Join Nevada Humanities and Our Story Inc. for An Introduction to Black Springs, a conversation about the history of Black Springs, Nevada, a neighborhood located in the North Valleys, approximately six miles from downtown Reno.

The conversation will be moderated by Angie Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer for Guardian Quest, Inc., and the event will feature past and present residents and community supporters of Black Springs, including Helen Townsell-Parker and Demetrice Dalton, with an overview of some ongoing collaborative projects to document and promote the neighborhood’s history from historian Alicia Barber. We will discuss the development and growth of this area from the 1940s to today, including the struggle and fight for basic infrastructure for the residents of Black Springs. Additionally, the story will be shared of how Black families purchased homes in Black Springs against seemingly insurmountable odds, including a lack of electricity, water, sewers, and paved roads, and began to build a lasting community.

This is a FREE program.

This program will be hosted live online via zoom. Click here to join this program for free. 

Image Credit: Nevada Black History Project, UNRS-P1977-56-0782, Special Collections and University Archives Department, University of Nevada, Reno. 

Susan Lobo is a cultural anthropologist specializing in research and community-based advocacy work in urban and rural Native communities in the United States and Latin America. She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley where she was the coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies, at U.C. Davis, and at the University of Arizona. Between 1978-1995 she was the coordinator of the Community History Project, located at Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland where she and artist Jean LaMarr first became friends. More recently she has worked for Tohono O’odham Community Action. Her publications include The Sweet Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F. Chana, the textbook Native American Voices, editor of American Indians and the Urban Experience and Organización Social, Patrones de Residencia e Idetidad en Comunidades Indígenas Urbanas en Estados Unidos. She currently lives in Tucson, Arizona and Tacuarembó, Uruguay. 

Join us for a conversation as Lobo explores art as cultural communication and the intersections of contemporary Native life, while also exploring the work of Jean LaMarr.

NOTE: This program is hosted virtually on Zoom. 

The Museum is closed today in observance of New Year’s Day. The Museum will be open Sunday, January 2 from 10 am to 6 pm. 

The Museum is closed today in observance of Christmas Day. The Museum will be open Sunday, December 26 from 10 am to 6 pm. 

The Museum is closed today in observance of Thanksgiving. The Museum will be open on Friday, November 26 from 10 am to 6 pm.

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It only happens once a year – shop the Nevada Museum of Art Holiday Sale. Find jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts.  10% savings for everyone, 20% savings for Museum Members.  Shop in-store and online.

It only happens once a year – shop the Nevada Museum of Art Holiday Sale. Find jewelry, stationery, home décor, art books, glassware, puzzles, toys and locally made gifts.  10% savings for everyone, 20% savings for Museum Members.  Shop in-store and online.

First Thursday is cancelled for January 6, 2022. The Museum plans to return First Thursday to its regularly scheduled dates beginning early 2022, depending on the health and safety guidelines for our region. Please continue to this calendar listing for updates.