presentations are always very special,” Says Curator of Education Deborah Steven-son, “Because she shares so generously from the heart of her Washoe teachings and childhood memories.” The program is co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program. For more information, call Deborah at 775-687-4810, ext. 237.

MASTER PAIUTE BASKET WEAVER ELAINE SMOKEY

Demonstrates Her Art Saturday, July 21

The Nevada State Museum celebrates Pai-ute cultural heritage as master basket weaver Elaine Smokey demonstrates her art from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Elaine is a member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, cur-rently living in Schurz, Nevada. Elaine will bring raw materials to demonstrate both willow work and horsehair basketry techniques. She is highly skilled in the art of making cradleboards, but she also knows how to make “boat” baskets for new-borns, round baskets, cone baskets, winnowing trays and rattles. Her demonstration complements the exhibit: Interwoven 2007: Visions of the Great Basin Basketmakers. The program is co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program. For more information, call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237.

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May 2007 Nevada State Museum, Carson City Ongoing: Slot Machines: The Fey Collection is on display in the Changing Gallery through January, 2008. For more information call 775-687-4810 ext. 239. May 12 WNCC Multi-Cultural Festival with basketmaking demonstrations by Nevada State 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Museum staff and volunteers. May 18 Free admission for International Museum Day. May 22 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series : Historic Archaeological Discoveries Unearthed 7:30 p.m. During the Reno Train Trench Project, by Ed Stoner of Western Resource Managers; for more info call Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext 239. May 23 Free opening reception for Interwovern 2007: Visions of Great Basin Basketmakers; 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. exhibit continues through August 5, 2007. May 25 Natural History Curator’s tour featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada. For reservations 10 am & 1:30 pm call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237. May 26 Wild West Tour. Guided walking tour of Carson City’s Historical District; meet charac- ters portraying historic Carson City residents. For more information, call 775-687-7410. Lost City Museum May 1-June 30 Art Exhibit: Southern Paiutes: A Portrait by Michael Plyler/Hebner May 18 Free admission for International Museum Day May 1-31 Roads, Rails and Trails to St. Thomas. Contact Eva Jensen at 702-397-2193 or Steve Daron at 702-293-8019 Atomic Testing Museum 100 SUNS by Michael Light; contact Rachel Warrick at 702-794-5123 through August 26

National Automobile Museum May 23 to October 25, 2007 Topless: Convertibles of the 1950s, from The Harrah Collection the private collection of Wayne and Alzina Davis June 2007 NSM& Hist. Soc. L.V. June 6, Panel discussion and book signing, Cullotta: The Life of a Chi- cago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness, by Den- nis Griffin and Frank Cullotta; call for time; 702-486-5205.

June, cont. Sparks Heritage Museum Discover Historical Sparks, come and eat hand-made ice cream. Free for June 10, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. members, $5.00 non-members. Nevada Museum of Art June 16 Deborah Butterfield: Horses exhibit opening June 22, noon Art Bite, Jeff Erickson on Lost Wax method of bronze casting June 29, noon Art Bite, Griff Durham ,Great Basin Cowboy Gear as Folk Art Nevada State Museum Weaving on Gourds, basketmaking demonstration by Cheryln Bennett of June 14, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the Great Basin Basketmakers; for more info, call Cheryln at 775-852-5090 June 15-16 Taste of Downtown; sample some of Carson City’s finest restaurants; walking tour with live entertainment along the way; call 775-883-7654 for tickets and times.

June 15-17 Father’s Day Weekend Powwow at Stewart Indian School; free. Call 775-687- 8333 for more info.

June 26 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Dr. S. L. Lee and Other Anthropological 7:30 p.m. Curiosities by Dr. Eugene Hattori, Curator of Anthropology; free for members; Contact Robert Nylen for more information at 775-687-4810, ext 239.

June 29 Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by volunteers Ken & Karen Hopple in the 10:30 to noon & 1-3 pm historic Mint Building. For more info, call Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext 239

June 30 Basket Weaving Demonstration by renowned Washo basket weaver Sue 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Coleman, co-sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program July, 2007 Lost City Museum July 1-31: Art Exhibit: Maria Wurtz and Bernice Breedlove, Mixed Media Sparks Heritage Museum Celebrate Sparks’ Libraries: Come and participate in short story reading and July 8, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. story-telling. Free for members, $5.00 for non-members. Nat’l Auto Museum AARP Driver Safety Program, 1 to 5 p.m.; $10.00 per person; call 775-815-7520 June 25-26 for more info. Nevada State Museum Weaving with Natural Materials: Demonstration by the Great Basin Basket- July 12, 10:00 & 1:00 p.m. makers. For more information call Cheryln Bennett at 775-852-5090.

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July 21 Basket Weaving Demonstration by master weaver Elaine Smokey, to include 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. willow work and horsehair baskets, sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Program; call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237 July 24 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: The Mackay Silver Service by Rachel 7:30 p.m. Dolbier, Administrator, W. M. Keck Earth Science & Mineral Engineering Mu- seum, University of Nevada, Reno. Free for members. For more info, contact Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext. 239

July 27 Behind-the-Scenes Tours in Anthropology, featuring Great Basin Basketry 10:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. and Dr. S. L. Lee basket collection. Natural History Curator’s tour also avail- able, featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada. For reservations, please call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237 July 27 Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by volunteers Ken & Karen Hopple in 10:30 to noon & the historic Mint Building. For more info, contact Robert Nylen at 775-687- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 4810, ext. 239 Nat’l Automobile Museum The Art of Jay Koka, Changing Exhibits Gallery, July 1-October 15, The Harrah Collection 2007 July 14 Ice Hot Cars: A free family event with hot rod, street rod and custom 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. cars, art car project; ice cream and entertainment. At 1 p.m., Reno pre- miere of Automorphosis, the new art car film by Harrod Blank. NSM&HS, LV Chill Out! Wildlife of the Antarctic Peninsula and Its Islands, July 14 presented by Sharon Schafer. Ice cream will be served. Call for show time and cost. 702-486-5205.

Nevada Museum of Art Roy Powers on A Fragile Presence: The Local Landmark Paintings July 27, noon of Roy Powers. The changing architectural landscape of northern Nevada is documented in this presentation.

August 2007 Nevada Museum of Art A Taste for Art. The NMA presents its 23rd annual wine tasting in the August 10, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. beautiful courtyards at International Game Technology. This premiere wine tasting in northern Nevada features over 100 wineries, pouring over 150 labels. Food is provided by over 20 local restaurants, hotels and caterers. Tickets on sale July 3, 2007. Tickets purchased (cont.)

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prior to August 9 are $40 for members and $50 for non-members. All tickets will be $60 at the door on the day of the event.

August 3 Geoffrey Nelson on Burning Man. Burning Man artist Geoffrey Nelson is noon well-known in the Burning Man community for his electro-luminescent costume designs. Join the artist in the gallery as he discusses his photographs and cos- tumes of the Burning Man festivals of the years past, and the art of the 2007 festival with its emphasis on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Nevada State Museum August 4, 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. Willow Basketmaking Workshop by Betty Hulse; co-sponsored by the Great Basin Basketmakers; limited enrollment, pre-registration required. $35 fee. For more information, call Eileen Brilliant at 530-544-5145. August 24-26 Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by volunteers Ken & Karen Hopple in the 10:30 am to noon & historic Mint Building. For more information, contact Robert Nylen at 775- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 687-4810, ext 239. August 25-26 15th Annual Carson City Mint Coin Show; 30 dealers, free appraisals, raffle prizes, gold panning, kids’ activities and more! Hours: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Sunday, 8:30a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Call 775-687-4810, ext. 237.

August 28 Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: The Han Dunn Carson City 7:30 p.m. U.S. Mint Postcard Collection: A Tribute to a Carson City Mint Collector, by Robert A. Nylen, Curator of History at NSM. Free for members. For more information, contact Robert Nylen at 775-687-4810, ext. 239. August 31 Behind-the-Scenes Tours in Anthropology, featuring Great Basin Basketry 10:00 a.m. & 1:30 P.M. and the famous Dr. S.L. Lee basket collection. Natural History Curator’s tour also available, featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada. For reservations, call Deborah Stevenson at 775-687-4810, ext. 237. Sparks Heritage Museum August 12, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. History of Hot August Nights. Free to members, $5.00 non-members. NSM&HS, LV August 11 Home Movie Day. Call for times and cost. 702-486-5205. Lost City Museum Art Exhibit: Lucile Carstensen Watercolors. Contact 702-397-2193. August 1-31

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