Friday art news roundup

Fawn Douglas honored by City of Las Vegas

On Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, Ward 3 Councilwoman Olivia Diaz presented artist and activist Fawn Douglas as the City’s January Citizen of the Month. Douglas is co-founder of Nuwu Art + Activism Studios, curator of the recent Ah’-Wah-Nee exhibition at UNLV, an MFA candidate at UNLV, a member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and former tribal councilwoman.

National opportunities for artists

In December, Creative Capital released a directory of national opportunities for artists with January and February deadlines. They include residencies, exhibition and publication opportunities, grants, and fellowships. More info here.

Nevada Humanities awards $600K in pandemic relief grants

Nevada Humanities announced on Jan. 6 that it awarded 60 grants totaling $614,357.92 to 44 nonprofit organizations across Nevada, using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Relief Act. The awardees include several arts organizations, among them the The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Barrick Museum of Art, Capital City Arts Initiative, Sierra Arts Foundation, the Nevada Museum of Art, the Holland Project, and St. Mary’s Art Center. The complete list of recipients is here.

City of Reno grants $193K to local arts + culture groups

On Dec. 8, the City of Reno approved $193,636 in Arts + Culture Grants to local arts organizations to provide art programs, events and services in Reno in 2022. Sixteen grants for events, totaling $74,027, were awarded. These grants came from the general fund and room tax. Twenty-six grants were awarded for other projects, totaling $119,609. These grants came from the room tax fund.

Here’s the full list of awardees. Double Scoop is honored to be among them.

$5,534 to The Board of Regents on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education School of the Arts
$5,117 to The Holland Project
$5,117 to Sierra Nevada Ballet
$5,117 to Artown
$5,058 to Reno Jazz Orchestra
$5,058 to Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
$4,998 to Nevada Humanities
$4,939 to The Board of Regents on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education UNR Latino Research Center
$4,820 to Build Our Center Inc.
$4,760 to Good Luck Macbeth Theater Company
$1,442 to Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
$4,760 to Latino Arte and Culture
$4,641 to Reno Philharmonic Association
$3,978 to Arts for All Nevada
$4,344 to Reno Pops Orchestra
$4,344 to High Desert Harmony Chorus
$5,415 to The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno Performing Arts Series
$5,355 to Arts For All Nevada
$5,117 to Note-Able Music Therapy Services
$5,117 to Reno Philharmonic Association
$5,117 to A.V.A. Ballet Theater
$5,117 to Reno Jazz Orchestra
$5,058 to Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
$5,058 to Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company
$4,998 to Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
$4,939 to Sierra Arts Foundation
$4,939 to Reno Little Theater
$4,939 to Sierra Association of Foster Families
$4,879 to The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of University of Nevada, Reno Lilley Museum
$4,879 to Holland Project
$4,701 to Nevada Gay Men’s Chorus
$4,641 to Brüka Theatre
$4,582 to Double Scoop Inc.
$4,582 to The Generator, Inc.
$2,592 to The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada
$4,582 to Sierra School of Performing Arts
$4,522 to Northern Nevada Rural Concert Initiative
$4,522 to Nevada Humanities
$3,188 to Reno Pops Orchestra
$4,463 to Nevada Museum of Art
$2,142 to Holland Project to partner with Laika Press
$4,165 to TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada