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Museum Call for Artists: A | W | E Grants
Teams of visual artists and writers who are U.S. citizens working on art + environment projects anywhere in the world from July 2010 through August 2011 are eligible to apply for the first A | W | E Grant offered at the Nevada Museum of Art. Letters of interest must be received via e-mail on or before Friday, April 16, 2010 with invited applications due on or before June 22, 2010. The grant recipients will be announced on or before July 6, 2010. More information here.
2010 Scholastic Arts Awards Winners Announced
The winners of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010 have been announced and will be on display at the Museum in an exhibition running March 6 through April 3, 2010. Celebrate the stars of the northern Nevada teen art scene with us during the award ceremony on Saturday, March 6 from 10:30 am – 12 pm, or during Teen Art Night on Friday, March 26 from 7 – 10 pm. See the award winners here.
Thank you for showing your support
The Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers at the Nevada Museum of Art would like to thank all of our members and supporters for their continued interest and support of one of Nevada’s oldest cultural institutions. The generosity of individuals, foundations, corporations and our loyal membership allow us to continue forging ahead with exciting plans for the future to ensure that the Museum remains a critical presence here in Reno - and in the larger art world.
Print Magazine, Nov/Dec 2009
Museum Wins Multiple Design Awards
The Museum's new visual identity, designed by Brad Bartlett of Brad Bartlett Design, Los Angeles, was recently selected as 2009 Regional Design Annual winner by Print magazine, one of the nation’s top visual arts magazines. The Museum was also recognized by Communication Arts, the leading trade journal for visual communications, for the design and production of the 2008-2009 exhibition Long May She Wave: A Graphic History of the American Flag.
New Grants Awarded
The Museum was recently awarded $135,000 in grants from three nationally recognized agencies. The Museum received a grant of $100,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, its first ever, to support the Museum’s Art + Environment initiatives. The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, awarded the Museum $10,000 and $25,000 respectively to benefit the Museum’s 2011 exhibition and publication titled The Altered Landscape.
