Judy Chicago’s response to the monumental Earthworks of the American West was nearly simultaneous with their production. Beginning in 1968, Chicago embarked on a series of ephemeral Atmospheres performances using colored smokes and fireworks in the desert that were intended to “soften that macho Land Art scene.” Long overlooked by art historians and scholars, Chicago’s Atmospheres offer a critical counterpoint and essential context to the predominantly male Land Artists working in the desert during the 1960s and 70s. Chicago will be in conversation with William L. Fox, Peter E. Pool Director, Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Ticket includes a hosted reception following the program.

In person tickets for this program are sold out. To be added to the waitlist for this program please email christian.davies@nevadaart.org 

This event is presented as part of the Art + Environment Season: Land Art Past, Present, Futures. Single event tickets to this program are open to the general public and Museum members. Admission is included for individuals who are registered for the Art+ Environment Season. For ticketing questions, please contact christian.davies@nevadaart.org

Special sponsorship provided by the Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series.

Musica Sierra presents New Vintage Baroque, an adventurous historical instrument ensemble dedicated to the creation of 21st century music. Berkeley-based keyboard, vocalist and composer Majel Connery, Canadian violinist Edwin Huizinga and Pennsylvanian bassoonist Ben Matus take you on a first-person sonic experience of the Sierra Valley landscape in a world premiere performance of the electronic song cycle, The Rivers Are Our Brothers. Keeping in the spirit of the unique programming style of New Vintage Baroque, this program will also feature various arrangements for Baroque violin and bassoon including Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons. 

*Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar. Concert begins at 7 pm.

This program is brought to you through Musica Sierra’s pilot residency program, Musical Headwaters, which brings musicians and composers of New Vintage Baroque to the headwaters of the middle fork of the Feather River to compose and perform works which reflect the natural world.

Program sponsors: The Firefly Scientist Foundation, Sierra County Arts Council, Sierra Schools Foundation, First 5 Sierra, Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified, The Feather River Land Trust, Lucy Blake, and Steven Nightingale.

This program is presented as part of UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation. 

The Museum’s Center for Art + Environment holds the largest archive collection of contemporary Antarctic art in the country. The Antarctic is the most extreme environment on Earth and art projects there are unique in their relationship to the environment. In conjunction with Adequate Earth, an online exhibition organized by the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective, Peter E. Pool Director, Center for Art + Environment Bill Fox will lead a virtual mini-symposium with Sarah Airriess, Kirsten Carlson, Guy Guthridge, Ulrike Heine, Greg Neri, and Kim Stanley Robinson, to explore the future of creative producers in Antarctica. 

Since the early 1980s, more than 120 artists, writers, composers, performers, and science communicators have traveled to Antarctica as part of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (AAWP). In 2019, 13 former AAWP participants formed the program’s first alumni organization, the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective (AAWC), with a mission “to inspire and educate the public about Antarctica and its scientific exploration through collaborations in the arts.” Adequate Earth presents the Antarctic works of the founding members of the Collective.

Join the program here via this link.

As a benefit of membership, reserve advance admission tickets now to see Victorian Radicals before it opens to the public. Don your best Victorian ensemble and strike a pose in the gallery, take a selfie, and share:@nevadaart #victorianradicals. In partnership with the local theater community, encounter Jane Morris and William Morris in the galleries throughout the day. Listen to popular music of Victorian Britain played by members of the Reno Philharmonic and indulge in Victorian themed cocktail, tea, and dessert specials for purchase at the newly re-opened Chez Louie.

This special virtual ceremony honors the award-winning students of the Scholastic Art Awards 2021. Join us and hear from guest speakers, partners, supporters and award recipients who will share their special messages and stories with students, families, teachers and our community.

The program will premiere on the Museum’s Facebook page, where you can engage in a real-time conversation with fellow participants. The broadcast can also be accessed through our YouTube channel. 

The theme of the 2021 NV STEAM Conference is Design Thinking. The Conference will be presented virtually, beginning with a keynote on Wednesday, February 3, followed by an evening online gathering Friday, February 5. The additional keynote and all workshops will take place Saturday, February 6.

Design Thinking is a strategy used by artists, designers, and scientists alike. The “Design Thinking Process” (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test) is an approach that can be used across all disciplines and is critical to developing 21st-Century skills that translate from the classroom to the workforce.

A Nevada Museum of Art exhibition, We Belong Here, will support the themes of the NV STEAM Conference. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection with several key loans from contemporary artists, We Belong Here will highlight various ways that artists and scientists tackle difficult concepts to make the inaccessible, accessible, and the invisible, visible. Educators from across the state will be able to access the exhibition through a virtual walkthrough presented as part of the Conference.

The theme of the 2021 NV STEAM Conference is Design Thinking. The Conference will be presented virtually, beginning with a keynote on Wednesday, February 3, followed by an evening online gathering Friday, February 5. The additional keynote and all workshops will take place Saturday, February 6.

Design Thinking is a strategy used by artists, designers, and scientists alike. The “Design Thinking Process” (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test) is an approach that can be used across all disciplines and is critical to developing 21st-Century skills that translate from the classroom to the workforce.

A Nevada Museum of Art exhibition, We Belong Here, will support the themes of the NV STEAM Conference. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection with several key loans from contemporary artists, We Belong Here will highlight various ways that artists and scientists tackle difficult concepts to make the inaccessible, accessible, and the invisible, visible. Educators from across the state will be able to access the exhibition through a virtual walkthrough presented as part of the Conference.

The theme of the 2021 NV STEAM Conference is Design Thinking. The Conference will be presented virtually, beginning with a keynote on Wednesday, February 3, followed by an evening online gathering Friday, February 5. The additional keynote and all workshops will take place Saturday, February 6.

Design Thinking is a strategy used by artists, designers, and scientists alike. The “Design Thinking Process” (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test) is an approach that can be used across all disciplines and is critical to developing 21st-Century skills that translate from the classroom to the workforce.

A Nevada Museum of Art exhibition, We Belong Here, will support the themes of the NV STEAM Conference. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection with several key loans from contemporary artists, We Belong Here will highlight various ways that artists and scientists tackle difficult concepts to make the inaccessible, accessible, and the invisible, visible. Educators from across the state will be able to access the exhibition through a virtual walkthrough presented as part of the Conference.

Save 10% all weekend long online and in the Shop* at the grandest sale of the season. In anticipation of Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement opening March 7, 2021, we’ve stocked the Shop with a bevy of beautiful Victorian-inspired items just in time for the holidays. Cozy up with a cup of hot cocoa and check off every art lover on your list. 

* For online shopping, 10% savings will automatically generate at checkout. Discount does not apply to Gift Membership purchases.

*Curbside pickup and shipping available. 

Save 10% all weekend long online and in the Shop* at the grandest sale of the season. In anticipation of Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement opening March 7, 2021, we’ve stocked the Shop with a bevy of beautiful Victorian-inspired items just in time for the holidays. Cozy up with a cup of hot cocoa and check off every art lover on your list. 

* For online shopping, 10% savings will automatically generate at checkout. Discount does not apply to Gift Membership purchases.

*Curbside pickup and shipping available.