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TRUCKEE ARTS ALLIANCE

A Monthly Newsletter of the Truckee Arts Alliance

JUNE 2023
 
{Pictured here: β€œSet is California Nevada Set #2,” by Megan Smith, aka Tahoe Fluid Art, a swirling mix of iridescent paints in the shapes of California and Nevada.}

Happy June and all the joy that comes with itβ€”PRIDE, Juneteenth, Caribbean American Appreciation, Father’s Day, and Summer Solstice, to name a few. Our northern hemisphere tilts toward maximum sunlight on Wednesday, June 21, at 7:57 a.m. Days are longer, so the light lasts, shifting in brilliance before our eyes like in this work by artist Megan Smith, creating under the moniker Tahoe Fluid Art. She finds inspiration from water, custom-mixing paints that evoke a flowing canvas.

You can see Megan Smith’s available works at Gallery 5830’, WINNER of the 2023 Best in North Tahoe and Truckee from the Sierra Sun! Framed in pink blossoms, Gallery 5830’ welcomes visitors late tonight for #FirstFriday, with live classical guitar performance and complimentary champagne.

Art Truckee holds a soft opening tonight for #FirstFriday as it prepares for a Grand Re-opening on June 24, 4–6pm. This evening of June 2, meet presenting artists with live music and a preview of what’s in store from 4–7pm.

Also, going on this #FirstWeekend in Downtown Truckee: Visit the new location for Piper J. Gallery, where metal artists Jamie Barbor and Jason Forcier appear with their abstract works for an Artists Reception, 4:30–6:30pm; show closes June 25.

Later this month, Riverside Studios will open its "Lion Heart Art Show,” where artists choose to donate 50% or 100% of their proceeds directly to fund a Truckee training facility for injured athletes and community members recovering from sports-related injuries. See art for a causeβ€”a multi-artist collaboration sponsored by the Truckee Tahoe Lumber Co., and CR Johnson Healing Centerβ€”from June 22. Hours of operation from Instagram: 10am–6pm Monday through Saturday, and 10am–5pm every Sunday.

The Truckee Arts Alliance invites you to share your events, gallery shows, award ceremonies, and more with us as we prepare summertime newsletters. Email us at TAA@NevadaCountyArts.org with your ideas. Stay tuned on our Facebook and Instagram pages for announcements throughout this color-changing month of June.

{Pictured here: β€œSet is California Nevada Set #2,” by Megan Smith, aka Tahoe Fluid Art, a swirling mix of iridescent paints in the shapes of California and Nevada.}
 

SAVE THE DATE

2023 WaΕ‘Γ­βˆ™Ε‘iw ɁitdéɁ Festival

Saturday & Sunday, June 22–23, 10:00am–5:00pm
Meeks Bay Resort in Tahoma
FREE ADMISSION
{Pictured here: promotional flyer of the 2023 WaΕ‘Γ­βˆ™Ε‘iw ɁitdéɁ Festival, in celebration of its 31st year. From a woven basket springs a silhouette of Lake Tahoe and flying bird. Image courtesy of The Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada.}

Join the Truckee Arts Alliance in celebrating the 31st Annual Indigenous Culture & Arts Festival, hosted by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Visit the official 2023 WaΕ‘Γ­βˆ™Ε‘iw ɁitdéɁ Festival site here. Learn more about Washoe History here, and download a PDF history packet here. We look forward to attaining a greater literacy of the Washoe culture and traditions and can’t wait to see you there!

{Pictured here: promotional flyer of the 2023 WaΕ‘Γ­βˆ™Ε‘iw ɁitdéɁ Festival, in celebration of its 31st year. From a woven basket springs a silhouette of Lake Tahoe and flying bird.
Image courtesy of The Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada.}
 

Legacy Day

Second Annual Land Celebration

Saturday, June 10, 10:00am–3:00pm
Donner Memorial State Park
12593 Donner Pass Road
{Pictured here: Event flyer featuring a picture of the Donner Memorial monument and the words, "Legacy Day: Free Family Event." Image courtesy of Donner Memorial State Park.}

Bring your friends and family to Second Annual Legacy Day: Saturday, June 10, from 10am–3pm, at Donner Memorial State Park.

On their site, the Donner Memorial Park states: β€œLegacy Day returns at Donner Memorial State Park for its second-ever annual celebration of the land’s legacy, its cultural and natural history, and the people that inhabited the land. Bring the family for this free event and enjoy live music featuring a Touch of Gold and Alice Osborn, a Big Blue Q food truck, historical tours, children’s activities, visiting exhibitors, and a program led by the Washoe Tribe! Admission is free. The $10 parking fee still applies.”

Thanks to sponsors Visit Truckee-Tahoe, Sustainable Truckee, Tahoe Weekly, and Tahoe.com, visitors can learn from experts in our regional history, including Herman Fillmore of the Washoe Tribe, who has presented on how the legacy of the Indigenous from this land. At the beginning of the recording is Herman Filmore speaking in Washoe.” Attend his in-person presentation at 2pm and learn more deeply about our region’s First Peoples.

Reappearing this year, in 2023 as Alice & the Wonderlandz, is musician Alice Osborn (lyrics, guitar) with Eric Smith (percussion and sound effects) and John Kedzie (keyboards). Alice leads a song set of historical songs dedicated to the Donner Party, putting her diligent research to somber, then soaring lyrics. See their rockin’ rendition of California Historyβ€”putting the β€œz” in Wonderlandzβ€”from 10am–2pm.

{Pictured here: Event flyer with a picture of the Donner Memorial monument
and the words, "Legacy Day: Free Family Event."
Image courtesy of Donner Memorial State Park.}
 

TRUCKEE THURSDAYS

Summer Street Festival

June 22–August 10, 5:00–8:30pm
Presented by:
Truckee Downtown Merchants Association
{Pictured here: Event flyer featuring a lineup of performers scheduled for each of eight Truckee Thursday Summer Street Festivals! Image courtesy of the Truckee Downtown Merchants Association.}

Truckee’s famous Summer Street Festival returns this June with more music, food, and a wide variety of art for sale in Downtown Truckee. Stop by booths and meet local artists and art advocates, living and working with us in the Truckee Cultural District. Special note: the Truckee Artist Lofts Gallery will be open each First Friday from 4–7pm as well as every Truckee Thursday. Drop by and meet the resident artists!

{Pictured here: Event flyer featuring a lineup of performers scheduled for each of eight Truckee Thursday Summer Street Festivals.
Image courtesy of the Truckee Downtown Merchants Association.}
 

HIKE FOR HOPE

Suicide Prevention in Truckee Tahoe

Sunday, June 25, 10:00am Ceremony
Donner Memorial State Park
12593 Donner Pass Road
{Pictured here: Event flyer featuring a winding trail through a forest, with the words: Hike for Hope: Suicide Prevention in Truckee Tahoe. Image courtesy of the Speedy Foundation}

Hi, Truckee artists and art advocates! My name is Patricia, writer-editor of TAA’s monthly newsletter. What’s on your Summer Reading List? For me, it’s a book by bestselling, award-winning author Kay Redfield Jamison called Fires in the Dark. At her own professional peril, this American clinical psychologist has written about her own mental health disorder, yet her research and technical sensitivity elevate her prowess to supreme. So much great writing to live for, #amirite?

Amidst our country’s mental health crisis, it feels good to do as the African proverb, and β€œwhen you pray, move your feet.” Please donate to my campaign for the 4th Annual Truckee-Tahoe Hike for Hope. Thank you.

{Pictured here: Event flyer featuring a winding trail through a forest, with the words:
Hike for Hope: Suicide Prevention in Truckee Tahoe.
Image courtesy of the Speedy Foundation.}
 

JUNE IS GRANT SEASON

State Art Grant Opportunities
Pictured here: An orange background with the words, β€œCreativity is Californian: Apply for your organization’s state arts funding.”

Image provided by the California Arts Council

Not only flowers bloom in June, but grant opportunities with the California Arts Council. Have you visited this state-sponsored agency’s Grants Programs & Applications webpage? Scroll down, click the β€œOpen Now for Applications” box, and see what seeds you might plant in your creative community!

{Pictured here: An orange background with the words, β€œCreativity is Californian:
Apply for your organization’s state arts funding.”}
 

MAPPING PUBLIC ART

Public Art Commission of Truckee
Image of "El Dragon" is based on the design of two second graders, Hope Smith and Florian Standteiner, whose dragon drawings infused the creation process of this slithering bike rack. Happy Bike Month!

{Pictured here: "El Dragon" is based on the design of two second graders, Hope Smith and Florian Standteiner, whose dragon drawings infused the creation process of this slithering bike rack. (Happy Bike Month!) Image courtesy of the Public Art Commission of Truckee’s Online Inventory}

In honor of the work of the Public Art Commission of Truckee, we share a slide from the commission's hundred-page inventory of Truckee Public Art.

Seeking to add another work of public art to the Town's Public Art Inventory MAP? Send your pictures to our newsletter writer-editor at TAA@NevadaCountyArts.org or Patricia@PKayeCreative.com. Once approved by PACT, TAA will post it to your credit in our next newsletter.
 
Image of colorful triangles and the phrase, "Art Moves Mountains: Renew Your Membership"
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