‘It Started with Willows’ exhibit at WNC Bristlecone Gallery

As a salute to the creativity of the Great Basin Native Artists, the Capital City Arts Initiative presents “It Started with Willows,” an assemblage of working baskets and contemporary art.

The exhibit is open to the public through Dec. 21, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. in Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery. The artists’ reception will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 5-6:30 p.m. The curator’s introduction is at 5:30 p.m.

The exhibition presents contemporary paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures from the Great Basin Native Artists collective and working Native baskets from the Lloyd Chichester Collection.

The exhibition includes work by Ben Aleck, Weshoyot Alvitre, Phil Buckheart, Loretta Burden, Karma Henry, David Ipina, Micqaela Jones, Topaz Jones, Kim Avanna Lawson, Jack Malotte, Melissa Melero-Moose, Steve Nighthawk, Lyn Risling, Roger Salas, Maureen Self, and Paul Stone. Also included are works by teen participants from the Gathering of Native American Youth Summit.

Artists who made working baskets include Carrie Bethel, Enie Cornbread, Irene Dick, Maggie George, Maggie James, and Irene Dressler Dick. Ethnographer Terri McBride wrote the exhibition essay. Gisela Munzo provided a Spanish translation of the show’s wall text.

For information, visit www.ccainv.org