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The Arts
Soaring Way & Truckee Airport Road
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‘’Martis Sculpture’’ was created by Anton Standteiner of e Mountain Forge and commissioned by the Town of Truckee. e ow and style of the sculpture honors the Native American people who once inhabited Martis Valley. It stands in front of the Martis Outlook professional building.
8924 Donner Pass Road e mural “Community As Ecosystem” celebrates all who came together to help fund Truckee’s Aquatic Center and is located inside the Truckee Community Swimming Pool building.
Photographers stream their art
Olof and Elizabeth Carmel, owners of Carmel Gallery in Truckee, have launched a new art subscription channel, called NatureStream.TV, which features streaming art displays and ambient nature fi lms.
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NatureStream.TV apps provide instant access to fi ne art photographs and ambient nature fi lms on TVs, mobile devices and computers. NatureStream.TV apps are available for all streaming devices, including Roku, Apple TV, iOS, Amazon fi re, Android and Website platforms. By making their nature photographs and fi lms accessible via ubiquitous TV and tablet screens, the Carmels hope to expand the use of TVs and mobile devices as art displays and tools for relaxation and stress reduction.
The Carmels have owned and operated Carmel Gallery in Truckee since 2006, where they sell their limited edition photographic prints. | thecarmelgallery.com
8924 Donner Pass Road
‘’ e Feather,” also part of the Truckee Artistic Bike Rack Project, was designed by Lauren Bello Okerman and is made of powder-coated steel. e art serves as a bike rack in front of the Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District.
Glenshire
Heart Stump sculpture
Glenshire Drive is red wooden sculpture on Glenshire Drive was created out of a tree stump. e sculpture is harder to see than the wooden heart sculpture on Highway 267 near Northstar that as featured in Part I of the series. You can spot it on the left-hand side of Glenshire Drive as you are heading westbound into Truckee. It’s carved on a hillside. Look for it after completing the curve in the road.
Donner Lake
Donner Memorial State Park e more than 100-year-old “Pioneer Monument” was dedicated on June 6, 1918, and was erected in honor of all who made the di cult trek across the western plains and mountains to reach California during the 1840s. It was placed near the site of the cabins that gave shelter to the Donner Party.
West End Beach
‘’El Dragon’’ is another project of the Truckee Artistic Bike Rack Project. It came to life with the help of Mountain Forge and is based on the design of then second graders Hope Smith and Florian Standteiner. It is meant to honor the Chinese who worked on the railroad in Truckee.
Use our Public Art map to create your own art tour at TheTahoeWeekly.com
Petroglyphs Old Highway 40
On Donner Summit, you can see ancient petroglyphs that were carved into stone by Native Americans. e petroglyphs are marked with a historic sign on the side of Old Highway 40 (Donner Pass Road).
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TOP TO BOTTOM: “Big Bike” metal sculpture in downtown Truckee; Yon mural on West River Street; “Truckee Ants” in the Alder Drive/Prosser Dam Road roundabout; Truckee, Calif., mural on a brick wall in Brickelltown.
Donner Summit
19865 Boreal Ridge Road
One of the region’s statues commemorating Snowshoe ompson, the legendary mail carrier who crossed the Sierra 180 miles roundtrip on skis to carry the mail from Genoa, Nev., to Placerville from 1856 to 1876, is located outside the Western Ski Sports Museum next to Boreal Mountain resort. Another is located in the Village at Squaw Valley.
the arts
Anna Bunnell artist’s talk
Zoom | Incline Village | Oct. 28
Anna Bunnell, BFA 2019, was the recipient of the 2019 Perspective on Design award. 5:30 p.m. | (775) 831-1314, sierranevada.edu
Call for Artist Submissions
Glass Garage Collective Stateline | Oct. 28-March 6
The “We Are All Guests Here” project asks all participants to submit art on the theme: People + Place. 1 p.m. | glassgaragecollective.com
Call for artists and makers
North Tahoe Arts Tahoe City | Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Accepting applications for the annual Holly Arts Show, Nov. 5 to Jan. 7, 2021. | (530) 581-2787, northtahoearts.com
Rasjad Hopkins art exhibit Scott Forrest Fine Art Studio South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 28-31
Rasjad Hopkins who has been infl uencing the creative market for decades. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | (310) 213-3333, facebook.com
Evening of Poetry
Kings Beach Library | Nov. 4
Bring original poetry, favorite poems or just listen. First Wednesday of each month. 6-7 p.m. | (530) 546-2021, placer.ca.gov
Tahoe Art League Meeting
Senior Center South Lake Tahoe | 2nd Tuesday
Meetings are free and open to the public. 6-8 p.m. | (530) 544-2313, business. tahoechamber.org
