Loud as Folk Eleven Year Anniversary Showcase
Loud As Folk celebrates their eleven years history highlighting songwriters in Reno with live performances by internationally acclaimed cellist Third Seven, Eric Andersen, Grace Hayes and Whitney Myer. Hosted by Spike McGuire.
Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar.
Presented as part of “UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series” supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.
Spoken Views Collective and Wolf Speaks Present Javon Johnson
Spoken Views Collective and Wolf Speaks presents an evening of spoken word poetry with three-time national slam champion poet and author Javon Johnson.
Dr. Javon Johnson is a creative scholar who has mounted exhibitions at the California African American Museum where he managed the History Department. A renowned spoken word poet, he is a three-time national poetry slam champion, a four-time national finalist, and has appeared on appeared on HBO’sDef Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café, TVOnes Verses & Flow, The Steve Harvey Show, The Arsenio Hall Show, United Shades of America with Kamau Bell on CNN, and co-wrote a documentary titled Crossover, which aired on Showtime, in collaboration with the NBA and Nike.
Dr. Johnson’s first book, Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities (Rutgers University Press 2017), unpacks some of the complicated issues that comprise performance poetry spaces and argues that the truly radical potential in slam and spoken word communities lies not just in proving literary worth, speaking back to power, or even in altering power structures, but instead in imagining and working towards altogether different social relationships.
Javon Johnson is an Assistant Professor and Director of African American & African Diaspora studies and holds an appointment in Gender & Sexuality Studies in the Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Presented as part of “UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series” supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.
The Art of Jean LaMarr: Exhibition Preview, Book Release and Reception
Celebrate the opening weekend of The Art of Jean LaMarr with live music, friends, festivities, and extended gallery hours. Meet the artist.
Show your support for the artist Jean LaMarr, by wearing purple!
Pre-signed books available for purchase.
Members’ Exclusive Presale
Members shop early at the Exclusive Presale – a benefit of membership. Shop November 30 and December 1 for the best selection of jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts. 20% savings for Museum Members. Shop in-store and online.
Holiday Sale
It only happens once a year – shop the Nevada Museum of Art Holiday Sale. Find jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts. 10% savings for everyone, 20% savings for Museum Members. Shop in-store and online.
Holiday Sale
It only happens once a year – shop the Nevada Museum of Art Holiday Sale. Find jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts. 10% savings for everyone, 20% savings for Museum Members. Shop in-store and online.
Holiday Sale
It only happens once a year – shop the Nevada Museum of Art Holiday Sale. Find jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts. 10% savings for everyone, 20% savings for Museum Members. Shop in-store and online.
Rose B. Simpson: Transformance
Mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson presents a “Transformance”– a new work presented as part of the 2021 Art + Environment Season. Simpson’s work engages ceramic sculpture, metals, fashion, performance, music, installation, writing, and custom cars. The Nevada Museum of Art has invited Simpson to be in residency at Nuwu Art + Activism Studios in Las Vegas, NV with support from artist Fawn Douglas. Simpson will collaborate with members of the local Indigenous community to co-create an experience informed by their collective lifetimes of a post-apocalyptic reality.
IN-PERSON: The “Transformance” takes place at the Nuwu Art + Activism Studios located at 1335 S. Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas, NV. Parking is available behind the orange building at 1325 S. Maryland Parkway. To assure safe and healthy spaces for the community, all adults must be vaccinated against COVID when gathering at the Nuwu Art facilities. Public restrooms available. No additional services provided. The event is free and open to the public.
VIRTUAL: View the live broadcast scheduled for Saturday, November 13 at 2 pm on Instagram: @nevadaart
The Transformance is realized with generous support from VIA Art Fund.
Insomnia with Brandon Leake VIP
Brandon Leake, winner of America’s Got Talent Season 15 presents a one-man spoken-word play, that walks through a college senior’s late-night woes, a battle with his own inner demons. Spoken Views Collective, a Northern Nevada spoken word poetry collective will open this program.
VIP Tickets are limited and include a T-Shirt and meet and greet with Brandon Leake before the performance. Email Christian.Davies@nevadaart.org for more information and with size preferences.
Insomnia with Brandon Leake
Brandon Leake, winner of America’s Got Talent Season 15 presents a one-man spoken-word play, that walks through a college senior’s late-night woes, a battle with his own inner demons. Spoken Views Collective, a Northern Nevada spoken word poetry collective will open this program.
VIP Tickets are limited and include a T-Shirt and meet and greet with Brandon Leake before the performance at 5 pm. Click HERE for VIP tickets.
Email christian.davies@nevadaart.org for more information and with size preferences.