Reigning Queens: Frank Smigiel on Andy Warhol
The Museum welcomes Frank Smigiel, Director of Arts Programming & Partnerships at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) in San Francisco, for the final public program related to The World Stage. Smigiel, who holds a doctorate in English Literature from the University of Delaware, leads a lively discussion on Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens series, the artist’s use of queer imagery, and embrace of kitsch.
Program hosted on Zoom. For registration support or questions, email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Sky with Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen
Georgia O’Keeffe saw the modern world in unique ways, including the way in which she perceived the sky. Blue tones, clouds, and unusual perspectives of the horizon characterize much of her work. This talk will focus on O’Keeffe’s representation of the southwest sky in her paintings and fashion as well as in photographs of the artist.
Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The Art Bite series is supported by Nevada Humanities.
Meet the Artist: Michelle Lassaline
The central theme of artist Michelle Lassaline’s work can be described by the Portuguese word saudade, which roughly translates to “homesickness,” but also carries the meaning of invented memories. For example, you may feel saudade for your childhood home, a place much grander in your memory than the building that now sits at the same address. Saudade is the homesickness for somewhere that never existed except in the form of that fleeting land called childhood. Learn about these ideas of place and their relation to this emerging artist’s work.
Scott Hinton on Robert Adams’s American Landscapes
Robert Adams’ photographs of the American landscape became some of the most famous of the twentieth century. Join photographer Scott Hinton for a gallery discussion of Adams’ most recent body of work, a portfolio of images made in Oregon’s Nehalem Bay State Park.
Michael Branch on John James Audubon, the Artist, the Scientist, the Entrepreneur, and the Writer
John James Audubon, the artist, is beloved by many for the naturalistic and life-size illustrations of the creatures he made. Fewer are aware of his reputation as a scientist, natural historian, entrepreneur, and writer. Join Michael Branch for an exploration of Audubon’s life and work, some of which is on display through February 15.
Land Art and The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy in Nevada has been working with artists Daniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien to restore the channels of the Carson and Truckee River systems with living sculptures. Learn about the scope and purpose of these projects form leaders of The Nature Conservancy.
Art Bite: Historian Greta de Jong on the Emancipation Proclamation
Learn how President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the subsequent ratification of the thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, is integrally linked to Nevada having become a state in 1864.