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Under the Roof at the Lake Mansion | Exhibit Extended Through August 28 |
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Dementia: A Study | January 21-February 19 |
Upcoming workshops
Contact VSA 826-6100 for more information.
See
our art classes page for details and schedule of
classes for Adults & Children.
River
Walk Merchants’ Wine Walk
From
2-5 PM
on the third Saturday of each month,
join the River Walk
Merchants along the
5 good
reasons to start your wine walk at VSA arts:
1
~ $5+ of your fee will go to supporting VSA programs throughout NV.
2 ~ We have wonderful unique hand-painted glasses, that are dishwasher safe.
3 ~ View our art gallery and meet local NV artists
4 ~ Free
tours of the historic Lake Mansion - one of the oldest buildings in Reno that
is open to the public.
5 ~ FREE parking in the Lake Mansion parking lot on Arlington Ave. Click here for our location
map. If our lot is full, additional parking is available in the huge
public parking lot on the corner of Court Street and Sierra Street (free on
weekends).
New Offer: Purchase your Wine Walk glass early; choose your glass without a crowd! Come to the Lake Mansion any day that we are open, pick and purchase your glass. Bring your receipt on the day of Wine Walk, your glass will be waiting with your wristband and map. The Lake Mansion is open to the public m-f, 11-3pm.
UPCOMING
VSA WINE
WALK DATES:
Due to weather and other considerations, the Lake Mansion will not be
participating in the Wine Walk until Spring, 2010. Please check our website
for further updates.
VSAN and the Lake Mansion in the News
Washoe County Student Honored
A Reluctant Flower - Drawing by
Angel Hernandez selected to represent NV at DC exhibition ~ Teacher Heidi
Fishel and Angel Hernandez meeting with NV Senator Harry Reid
Angel Hernandez, an 8 year old student at Esther Bennett Elementary School along with his classroom teacher, Heidi Fishel, were greeted by Nevada Senator Harry Reid during a trip to Washington, D.C., last month. Angel’s art, “A Reluctant Flower” was chosen to represent VSA arts of Nevada in the “Celebrating Who I Am” part of “All Kids Can…CREATE!” program initiative from VSA arts and CVS Caremark.
The exhibition featured one piece of art from each state plus the District of Columbia. The call
for art invited all children to create a piece of visual art inspired by their interests, talents, and dreams, and to post their work to an online gallery. Out of the 51 children whose artwork was on display, 11 representative students were selected to travel to Washington, D.C., to be honored at a reception on Capitol Hill. Angel and Ms. Fishel represented VSA arts of Nevada.
During the 2008-09 school year, Angel and his fellow classmates were part of VSA arts of Nevada’s arts in education program conducted in
special education classrooms in Washoe and Carson City. VSA arts of Nevada’s teaching artist Susan Sullivan instructed Angel’s class in the use of several different mediums during 18 visual art workshops. The
2008-2009 VSA arts of Nevada arts in education program included both visual and performing art workshops
and was sponsored by VSA arts, the City of Reno, NV Energy, Alliance with the Washoe County Medical
Society and the “Rich in Art” license plate. With additional funding, this program will continue during the 2009-2010 school year.
Lake Mansion Historic Landmark Award
The Lake Mansion has been recognized by the City of Reno's Historic Resources Commission
for the 2009 "Historic Landmark" award. This award is one of the Historic
Preservation awards given annually to recognize historically significant structures and historical sites in Reno.
More information about the award
Booklet
listing 2009 awards (pdf)
VSAN at the Early Childhood Conference
In April, over seventy Nevada educators participated in
a VSA arts of Nevada training session at the Nevada Association for the Education of Young Children Early Childhood Conference at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.
The sessions, led by VSA artists Tammy Franchini (visual art), Robin Robinson (creative movement) and Stephanie Richardson
(theater), were based on the Start with the Arts program, which provides an arts-based learning approach to literacy.
The program contains adaptations in each lesson for including all children,
and includes activities in Visual Arts, Creative Drama, Dance/Movement, and Music.
A limited number of Start with the Arts 400 page manuals with 54 lessons and family letters offer theme-based activities with four units may be purchased from VSA arts of Nevada for $25 plus postage or you may stop by VSA arts of Nevada offices at the Lake Mansion, 250 Court Street and Arlington Avenue in Reno. Please call first and reserve a copy and time for pick-up.
Unit 1 “All About Me”, Unit 2 “How I Go From Here To There”, Unit 3 “Feeling Hot, Cold and Wet” and Unit 4 “The World Around Me”.
Follow these links for photos, and two of the lesson plans:
Photos from the Conference
Creative Movement Lesson Plan – “All About Me - My Body is Me”
Visual ArtLesson
Plan – “The World Around Me – Magic Butterflies”
Interesting article about the Lake Mansion in the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/03/22/PKT0167QD6.DTL
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