- Welcome to this 10th anniversary special of ARTEFFECTS.

I am your host, Beth Macmillan, and I'm Rebecca Cronon, ARTEFFECTS producer.

Beth and I have worked together on this series since it first debuted in 2016.

And it's not just us.

The entire PBS Reno staff is made up of content creators, graphic artists, development officers, programmers, educators, and engineers.

We have worked together to bring you ARTEFFECTS year after year.

Through this series, we get to feature the stories of local musicians, painters, sculptors, and many more people who have breathed new life into northern Nevada through their artistry.

And there's one more important person in the ARTEFFECTS story, and that is you!

ARTEFFECTS is only possible because of people just like you who financially support PBS Reno.

During the next hour, we'll show you the exciting gifts you'll receive when you choose to make a gift to support PBS Reno.

And we'll also talk with our friends from the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, and Sierra Arts Foundation.

Three wonderful organizations featured on ARTEFFECTS.

We hope you enjoy the program.

And now let's get on with the show.

[music] PBS Reno has produced 289 episodes of ARTEFFECTS.

Beth, can you believe it?

How about that?

During the past ten years of ARTEFFECTS, we have produced 258 unique stories sharing the techniques of hundreds of people who create art in the biggest little city and beyond.

Each time we produce a new story, we share it with Wavelength.

Now, wavelength is a collective managed by THIRTEEN the PBS member station in New York.

Each week, Wavelength selects stories from PBS member stations from around the nation, and then they distribute them to participating stations like PBS Reno.

We are thrilled to share that 169 stories produced by PBS Reno have been selected and have aired on PBS stations around the country.

Here is why this is special.

It means that other communities are getting a glimpse into the eclectic arts and culture scene in Reno.

It means that the artists we feature are receiving inquiries from people who may never have learned about their work.

ARTEFFECTS is certainly a fantastic way to preserve and celebrate the arts in our community.

Call (775) 600-0550 or go to pbs.org.

If you love ARTEFFECTS we invite you to make a gift of financial support to PBS Reno.

Remember, we are fully funded by our community.

Your support is vital.

And now let's check in with PBS Reno Director of Local Content Dave Santina.

Thank you both.

You know, the idea for ARTEFFECTS began back in late 2015, and as we developed the look for the series, we were thrilled when Beth McMillan signed on to be our host.

At the time, she had served as the executive director of Art town for 13 years now.

Today, she's held that role for 23 years.

And really, who better to host a local art series than a person who lives and breathes art in her personal and professional life?

We are so thankful to Beth for donating her time and her talents in hosting ARTEFFECTS.

We're grateful toward the people and organizations who financially support the show as well.

And if you are a PBS Reno member, thank you very much.

If you haven't donated before, well, we invite you to support ARTEFFECTS and Wild Nevada Stem Works our podcasts while Nevada and PBS, Reno Arts and all the other local productions that we provide each day.

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org Now let's take a look at the fun thank you gifts that we've put together just for you.

[Announcer] PBS Reno has proudly produced ARTEFFECTS since 2016.

Weve featured hundreds of local artists who make our community a brighter place.

Your financial support makes ARTEFFECTS possible and brings this unique storytelling to life!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org Contribute $10 a month to PBS Reno or make a one-time gift of $120 and youll receive this beautifully-curated PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set.

It includes three locally-made 4 oz.

soy candles.

The ARTEFFECTS candle features notes of patchouli and ginger saffron.

The Wild Nevada candle boasts notes of sage and juniper.

And the PBS Reno candle smells of oakmoss and amber.

This set includes a uniquely-designed box of matches created in partnership with Pantry Products, the PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set elevates your favorite space!

Increase your gift to PBS Reno to $12 a month or make a one-time contribution of $144 and receive your choice of this PBS Reno tumbler and ARTEFFECTS colored pencil set or this custom tote bag and sticker This tote bag and sticker feature a beautiful design created just for PBS Reno by local artist Braighlee who was featured on ARTEFFECTS!

Cant decide on your favorite gift?

Then choose the ARTEFFECTS bundle for $20 a month or a one-time gift of $240 youll receive everything!

The PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set, the PBS Reno tumbler and colored pencils, plus the custom tote and sticker Remember, ARTEFFECTS is made possible by viewers just like you!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org and financially support PBS Reno and ARTEFFECTS today.

Thank you!

Oh my goodness.

These are some of the gifts that you'll receive if you make a donation to PBS Reno.

And this is a candle and it's the ARTEFFECTS candle.

I'm going to give it a smell.

Oh my gosh, it smells just like ARTEFFECTS.

It sure does, I can smell it from here.

And that's just one of them.

And we have the PBS Reno candle as well.

PBS Reno smells like Oakmoss and Amber, but really a local company makes these candles and they're a perfect, perfect thank you gift for when you support PBS Reno.

Now, you may have noticed when we profile a variety of arts organizations on ARTEFFECTS, the really, really wonderful guests.

We recently highlighted the Nevada Museum of Art, and it's Charles and Stacy Matthewson, Education and Research Center.

The Nevada Museum of Art is the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada.

In fact, we're only one of two in the entire Great Basin.

We serve many audiences.

That includes our regional community, but it also includes an international community that comes and visits us on a frequent basis.

So it's a museum that has, over time, garnered quite a reputation.

[MUSIC] Our mission statement begins with we're a museum of ideas.

What's on the walls is not always the most important thing.

What's important is the conversation and the curiosity that the things on the walls spark within us.

The Charles and Stacy Matthewson Education and Research Center is the pride and joy of this museum right now, and it is the newest addition to our wonderful organization.

Over its nearly 100 year history.

[APPLAUSE] 321.

The project as a whole came to fruition because of the generosity of many significant donors in our community and in the region, and because of the vision of our CEO, David Walker, who nearly ten years ago started down a path of imagining how the next phase of this museum's life would look and how it would function.

The Charles and Stacy Matthewson Education and Research Center puts a fine point on our commitment to education, lifelong learning and access in this community.

Its primary purpose is to welcome people of all ages, and specifically younger people, school tours and other kinds of programs that come into this building and have an opportunity to see the world through a new lens.

The Charles and Stacy Matthewson Education and Research Center is a major expansion of the Nevada Museum of Art.

Our existing facility has been about 700 zero square feet in total since 2016, and now, with the addition, we exceed 120 zero zero zero square feet of new space.

And that space encompasses both new gallery spaces on the third and second floors of the building, as well as new education and research space on the second and ground floors, which is really exciting.

It's a brand new library space that's in excess of 400 zero square feet and holds 13,100 and some volumes in our book collection and special collections, as well as a new classroom for school aged kids and the museum school audience on the ground floor, the classroom, which is just tremendous.

And then this space, which is the Clarence and Martha Jones Family Foundation and Charlotte and Dick McConnell Art and Environment Education Lab, which is both a hybrid gallery space as well as an education space that will be utilized by the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College for courses starting this fall.

The research initiative of the museum, which we've had in place for a couple of decades now, now gets a formal center, a beautiful space for researchers to come from around the globe, to spend time with the archives, to spend time with the special collections here at the Nevada Museum of Art.

But it's also open to our K-12 educators and the general public.

Research is often seen as a highfalutin word, and it's only for scholars and graduate students and writers.

But we also see five year olds as researchers because research begins after it's been sparked by curiosity.

And art museums are so wonderful because you come in and it's so easy to have that spark.

We've more than doubled the square footage of our gallery space here at the museum, so we now have close to 400 zero square feet of galleries.

And what's exciting about that is that we have a very impressive permanent collection that we've been building over decades, and the permanent collection is now going to be seen by people.

And I'm really excited about that.

In fact, we're going to dedicate 50% of all the galleries going forward to the presentation of the permanent collection.

We've seen over the last five years major collections of artwork, of books, of special collections and archives that have been gifted to this museum as part of this campaign, be it 400 unique Native American baskets, Judith Lowry's collection, be it the Australian Aboriginal Art collection donated by the Seattle collectors Margaret Levy and Bob Kaplan, that has been transformative in terms of gifts that are really changing the reputation of this museum.

Beginning in 2011, this museum started conversations around an artwork proposed by a conceptual artist and experimental philosopher named Jonathan Keats, and Jonathan proposed an idea for a clock as an artwork that would tell time in both standard time, like we think of it, as well as in bristlecone pine tree time.

The clock is called Centuries of Bristlecone, and the clock was fabricated over the course of the last two and a half years by a clock maker known as a horologist named Phil Abernethy in Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

His collaborating clock maker Brittany Nicole Cox and Jason Eisman, who developed some of the technology and software that helps this clock tell bristlecone time over many years to come.

[MUSIC] The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Tree is one of Nevada's two state trees, and they are among the oldest and longest lived things on earth.

They only grow from about 9800ft of elevation to about 11,000ft of elevation, and they do so in extraordinarily difficult environments.

And if we study them more carefully and learn how they have survived in those less than ideal circumstances, we might learn how to be better stewards of the resources that we have here on earth.

The artist Jonathon Keats, was really interested in the possibilities of how bristlecone pine tree time might challenge us as viewers and as visitors to this museum, to think about time in a different scale.

[MUSIC] It's so beautiful as an object, of course, but it's such a beautiful idea for an artist like Jonathan to really engage viewers in thinking about how to live better on earth, and how to take better care of the natural resources around us.

[MUSIC] In our community.

There is a shortage of exposure to and education about the visual arts in particular, and I am so overwhelmingly excited about the opportunity to make use of this space to expand on that.

[MUSIC] I think the guiding principle of the Nevada Museum of Art has always been to break down any sense of pretense, so that anyone who comes through the doors feels welcome.

And, you know, it's their museum.

Im joined now by David Walker, of the Nevada Museum of Art.

Welcome!

ARTEFFECTS has featured many of your exhibits over the years.

Exhibits like Deep Time, Sea Dragons of Nevada and the Latimer Art Club.

What responses have you been getting from being featured on ARTEFFECTS?

Well, first of all, the museum staff, the board, our donors, and our general membership.

They're always thrilled when they see the museum being featured on ARTEFFECTS and it's really important to us to be included in the region's arts ecosystem, and that really helps reinforce it.

Wow.

Yeah.

And why does the Nevada Museum of Art choose to partner with PBS Reno for ARTEFFECTS and the PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom Workshop program?

Well, ARTEFFECTS of course, allows us to extend the content of the museum, the unique programing of the museum beyond the walls of the museum.

And so that's critically important.

And then, of course, you do such an outstanding job interpreting what we do in the museum and sharing that with a larger general audience through artifacts.

And that's something that we really appreciate.

And by the way, I hear from people all the time in the community.

We saw you last night on artifacts, but a lot of people for the first time will come to the museum because of the program.

Wow.

And we'd love to hear that.

That outreach is amazing, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah.

So what exciting yeah, yeah.

So what exciting yeah, yeah.

So what exciting things are happening at the Nevada Museum of Art right now?

We'd love to hear we have a major exhibition up.

As you know, we just completed our 500 zero square foot expansion.

It's gorgeous, which has allowed us to organize a 400 zero square foot exhibition called Into the Time Horizon.

Nearly 200 artists, regional an international featured in the exhibition, and the idea behind it is that these are artists who are really looking at ways to consider a more sustainable and resilient future.

Wow.

Well, where can people learn more about the Nevada Museum of Art?

What is the best way?

The best way to learn is to become a member.

But Nevada art.org is our website, and the programing and the offerings are changing from week to week.

So stay in touch that way.

David, thank you so much for you ongoing partnership with PBS Reno.

Support ARTEFFECTS today with a gift of financial support in any amount, call (775) 600-0550 or go to pbs.org if you would like a thank you gift that celebrates your love for local art, check these out.

[Announcer] PBS Reno has proudly produced ARTEFFECTS since 2016.

Weve featured hundreds of local artists who make our community a brighter place.

Your financial support makes ARTEFFECTS possible and brings this unique storytelling to life!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org Contribute $10 a month to PBS Reno or make a one-time gift of $120 and youll receive this beautifully-curated PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set.

It includes three locally-made 4 oz.

soy candles.

The ARTEFFECTS candle features notes of patchouli and ginger saffron.

The Wild Nevada candle boasts notes of sage and juniper.

And the PBS Reno candle smells of oakmoss and amber.

This set includes a uniquely-designed box of matches created in partnership with Pantry Products, the PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set elevates your favorite space!

Increase your gift to PBS Reno to $12 a month or make a one-time contribution of $144 and receive your choice of this PBS Reno tumbler and ARTEFFECTS colored pencil set or this custom tote bag and sticker This tote bag and sticker feature a beautiful design created just for PBS Reno by local artist Braighlee who was featured on ARTEFFECTS!

Cant decide on your favorite gift?

Then choose the ARTEFFECTS bundle for $20 a month or a one-time gift of $240 youll receive everything!

The PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set, the PBS Reno tumbler and colored pencils, plus the custom tote and sticker Remember, ARTEFFECTS is made possible by viewers just like you!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org and financially support PBS Reno and ARTEFFECTS today.

Thank you!

PBS Reno is your community owned public television station that broadcasts three separate channels.

Our main channel on 5.1 Reno Create on 5.2 and PBS kids on 5.3.

Now, we're not affiliated with any government agency or community college or university, and most people are surprised when they learn what we accomplish behind the scenes.

Here we have a fully staffed education department that works with more than 50 facilitators throughout the school year, and together we deliver nearly 7000 curiosity classroom workshops to more than 128,000 students, and that's across nine school districts in our viewing area.

Curiosity classroom workshops include a story, a video, and an activity, and they're all designed cohesively to deliver a lesson to a child in fun and memorable ways.

Students also receive free books from PBS Reno.

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You'll become part of something that's very special when you choose to support our mission to entertain your curiosity.

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The kids are always super excited.

Every single time a PBS lesson gets to come to see us.

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Okay, this next ARTEFFECTS stor produced seven years ago.

But I love every time we get to watch it.

Producing this story gave me a chance to spend time in my hometown of Carson City and visit the Brewery Arts Center, where my theater career started and ended before I moved to Reno.

Now, you may know, in the summertime, every Saturday night is a full blown party at the Brewery Arts Center.

Thanks to the successful Levitt AMP concert series, which continues to grow in popularity every year.

[MUSIC] The Brewery Arts Center is a multicultural and multifaceted facility in Carson City.

It's one of the oldest buildings in Nevada.

It was a brewery.

It became a publishing house.

And then about 1975, it was up for sale, and a group of motivated artists came together and said, hey, we need to buy this building and we need to build a place for the arts in Carson City.

And that's exactly what they did.

And the Brewery Arts Center was born.

I grew up doing shows at the Brewery Arts Center, Dancing in Oklahoma or whatever show was on.

That's what I was dancing in.

I felt like there was nothing really for the whole family to do together, and there was nothing for teenagers to do too.

There was.

That was always the complaint.

Going to Carson High School.

There's nothing to do on the weekends.

There's nothing to do on the weekends.

But now there is.

This is the third year of the Levitt AMP Carson City music series.

The Mortimer Mimi Levitt Foundation is a national foundation dedicated to building community through music.

15 communities are granted a $25,000 matching grant each year to present their very own Levitt AMP music series, and the series consists of ten concerts, all of which are free.

All are family friendly, high quality and all take place outdoors to revitalize public spaces and bring people together.

I live right up the street, you know, and when you walk down here or you drive down here and you see 2 or 3000 people out listening to music, enjoying the day, enjoying the night.

That's what makes life better for people.

I enjoyed the music.

It's always extremely well done.

It's very diverse and all very listenable.

I, I do enjoy it.

I think honestly, music, no matter what you listen to, it could be jazz, it could be soul, it could be blues.

I think it really just brings everybody kind of together.

It's a really big melting pot.

I think it's really neat.

A lot of our bands are nationally touring bands, but then they have a local opener.

I Can Do No Wrong.

But when I'm down, down on the ground, the whole world spin around.

So you give local artists an opportunity to perform on a stage for thousands of people.

[MUSIC] Pick me up, make me fall.

It's always fun to curate the lineup because you want to bring different genres and have a little bit of something for everybody.

We know not everybody's going to like everything we bring in, and that's good.

That's acceptable.

I learned a great term at the Levitt conference this year, and it was, you want to bring the people what they want, but they've also got to eat their musical vegetables.

So I love that term because it kind of is always in my head when I'm saying, okay, is this something new?

Are they going to learn something, be exposed to something new by this band?

[music] SambaDá is a Brazilian band and they speak Portuguese and English with their songs and their music.

And Salvador had the entire crowd on their feet.

It was really one of the most amazing concerts I've ever been to, ever.

The lead singer was fantastic and then just supported by all these fantastic musicians and dancers.

They brought the whole Brazilian carnival flair to Carson City.

It really was just truly special.

Every little kiss from You Just Drive Me Wild.

I'm Aileen Quinn and I'm known for the 1982 film Annie with Carol Burnett and Albert Finney, and directed by John Huston, also did the Broadway show, as well as 25 years or 30 in musical theater.

And now I'm the lead singer and songwriter of Aileen Quinn and the Leapin Lizards, rockabilly, swing and blues band Down in My Heart.

I can't explain it.

What's great about the actual touring is that you really do get to spread the arts and the craft to the entire United States, and that's really important because that's the kind of things that inspire people and inspire towns, and it keeps the towns thriving, and it gives other people goals and maybe things that they want to do.

I think it's really important.

Yes, to travel, you have to you have to become a road warrior.

Since year one, the Brewery Arts Center has done a really great job in creating this sense of community and the sense of place at each concert.

You know, there's a bounce house for the kids.

There's a community mural wall where people can participate week after week.

There's a Harmony sculpture park that was installed last year.

So all of this really creates a great sense of community and, and overall just really welcoming environment.

It has truly transformed our community.

You see neighbors getting to know one another and breaking bread together as they eat before the concert and dancing together.

And what we do, I think as patrons of the arts and people who put arts in the forefront of the community is we bring community together, and that's really vital to the health and well-being of any organization, because you're less likely to be angry or to be mad at your neighbor if you dance with them.

That Saturday night in the middle of the street.

And it's really been transformative, I think, to everything that we do here as a community.

Go.

My favorite part is to sit back at every concert and kind of watch the crowd and watch the interaction that's happening.

To have this happen in my hometown and to to know that so many people are enjoying it and so many people want to be here and want to be in Carson City is exactly what I set out to do with the series, and what we all, as an organization set out to do with our vision.

And the Brewery Arts Center has grown.

It has evolved.

It had great beginnings with that group of artists who started it 42 years ago.

And I like to think that it's becoming what they wanted to see.

Way back in 1975.

All right.

I'm joined now by Spike McGuire, executive directo of the Brewery Arts Center.

Spike, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me.

It's a real honor to be on the program.

Wonderful.

So since that segment has first aired and we usually are about once a year, what kind of responses have you?

Have you and your team seen from Art center, from the public?

The response has been incredible.

When it first aired, that was before my time there, but I've certainly heard my predecessor say what a big boost to the series it was.

That was our third year of doing it, and now we actually we get to share an anniversary because this is our 10th anniversary of the Levitt concerts as well.

Wow.

And this was a major catalyst in really making it a success, which in turn really raised the profile of our art center.

It's I want to encourage everyone to come down, especially because watching that great video, we have changed and expanded and added so much art.

And I looking back at the numbers in those days, you know, we were getting maybe 500 or 600 people every week.

Now we're getting at least 2000 people out there every week.

And it's absolutely free to the public, you know, and it's just it was a really fun moment for me, watching back over that and just seeing how much we've grown.

Wow, that's so nice.

What a nice thing for Carson City to look forward to every Saturday night in the summertime.

Absolutely wonderful.

So 2026, would you like to talk about this year's Levitt AMP series?

What you have?

Absolutely, yeah.

Like I said, it's the 10th anniversary for us, which conveniently coincides with our 50th anniversary as an art center.

So ever since I started, people will come in and say, I want this band back.

I want that band back.

And I've been taking mental note of that.

And so for our 10th anniversary season, that's exactly what we're doing is we're bringing back so many fan favorites from over the years.

And I think people are going to be really excited with everything we have to offer.

We're kicking off June 20th with Igor and Red Elvises, which is one of the most fun live bands you could ever hope to see.

Young Dubliners is a hugely requested band to bring back, so they're coming for our Celtic night.

Indigenous is our blues act, just one of the most incredible living blues guitar players today, so we're very excited for that.

Featuring some great local and regional talent, Dakota Waltz is our country show this year.

He is our only not returning act.

He is a younger kid from the Gardnerville area and he's just making huge waves.

So even while we're looking back and celebrating all the things we've had, we do still want to celebrate the rising stars of our community.

And I'm really excited for this.

The very first band to ever play the Levitt AMP Carson City music series was Mumbo Gumbo, and in a beautiful full circle moment, they are going to be the closing concert of our ten year anniversary season.

How smart.

What a good strategy.

Yeah, well, thank you very much.

The public, I'm sure, will absolutely love it.

Do you have any hot tips for people when they go to the the series, what they can do to prepare or be ready to best enjoy it?

Yeah.

You know, it is a choose your own adventure.

You can come as prepared as you want.

There is a couple I love to see every week they sit right up front and they build this beautiful charcuterie board.

Like not just your typical picnic in a park, like a full on charcuterie setup.

And but you can also come with nothing at all because we have a variety of food trucks that come out.

Of course, we have the bar and we have a lot of dessert options and we have a kids zone.

So there's really something for everyone and a lot of great things to check out.

So if you come down around 6:00, all the food trucks are open and ready to serve.

And I do recommend coming a little on the early end because, you know, starting about noon, we'll see people setting up their chairs and claiming their spots in the parking lot.

And then their opening act starts at seven and the headliners are at eight.

Perfect.

And one last thing, where can people learn more about Brewery Arts Center?

Oh, your one stop shop for all things brewery arts, including becoming a member is Brewery arts.org.

Yes, support arts no matter what is very important.

All right.

Thank you so much for joining us today and for supporting PBS Reno.

We really appreciate it.

Thank you for having me.

And thank you for supporting our organization.

It truly makes all the difference in the world to have somebody like you out there shining a spotlight on all the great things in our community.

Thank you.

Definitely a team effort.

Support PBS Reno today with a gift of financial support in any amount.

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A thank you gift that celebrates your love for local art, we've got some great options.

[Announcer] PBS Reno has proudly produced ARTEFFECTS since 2016.

Weve featured hundreds of local artists who make our community a brighter place.

Your financial support makes ARTEFFECTS possible and brings this unique storytelling to life!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org Contribute $10 a month to PBS Reno or make a one-time gift of $120 and youll receive this beautifully-curated PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set.

It includes three locally-made 4 oz.

soy candles.

The ARTEFFECTS candle features notes of patchouli and ginger saffron.

The Wild Nevada candle boasts notes of sage and juniper.

And the PBS Reno candle smells of oakmoss and amber.

This set includes a uniquely-designed box of matches created in partnership with Pantry Products, the PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set elevates your favorite space!

Increase your gift to PBS Reno to $12 a month or make a one-time contribution of $144 and receive your choice of this PBS Reno tumbler and ARTEFFECTS colored pencil set or this custom tote bag and sticker This tote bag and sticker feature a beautiful design created just for PBS Reno by local artist Braighlee who was featured on ARTEFFECTS!

Cant decide on your favorite gift?

Then choose the ARTEFFECTS bundle for $20 a month or a one-time gift of $240 youll receive everything!

The PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set, the PBS Reno tumbler and colored pencils, plus the custom tote and sticker Remember, ARTEFFECTS is made possible by viewers just like you!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org and financially support PBS Reno and ARTEFFECTS today.

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That is beautiful.

I have to admit, it did not disappoint.

[MUSIC] Find something that you love and go after it.

[MUSIC] Our happiest times have been way out in the middle of nowhere with nobody else around.

Learning is constant.

You can always learn new things.

We are so lucky to have the ability to produce artifacts.

It's really an honor to spend time with each artist and craft a story from start to finish.

We knew we don't produce this series for any recognition, but quite often the series is recognized with great awards.

To date, artifacts has earned 27 communicator Awards and nine Telly Awards.

This makes us so proud and encourages us to keep the series very strong.

That's right, our stories aim to reveal the effect of the art.

In fact, that's where the show's name artifacts came from.

Now, in this next segment, we highlight the effect music has on some of our most vulnerable residents in Northern Nevada.

[music] The Elder Care Concert Series is a program here at Sierra Arts Foundation and professional musicians go into elder care facilities at least once a month and provide the residents with live music not only for the residents, but the staff of those facilities.

The concerts are held at different facilities in the Reno Sparks and Carson City area.

They range from facilities that require minimal assistance to some more assistance for those with such as memory care and stuff like that.

So there's a broad range of residents that we serve.

The program originally started with an idea from Susan Maser and Dallas Smith.

They are very talented local musicians themselves, and what they did is they approached Sierra Arts a little over 17 years ago and had this idea of how they could hire the local talent, the musicians, and go into the different facilities and play live music for the residents.

[MUSIC] We wanted to try to figure out how we could set up a program for local musicians to perform for an underserved community.

The elders in assisted living and nursing home facilities around the Reno Tahoe area.

The value of music to an older listener who otherwise may not be engaged in the life they had, such as people who are living in assisted living, is that they reclaim what they like.

[MUSIC] So when they hear something that is familiar and they start singing or something that reminds them of a song that they loved, that's the kind of engagement that can only happen through music.

Very comforting.

It was the power of of being fully present for them and their engagement that made us realize that if we could put live music into, into the facilities where the elderly are confined, where they're no longer on a day to day basis, engaged with the community, that it could change the culture of the facility so that they're not so isolated.

With our particular senior population here in northern Nevada, especially in the Reno-sparks area, what we're seeing is this massive growth of assisted living places, and we have individuals that are that are living there.

And once it seems like once they go there, they don't participate as much in the community and they're somewhat isolated.

And it's programs like this that can really go in and break up that isolation for them.

And we really feel that, you know, we have that role and responsibility as a community to, you know, bring that life back into those areas.

And, you know, and, and appreciate our elders basically with that.

And this is one way that we can do it is, is sharing the talent of our wonderful musicians with.

I see some smiles out there when the musicians come in and they come in often enough to create a pattern.

It means that we break through that isolation because the musician coming in represents the entire community.

Acknowledging that they are there.

They're worth this.

We care about them.

It's a very big deal.

It's important for people to to be aware that there is such a program like the Elder Care concert series, that, you know, that these are these talented musicians that go into these assisted living places and perform live music for individuals that someday could be us.

I mean, we're all headed down this path.

Many of us are going to be there probably.

We have aunts and uncles and moms and dads or even grandparents that are living in those places right now.

So, you know, it's it's important to know that, you know, the arts are thriving and it's nice for them to be thriving in these, these places as well, so that everybody, you know, reaps the benefits.

[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] Well, I'm joined now by Tia Flores, deputy director of the Sierra Arts Foundation, and Tracey Oliver, the executive director of Sierra Arts Foundation.

Welcome and thank you both for coming.

Thank you for having us.

I appreciate you being here.

We've worked with you and the team at Sierra Arts for many ARTEFFECTS stories, kind of like the one we just watched.

And so I'm wondering if being featured on the program has elevated your organization in any way.

Absolutely.

I think that, you know, we have a shared commitment and a shared responsibility to show the talent within, within our community.

And there's a lot and there is a lot of like ARTEFFECTS.

We really rely on the talent within our community to make us function and make us grow.

And, you know, it's wonderful working with PBS, especially with ARTEFFECTS to highlight that multitude of talent that we have within our community.

And it's not limited to just the visual arts, but the performing arts, the literary arts.

And, you know, we appreciate and really value the partnership that we have.

We do too.

And so I'm wondering about you mentioned something that I'm curious about.

What do you think that ARTEFFECTS and arts have in common?

Well, we are mission driven and that mission is to provide arts and culture, education and a shared human experience with our community.

We are at the behest of our community because we are mission driven.

We are invested.

Both of us are invested in the sucess of our community.

we both are very cognizant of accessibility.

We come to them regardless of your place in the world, physically, rural, downtown, it doesn't matter.

We bring the art and the culture and the storytelling to you.

- Thats another thing we have in common is different ways of reaching out to the community, right?

We've got ARTEFFECTS.

We also have our podcasts, PBS Reno Arts, we also have Art Views, the column on our website, pbsreno.org and I see that we're both kind of reaching wherever we can to share the beauty and the art history that exists in this community.

So what exciting things are happening right now over at Sierra Arts?

- Well, we have a lot of things happening, we have our ongoing programing where we work in the schools, we have professional development for teachers, for arts integration, which we absolutely love, working with the teachers and sharing a shared mission with them, as well as like the episode we just saw having musicians, local musicians go into assisted and senior living facilities to share that joy of music.

And just having that time together amongst everything else, including our galleries, our different facilities.

Yeah.

Just tons.

We have a monthly show, Riverside Gallery, Depot Gallery, we have a studio workspace where you can go visit your local artists.

There is something for everyone.

And again, we are both driven by the investment of our community through membership, through grant writing, through fundraising.

So thank you so much.

Thank you for having us here.

Our pleasure.

And thank you for for being in this community.

You do so much.

You know, we it's been many years, but we did a documentary a long time ago about the Riverside building.

Yes.

And Sierra Arts moving in and taking over.

it's been, I want to say 24, 20, it's been, I want to say 24, 20, 22 years or something like that.

And, you know, watching how its grown and I appreciate what you guys pull off.

- Well it was 25 years and you had me here to talk about it.

Wow.

I remember that.

Sure I do, yeah.

So where can people learn more about Sierra Arts?

Well, Sierra's dot org for sure.

The website.

And again, become a member.

You'll you'll get all the news.

Beautiful.

Tia and Tracy, thank you both so much for supporting PBS Reno.

Now we ask you to support ARTEFFECTS today with a gift of financial support in any amount.

You do that by calling (775) 600-0550 or going to PBS reno.org.

And if you'd like something fun that celebrates your love for local art and PBS Reno, we'll check out these thank you gifts.

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Your financial support makes ARTEFFECTS possible and brings this unique storytelling to life!

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Thank you!

You know, Rebecca, it's always so fun to revisit an artifact segment that was produced a few years ago and notice all the things that have changed.

That's right.

I love that part too.

Beth.

In 2023, we produced a story about Reno Painted Rocks.

At the time, this Facebook group had around 5000 members or so, and today the group has more than 7000 members.

Its message of kindness continues to grow.

(music) Imagine if you're walking down the street or in a park, and you all of a sudden come across this brightly colored little rock on the ground, and you bend down to pick it up, and you see that it's got an encouraging little quote on it.

And maybe you were having a bad day, and that made you pause and smile, and it made your day a little bit better.

That's what this is all about.

Just random acts of kindness.

I started reading Painted Rocks on Facebook after seeing a similar group based up in Whidbey Island, Washington, and I thought it was just a really cool idea to spread kindness one stone at a time.

Reno Painted Rocks is a community group that spreads kindness by putting painted rocks with encouraging messages or cute little pictures or cartoons out in the community just to brighten the day of a stranger that might find it.

Typically, what I do is choose the stone that I want to paint on.

I look for a shape or something that would inspire me.

It's washed, and then I'll decide to design an inspirational quote or a scene.

You can use dotting tools and dot.

You can use paint pens that.

You can also write messages with acrylic paints, watercolors, pencil, pen, and ink.

Once your rock is dry, you want to seal it so that it can survive outside.

If you put it outside and it rains.

So we usually use UV or waterproof spray sealers.

Some of us use an art resin.

It takes a little bit longer to dry, but it's very shiny and nice and hard, so it protects the design.

I like to hide in karma boxes or little libraries.

I hide them all over.

I hide them in my neighborhood.

If I go for a walk, I like to put them at the base of our mailbox.

I walk here to Rancho San Rafael on my lunch hour and just walk the trails.

And there's a tree not over on one of the walking paths that I really like to leave rocks in, because it's right at eye level, and it's a nice knot that will hold lots of different sizes of rocks.

On the backs of the rocks.

It kind of depends on the real estate you have.

If the you know, the size of the rock, if it's small, you're not going to have a lot of space.

But I like to write keeper Rehide you decide so that people know that they can keep it, they can rehide it, they can leave it there because sometimes people think they can't take it because it's this little piece of art.

And then I'll put post a picture and join the fun on Facebook, and then put Reno painted rocks and the hashtag if it'll fit.

So it kind of gives people a clue.

If they don't understand from what's written on the rock, they can go to the group and kind of see what it's all about.

Reno Painted Rocks sometimes will show up on like Instagram, but for the most part it's on Facebook because of the group feature where we can have that community group and interact and comment and post lots of pictures to try to keep our members painting within our guidelines.

We prefer that you source your rocks ethically by purchasing them.

You can get like a bag of river rock or go to the local landscaping company.

A lot of times they'll sell them to you in a five gallon bucket.

We do prefer that people don't glue things to rocks because it could harm wildlife.

When you're hiding the rocks, we want to make sure that they're not in any kind of national park or protected lands, not in grass, so it won't damage a lawnmower.

And the biggest guideline we have is to be kind.

The kindness.

I didn't feel that when I first started painting the rocks at all.

You know, it's just painting rocks.

But when you do give either as a gift or you hide, it's really amazing.

It's really heartwarming that people appreciate a rock that you've painted and taken time for them.

They love it.

I'm painting rocks with my grandma.

[MUSIC] I hope that when people find my rocks, that they feel excited and they keep them, and it's like a gift.

It's very humbling to see that there are so many amazing humans that want to share the same message.

I started doing it because I liked the idea of the random act of kindness.

In the process, I've learned that this is kind of like my go to self-care now.

Like if I've had a rough day at work or a rough week at work, I make time that night or over the weekend to paint, and it's kind of like a reset button.

So I think there's something about the act of putting kindness out there without the expectation of anything in return.

And It's useful for me.

We often say that the rock finds its person, and I believe that when you're having a rough day, the rock appears.

You're looking for that little bit of hope.

And there it.

Well, that Reno painted rock segment is one of 169 ARTEFFECTS segments that aired on other PBS stations around the country.

This is a wonderful superpower, if you will, of this show.

We highlight local artists and we spread the word about their craft.

And then the segments air on other PBS stations around the nation, giving countless viewers a glimpse into what makes Northern Nevada a special place.

Your financial support plays a key role in making ARTEFFECTS a reality, and we cannot produce the series without your financial support.

Remember, PBS Reno is fully funded by contributions from our community.

We've been operating this way since October of 2025, when we lost $1.3 million in federal funding.

You helped us to survive that impact.

And now?

Now we invite you to keep our services strong.

By doing that, you call (775) 600-0550, or you go to pbsreno.org and support ARTEFFEC and PBS Reno today.

Now let's check out those fun thank you gifts one last time.

[Announcer] PBS Reno has proudly produced ARTEFFECTS since 2016.

Weve featured hundreds of local artists who make our community a brighter place.

Your financial support makes ARTEFFECTS possible and brings this unique storytelling to life!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org Contribute $10 a month to PBS Reno or make a one-time gift of $120 and youll receive this beautifully-curated PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set.

It includes three locally-made 4 oz.

soy candles.

The ARTEFFECTS candle features notes of patchouli and ginger saffron.

The Wild Nevada candle boasts notes of sage and juniper.

And the PBS Reno candle smells of oakmoss and amber.

This set includes a uniquely-designed box of matches created in partnership with Pantry Products, the PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set elevates your favorite space!

Increase your gift to PBS Reno to $12 a month or make a one-time contribution of $144 and receive your choice of this PBS Reno tumbler and ARTEFFECTS colored pencil set or this custom tote bag and sticker This tote bag and sticker feature a beautiful design created just for PBS Reno by local artist Braighlee who was featured on ARTEFFECTS!

Cant decide on your favorite gift?

Then choose the ARTEFFECTS bundle for $20 a month or a one-time gift of $240 youll receive everything!

The PBS Reno Local Production Candle Set, the PBS Reno tumbler and colored pencils, plus the custom tote and sticker Remember, ARTEFFECTS is made possible by viewers just like you!

Call 775.600.0550 or go to pbsreno.org and financially support PBS Reno and ARTEFFECTS today.

Thank you!

During the past hour, we watched four locally produced stories.

Now there are 255 more local segments for you to watch.

So if you're a bit behind on ARTEFFECTS, we've got you covered.

As I like to say, at the end of every ARTEFFECTS episode, make sure you subscribe to the PBS Reno YouTube channel.

There, we post stories of local artists featured on ARTEFFECTS and every single episode can be streamed anytime pbsreno.org/arteffects.

Beth, thank you so much for joining us in the studio today and for being the host of this wonderful series.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

I love working with everybody at PBS Reno, and especially you.

You're always so kind in the studio, and it's just so wonderful to see how the arts in our community has really showcased through this incredible program.

So thank you to you, all the funders of PBS Reno and all the whole team here in this brilliant place.

Thank you, thank you.

Feeling is very mutual.

Thank you so much as well.

Before we go, we'd also like to thank our production volunteers.

That's Evie, Daryl, Martin, Mary, Carol, Kaylee and Kevin.

They all joined us in the studio today.

Now there is still time to financially support artifacts.

Call (775) 600-0550 or go to pbsreno.org.

Thank you for your support.