A Museum volunteer docent will lead you through Picasso in Clay: Selections from the Robert Felton and Lindsay Wallis Collection to explore it more closely. 

A Closer Look is offered every Friday at 1 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

A Museum volunteer docent will lead you through current exhibitions to explore a specific topic more closely. 

A Closer Look is offered every Friday at 1 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

A Museum volunteer docent will lead you through Picasso in Clay: Selections from the Robert Felton and Lindsay Wallis Collection to explore it more closely. 

A Closer Look is offered every Friday at 1 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

Musica Sierra presents Fire & Grace & Ash

Musica Sierra tackles its second year of Musical Headwaters, featuring a new song cycle co-commissioned by Edwin Huizinga, and Jonathan Woody. This incredible program features Fire & Grace & Ash, with special guest Kara Dugan. Fire & Grace & Ash is a dynamic trio made up of ace mandolin player and composer Ashley Broder, acclaimed violinist Edwin Huizinga and Grammy award-winning guitarist William Coulter. Joining the trio for this one-of-a-kind program is jack-knife mezzo soprano Kara Dugan. The program will premiere a new song cycle inspired by the illustrious trout found in the Sierra. This composition will explore the musical feel of folk Americana, particularly that of Northern California. The rest of the program will feature a blending of Bach and American fiddle tunes from the trio’s recent album Partita Americana.

Musical Headwaters is a Musica Sierra initiative to create new musical compositions inspired by Sierra Valley, which bridge outdoor education, school performances and Social Emotional Learning to deepen our connection to earth.

*Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar. Concert begins at 7 pm.

This program is presented as part of UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation

Paul Revere Williams was the first licensed African American architect to work in the western region of the United States. His work in Nevada spans from the 1930s through the 1970s and his architectural contributions collectively helped to define the built environment of the region. Contemporary photographer Janna Ireland has spent the past year documenting Williams’ structures throughout the state of Nevada and her images are featured in the exhibition Janna Ireland on the Architectural Legacy of Paul Revere Williams.

Williams’ architectural body of work in Nevada includes churches, commercial properties, residential homes for the state’s wealthiest residents, and planned communities for working-class citizens. His most notable designs include the La Concha Motel (now the Neon Museum) in Las Vegas, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist (also known as the Lear Theater) in Reno.

Join us for a symposium featuring contemporary photographer Janna Ireland in conversation with Daonne Huff, Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Independent curator and former Director of Architecture and Design at the Palm Springs Art Museum Brooke Hodge will present her essay. Nevada historians Dr. Alicia Barber and Claytee White will present their most recent research on Paul Revere Williams in Nevada.

Doors open at 9 am with coffee. Lunch to follow the symposium and is included with registration.

Scholarships are available. Please email Claire Muñoz for more information.

This event is presented in-person. A recording of the symposium will be made public one week after the event.

Symposium Sponsored by the E.L. Cord Foundation

Inspired by wild places, Deborah Levoy’s songs weave folk, jazz, and soul into a style that is uniquely “exceptional, resonant, and passionate” (SF Weekly). With a poet’s love of language and an expressive voice that can “soar and scat, get folky and funky” (Daily Hampshire Gazette), Levoy enchants with performances that leap from delicate to fierce, from plaintive to joyful, all within the space of a song.

*Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar.

Presented as part of “UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series” supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.

Collateral & Co. presents their newest dance work, Across the Neon Landscape. The company returns to the Museum for a multidisciplinary exploration of the state of Nevada and its history through its iconic neon signs. This special evening will feature the poetry of Gailmarie Pahmeier, Melanie Perish and Max Stone and photography by director of the Neon Nevada Project, Will Durham. Across the Neon Landscape presents original choreography by Collateral & Co. Artistic Director, Caitlin McCarty, and Assistant Artistic Director, Leslie Balzer, in collaboration with Collateral & Co. dance artists.

*Doors open at 7 pm with cash bar.

This program is presented as part of UPSTAGE: A Literary and Performing Art Series supported by the Nightingale Family Foundation and the Williams Foundation.

To explore the work of Paul Revere Williams in northern and central Nevada is not only to gain insight into the remarkable breadth of his creative range, but to open a window into a transformational era in the state’s history. Spanning the 1930s and 1940s, Williams’ work in the region is deeply intertwined with the growth of its distinctive culture and economy, including its development into a divorce capital, tax haven, and national tourist destination.  

Join Alicia Barber, Ph.D., award-winning writer, historian, and founder of the historical consulting firm Stories in Place for a look at the architectural legacy of Paul Revere Williams in northern and central Nevada.

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