Explore the Museum’s collection of contemporary Native American baskets from a conservation and educational lens with Cienna WindRiver, Native American archive collections and library coordinator. This program is in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)  and is hosted every third Wednesday of the month.

Travel on a journey of Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging, and- delve into the profound beauty and cultural significance of Japanese floral art with museum school instructor Truus Ten Kate Sharp. This program is in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and is hosted every third Wednesday of the month.

Take a deep dive into book arts with local artist and Museum School Instructor Bobby Lee, and learn how intimate, multilayered investigations of the environment transformed his photography and art practice. This program is in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and is hosted every third Wednesday of the month.

In recognition of the 84th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, Nevada Humanities and the Reno chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League are holding a special screening of Tadashi Nakamura’s film Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement. The documentary chronicles the life of Los Angeles-born artist, dancer, singer, author, and activist Nobuko Miyamoto, who was sent to the Santa Anita temporary detention center when she was only two years old. 

Caption: Still of Nobuko Miyamoto and a crowd from Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

Image credit: Courtesy of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal.

Artists and scientists present a series of talks on interdisciplinary field work and the sustainability of nature and biological diversity. Pujita Guha, an Indian artist and curator, and current Mahindra Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, will join faculty from University of Nevada, Reno: Elizabeth Leger, Matthew Forister, Paul White, Chris Lanier, Kelly Chorpening and Scott Hinton.

Lake Flato believes in architecture that is rooted to its place, responds to the natural environment and merges with the landscape. Join architect Greg Papay to explore a variety of civic and institutional projects imbued with a spirit of ingenuity and grounded in place-based architecture. This is part of the Black Rock Design Institute (BRDI) lecture series for cross-disciplinary design professionals and the broader community. 

*Doors open at 5pm with hosted beer. Program begins at 6pm. 

Join Museum educator Bonnie Blair Lacy for a presentation and discussion about how people view art in Museums, and explore some kinds of thinking routines that help viewers look at and think about visual art.  

Join Museum staffer Catie Polley  for an engaging conversation that explores works of art through a sociological lens. This talk will consider how artworks reflect, challenge, and shape the societies in which they were created, revealing the ways culture, identity, class, and community are embedded in visual expression. 

Celebrate Reno novelist Ben Rogers’ new book, The Daughters, published by the University of Nevada Press this fall. Program begins at 5 pm in the Prim Theater, with hosted cocktails and appetizers to follow in the new Teel Lobby at the South Entrance of the Charles and Stacie Mathewson Education + Research Center. 

*SOLD OUT* Join us for an unforgettable evening with Brazilian visual artist Rodrigo Cass, who will do a special performance at 5:30pm, followed by a conversation with him and curator Amanda Carneiro of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) at 6pm. As a prelude to the event, artist Paulo Von Poser will enact a performance with a drone in the Linda and Alvaro Pascotto Sculpture Plaza, which will begin at 5pm. 

Tickets to this program are free of charge but registration is required.