March 2010

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Events

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    Julie Silber on Women’s Quilting Traditions

    Thursday March 11, 2010 / 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Join the Nevada Museum of Art and the Nevada Women's Fund as they celebrate the acclaimed quilters featured in A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts. Nationally renowned quilts expert and author Julie Silber will provide her insights into this uniquely American art tradition followed by a reception and exhibition tour. This partnership event supports the missions and activities of the Nevada Museum of Art and the Nevada Women’s Fund. Seating is limited.

    $25 / $25 Museum members | Buy Tickets

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    Julie Silber on A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts

    Friday March 12, 2010 / 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

    Renowned quilt expert Julie Silber investigates the complex intertwining of women's history and quilt making over the past forty years. These half-hour dialogues invite guests to experience an informal and intimate introduction to works in the galleries. The Art Bite series is supported, in part, by the Gabelli Foundation.

    $5 / $4 Museum members | Buy Tickets

  • Art Afternoon

    Art Afternoon: Workshop & Social for Seniors

    Friday March 12, 2010 / 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    Expand your interests with a docent-guided tour and studio art class. Light refreshments. No art background necessary.

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    Nobody

    Thursday March 18, 2010 / 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Explore one student's personal journey to find inspiration in Nobody, presented by the Nevada Museum of Art Teen Art Council. A quirky comedy of discovery, Nobody is written by Rob Perez of 40 Days and 40 Nights. Rated PG-13. To view the trailer for this film, please visit: http://nobodythecomedy.com/ Tickets for this screening are $5 for everyone, including members.

    $5 / $5 Museum members | Buy Tickets

  • Jazz Brunch

    KUNR Sunday Jazz Brunch with Colin Ross Band

    Sunday March 21, 2010 / 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

    Catch a live jazz performance hosted by KUNR Radio and dine from the á la carte brunch menu from Café Musée. A la carte items are priced from $5 - $15 each.

  • Special Events

    Taste of Gee's Bend Dinner

    Thursday March 25, 2010 / 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Celebrate the history and culture of Gee's Bend, Alabama, as Café Musée prepares a pre fixe dinner including the traditional southern tastes of Crisp Winter Greens, Double-Crusted Buttermilk Fried Chicken Breast with Corn and Goat Cheese Grits and Sweet Potato Pie with Vanilla Whipped Cream. Cost: $34.50 for Members / $44.50 for non-members, which includes admission to the Museum. For reservations please contact Cafe Musee at 775.332.1848 ex 104.

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    Black Rock Design Institute: Joseph Tanney | Resolution: 4 Architecture

    Thursday March 25, 2010 / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Principal Joseph Tanney discusses the design directives and motivation behind Resolution: 4 Architecture, winners of the Dwell Magazine Home Design Invitational 2003.

    $10 / $8 Museum members | Buy Tickets

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    Teen Art Night

    Friday March 26, 2010 / 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

    Join the Nevada Museum of Art Teen Art Council and the Holland Project for the second annual Teen Art Night. Teens are invited to dress up in prom wear or as your favorite celebrity for a Hollywood themed event planned for teens, by teens. Enjoy live music performances, a silk-screening workshop with artist Ron Rash, a teen film competition with prizes (submissions due to the Holland Project by 3/15 - for details visit: www.hollandreno.org), and an encore screening of Nobody.

    $5 / $5 Museum members | Buy Tickets

  • hands/ON! Sunday Family Program

    Tiny Quilts

    Sunday March 28, 2010 / 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Bring the whole family and, inspired by the quilts of Gee's Bend, create your own tiny quilts using colorful, textured fabrics. One-hour sessions beginning at noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm. Bring the entire family for this free, fun program featuring hands-on art projects and gallery activities for all ages.

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    Bluesman Al Blake Performs

    Saturday April 3, 2010 / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Join the Museum in welcoming the celebrated bluesman for a special performance in association with A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts. Blake’s encyclopedic knowledge of the Blues and its players makes him one of the most serious students of this uniquely American genre and the creator of some of the deepest and purest Blues of the post-modern era.

    $12 / $10 Museum members | Buy Tickets


Exhibitions

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  • Swarm Small Works Gallery

    Elaine Parks: Swarm

    through March 14, 2010

    For artist Elaine Parks, the annual invasion of Mormon crickets in the Nevada town of Tuscarora is an event she anticipates with both deference and dread. Located about 50 miles north of Elko in the northeastern region of Nevada, Tuscarora is just one of many small towns across the American West that braces for the insects-known formally as shield backed katydids-that invade each year.... more »

    Included with Admission

  • The Woman with the Veil E. L. Wiegand Gallery

    Raphael: The Woman with the Veil

    through March 21, 2010

    Presented by Arte ITALIA, through its relationship with New York-based Foundation for Italian Art & Culture, Raphael's masterpiece painting The Woman with the Veil will be exhibited in the E. L. Wiegand Gallery at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, NV from January 9 through March 21, 2010. Depicting a woman wearing a veil the painting embodies some of the high Renaissance... more »

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  • Installation Gallery

    The Work Ethic in American Art:

    through March 28, 2010

    This small exhibition highlights works from the Museum's E.L. Wiegand Collection that was founded in 1988 to support acquisitions with a thematic focus on the work ethic in American Art. The collection includes paintings that depict laborers, work environments, and workers at rest. Among the works in the exhibition will be those by Lovell Birge Harrison, Elsie Palmer Payne, Jacob Getlar... more »

    Included with Admission

  • Reynolds Hall and Prim Theater Gallery

    The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010:

    through April 3, 2010

    The Museum presents an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010, 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 is... more »

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  • Feature Gallery South

    A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts:

    through April 11, 2010

    Quilting has been a longstanding tradition among the women of Gee's Bend - a small town on Alabama River where cotton plantation owner Joseph Gee's land was located. Until the Roosevelt era, the community lived in log cabins where one could "see the stars" and feel the wind and rain through gaps in the ceilings and walls. At the same time, quilting was a rare opportunity for creative personal... more »

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  • Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era Feature Gallery North

    Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era

    through April 11, 2010

    Between 1892 and 1918 the Amphora Pottery Company manufactured thousands of remarkably imaginative and delicately crafted ceramic vessels in its workshop in Teplitz, Austria. From snarling dragons and sea creatures to medieval maidens and lily pads, the wares of the Amphora pottery makers were influenced by artistic and literary movements ranging from Symbolism and Secessionism to Art Nouveau.... more »

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  • Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage Feature Gallery East

    The Beffi Triptych: Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage

    through April 11, 2010

    The mountainous region of Abruzzo in central Italy has endured many earthquakes, most recently on the night of April 6, 2009, when a powerful quake registered 5.8 on the Richter scale. More than 300 people perished, 1,500 were injured, and 65,000 were initially left homeless. The earthquake caused significant damage to the cultural heritage of Abruzzo including the sixteenth-century Castello... more »

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  • Lucy Raven C A+E Gallery

    China Town: Lucy Raven

    through May 9, 2010

    Lucy Raven's video China Town traces copper mining and production from an open pit mine in East Ely, Nevada to the Yangtze River in China, where the semi-processed ore is sent to be smelted, refined, and spun into wire and used to electrify the nation. The video consists of an animated sequence created from more than 7,000 photographs, along with ambient sound that Raven recorded along... more »

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  • Trophy Hunter Hawkins Contemporary Gallery

    Bryan Christiansen: Trophy Hunter

    through May 9, 2010

    Bryan Christiansen's life-sized contemporary sculptures challenge conventional notions about rural life, home, the rituals of the hunting tradition, and the innocence of childhood. Using discarded household furniture that he finds in neglected urban areas, Christiansen crafts assemblages that stand in for the trophies, antler mounts, and pelts so often prized by hunters. Raised in a small... more »

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  • NO $ DOWN Media Gallery

    Penelope Gottlieb: NO $ DOWN

    through May 23, 2010

    For nearly a decade, Penelope Gottlieb has worked to produce a series of drawings that examine the archetypal American dream of home ownership, while also exploring the idea of the house as a status symbol, marker of class identity, and focal point of desire. In NO $ DOWN, Gottlieb's colored-pencil drawings catalogue frontal views of popular domestic architecture. From storybook homes... more »

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