SPECIAL EVENTS
Teen Art Night
Friday, April 24 / 7 – 10 pm
The ultimate art night designed just for teens. Live music, free art projects, photo booth and more. Presented in partnership with The Holland Project and the Museum Youth Arts Initiative. All tickets $5.
Museum Store Members-Only Sale: Double Discount Days
April 17 – 19
Museum members receive 20% off all regularly priced merchandise.
BRDI TALK
Black Rock Design Institute Presents: Florian Maurer
Thursday, April 23 / 6pm
5 pm / Networking hour with beer provided by Silver Peak Brewery
This British Columbia-based architect has spent his career designing modest, modern work, constrained by space yet always with an embrace of the outdoors.
$12 / $8 Museum Members
ART BITES
These half-hour dialogues invite guests to experience an informal and intimate introduction to works in the galleries. Funded in part by Nevada Humanities and the Nevada Arts Council. $10 / FREE Museum members.
Darrell Lockhart on Jewish Argentina
Friday, April 3 / noon
A scholar of the Jewish diaspora in Latin America creates a context for understanding artist Tamara Kostianovksy’s installation After Goya.
Erika Harrsch on The Monarch Paradigm and United States of North America
Friday, April 17 / noon
Harrsch discusses the intersections between art and public engagement.
FILMS
Film programs at the Nevada Museum of Art are generously supported by the Mary Bremer Foundation. Media sponsorship by Reno News & Review $7 / $5 Museum members.
Women in the Dirt
Sunday, April 12 / 3 pm
Learn about seven groundbreaking landscape architects: Mia Lerher, Andrea Cochran, Cheryl Barton, Isabelle Greene, Katherine Spitz, Pamela Palmer, and Lauren Melendrez.
Rural Route Film Festival
Thursday, April 16 / 6 pm
Celebrate the unique qualities of the rural with eleven short films highlighting people and places beyond the bustling city.
Additional media support by KUNR.
OPENING/NEW EXHIBITIONS
Erika Harrsch: The Monarch Paradigm – Migration as Metaphor
April 18 – July 26
Inspired by the annual North American migration of Monarch butterflies, this Mexican-born artist creates an installation using thousands of printed paper butterflies, conveying a reminder of the fragility of life and the power of nature.
Smudge Studio
April 11 – July 26
In fall 2012, smudge studio (Elizabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse) spent twelve days driving the routes along which nuclear waste is moved in the American West from sites of waste generation to disposal stations. This research-based art project includes extensive photography and performance-based art by Ellsworth and Kruse along the journey.
Sponsorship provided by The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust.
Robert Adams: A Road Through Shore Pine
through July 26
This respected landscape photographer traces a contemplative journey through 18 images made in Nehalem Bay State Park, Oregon, in the fall of 2013.
Taxonomy of a Landscape: Victoria Sambunaris
through May 3
Capturing the expansive American landscape and its natural and fabricated adaptations, these images are hauntingly beautiful in their documentation of America’s changing terrain.
No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting
through May 3
This major exhibition presents the work of nine contemporary Aboriginal Australian artists who were inspired by their ancient cultural traditions to forge one of the most dynamic painting movements of recent times. Drawn from the collection of Miami-based collectors Debra and Dennis Scholl.
Lead Sponsorship by Nancy and Martin Cohen.
Supporting Sponsorship by Bally Technologies, John H.O. La Gatta, Stremmel Gallery, and Whittier Trust Company of Nevada
Betsabeé Romero: En Tránsito
through July 26
One of the most revered Mexican artists of her generation, Romero combines indigenous and folkloric designs with non-traditional art-making materials to create installations inspired by literature and diverse cultures.
Sponsored by the Volunteers in Art Council of the Nevada Museum of Art.
Mothers — The Art of Seeing: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
through May 3
Known for pushing the technical aspects of fiber arts with new materials such as plastic, barbed wire, and stainless steel wire, Underwood creates stylistically distinct artworks inspired by land, politics, and the spirit in equal measures. Part of the
After Goya: Tamara Kostianovsky
through July 26
Responding to the tradition of still-life painting, Kostianovsky creates a three-dimensional sculptural representation of the butcher shop depicted in Francisco de Goya’s 1808 painting Bodegón con costillas y cabeza de cordero. The sculpture, made of recycled clothing, creates a dialogue about issues related to food, bounty, and excess.
The 1° Project: Larry Mitchell
through July 26
For more than twenty years Australian painter Larry Mitchell has sailed to and painted the effects of globalization and climate change on the islands in the Indian Ocean. He calls this collection of work the 1ºC Project, referring to the one-degree centigrade increase in ocean temperatures that is causing so many of the changes Mitchell is witnessing.
Sponsorship provided by John Ben Snow Memorial Trust.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS
First Thursday with Mark Mackay Band
Thursday, April 2 / 5 – 7 pm
Grab a drink, groove to 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 Total Wine. Entry included with regular admission price, $10 / $8 seniors or students. FREE for Museum members.
Art Afternoon: Workshop & Social for Seniors
Friday, April 10 / 1 – 3 pm
Seniors (60+) will enjoy a guided tour, a related hands-on art project and light refreshments. No art experience necessary. $7 / $6 Museum members.
Sponsored in part by the Leonette Foundation
Hands ON! Second Saturday – Lots of Landscapes
Saturday, April 11 / FREE admission 10 am – 6 pm
Bring the family to explore the entire Museum! Join us for monthly gallery activities, storytelling, cultural events, and open studio hands-on art projects. FREE admission to Hands ON! Lead sponsorship for the Hands ON! program through 2024 is provided by the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation with additional support from the Leonette Foundation, the Sato Foundation, Art4Moore, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. Second Saturdays is sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.
The Folk & the Lore
Friday, April 17 / Doors 5pm, Performance 6pm
From the creative mind of Jessi LeMay comes this multimedia project aiming to collect, archive, and tell stories from throughout the region through photography, short films, and live storytelling events. Cash bar provided by chez louie.
$12 / $8 Museum members.
chez louie EVENTS
chez louie presents Thursday Flight Nights
Thursday, April 23 / 6 pm – 8 pm
Enjoy an hour-long docent guided tour followed by a trio flight of wine and appetizers.
$38 / $32 Museum members
Register at nevadaart.org/calendar
Wine Tasters Dinner: Tour of Australia
Thursday, April 30 / 6:30 pm
Indulge in a three-course food and wine tour highlighting the flavors of France.
$38 / $32 Museum members
Register at nevadaart.org/calendar
chez louie presents Sunday Music Brunch
Sundays 10 am – 2 pm
Enjoy a brunch at chez louie accompanied by live music. Menu features artful dishes, mimosas, and a Bloody Mary Bar. Visit the calendar at NevadaArt.org to view musical lineup. Reservations strongly encouraged, 775.284.2921. Museum members receive 10% savings. Sponsorship by IGT.
