Early Closure
The Museum will close at 5 pm for a private event.
Once Every Other Week
Experience Once Every Other Week, a dance work by choreographer Angela Ritchie that explores sustainability and creative intervention. Structured in three parts, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, the performance blends humor and creativity to reflect on the connection between humans and our planet.
Summer Solstice Yoga Celebration: 108 Sun Salutations
Join us for a mid-morning yoga celebration in the Sky Room to honor the Summer Solstice. Featuring 108 sun salutations and guided by yoga instructor Sean Johnstone along with Nikki Johnstone on the turntable, journey through movement and music with a community of fellow yogis to observe the longest day of year.
Wild Relatives with Director Jumana Manna
Explore the complex global relationships embedded in efforts to preserve plant life for future generations. Deep beneath the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards seeds from around the world as a vital backup in times of crisis.
Wild Relatives begins with a real event that captured international attention: in 2012, an agricultural research center was forced to relocate from Aleppo to Lebanon during the Syrian Civil War, undertaking the painstaking work of replanting seeds retrieved from the Svalbard reserve. Through this journey, the film reveals an intricate web of human and nonhuman relationships between these two distant places.
Join director Jumana Manna for a virtual introduction to her feature-length film, followed by an audience Q&A. This special screening complements Interspecies Relationships in the exhibition Into the Time Horizon.
Artist Responses to a Changing Earth
Into the Time Horizon brings together a wide range of artistic perspectives that confront the impacts of the climate crisis. Join Assistant Curator Kolin L. Perry for an exploration of selected works from the exhibition, as he highlights how artists are engaging with and responding to environmental change across the globe.
Detail of Artwork: Kim Stringfellow, Abandoned Trailer, Bombay Beach, CA, 2000/printed 2009. Chromogenic print, 30 1/2 x 38 in. (77.5 x 96.5 cm). Nevada Museum of Art, the Altered Landscape, Carol Franc Buck Collection. 2010.02.01. Image courtesy of the artist.
Artist Talk: Materiality and Environmental Justice with Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio
Delve into the interwoven social and environmental histories of material and place making with Los Angeles-based artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio. By casting ficus trees in rubber, Aparicio captures their textures while tracing layered histories, including Indigenous knowledge of latex and the migration of people and plants across borders into the United States.
His artwork La ceiba me salvó/The Ceiba Saved Me is currently on view in This Vital Earth, a section of the landmark exhibition, Into the Time Horizon.
Artist Talk: Alchemy and the Unknown with Jay Heikes
Discover the contemplative, experimental work of artist Jay Heikes who uses unexpected chemical processes to reinterpret visual symbols and investigate themes of evolution and regeneration, stasis and corrosion, entropy, and transformation.
His artwork featured in the Strange Weather section of Into the Time Horizon draws connections between the disruption of the natural world and our political climate.
Turning Pages Book Club: A Natural History of Empty Lots… by Christopher Brown
Museum docents lead a discussion of A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places by Christopher Brown. The discussion explores connections to the Altered Lands and the Anthropocene section of Into the Time Horizon and featured artists. Participants are asked to complete the book prior to meeting. Register online and review the guiding questions that will shape the discussion.
Arrive early to place a lunch order at the Museum Café! Space is limited; advanced reservations are recommended.
Art After Dark: Salsa Night
Turn up the heat in the Sky Room for an unforgettable evening of rhythm, movement, and creativity. In partnership with Tiempo Latino Dance Company, this vibrant Art After Dark invites you to step onto the dance floor and experience the energy of salsa.
From 7:30 – 8:30 pm, Tiempo Latino instructors will lead a dynamic, beginner-friendly salsa lesson designed to get everyone moving with confidence. Whether you’re brand new to dancing or looking to refine your steps, you’ll learn the fundamentals in a welcoming and lively atmosphere.
From 8:30 – 10 pm, the music keeps flowing as the floor opens for social dancing. Put your new skills into practice, dance with friends, and immerse yourself in the infectious rhythms of salsa.
The creativity doesn’t stop on the dance floor. Throughout the evening, enjoy a hands-on art activity where you’ll craft your own mini piñata ornament, sip festive libations, and capture the night’s energy at our photo booth.
To Burn, Forest Fire by Katie Paterson
In To Burn, Forest, Fire, artist Katie Paterson invites us to memorialize the first and last forests through a contemplative incense burning. The scents are inspired by the primordial Cairo Forest of the Hudson Valley and the current composition of the Amazon Forest. The scents feature essential organic and mineral traces that convey vibrant, unique ecosystems. During the performance, you are invited to view visual maps of each incense’s ingredients and quietly consider the forest.
To Burn, Forest, Fire is currently on view in The Sixth Extinction section of Into the Time Horizon. This performance will be hosted monthly during HandsON! Second Saturday, through September.