Past Exhibitions
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Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
May 30, 2009 – February 7, 2010
German husband-and-wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher are best known for their photographs of large-scale industrial buildings that are typically arranged in grids. Using a large-format camera, the Bechers have photographed hundreds of industrial structures-including water towers, grain silos, houses, and warehouses-with the aim of maintaining a straightforward and objective point of view. At once more »
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Feature Gallery South
November 8, 2009 – January 17, 2010
This exhibition celebrates the life and legacy of legendary Dutch etcher, Rembrandt van Rijn. The extensive collection of Rembrandt's etchings, drawn from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the finest collections of its kind in the United States, including 130 of Rembrandt's most celebrated prints. Tracing the artist's entire career as a printmaker from the drama and technical genius of his more »
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Center for Art + Environment LAB
September 19, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Art, ecology, landscaping and functional infrastructure meet in Patricia Johanson's collaborative project - Petaluma Wetlands Park. Using constructed and natural wetlands Johanson created a multi-purpose public landscape providing three miles of recreational use, educational programs and nature study alongside a facility that simultaneously processes human sewage, while also generating more »
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Media Gallery
August 15, 2009 – December 20, 2009
In George Legrady's digital animation Blink, viewers confront a matrix of human eyes that open and close based on dynamically-determined, real-time computations. Sometimes all of the eyes appear like their surrounding neighbors, but at other times, they can't decide whether they should mimic each other or not. Like artists Bridget Riley and FranÃois Morellet, whose abstract works of the more »
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Small Works Gallery
June 6, 2009 – December 13, 2009
Vietnamese-American artist Tuan Phan considers the human body to be a metaphorical map that physically charts the course of personal journeys. By overlaying drawn maps onto small-scale ceramic figures, the artist implies that people are simultaneously "rooted" and "bound" by their paths in life. Phan associates his artwork with Buddhist teachings about life and death, reminding viewers that their more »
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installation gallery
April 11, 2009 – December 6, 2009
During the Depression-era of the 1930s and 40s, thousands of artists throughout the United States were commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project to design public murals for post offices, government buildings, and outdoor spaces. Southern California-based Helen Lundeberg was commissioned in 1940 to design a mural illustrating the history of the transportation era. more »
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Theater: Gallery
August 22, 2009 – December 6, 2009
Photographer Joan Myers recognizes that as consumers we often take the source of our power supply for granted, paying little attention to how energy is generated and distributed. In her series of panoramic photographs, Western Power, Myers makes visible a range of power plants-fueled by uranium, oil, gas, coal, water, solar, wind, and geothermal energy-throughout the Western United States. more »
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Installation Gallery
May 16, 2009 – November 29, 2009
Legendary for its intense sunlight and diverse natural beauty, California has long been a source of artistic inspiration. In the early twentieth century, artists flocked to Southern California, especially, to carry on the French Impressionist tradition of plein-air painting-creating artworks outdoors. From rolling hills basked in golden light to dramatic seascapes, the paintings in Open Air: more »
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Feature Gallery North
June 6, 2009 – November 8, 2009
Lordy Rodriguez uses a kaleidoscopic range of colors to render natural landforms typically associated with geologic and topographic maps. Rodriguez, who was born in the Philippines and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, carefully crafts his drawings of desert lakes, drifting silt dunes, volcanic island chains, and underwater trenches in the tradition of early cartographers, using ordinary tools more »
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Feature Gallery South
June 27, 2009 – October 18, 2009
A leading figure in contemporary American art since the 1970s, Chuck Close is celebrated for his successful efforts to reinvigorate the field of modern portraiture. Best known for the monumental faces he has painted, photographed, and most recently woven into tapestries, Close has developed a formal methodology based on color and structural analysis that radically departs from traditional modes of more »
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July 25, 2009 – October 11, 2009
Discover the sites and landscapes of Yosemite as seen through the lens of nineteenth-century photographer Carleton E. Watkins. This small exhibition features views of Yosemite icons such as Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, the Merced River, and the redwood tree nicknamed Grizzly Giant. The sheer size of Yosemite's natural monuments challenged artists, such as Watkins, to create equally large-scale more »
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Center for Art + Environment LAB
April 25, 2009 – September 13, 2009
Drawn entirely from a recent gift of archival materials to the Center for Art + Environment, this exhibition offers the first view of documents, posters and photographs from land artists Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria. Heizer and De Maria are among a handful of artists who pioneered the Earthworks movement of the late 1960s. Both artists created the majority of their early work in Nevada, and more »
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Theater Gallery
July 18, 2009 – August 16, 2009
Capturing the expressions of children who have suffered extreme physical trauma but are now healthy, Reno photographer Reed Bingham explores the many layers of human experience. Bingham worked with Renown Regional Medical Center to create portraits of young patients who have been treated using equipment provided to the hospital by the Children's Miracle Network. In many cases, the children more »
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media gallery
March 7, 2009 – August 9, 2009
Jennifer Steinkamp is among today's best-known contemporary artists working in the field of new media art. Fly to Mars is a computer-animated projection of a tree that comes to life with movement as it cycles through the four seasons of the year. From colorful flowering buds in spring to leafless branches in winter, viewers experience the natural cycle of a tree's foliage. Simultaneously, the tree more »
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feature gallery
April 4, 2009 – June 7, 2009
For nearly 80 years, the Museum has worked to develop a permanent collection of fine art unparalleled to that of any other public arts institution in the state. Held in trust for future generations, the collection helps to define the institution's mission and identity, and continues to grow with each passing year. This exhibition surveys highlights from the permanent collection, emphasizing how more »
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small works gallery
March 1, 2009 – May 31, 2009
Whether you like to fly fish or enjoy a sardine every now and then, this light-hearted mini-exhibition brings together a sampling of works from the Museum's permanent collection with fish as their central theme. From a Samuel Marsden Brooks still life painting of a freshly-caught trout to a Pop-inspired painting of a can of colorful sardines by Wayne Thiebaud, Something Fishy will reel you more »
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feature gallery / north
September 27, 2008 – May 17, 2009
A native of Ireland, Katie Holten creates artworks that bring people together to investigate humans' impact on the natural environment. Often made from recycled materials, her thoughtful renderings of maps, plants, and ecological phenomena encourage dialogue on issues ranging from biodiversity to global warming. Holten represented Ireland in the 2003 Venice Biennale. more »
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hawkins contemporary gallery
January 17, 2009 – May 17, 2009
Between Grass and Sky is a collaborative exhibition presented at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno and the Western Folklife Center in Elko on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering held annually in northern Nevada. Working together, the two institutions created complementary exhibitions that are inspired by the widely-celebrated poem Grass< more »
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installation gallery
November 19, 2008 – May 3, 2009
Highlighting two significant works by Joan Mitchell and Lee Krasner, Gesture investigates the nuances of abstract painting. Though directly involved in Abstract Expressionism - the dominant style in New York City after World War II - Mitchell and Krasner did not receive substantial attention in their own time. Only in recent decades have their works begun to enjoy critical acclaim. The paintings more »
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reynolds hall
November 1, 2008 – April 26, 2009
Take a nighttime drive by the Museum and peer into the main lobby to see legendary Minimalist artist Dan Flavin's fluorescent light sculpture Monument to Vladimir Tatlin. For over 30 years, Flavin created dynamic sculptures made from fluorescent tubing in standard sizes, shapes, and colors. Monument to Vladimir Tatlin was named in honor of the grand tower that was envisioned by more »
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Center for Art + Environment LAB
February 7, 2009 – April 19, 2009
The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) is a non-profit research organization involved in exploring, examining and understanding land and landscape issues. In August 2008, CLUI dispatched a team of artists and scholars along the 800-mile pipeline that transports oil southwards from Prudhoe Bay to the terminal at Valdez. This photographic journey along the length of the entire pipeline more »
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feature gallery / south and feature gallery / east
October 25, 2008 – March 15, 2009
Among the most recognizable icons in the world today, the American flag has enjoyed a long history of graphic renderings and artistic re-interpretations. Although the Continental Congress agreed in 1777 that the United States flag should be comprised of stars and stripes in red, white, and blue, more than a century passed without formal design regulations-yielding a wealth of exuberant and more »
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small works gallery
July 19, 2008 – March 15, 2009
Margarita Cabrera's vibrantly colored sport utility vehicles challenge viewers to engage in debates about Mexican immigration, border relations, and the politics of the American Dream. Made from pliable, vinyl fabric with visible, hand-stitched threads, Cabrera's Hummers pay homage to the thousands of laborers working in multi-national assembly plants near the U.S.-Mexico border - where more »
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reynolds grand hall
February 1, 2009 – March 15, 2009
The Museum will present an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2009, a national program established 86 years ago to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. Serving 13 counties in northern Nevada, the program invites students to compete for awards and scholarships.
The exhibition and more »
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media gallery
November 22, 2008 – February 15, 2009
In Remembering Abu Ghraib, Rommelo Yu invites audiences to grapple with the complexities of American identity and examine the nation's role in alternately protecting or compromising human rights. Employing the basic geometry of enlarged Tangram shapes, Yu reminds viewers that the individuals held at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were human-composed of the same fundamental anatomy as every other more »
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altered landscape gallery
August 23, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Terry Falke's body of wry, lyrical photographs forms an intimate and idiosyncratic portrait of the American Southwest. By emphasizing the unique beauty of the region's landscape, Falke makes the incongruous and sometimes amusing artifacts of human presence more apparent. With a sense of humor and a remarkable ability to craft acute cultural and visual connections, his work reveals a paradise more »
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hawkins contemporary gallery
September 13, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Michael Light's landscape photographs document-and thereby provoke-human dialogue with nature. His images are at once scathing and celebratory, exploring the complex and ever-evolving relationship between contemporary American culture and the environment. Concerned both with the politics of that relationship and the seductive power of landscapes, Light's work deals in paradoxes that traverse the more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
September 20, 2008 – December 7, 2008
Walter Lab depicts familiar yet often forgotten landscapes in the California desert that are littered by plastic bags. Caught between use and refuse, these bags represent society's tenuous relationship with supposedly "disposable" products, forcing viewers to grapple with their role in littering the landscape. more »
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media gallery
July 12, 2008 – November 16, 2008
Dan Goods, the Visual Strategist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), applies some of the complex principles studied at JPL to a multi-media installation titled The Hidden Light. Presented in the NMA's Media Gallery, this installation uses video projections to reveal imagery inside the silhouettes of gallery visitors-a process that communicates JPL's investigation of "blocking" more »
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installation gallery
January 23, 2008 – November 2, 2008
As a young boy during the Cold War era, Robert Beckman remembers watching documentary film footage of the United States military testing a 16-kiloton nuclear bomb nicknamed "Annie" at the Nevada Test Site. Beckman painted this series of large-scale iodine-hued paintings titled The Body of a House in 1993. His imagery is based on still frames taken from the films he saw as a child, and the more »
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feature gallery east
May 3, 2008 – October 5, 2008
One of the most widely-recognized painters working in late nineteenth-century America, British-born Edwin Deakin (1838-1923) is best known for his romantic depictions of European landscapes, the vanishing wilderness of California and Nevada, and early architectural structures. Deakin frequently painted the landscapes he encountered during his travels, including scenes of Donner Lake, Fallen Leaf more »
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feature gallery south
August 9, 2008 – October 5, 2008
Chris Drury: Mushrooms | Clouds
One of Great Britain's most prolific and respected Conceptual artists, Chris Drury investigates themes related to the environment, emphasizing cycles of destruction and regeneration in nature, and the ways that humans affect these processes. In Mushrooms |Clouds, Drury brings an international perspective to topics ranging from land and w more »
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feature gallery / north
June 28, 2008 – September 21, 2008
Stop the Car, Dad! consists of selections from Erik Lauritzen's most recent series of color photographs taken during his automobile journeys throughout the Great Basin of the American West. From images of abandoned military installations in Nevada to roadside vernacular architecture in Utah, Lauritzen's photographs remind us that even mundane places can be awe-inspiring and otherworl more »
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hawkins contemporary gallery
March 29, 2008 – August 31, 2008
Drawn primarily from the NMA's permanent collection, the artworks in this exhibition are united by a focus on the natural elements: earth, water, air, and fire. In some cases, the media employed are taken directly from natural sites such as creek beds and mountain ranges. Other artworks challenge viewers to push the boundaries of the term element by broadening its definition to embrace images of more »
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altered landscape gallery
May 10, 2008 – August 17, 2008
This exhibition, featuring black-and-white photographs by Southern California-based photographer Mark Ruwedel, explores the different ways that humans have made marks on the surface of the earth. By juxtaposing images of large-scale Earthworks such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty with documentary photographs of historic railroad cuts made in mountain ranges throughout the American West, more »
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feature gallery / south
April 19, 2008 – July 20, 2008
The Nevada Museum of Art presents Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful, an exhibition showcasing Wright's skill in creating harmony between architectural structure and interior design while fulfilling the needs of a modern lifestyle. During his remarkable 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright was committed to the development of a truly American style of architecture and to the creation more »
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media gallery
March 29, 2008 – July 6, 2008
UnBuilt Reno features a selection of architectural projects that were designed for the greater Truckee Meadows area, but for various reasons, were never constructed. The exhibition includes architectural drawings, sketches, and scaled models of residential, commercial, and public projects from the 1800s to the present-including previous proposals for various riverfront development proj more »
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feature gallery / north
March 8, 2008 – June 22, 2008
Not long after World War II, the government of Japan enacted the Cultural Property Preservation Act in an effort to "preserve important Japanese heritage that, without government protection, would decline and fall to ruin." A range of centuries-old art forms and craft techniques-including pottery, printmaking, theater, and music-were deemed culturally significant traditions in need of more »
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feature gallery south / east
January 26, 2008 – March 30, 2008
Like, Love, Lust: Michael Sarich, the first full-scale survey of work by the artist, is on exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art through March 30, 2008. Michael Sarich is among the most prolific artists working in northern Nevada today. Since coming to Reno in 1989 to teach art at the University of Nevada, Sarich has gained attention for his multi-layered and densely packed composit more »
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media gallery
November 17, 2007 – March 23, 2008
Jongsuk Lee encounters trees every day among the dense and crowded city streets of Seoul, South Korea. Tucked among skyscrapers, traffic lights and commercial billboards, these trees maintain a tenacious grip on life and are the subject of Lee's video works. Inspired by Chinese-style ink drawings, Lee brings the trees to life using computer technology paired with a powerful and immersive more »
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small works gallery
December 15, 2007 – March 16, 2008
Today's rapidly changing suburban landscape is the focus of Southern California-based painter Darlene Campbell, who looks to the hillsides of Orange County for inspiration. Campbell's miniature wood panel paintings, exquisitely crafted with oil paint and gold leaf, glow with the intensity of seventeenth-century Dutch and Italian landscape paintings. Rather than focus on idyllic, naturalistic more »
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robert z. hawkins contemporary gallery
February 9, 2008 – March 16, 2008
The NMA will present an exhibition of artwork created by Northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2008, a national program established eighty-five years ago to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. Serving thirteen counties in Northern Nevada, the program invites students to compete for awards and scholarships. Representatives from more »
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feature gallery / north
October 27, 2007 – March 2, 2008
Margaret Whiting combines natural objects such as leaves, seeds, fossils, and shells with discarded law books, science books, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Her artwork explores contemporary issues related to land use and encourages thoughtful consideration of the laws that regulate American society's impact on the land. A native of Minnesota, Whiting lives and works in Waterloo, Iowa.
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hawkins contemporary gallery
August 11, 2007 – January 27, 2008
Although debates about the definition of art continue to unfold, many critics argue that the most successful art stimulates the human senses as well as the human mind. The contemporary artists featured in this exhibition use a variety of media to present artworks that appear enigmatic and mysterious at first glance, but which also carry complex, multi-layered meanings waiting to be deciphered. more »
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feature gallery
October 13, 2007 – January 13, 2008
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon presents over one hundred artworks that explore the rich artistic and cultural traditions that have helped to shape America's understanding of this celebrated national park. Featuring iconic paintings and photographs by artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, Ansel Adams, and David Hockney, as well as a selection of Native American baskets by Ca more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
December 8, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Reno-based painter Naomi Nickerson is captivated by the sky and its ever-changing interplay of water, dust, and light. She has painted skies in many places across the country-beginning in the West, where she received her B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute, and continuing east, where she obtained her M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. This exhibition features a more »
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installation/altered landscape galleries
August 18, 2007 – December 9, 2007
Salt Dreams: Reflections from the Downstream West examines the complex environmental history of the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California. Comprised of photographs by Joan Myers, the exhibition provides viewers with a fresh perspective on water issues that have impacted the surrounding region since it was accidentally flooded in 1905. Beginning in 1986, Myers began a series of trip more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
November 3, 2007 – December 2, 2007
Tahoe City-based artist Jeremy Mayer constructs figurative forms-humans, cats, and crickets alike-using defunct typewriter parts. His involved assembly projects are a testament to his steadfast attention to detail; the large sculptures can take up to 1,200 hours to complete. Though Mayer begins his artistic process by taking typewriters apart, his ultimate products are reconstructions that more »
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media gallery
July 1, 2007 – November 11, 2007
For the past 20 years, during the week prior to Labor Day, Nevada's Black Rock Desert is transformed into the celebrated Burning Man art festival and temporary community. The NMA presents an exhibition of 25 life-sized photographs and six mannequins documenting nighttime Burning Man costumes. For the past two years, Geoffrey Nelson has photographed Burning Man attendees in a portable, tent-like more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
September 29, 2007 – October 28, 2007
In an effort to promote cross-cultural understanding and awareness, the Latino Research Center of the University of Nevada, Reno recently distributed five hundred cameras to Nevada's Latino community, asking them to tell their stories using photographs. Nosotros por Nosotros features a selection of submitted photographs and investigates the traditions and transitions experienced by more »
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feature gallery/north
July 21, 2007 – October 21, 2007
In a growing region like northern Nevada, familiar landmarks seem to disappear from the landscape with the blink of an eye. Longtime Reno resident Roy Powers has spent the better part of the last quarter-century documenting historically significant structures-some of which no longer exist. Powers' oil paintings nostalgically recall a bygone era and remind us that there are, in fact, many more »
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Atrium
May 15, 2007 – October 1, 2007
For over forty years, Irving Norman quietly painted hundreds of monumental canvases with complex narratives that confront the universal horrors of war and what he believed to be the culprit: corporate capitalism. One of Norman's largest paintings is Crucifixion, a work that he created to address the phenomena of a godlike man with universal compassion and love for the majority of the more »
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feature gallery north/east
June 16, 2007 – September 23, 2007
For over 20 years, Montana sculptor Deborah Butterfield has transformed scrap metal, discarded wood, and bronze into larger-than-life sculptures of the horse that are breathtakingly beautiful and captivating to encounter. Her remarkably prolonged and disciplined focus on the horse-a significant motif in Western art and culture-has sustained her throughout her artistic career. Deborah more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
August 25, 2007 – September 23, 2007
For Ann Paxton, painting is a means of communicating with the outside world as well as a way to fulfill her own spiritual journey. Influenced by painters such as Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, and Fritz Scholder, this exhibition highlights a selection of paintings inspired by the landscapes and environments she most enjoys. Paxton was raised on a farm in Texas, studied at the more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
July 21, 2007 – August 19, 2007
Since 1957, the Portrait Society of Reno has gathered weekly to paint from live models. In honor of the group's 50th anniversary, the NMA will present a selection of paintings by group members. The NMA exhibition is planned in conjunction with an exhibition of historical portraiture that will be on display at the Nevada Historical Society in summer 2007. more »
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installation gallery
April 21, 2007 – August 12, 2007
Takako Yamaguchi's enigmatic environmental landscape paintings portray dramatic weather conditions and atmospheric phenomena that are sometimes peculiar and unsettling, but always beautiful to behold. Although her depictions of churning oceans, fiery molten lava, and swirling storm clouds seem to assert the capriciousness and unpredictability of a mighty and all-powerful nature, it is Yamaguchi more »
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robert z. hawkins contemporary gallery
April 1, 2007 – July 29, 2007
Black Maps is comprised of large-scale aerial photographs by San Francisco-based artist David Maisel. Featuring sublime images from his three recent series: The Lake Project, Terminal Mirage, and Oblivion, Maisel frames the complexities of environmentally-impacted landscapes with equal measure of documentation and metaphor, beauty and despair. His aerial images showing more »
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feature gallery / north
March 24, 2007 – July 15, 2007
Only a handful of people had behind-the-scenes access during the production of the popular film The Misfits-a movie starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable that was filmed in and around Reno in 1961. Photographer Inge Morath was one of them, and this exhibition features images and journal accounts that tell the story of her travels and experiences before and during the film's production. more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
June 16, 2007 – July 15, 2007
This collection of images celebrates the people and places that have captured the imagination of local photographers-both during their travels and here at home. The Reno Newcomers Group-a non-profit organization that provides a warm welcome to people who are new to the Reno-Tahoe area-has sub-groups to satisfy a broad range of members' interests. The Photo Club component, founded in 2005, has more »
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media gallery
March 31, 2007 – July 8, 2007
The art of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, a husband-and-wife team based in New York, is inspired by a range of popular films and television programs. In Our Second Date, the couple combines new media with a miniature sculptural installation to nostalgically recall a past visit-their second date-to a screening of the film Weekend, by French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
April 1, 2007 – June 3, 2007
In conjunction with the celebration of National Volunteer Week (April 15-21, 2007), the NMA honors the artistic pursuits of its superb volunteers. A selection of volunteer artworks in a variety of media, including painting, photography, and sculpture, will be on view through June 3, 2007. more »
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feature gallery
January 20, 2007 – May 27, 2007
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential and provocative artists of the twentieth century, looked to images of American popular culture, fame, stardom and glamour to create some of the most iconic and defining artwork of our time. Andy Warhol's Dream America offers a comprehensive look at this legendary Pop artist's printmaking career. The exhibition also provides a unique opportunity to more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
March 3, 2007 – April 8, 2007
Costumes emerge as an art form in this collection of colorful apparel that will be used in the upcoming Sierra Nevada Ballet performance of The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore. Commissioned by the Library of Congress in the 1950s, the costumes were gifted to Rosine Bena, Artistic Director of Sierra Nevada Ballet, by the late Mary Day, Founder of the Washington Ballet. Photographs more »
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robert z. hawkins contemporary gallery
February 24, 2007 – April 1, 2007
The NMA will present an exhibition of artwork created by Northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2007, a national program established eighty-four years ago to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. The program serves thirteen counties in Northern Nevada and invites students to compete for awards and scholarships. A selection more »
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feature gallery / north
November 17, 2006 – March 18, 2007
Voces Latinas: Works on Paper from 1921-Present showcases artworks by seventeen artists, representing the diverse range of creative voices within the Latino community. Drawn primarily from the permanent collection of the NMA, Voces Latinas (which translates to Latino Voices) highlights works on paper from the earliest years of the twentieth century to the present and touche more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
January 13, 2007 – February 25, 2007
Though best known for her miniature paintings, Mary Chadwell has produced a wide range of works - in scale and subject matter. Sized Up demonstrates Chadwell's varied approach to the Western landscape and its people. A Nevada resident since 1933, Chadwell's work is included in the permanent collection of the Nevada State Legislature.
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media gallery
September 23, 2006 – February 4, 2007
In his digitally-animated video Habitat, Stockholm-based artist Lars Arrhenius reminds us that human lives are closely interconnected - even within the architectural spaces that we typically consider to be private. Arrhenius' video tracks the activities of ten anonymous people residing in a five-story, urban apartment complex. Separated only by a series of floors and walls, the inhabitants more »
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Wilbur D. May Sculpture Plaza
September 15, 2007 – January 27, 2007
Following its debut at this year's Burning Man festival, the NMA is pleased to present Guardian of Eden, a large-scale, outdoor sculpture by New York-based artist Kate Raudenbush. The intricately carved, 12-petal lotus flower spans over 19 feet in diameter and is inspired by Hindu and Egyptian creation myths, Buddhist symbolism, and the ancient symbol of the Flower of Life. The sculpture more »
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Feature Gallery/E
May 27, 2006 – January 7, 2007
The NMA presents a selection of artwork from the collection of John and Mary Lou Paxton. The Paxton's have spent a lifetime acquiring a variety of works ranging from representational paintings by such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, José Luis Cuevas and Red Grooms, to abstract pieces by minimalist artist Larry Bell and painter Fritz Scholder. The John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection is a promised more »
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feature gallery
October 15, 2006 – January 7, 2007
James McNeill Whistler: Selected Works from the Hunterian Art Gallery presents 129 works including, paintings, prints, and personal belongings such as silverware, porcelain, manuscripts and books. The Hunterian Art Gallery of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, has the most extensive collection of Whistler's art, ranging from paintings to prints to sketch designs for costumes, inter more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
November 18, 2006 – January 6, 2007
Black-and-white photographer David Muskin refers to his work as "akin to a personal diary" and his photographs capture the collage of characters and places he has encountered throughout his life. Muskin, a California native with a B.A. in Fine Arts from California State University, Northridge, now resides in Reno where he continues to photograph. more »
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installation gallery
August 17, 2006 – December 3, 2006
For several years Mary Warner has taken up the challenge of finding new ways to depict one of the world's most decorative and appealing objects - the flower. Warner's close-up depictions of flowers are mounted onto large scale canvases that thrust the viewer into the heart of the blossom. Mary Warner is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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feature gallery / n
June 3, 2006 – November 12, 2006
Modern artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is best known for his colorful kinetic mobiles and large metal sculptures. The Kite that Never Flew will feature a selection of Calder prints as well as small sculptural models, which served as the foundation for his large outdoor sculptures.
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
September 23, 2006 – November 12, 2006
For Reno-based artist Jim Zlokovich, landscapes are a metaphor for the spiritual understanding that results from embracing both the positive and negative aspects of life. Yesterday's Dream features Zlokovich's most recent large-scale landscape painting based on his childhood in Reno.
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nightingale rooftop gallery
August 1, 2006 – October 22, 2006
The newest installation on the Nightingale Rooftop Gallery spans sixty feet of wall with a vibrant mix of colors and images. Originally created by five contemporary artists during the Reno River Festival in May 2006, and funded by the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority, this dynamic urban mural combines elements of punk rock, hip-hop, graffiti and pop culture. more »
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feature gallery
May 27, 2006 – October 1, 2006
From the curved wooden furniture popular in the 1890s, to the development of new types of plastics that gave rise to a wealth of creative fantasy in the 1960s, 100 Years/100 Chairs examines the important role technology, politics and culture played in industrial furniture design. The exhibition presents chairs by Ron Arad, Charles Rennie Machintosh, Charles and Ray Eames, Philippe Starck, more »
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media galery
June 9, 2006 – September 17, 2006
Marlene Alt, Professor of Art at Southern Oregon University, is known for her unique mixed-media installations. In Still Waters, created during Alt's residency at Crater Lake National Park, moving clouds reflected on the surface of Crater Lake are projected onto a rectangular screen set into the frame of an iron bed.
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
August 4, 2006 – September 17, 2006
Abandoned Houses of the West presents a selection of photographs by California artist Daniel W. Cheek. The works on exhibit feature abandoned buildings in varying states of disrepair that Cheek photographed in the deserts of Nevada, California, Utah and Arizona.&# more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
June 30, 2006 – July 30, 2006
This exhibition features a selection of works by artists participating in Artouring, an organization offering group tours of artists' studios in the greater Reno area.
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donald w. reynolds atrium
June 20, 2006 – July 2, 2006
In conjunction with the 14th annual Tour de Nez Bicycle Event, the NMA will present an exhibition featuring bicycles from the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibit will feature Colson, Dayton and Shelby bicycles, which were some of the most desirable, if not recognizable bikes of the period.
The exhibit is courtesy of Coot and Julie Callahan of Buzz Bomb Bicycles in Reno, NV, and Jerry Berg of the more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
April 30, 2006 – June 25, 2006
The NMA will present a selection of works by Reno artist Lynda Yuroff in the Wayne and Miriam Prim Gallery. Yuroff's drawings and paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the West.
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robert z. hawkins contemporary gallery
April 8, 2006 – May 21, 2006
The NMA will present an exhibition of artwork created by Northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2006, a national program established eighty-three years ago to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. The program serves thirteen counties in Northern Nevada and invites students to compete for awards and scholarships through a more »
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feature gallery
February 18, 2006 – May 1, 2006
From teaspoons to cocktail shakers, Modernism in American Silver examines the influence of modernism upon industrially produced silverware made in the United States from 1925 to 2000. The exhibit will highlight more than 200 outstanding works, from art moderne to contemporary, by the foremost designers of production silver. Widely recognized figures such as Erik Magnussen, Robert Venturi, more »
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February 18, 2006 – May 1, 2006
Shortly after his mining success in Virginia City in 1873, John Mackay commissioned Tiffany & Company to make a silver service set for his wife. He would eventually ship a half ton of Comstock silver to New York in order to produce one of the most ornate silver services of the 19th century. The NMA will present a selection of pieces from the Mackay Silver Collection, on loan from the W.M. more »
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feature gallery
February 4, 2006 – April 30, 2006
Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs examines the impact of Western culture on the evolution of Russian religious painting from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Forty-three icons and oklads (decorative icon covers) illustrate a fascinating story of conflict between the ideas of East versus West, tradition versus innovation, and church ve more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
March 13, 2006 – April 16, 2006
Paintings, photographs and large scale sculptures created by employees of Sierra Pacific Power Company will be on display in the Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Gallery. more »
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hawkins contemporary gallery
February 18, 2006 – March 31, 2006
The NMA will exhibit the works available for bid at art4auction on Friday, March 31, 2006. Over 80 works of art by regional and national artists including Chester Arnold, Jessica Dunne, Ingrid Evans, Adam Jahiel, Michael Light, Maria Partridge, and Joseph Zirker will be up for auction. Absentee bids will be accepted throughout the exhibition. Tickets for the auction will be available for more »
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media gallery
December 10, 2005 – March 12, 2006
The NMA will project two animations by Elizabeth King, one in stop-frame animation and the other in real-time, featuring meticulously crafted human figures. What Happened presents a sculptural self-portrait of King in a silent sequence of gestures. Eidolon, another self-portrait, uses shifting light to create a sense of emotion across the face of the figure. Elizabeth King more »
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altered landscape gallery
December 10, 2005 – March 12, 2006
A Desert Odyssey is a series of photographs by Roderik Henderson taken during a five year tour of North America's deserts. The exhibition details recent human activity in the deserts of Nevada, California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and West Texa more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
January 27, 2006 – March 5, 2006
Reno artist Walter Lamp's vibrantly colored abstract paintings are based on his exploration of color and close study of famous works of art. more »
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Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
November 12, 2005 – February 12, 2006
Black Rock is an exhibition of photographs and maps by Peter Goin, Professor of Art and Paul F. Starrs, Professor of Geography, both from the University of Nevada, Reno. The works featured in this exhibit are from the book Black Rock, published by the University of Nevada Press and co-authored by Goin and Starrs. Goin's photographs boldly detail the subtle atmosphere of the re more »
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Installation Gallery
October 22, 2005 – February 12, 2006
Through more than four decades of work and experimentation, Joseph Zirker has cultivated a reputation as one of the Bay Area's most innovative printmakers. Translucent Transformations will explore Zirker's wide range of stylistic approaches, reflecting his consistently independent spirit and working style. The exhibit also highlights Zirker's cast acrylic monotypes created from his more »
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feature gallery
October 22, 2005 – January 22, 2006
In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite is an exhibition of over 70 frescoes and other artifacts recovered from four ancient Italian villas preserved by the same eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. Genuine Roman frescoes rarely go on tour and this exhibition marks an historic exchange between the United States and Italy.
The Roman vi more »
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wayne and miriam prim theater gallery
November 18, 2005 – January 22, 2006
Maria Partridge is a graphic designer, illustrator and art instructor who has been working in Northern Nevada since 1991. Her paintings use elements of nature and natural light to explore both the physical and spiritual worlds. more »
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media gallery
January 1, 2006 – January 1, 2006
Christian Anthony's short film And Everything in Between explores the relationship between art and religion. By borrowing familiar scenes from popular films and television programs, and then recombining them in a new sequence, Anthony weaves together an entertaining narrative that is often comic and sometimes violent, but which ultimately poses larger questions about the multiple forces more »
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Nevada Museum of Art Atrium
July 26, 2005 – December 11, 2005
Frederic Tchorbadjian's artwork is based on the careful and meticulous study of numbers and patterns, examining different spatial and numerical relationships within grid formats. Quantic Visit is a compilation of pattern drawings linked together in Quick Time, showing the transitioning and patterning of his designs. Interwoven in the series of finely constructed black and white drawings more »
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Media Gallery
August 20, 2005 – November 27, 2005
The NMA will present a video installation by internationally renowned artist and video maker Dalibor Martinis. Variable Risk Landscape is a video/web installation that explores the relationship between art, nature and money. A computer generated landscape, created by natural geology as well as changes in the stock market, is projected onto the walls of the gallery provoking thought about more »
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Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
August 8, 2005 – November 7, 2005
A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence presents 85 works drawn from the Archie Bray Foundation's permanent collection which consists of more that 800 ceramic pieces. The exhibition was organized in celebration of the 2001 Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts' 50th Anniversary and highlights utilitarian pottery, sculptural vessels and large-scale architect more »
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feature gallery/S
August 8, 2005 – October 31, 2005
Robert Morrison: A Retrospective, is the first comprehensive review of local sculptor Robert Morrison's three-decade career. The exhibition presents 16 works arranged as a series of installations. Robert Morrison: A Retrospective is sponsored by the City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission.
Drawing from art historical and personal sources to create elaborate layers of cont more »
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Lobby
August 4, 2005 – October 9, 2005
The NMA will present the work of photographer Ken Kruger. Kruger has been photograhping the Great Basin and documenting changes in the landscape for over forty years. This exhibit will include hand processed and printed C-type or chromogenic prints of Northeastern Nevada. more »
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feature exhibition gallery / n / s / e
July 16, 2005 – October 2, 2005
The Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) announces the 2005 Nevada Triennial, featuring a critical examination of the visual trends and artwork created by contemporary artists working in Nevada. Presented from July 16 through October 2, 2005, the 2005 Nevada Triennial will consist of two parts: a juried exhibit chosen from a call-to-artists and a series of invitational exhibitions presenting more »
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Small Works Gallery
August 2, 2005 – September 25, 2005
Leashes is an installation made of 800 crocheted cats, all on leashes. The work explores process and simple repetition and is concerned with fragments of time and marking those fragments through stitch more »
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Altered Landscape and Installation Galleries
June 20, 2005 – September 12, 2005
The Nevada Museum of Art will present Space Silence Spirit: Maynard Dixon's West, an exhibition drawn from the private collection of Mr. and
Mrs. A.P. Hays and presents work Dixon created from 1897 through 1942. Considered one of the West's great landscape artists, Dixon held a fascination with the harsh, arid landscapes of the West and the Native Americans who adapted their lifestyle to more »
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Lobby
July 15, 2005 – September 5, 2005
The NMA in conjunction with the Great Basin Basketmakers Weave-In, will host whyKnot II, an exhibition of contemporary knotted baskets. The works included in the exhibition are created by knotting colorful wax linen cordage over forms which the artists have sculpted. The exhibition features eight artists from Southern California: Leah Danberg, Rosalie Friis-Ross, Gerri McMillin, Merrill more »
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Media Gallery
April 25, 2005 – August 29, 2005
The Nevada Museum of Art will present Marco Brambilla: HalfLife, a multi-media installation exploring the teenage subculture that revolves around Cyber Cafes and multi-user, first-person Internet games.
Presented as a three-channel video installation, HalfLife depicts "gamers" whose obsession is the online first-person shooter combat game, Counterstrike (a modification of the game more »
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Media Gallery
May 22, 2005 – August 1, 2005
Cloudscapes in various stages of light and movement cover the walls from floor to ceiling and surround a sculptural installation in the NMA media gallery. The theatrical experience references mythology and religion to create a contemplative and evocative space. Both artists reside in Reno, Nevada. more »
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Altered Landscape Gallery
April 10, 2005 – July 31, 2005
Darius Kuzmickas features a selection of black and white photographs taken using the pinhole photography technique. Kuzmickas' photographs explore areas of landscape and the mysterious qualities of nature that emerge from the pinhole photography process. The results are warm, intimate images, which cannot be generated through other photographic means. Originally from Lithuania, Kuzmi more »
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Lobby
June 2, 2005 – July 31, 2005
This exhibition features a selection of works by artists participating in Artouring, a series of group tours of artists' studios. more »
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feature gallery
April 25, 2005 – July 18, 2005
Nevada Portraits is a series of 43 photographs of northern Nevadans created by Reed Bingham, a Reno-based photographer and writer. Included in the exhibition are images of John Ascuaga founder of John Ascuaga's Nugget; Moya Lear, local philanthropist; Robert Laxalt, writer; and Georgie Sicking, cowboy poet. The exhibition forms a unique and personal examination of the historie more »
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feature gallery/s
April 30, 2005 – June 26, 2005
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The Nevada Museum of Art will be the venue for the west coast premiere of Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe, a retrospective of Parrish's work touring the United States through 2005-2006. Featuring more than 80 works from American museums and private collections, Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe examines Parrish's career as a painter and illustrator and wh more »
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Nevada Museum of Art Atrium
June 16, 2005 – June 26, 2005
The NMA will present an exhibition of bicycles dating from the late 1880's through the early 1940's. The American Bicycle features a selection of rarely seen two-wheelers including a wooden bicycle dating from 1896 as well as a 1939 Schwinn Autocycle Deluxe.
This exhibit is organized by Buzz Bomb Bicycles in conjunction with the 13th annual Tour de Nez.
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Nevada Museum of Art Atrium
February 8, 2005 – June 10, 2005
Marco Brambilla's video installation, Superstar, depicts a man free-falling amidst a cityscape of high rise buildings. The subject is frozen in mid-air, at the center of a centripetal spin and the video does not show the viewer where he has fallen from or his crash into the earth. Superstar toys with time to create a distortion of media, scale, and consequently, context. more »
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Altered Landscape Gallery
March 28, 2005 – June 6, 2005
The Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) will present Photographs by Reinhart Mlineritsch an exhibition of 25 works by Austrian photographer Reinhart Mlineritsch as part of an ongoing series of presentations based on artists included in the NMA's Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection.
Reinhart Mlineritsch's landscapes have a hyper-realistic quality where everyday objects take more »
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Lobby
April 5, 2005 – May 29, 2005
Nevada Now I is an exhibition of work by 15 artists who participated in the Nevada Arts Council fellowship program from 1988 through 2003. The artists were selected for participation based on geographical diversity, as well as varied in media, style and subject matter. Nevada Now I: Selections from Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship Program is organized by the Nevada Museu more »
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Media Gallery
January 23, 2005 – May 8, 2005
Amy Globus: electric sheep is a video installation which provides viewers with a unique audio-visual experience as they watch an octopus make its way through glass tubing. Under such close observation the octopus becomes oddly sensuous as it writhes and squeezes through the confined space. The image is both disturbing and beautiful, a sensation that is underscored by the accompan more »
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Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
April 2, 2005 – May 8, 2005
The NMA will present an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2005. Established in 1923 to encourage, recognize and reward impressive talent among secondary school students, The Scholastic Art Awards program is a national competition that recognizes excellence in the arts. The program serves fourteen more »
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Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
April 1, 2005 – April 25, 2005
The Nevada Museum of Art is the official regional sponsor of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2004 a national program designed to encourage students to explore their creativity and to identify America's most gifted young artists and writers.
The NMA will present the exhibition The Scholastic Art Awards 2004 based on the northern Nevada component of the competition. Over 660 entries more »
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feature gallery/S
February 11, 2005 – April 17, 2005
Mapping the Pacific Coast documents the mapping of the West Coast of North America before the Lewis and Clark Expedition as illustrated by a selection of maps, books and illustrations dating from 1544 to 1802. Organized by the Sonoma County Museum and generously sponsored by Quivira Estate Vineyards and Winery and the Tonopalo Private Residence Club.
Mapping the Pacific Coast more »
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Feature Gallery/N
November 1, 2004 – April 17, 2005
The small figures in this exhibition were prepared as maquettes and studies for the Gates of Hell, a decorative entrance portal commissioned by the French government and installed at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. The exhibition includes studies for Fugitive Love and
Ovid's Metamorphoses.
This exhibition is on loan from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor more »
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feature gallery/E
October 2, 2005 – April 10, 2005
Presentation of The Wynn Collection at the Nevada Museum of Art has been extended through Sunday, April 10, 2005. Featuring fourteen paintings from the collection of Steve and Elaine Wynn of Las Vegas, Nevada, The Wynn Collection has drawn record crowds to the NMA. The Wynn Collection was originally scheduled to close on Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Highlights of the more »
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Robert Z. Hawkins Contemporary Gallery
December 4, 2005 – March 28, 2005
Mark Klett: Ideas About Time will chronicle the concept of time as it appears in the artist's work throughout his career, from panoramas and sequential works, to more recent photographs, including a series of digital photographs documenting the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.
As part of the NMA's commitment to presenting and collecting works that are organized around the general t more »
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater Lobby
February 3, 2005 – March 27, 2005
Using a digital camera, local photographer Tom Bourke documented the construction of the new Nevada Museum of Art, from ground breaking in April, 2002 to the Grand Opening Ceremony in May, 2003. The exhibition features a series of images, exploring the changing visuals as daily progress is made during the construction process. more »
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feature gallery/S
November 1, 2005 – January 30, 2005
The NMA will present Ansel Adams: Masterworks, a traveling exhibition of photographs by legendary photographer Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984). The exhibition consists of forty-eight works from the Museum Set, a portfolio hand-selected by Adams to represent his best work. The NMA will present Ansel Adams: Masterworks as part of its ongoing mission to exhibit and collect works of art which focus more »
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Installation Gallery
September 19, 2005 – January 30, 2005
Pasha Rafat Untitled (10,20.183 X) explores the natural and artificial properties of light in this selection of large-scale photographs. Light, as it is recorded by a camera and emitted by neon tubes, is the unifying theme of his photography. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1944, Rafat came to the United States in 1966. He holds and MFA fromCalifornia State University, Fullerton. He tea more »
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Wayne & Miriam Prim Theater Gallery
December 2, 2004 – January 30, 2005
Nevada Sky: Photographs by Nolan Preece presents a series of ten framed digital photographs of the landscapes and dynamic cloud formations in our region. The images presented here are in two sequences over a one hour period:
Sequence 1: Lovelock to Fernley to I-80
Sequence 2: Dixie Valley to East Gate on Highway 50
Nolan Preece is an Art Instructor and Curator of more »
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Feature Gallery/N
May 1, 2005 – January 22, 2005
Judd's Hermit Project installation creates a total human-sized environment, taking the form of a small cabin, complete with peeling bits of wallpaper, scraps of old magazine pages, broken furniture, and empty bottles. This work is inspired by an experience he had, when he found a tiny abandoned cabin near Idaho's Salmon River. The profound impression that this deserted dwelling left on him more »
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Media Gallery
September 12, 2005 – January 16, 2005
Conceptual atist Roman de Salvo infuses everyday objects and materials with elements of surprise and humor. In his sculptures and installations, de Salvo manages to be both restrained and high-spirited, blending his fascination for machines and craftsmanship with an interest in language and wordplay. de Salvo gew up in Sparks, Nevada and lives in San Diego. His work appeared in the Whitney more »
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feature gallery/S
April 25, 2004 – September 5, 2004
Organized by the NMA, Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer Art Club features over 30 paintings and sketches by Lorenzo Latimer as well as a selection of works created by members of the Latimer Art Club. The Latimer Art Club was one of the founding organizations of the NMA.
One of California's first native-born painters, Lorenzo Latimer (1857-1941) was a prominent watercolor artist and more »
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April 25, 2004 – July 18, 2004
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January 18, 2004 – April 4, 2004
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December 13, 2003 – March 21, 2004
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