Adventure into the deep as we celebrate the opening of Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada with a summer bash. Dive into Nevada’s prehistoric past and meet the ichthyosaurs, the giant sea creatures that once ruled the ancient seas. Enjoy a DJ, beer garden, and food trucks as we explore Nevada’s past on a journey of discovery and wonder. Participate in family-friendly activities, including a fossil dig, dinosaur crafts, and a prehistoric photo booth.

Illustrations courtesy Kate O’Hara

CANCELED: Due to worsening weather conditions, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this evening’s Members’ Exclusive. Timely refunds will be issued to all registrants. We invite you to join us next week at First Thursday to view the exhibition.

The Retro Radio Dolls join forces with Reno Swings to teach you how to Lindy Hop with a little combination of West Coast Swing! Members are invited to join us at 6 pm for lessons, then put those skills to the test during a live performance featuring wartime favorites of the 1940s. Be sure and visit Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II one last time before it closes on July 23! Event hosted in the Nightingale Sky Room. Standing (and dancing) room only. Cash bar. 

This event is exclusive to Museum members. Not a member? Join today!
If your membership expires by the date of the event you will be asked to renew upon arrival.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is now sold out. An encore talk with Rick Beyer has been added on Friday, March 17 at noon. Please click here to register for Friday’s talk.

OVERFLOW SEATING:

Seating in the Theater is full for the talk. Overflow seating is in Founders’ Room or in the Nightingale Sky Room for a live simulcast of the talk.

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of GIs landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with rubber tanks, fake artillery, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, they put on a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Unpack the secrets of the Ghost Army with author and filmmaker Rick Beyer followed by a Swinging Social with the Retro Radio Dolls.

* Doors open at 5:30 pm with cash bar

PLEASE NOTE: This event is now sold out. An encore talk with Rick Beyer has been added on Friday, March 17 at noon. Please click here to register for Friday’s talk.

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of GIs landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with rubber tanks, fake artillery, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, they put on a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Unpack the secrets of the Ghost Army with author and filmmaker Rick Beyer followed by a Swinging Social with the Retro Radio Dolls.

* Doors open at 5:30 pm with cash bar

As a benefit of membership, active Museum members are invited to view the fall lineup of exhibitions, including a last-chance-look at the feature exhibition Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams. Enjoy extended gallery hours, live music by the rocksteady/ska band Keyser Soze in the Nightingale Sky Room and cocktails on the Mathewson Sky Plaza. Galleries will host local DJ Fox&Buck. Drop in on the 3rd floor for a pop-up collage workshop and contribute to a future edition of Fallen Fruit’s collective zine. Drinks and small bites menu available for purchase.  

FREE for Members 
Not a member? Join today

As a benefit of membership, active Museum members are invited to view the fall lineup of exhibitions, including a last-chance-look at the feature exhibition Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams. Enjoy extended gallery hours, live music in the Nightingale Sky Room and cocktails on the Mathewson Sky Plaza. Galleries will host local DJ sets and pop-up performances. Drinks and small bites menu available for purchase.

FREE for Members
Not a member? Join today at nevadaart.org 

Celebrating 90 Years

Members’ Premiere: The Latimer School

Join friends, family and members as we celebrate the founding of the Nevada Museum of Art. Be the first to see The Latimer School: Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer Art Club during this exclusive evening premiere. Also on view are juried paintings by present-day members of the Latimer Art Club.

As a benefit of membership, enjoy live music by Carolyn Dolan and a drink on the open terrace of the Stacie Mathewson Sky Plaza.

As you know, the Nevada Museum of Art follows local, State, and CDC guidelines for Covid-19 related safety protocols and requires that masks are necessary while on Museum property except while actively eating or drinking. 

Please plan to wear a mask at the Members’ Premiere. Complimentary masks will also be available at the Admissions + Membership desk. 

Have you ever wondered why the Nevada Museum of Art collects the artworks you see in our galleries? Or, how we decide which works “fit” and enhance our thematic permanent collections?

In addition to organizing exhibitions, curators build institutional collections and take many factors into consideration before making recommendations to the Board’s Collections Committee.

Please join JoAnne Northrup, Curatorial Director and Curator of Contemporary Art, for an exclusive presentation of a forthcoming exhibition of recent acquisitions, Shifting Horizons, opening in late March. Learn how these important works reflect the Museum’s ongoing commitment to integrating a range of artistic voices in the permanent collections.

Program for Collector’s Circle, Sierra Circle, Sierra Circle Stakeholders and Director’s Circle Members. 

Program hosted on Zoom.

For assistance, contact Ela Zawadzka at 775-398-7232