I enjoy any press given to the arts, especially the visual arts, which I am involved in. However, I was saddened to see that two important names were not mentioned. Joan Lolmagh, my ex-boss at the County who launched the County's Public Art programs that included VAN-go and ZAP!, as well as other wonderful programs for peforming, folk, and visual arts. The amazing part about this omission is that in October, Joan is launching Metro Arts, a city based arts organization which will host a city wide cultural calendar, and eventually be a re-granting organization. This is a huge step for Las Vegas, as most all other cities have both city and state granting bodies, and Las Vegas only has the Nevada State Arts Council.
And if the article wanted to be a bit more historical in its approach, it could have included Lisa Livingstone, who owned an incredibly progressive gallery for a few years ...and Maureen Barrett who supported the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, a wonderful organiization and gallery that folded after ten years of her patronage and support. She now supports the arts through a residential program in Maine. But I agree, the Arts should be thought of in a wider sense, and I am sure the women in this town slaved and sweated to build the performing arts scene in this town, just as much as the visual arts...unfortunately, I don't know them well enough to name names. I am sure that is another article for the future.
I enjoy any press given to the arts, especially the visual arts, which I am involved in. However, I was saddened to see that two important names were not mentioned. Joan Lolmagh, my ex-boss at the County who launched the County's Public Art programs that included VAN-go and ZAP!, as well as other wonderful programs for peforming, folk, and visual arts. The amazing part about this omission is that in October, Joan is launching Metro Arts, a city based arts organization which will host a city wide cultural calendar, and eventually be a re-granting organization. This is a huge step for Las Vegas, as most all other cities have both city and state granting bodies, and Las Vegas only has the Nevada State Arts Council.
And if the article wanted to be a bit more historical in its approach, it could have included Lisa Livingstone, who owned an incredibly progressive gallery for a few years ...and Maureen Barrett who supported the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, a wonderful organiization and gallery that folded after ten years of her patronage and support. She now supports the arts through a residential program in Maine. But I agree, the Arts should be thought of in a wider sense, and I am sure the women in this town slaved and sweated to build the performing arts scene in this town, just as much as the visual arts...unfortunately, I don't know them well enough to name names. I am sure that is another article for the future.