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. 

Third spaces are vital to building and sustaining community connections. Listen to a conversation with Lilley Museum of Art’s Stephanie Gibson and Nevada Museum of Art’s Colin Robertson to learn more about the museum’s role as crucial open-toall spaces that engage everyone. Register for the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl here. 

Artists have long been change makers who draw attention to the world’s most pressing issues through creative expression. Tristan Duke and Colin Robertson discuss Duke’s recent work developing glacial lenses to capture the turmoil of the changing climate in Glacial Optics. Register here for the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl. 

How does a Bristlecone Pine tree observe the passage of time? Artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats joins William L. Fox, Founding Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art, for a conversation about Keats’ new installation—the monumental clock called “Centuries of the Bristlecone,” newly installed at the Nevada Museum of Art. Register here at the Nevada Humanities Literary Crawl site.  

Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi have spent their lives learning about, collecting, and supporting Indigenous Australian art and artists. Hear from the collectors firsthand about their passion for the diverse Indigenous Australian artists and artwork in their collection–now part of a transformative gift of art generously donated to the Nevada Museum of Art. 

Two of the most influential voices in contemporary art—Edgar Arceneaux and Charles Gaines—come together for a rare public conversation in this compelling program. Known for pushing the boundaries of conceptual and political art, these celebrated artists will explore the role of material, history, and philosophy in shaping their groundbreaking practices. 

Join us for a compelling conversation featuring William L. Fox, Peter E. Pool Director of the Institute for Art + Environment and Aspara DiQuinzio, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and the curator of Eternal Signs: Indigenous Australian Art from the Kaplan and Levi Collection. This program explores the deep connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork, ancestral knowledge, and the environment. Together, our speakers will discuss how these works communicated timeless cultural narratives, cosmologies, and relationships to land – offering powerful insights into art’s role in sustaining identity, memory, and ecological understanding. Audiences will gain a richer appreciation for how Indigenous artists express ancestral wisdom through symbol, gesture, and tradition in ways that resonate across generations and continents. 

Image: 

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Limen Bight River During the Wet, 1995-96. Acrylic on canvas, 53 1/8 x 95 3/8 in. (135 x 242 cm). Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, gift of Robert Kaplan and Margaret Levi. © Estate of Ginger Riley. Courtesy of Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. Photo: Zocalo Studios