For 50 years, Robert Adams has made compelling, provocative, and highly influential photographs that show the wonder and fragility of the American landscape, its inherent beauty, and the inadequacy of our response to it. Sarah Greenough, senior curator and head of the department of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, discusses American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams. This program will explore works from not only the artist’s most important projects but also lesser-known ones that depict suburban sprawl, strip malls, highways, homes, and stores, as well as rivers, skies, the prairie, and the ocean.

*Doors open at 5 pm with cash bar. Event hosted in the Nightingale Sky Room.

Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series

Sarah Greenough is senior curator and head of the department of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Prior to coming to the Gallery, Greenough received her B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico where she studied with the noted photographic historian Beaumont Newhall. In 1978 she was awarded a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship at the Gallery where she has worked ever since. In 1990 she became the founding curator of the department of photographs and has been responsible for establishing and growing the National Gallery’s collection of photographs, which now numbers more than 21,000 works made between 1839 and the present. She also established the program for photography at the National Gallery, which now presents two to three photography exhibitions per year in the museum’s dedicated photography galleries, as well as many smaller installations. 

David Allen Burns and Austin Young of the artist collective “Fallen Fruit” create engaging spaces and activations where audiences can enjoy museums in new, unexpected ways. Join Fallen Fruit at First Thursday and contribute to a future “Reno Edition” of Fallen Fruit Magazine by responding to artist-directed writing prompts and by creating themed collages.

Educators are invited to these FREE monthly informative roundtables incorporating and following the Educator Evenings. These Zoom discussions provide participants an opportunity to further discuss the presented topics as they relate to early childhood education.

Please register for the ECE Roundtable.  The zoom link for the Roundtable will be sent with your registration email confirmation. For questions, please contact Leah Sanders, Educational Consultant or Terry Randolph, Program Manager, Truckee River Child Development Center.

Nevada Registry approved (2 hours for completing the Educator Evening and ECE Roundtable) or CEU credit hours are available.

The OutWest Film Fest celebrates Queer Film from around the world with sixteen films from ten countries in Short Film, Documentary and Feature Film Categories. 

Session 1: Documentary Films from 2-4 pm.  The six films in this category include the winning film: Black Rainbow Love along with selected films TRANSPARENTE, I AM, Cut Your Hair, Sex Tapes: Lessons from a 7ft Penis & Friends, and Queer Is A Tender Feeling.

Session 2: Short Films will be screened from 5-7 pm including the Winning Short Film MINT TEA as well as Constellations, Coffee & water, Come Out, Domesticated Animals, Wolf Tone, Clover, Eddy, and It’s Late.

*NOTE: Tickets to each session are sold separately. Join us for one or both sessions at the Museum on the 15th. The third session for Winning Feature Film screening of Last Gasp – Brokeback Fields Chapter One directed by Robert Pagan will be shown at Our Center (located at 1745 S Wells Ave Reno, NV 89502) on Sunday, October 16th at 6 pm.

The OutWest Film Fest celebrates Queer Film from around the world with sixteen films from ten countries in Short Film, Documentary and Feature Film Categories. 

Session 1: Documentary Films from 2-4 pm.  The six films in this category include the winning film: Black Rainbow Love along with selected films TRANSPARENTE, I AM, Cut Your Hair, Sex Tapes: Lessons from a 7ft Penis & Friends, and Queer Is A Tender Feeling.

Session 2: Short Films will be screened from 5-7 pm including the Winning Short Film MINT TEA as well as Constellations, Coffee & water, Come Out, Domesticated Animals, Wolf Tone, Clover, Eddy, and It’s Late.

*NOTE: Tickets to each session are sold separately. Join us for one or both sessions at the Museum on the 15th. The third session for Winning Feature Film screening of Last Gasp – Brokeback Fields Chapter One directed by Robert Pagan will be shown at Our Center (located at 1745 S Wells Ave Reno, NV 89502) on Sunday, October 16th at 6 pm.

Artist Sonia Falcone joins us virtually to discuss her work Campo de Color (Color Field). Currently on view, this colorful and immersive installation made from spices, salt, and other raw materials, is not only a multi-sensory experience, but also a commentary on the ways that foods continue to connect people, cultures, and regions in our increasingly globalized world.

This is a virtual program, hosted on Zoom. Pre-registration required. 

Program support and free program registration for students is provided by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Artist Sonia Falcone joins us virtually to discuss her work Campo de Color (Color Field). Currently on view, this colorful and immersive installation made from spices, salt, and other raw materials, is not only a multi-sensory experience, but also a commentary on the ways that foods continue to connect people, cultures, and regions in our increasingly globalized world.

This is a virtual program, hosted on Zoom. Pre-registration required. 

Educators will explore the differences between designing for and designing with others. Participants will run through a quick and fun design challenge at home with STEAM educator, Lisa Yokana, to identify and develop solutions to real-world challenges utilizing concepts of “maker-centered learning.”

This program is hosted virtually on Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85116656095?
Meeting ID: 851 1665 6095
Passcode: 124280

Suggested tools and prototyping materials for this month’s Educator Evening. Please note that you do not need all of these supplies. These are merely some optional suggestions. Look around your house and grab anything that looks interesting!

Tools: 

• Scissors 
• Exacto knife and cutting surface
• Hot glue gun-if you have one

Prototyping materials:

• Popsicle sticks 
• Cardboard 
• Construction paper 
• Tape
• Glue stick  
• Wire  
• Toothpicks  
• Chopsticks  
• Pipe cleaners
• Paper clips
• Plastic spoons, knives or forks
• Paper or plastic cups
• Paper towel or toilet paper roll

Educator Evenings are a FREE professional development series hosted virtually offering state-approved professional development hours for participation. Professional development hours are available for participating in the Educator Evenings and issued upon request.

Educator Evenings are sponsored by the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Bank of America and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

STEAM education programs at the Nevada Museum of Art are sponsored by Tesla and Waste Management.