Events
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Register Ongoing ProgramsEarly Childhood Education Roundtable
Thursday August 24, 2017 / 5:45 – 7:30 pm
Educators are invited to these FREE monthly roundtables, which provide participants an opportunity to interact with art and each other. Principles of design, interactive activities, and implications for teaching and learning inform the discussion about dynamic multi-modal learning that results from creative play and inquiry-based early childhood experiences. Registration is required. For questions, please contact Leah Sanders, curriculum coach at UNR.
Pre-meeting gathering at chez louie (no host) begins at 4:30 pm.
Registry credit (1.5 hours) and CEU credit (.5 for attending 5 sessions) are available.
FREE Museum members
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Thursday Evening
Thursday August 24, 2017 / 6 – 7 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1pm; and Sundays at 1pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Register TalksHarrod Blank in Conversation with Philo Northrup on Wild Wheels: Celebrating the Art Car
Thursday August 24, 2017 / 6 – 7 pm
Harrod Blank has been making and documenting Art Cars for 35 years. When he brought his art car “Oh My God!” to Burning Man in 1993 he also began filming on what would become an epic film project about the event 25 years in the making. Harrod established Art Car Camp in 1994 and over the years transportation at the event has changed immensely. Join Harrod to explore the Art Car legacy on and off the playa, in conversation with Philo Northrup, who co-founded ArtCar Fest with Harrod in 1997.
$12 General / $8 Museum members
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Register Group ToursGuided Tour – Saturday Afternoon
Saturday August 26, 2017 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Ongoing ProgramsSunday Music Brunch
Sunday August 27, 2017 / 10 am – 2 pm
Enjoy live music and brunch every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm presented by chez louie. The menu features artful dishes, mimosas and a Bloody Mary Bar. Museum members receive a 10% savings. Reservations strongly encouraged at 775.284.2921.
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Sunday Afternoon
Sunday August 27, 2017 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group Tours
Guided Tour – Thursday Evening
Thursday August 31, 2017 / 6 – 7 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1pm; and Sundays at 1pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group Tours
Guided Tour – Saturday Afternoon
Saturday September 2, 2017 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Ongoing Programs
Sunday Music Brunch: Reno Sax Man
Sunday September 3, 2017 / 10 am – 2 pm
Enjoy live music and brunch every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm presented by chez louie. The menu features artful dishes, mimosas and a Bloody Mary Bar. Museum members receive a 10% savings. Reservations strongly encouraged at 775.284.2921.
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Register Group Tours
Guided Tour – Sunday Afternoon
Sunday September 3, 2017 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
Exhibitions
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CA+E Research Library and ArchivesJessica Rath: Projects
through August 27, 2017
An exhibition featuring materials drawn from the archive collections of Jessica Rath in the Center for Art + Environment. more »
Included with Admission
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Donald W. Reynolds Grand HallTrevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector
through January 1, 2018
The fourteen-foot diameter mylar balloon hanging in the Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall is a model for a future artwork by contemporary artist Trevor... more »
Included with Admission
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Permanent Collection GalleriesCity of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man
through January 7, 2018
For the first time ever, explore the remarkable story of how the legendary Nevada gathering known as Burning Man evolved through collaborative ritual from humble... more »
Included with Admission
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Nightingale Sky RoomView from the Playa: Photographs by Eleanor Preger
through January 7, 2018
A decade ago, Eleanor Preger never imagined herself taking photographs at Burning Man. Highlights of this Incline Village-based photographer’s work will be on view... more »
Included with Admission
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Ugo Rondinone: Seven Magic Mountains
through May 11, 2018
Across the desert south of Las Vegas, Nevada, rises a large, colorful anomaly. Seven colossal stone forms defy gravity with their teetering formations. The... more »
Included with Admission
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Donald W. Reynolds Grand HallAndrea Zittel: Wallsprawl
through December 31, 2018
Andrea Zittel’s Wallsprawl #4 (Las Vegas, Next to Nellis Air Force Base), is based on an aerial photograph of the southern Nevada military installation known... more »
Included with Admission