Hands/ON! on Second Saturday – **BARRIO BLOCK PARTY
Saturday, June 8 / 10 am – 4 pm
Join the Museum for a blow-out Summer kick-off block party as we celebrate the exhibition Voces y Visiones!
Enjoy a free day at the Museum with hands-on art projects, face-painting and live performances – including Voces artist Miguel Luciano’s “Pimp My Piragua” (pictured above). Food trucks, musicians and craft vendors will be on-site, along with Tumblebus and climbing wall!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, June 7 / noon
ART BITE Miguel Luciano on Pimp my Piragua and Contemporary Latin American Art
Miguel Luciano’s bicycle-based work Pimp My Piragua activates public spaces on a neighborhood scale. Hear from Luciano about the contexts for which this work has been created. Then come back on Saturday, June 8 for BARRIO BLOCK PARTY and see it in action. $10 / Free for Museum Members
Friday, June 14 / noon
ART BITE Dr. Martha Hildreth on 1880s France
The final decades of the nineteenth century hummed with social, cultural, economic, and political changes that had profound impacts on the work of artists such as Vincent Van Gogh. Find out how and why with this presentation by UNR historian Martha Hildreth. $10 / Free for Museum Members
Friday, June 21 / noon
ART BITE Dr. Brett Van Hoesen on the Art History of Art Historical Mysteries
Art world mysteries and intrigues have their own chapter in the history of art. Find out more about this unique take on the history of art from Dr. Brett Van Hoesen. $10 / Free for Museum Members
Thursday, June 27 / 6 pm
Dance Cinema with Artist Collaboration Marion Walker
In partnership with the Holland Project, the Museum presents an evening of dance cinema curated by Marion Walker (Jessie Marion Smith & Kyle Walker Akins, Co-Directors). This special program will feature professional dance films from around the world in addition to dance films made locally during Marion Walker’s dance film workshop held this June at The Holland Project. For more info, visit: http://marionwalker.org/shows. $5 all.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS
First Thursday with Strange on the Range
June 6 / 5 to 7 pm
Grab a drink, groove to the live music, and check out the galleries. Sponsorship by Barrick Gold of North America and hosted by The X 100.1 FM Radio and Great Basin Brewing Company. Wine bar sponsored by Whispering Vine Wine Company and bottled water donated by Sam’s Club. Bring the kids for Kids Open Art Studio, available from 5 – 7 pm for $4 per child. First Thursday is free for Museum members or non-members with paid regular admission.
Art Afternoon: Workshop & Social for Seniors
Friday, June 14 / 1 to 3 pm
Expand your interests with a docent-guided tour and studio art class. Light refreshments. No art background necessary.
Cost for a session: $7 / $6 Museum members. Sponsored in part by the Leonette Foundation.
Sunday Music Brunch with Kenn Pettiford
June 16 / 11 am – 1 pm
Enjoy brunch presented by Composition accompanied by live acoustical music. Menu features Eggs Benedict, fresh fruit Mimosas and an omelet station. Doors open at 10 am. A la carte menu from $3. Museum members receive 10% savings.
Presented in partnership with KUNR Radio. Sponsored by the attorneys at Holland & Hart.
**SAVE THE DATE**
Modernist Maverick: The Architecture of William L. Pereira
July 27 – October 13, 2013
Toulouse-Lautrec & La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910
November 2, 2013 – January 19, 2014
