Celebrate the music of the 1920s and the poetry of Langston Hughes at this event, featuring live jazz by Sapphire Jazz Ensemble and local poets reading Hughes’ works.

Photo: 

Griffith J. Davis (1923 – 1993)

Pocketbook Edition Cover for The Ways of White Folks

1947

Giclee Print 11 x 11

Copyright Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives

 

Collateral & Co. returns to the Museum for a multi-disciplinary, evening-length dance work that examines the fragile and ephemeral nature of life through the presence and experience of the endangered monarch butterfly. Fragments of Existence follows the butterfly’s remarkable metamorphosis – its delicate appearance, the threat to its survival, and its graceful, impermanent existence – as a mirror to explore human transience, the passage of time, and our own vulnerability within the larger web of human life.

Featuring poetry by Melanie Perish and Collateral & Co. Artistic Director, Caitlin Bell, time-lapse sketching by scientist and artist Tiffany Pereira, and choreography by Caitlin Bell in collaboration with Collateral & Co. Dance Artists, the boundary between human and insect blurs, emphasizing our shared fragility and interdependence. Offering a reflection on our own place in the ever-changing fabric of life, Fragments of Existence is a call to awareness and action: a celebration of beauty, a meditation on mortality, and a call to protect what is at risk before it is too late.

 

The general public is invited to a day of demonstrations, talks and performances related to the traditions of basket weaving. Shop at vendor booths featuring unique Indigenous art, baskets, jewelry and specialty items. 

This FREE community event celebrates Indigenous heritage and basket weaving traditions of the Great Basin. 

*If you are a GBNBA Member or part of the Tribal Community and want to register for workshops, learn more about Threads of Tradition: Tribal Member Day here. 

Threads of Tradition: Celebrating 25 Years of the Great Basin Native Basketweavers is a gathering organized by GBNBA and presented at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Lead Sponsor: Henry Luce Foundation

The general public is invited to a day of demonstrations, talks and performances related to the traditions of Native American basket weaving. Shop at vendor booths featuring unique Indigenous art, baskets, jewelry and specialty items. 

This FREE community event celebrates Indigenous heritage and basket weaving traditions of the Great Basin. Coffee available for purchase by Star Village Coffee. 

MEET ARTIST JUDITH LOWRY | FLOOR 1

11 am – noon

2 – 3 pm 

Book signing in the Theater Lobby 

DEMONSTRATIONS & DISPLAYS | FLOOR 1

10 am – 4 pm

Joey Allen (Northern Paiute)
Tule Duck Decoys

Norma Darrough (Western Shoshone)
Water Jug Demonstration and Display

Roger Ike (Western Shoshone, Te-Moak Tribe)
Western Shoshone Cradleboard

Janice Mendez and Emily Mendez (Paiute)
Dogbane Cordage

Gayleen Roy (Northern Paiute)
Basket Display

Gloria L. Johnnie-Robles (Western Shoshone, Te-Moak Tribe Elko Band | Mexican)
Allen Mike (Western Shoshone, Duckwater Tribe)
Thread Making

Sue Coleman (Washo)
Washoe Basket Display

Lois E. Whitney (Western Shoshone)
Grindstone Demonstration

PERFORMANCES/PRESENTATIONS | FLOOR 1

THEATER:

10:30 am | Opening Ceremony: 

Blessing

Remarks by Norma Darrough, Great Basin Native Basketweavers

Remarks by Ann Wolfe, Nevada Museum of Art 

 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Pow-Wow Club with Truckee Paiute Singers

11:15 am | Melanie Smokey (Western Shoshone)

Talk: Basketmaking, Plants and the Environment  

12:15 pm | Jay Martin (Western Shoshone and Washoe) 

Talk: Seasonal Materials and Thread

1:30 pm | Film Screenings:

Woven Connections: Plants, Environment, and Native American Basketry
Directed by Jeremiah Sampson (Northern Paiute), Whiterok Pictures

Resilience – Voices of Basketweaving in the Great Basin produced by the @One, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno

2:30 pm | Herman Fillmore (Wa·šiw)

Talk: Washoe People and Cultural Practices within their Homelands 

3:15 pm |  Rhiana Jones (Akimel O’Odham/ Wa·šiw Washoe Environmental Protection Department) 

Talk: Cultural Fire Traditions and Contemporary Practice 

VENDOR FAIR | FLOOR 4

10 am – 4 pm

Ben Aleck (Pyramid Lake Paiute)
Original artwork, works on paper, prints

Heidi Barlese (Northern Paiute)
Beadwork, scarves, beads and supplies

Leah Brady (Western Shoshone, Te-Moak Tribe)

Traditional and Contemporary  Baskets and Nature Crafts

Loretta Burden (Northern Paiute/Fallon Shoshone)
Contemporary Baskets

Norma Darrough (Western Shoshone) and Jillian Fillmore (Western Shoshone)
Miniature Baskets

Ramona Darrough (Northern Paiute)
Linda Eben Jones (Northern Paiute)
Beadwork and crafts

Karma Henry (Owens Valley Paiute)
Original artwork

Avanna Lawson (Walker River Paiute)
Original artwork and prints

Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute| Pit River)
Original artwork and prints

Bhie-Cie Zahn-Nahtzu (Western Shoshone-Washoe)
Handmade skincare and jewelry

Jay Martin (Western Shoshone | Washoe)
Melanie Smokey (Western Shoshone | Washoe)
Sagebrush and medicinal toiletries

Melissa Melero Moose (Northern Paiute)
Original Artwork

Steve Nighthawk (Reno-Sparks Indian Colony)
Original artwork

Jacqueline Rickard (Walker River Paiute)
Baskets and Beaded Baskets

Raelyne Thomas (Pyramid Lake Paiute)
Beadwork

Mervin Wright Jr. (Northern Paiute)
Teresa Wright (Yurok)
Jewelry and original artwork

ON VIEW: EXHIBITIONS | FLOOR 2

10 am – 6 pm

The Art of Judith Lowry
Of the Earth: Native American Baskets and Pueblo Pottery

 

Threads of Tradition: Celebrating 25 Years of the Great Basin Native Basketweavers is a gathering organized by GBNBA and presented at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Lead Sponsor: Henry Luce Foundation

*If you are a GBNBA Member and a registered member of the Tribal Community and would like to register for workshops on April 25, 2026, learn more about Threads of Tradition: Tribal Member Day here. 

Join us in celebrating the American Vision award-winning students of 2025 and the opening of their exhibition at the E.L. Cord Museum School at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Sponsors: The Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Heidimarie Rochlin, Wild Women Artists

 

Celebrate this major exhibition of Judith Lowry’s paintings alongside the debut of the Lowry Croul Collection of Contemporary Native Art. Meet the artist in the galleries and attend a traditional and cultural presentation by the Maidu Dancers and Traditionalists honoring Lowry at 7pm in the Nightingale Sky Room. 

FREE

Join us in the Skyroom and step back into the dawn of the millennium. Dress in your best Y2K prom attire and dance the night away with DJ Fox & Buck. Capture your prom memories in our photo booth, create themed crafts, paintings and more! Experience an evening of art, music, libations and nostalgia at this hands-on event for adults.

21+

It’s the most wonderful sale of the year. Shop artfully curated gifts for everyone on your list. 20% savings for Museum Members, 10% savings for everyone. Shop in-store and online.

It’s the most wonderful sale of the year. Shop artfully curated gifts for everyone on your list. 20% savings for Museum Members, 10% savings for everyone. Shop in-store and online.

It’s the most wonderful sale of the year. Shop artfully curated gifts for everyone on your list. 20% savings for Museum Members, 10% savings for everyone. Shop in-store and online.