December 18, 2008Hi There: 2008 was a highly successful year for the Black Rock Arts Foundation, as we continued to work diligently to ensure that art and community building remained on the public agenda and served as a tool for civic engagement. We awarded grants to 7 artists in 7 cities around the globe; we helped to create the Temple…Keep reading >>

Local artist Diction Davies has promised to donate a percentage of the proceeds from his Etsy site to the Black Rock Arts Foundation until the end of 2008. So what is Etsy, you may ask? Etsy is a website that provides the public a way to buy and sell handmade items. So hooray for generosity of spirit, go check it…Keep reading >>

So, let me lure you into the The Wayback Machine so I can introduce you to Jenne Giles‘s project, one of BRAF’s first grant recipients. “White Noise Shower”, was interactive sculpture dealing with media in our lives. The installation was a Mild Steel cage with mixed media (hair blow dryers, lights) and broken television sets. This piece was an igloo/shower…Keep reading >>

Last chance to see The Reno Mangrove! For the last three months, a once unused and uninteresting vacant lot in downtown Reno, NV, has been transformed into a grove of trees, all by different artists. The Reno community has embraced the space created by this ‘Mangrove’ and quickly adopted the location as a favored meeting spot for social events, music…Keep reading >>

photos: Camera Girl http://www.photosbycameragirl.com/2008_Artumnal/gathering.html

newZonia is a innovative new online community angled at fostering creativity and collaboration. Join them for a delightful evening of art, film and lively entertainers on December 10, 2008. newZonia is donating a portion of the proceeds from this event to BRAF! Thank you newZonia! Artists Jenny Bird and Shrine will be there (bring shoes, handbags and small furniture if…Keep reading >>

The Language of the Birds dedication, a site specific sculpture by Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn was an art unveiling worth remembering. Local luminaries spoke and the artists spoke and then the Extra Action Marching Band showed up to accompany the actual defrocking of each book in the sky, and that is when it got exciting. We had skimpily clad…Keep reading >>

So recently I have been introducing you to our current recipients from our Grants-to-Artists Program, so we all know about the art that the Black Rock Arts Foundation is supporting. But now we are going to go enter The Wayback Machine and meet some of our first grant recipients and what they are doing now. So let’s celebrate BRAF’s support…Keep reading >>

More fabulous photos of our ARTumnal Gathering, these are from Mr. Nightshade: http://theblight.net/08/artumnal/

Thanks to Chris and Amber Marie Bently for gifting the Bently Reserve for this fabulous event! photos courtesy of Matt Powers And some sets on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypearl/sets/72157610034966434/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sassymonkeymedia/sets/72157610027794045/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/winterhalter/sets/72157609762495189/

Wow, what an evening…the revelers were decked out to party at the Fabulous Bently Reserve. The silent auction raised funds for the Black Rock Arts Foundation to stay the course in funding and installing interactive art and a great time was had by all!!!! Here are some additional photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/affinity23/sets/72157608007173728/ More photos will be coming in the near future so…Keep reading >>

photo from my iphone – posted from the ARTumnal Gathering