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Join four local choreographers as they screen dance films created in response to both new and reimagined spaces throughout the Museum and its forthcoming expansion. After the screenings, each choreographer will participate in a panel discussion exploring the role of dance in museum spaces, the creative process behind making a

Seniors are invited to spend the afternoon at the Museum. Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class. Monthly tours and projects are designed for participants of all levels of experience and offer an engaging and interactive experience.  Senior Art Afternoon will be hosted in-person in the E.L. Cord

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest performances and monthly themes rotate in this engaging series of monthly programs.  SCHEDULE  10 am – 6 pm | Free Admission for

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Join Colin Robertson, Charles N. Mathewson Senior Vice President of Education and Research at the Nevada Museum of Art, for an introduction to a new programmatic partnership between the Museum and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). He will survey some about what’s to come programmatically, and how the partnership

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

Join Desert Research Institute Associate Research Scientist  and Scientific Illustrator, Tiffany Pereira as she explores the union of art and science. Learn how she incorporates artistic principles into her research in Nevada and the Desert Southwest. 

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

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

The apparent emptiness of the Nevada desert is very special to artist Elaine Parks and holds a psychic space, where the quiet and openness of the landscape allow her imagination to roam. Parks’ inspiration comes from tufa and other kinds of rock formations and textures. Intended to elude identification yet

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Join Museum volunteer docents for a discussion of Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America by Elise Hooper making connections to current exhibition Dorothea Lange: Seeing People and artists featured at the Museum. Participants should have completed the book prior to meeting.

Step into the captivating world of groundbreaking artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson as she takes you on a journey through her visionary career. In this conversation facilitated by Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Apsara DiQuinzio, Lynn explores the themes and innovations that define her work, diving into the intersection

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Join Megan Bellister, Nell J. Redfield Curator of Learning and Engagement, for a discussion with educators about how to integrate visual art in writing and reading activities using the exhibition, When Langston Hughes Came to Town. Learn how art can be used to inspire writing and increase visual literacy skills

Meet up with friends for this long-standing monthly tradition of live music, beer, and plenty of fun. Live music hosted by Spike McGuire and presented in partnership with Loud as Folk, a regional singer-songwriter showcase. Hosting partners: Bibo Coffee Co. Sponsored by: Big Horn Olive Oil Company, Engel & Volkers

Seniors are invited to spend the afternoon at the Museum. Enjoy a guided tour and a studio art class. Monthly tours and projects are designed for participants of all levels of experience and offer an engaging and interactive experience.  Senior Art Afternoon will be hosted in-person in the E.L. Cord

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

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. 

Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation Hands ON! Second Saturdays offers monthly free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances, and community collaborations.  “Art Investigators” provides children the opportunity to engage with Museum staff and take a closer look at current work on view. New exhibitions, community collaborations, guest

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view. Guided tours are offered Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am. Reservations are recommended. FREE with admission