‘Nevada Neighbors’ features interviews with artists

The Capital City Art Initiative’s Nevada Neighbors series of public talks includes interviews with artists in their studios or in a gallery setting. CCAI presents artists Stephen Reid talking with artist Joan Arrizabalaga about her work in the Bristlecone Gallery exhibition, “Big Deal.” Viewers are invited to watch the presentation online at https://youtu.be/-FGs5P6qqyM?si=5ICgWX5wmRl8Cy1B.

CCAI’s exhibit by Arrizabalaga is in Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery, 2201 W College Parkway. The show is up through Sept. 12; the gallery is open to the public, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

 “My present work is concerned with games and gambling. I am interested in how people are involved with temptation, risk and winning. Using certain symbols, talismans, and behaviors to realize our expectations fascinates me,” Arrizabalaga said.

Arrizabalaga has participated in many group and one-person exhibitions at the regional and national levels, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, and studied with Marguerite Wildenhain at Pond Farm Pottery, Guerneville, California. Living in London for three years in the 1970s, she was much inspired by the life and times, glitter, glitz, and art of the British rock and roll world. As wardrobe mistress and dresser to the stars at Harrah’s Reno, Arrizabalaga got a closer view of the classic casino finding a great source for ideas. Her art can be seen in numerous private, corporate, and public collections.

Reid is a visual artist whose work has been shown nationally and in Japan. His paintings reside in the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College as well as several private collections. He earned a MFA in 2006 from the University of Massachusetts and a BFA in 2001 from the Virginia Commonwealth University. He has taught as an adjunct instructor at Keene College in Keene, New Hampshire, and at Western Nevada College. Reid has been the Artist Services Specialist with the Nevada Arts Council since 2017 where he manages the exhibition installations for the agency’s visual arts programs: the Nevada Touring Initiative-Traveling Exhibition and LXS-Legislative exhibition Series. He lives in Dayton with his family.

For information, visit CCAI’s website at www.ccainv.org.