Join us as rodeo poet, recording artist and former bareback bronc rider, Paul Zarzyski, launches us into the month-long celebration of Artown with an evening full of poetry, lyrics and prose presented in Zarzyski’s “rock-n’-rowel” delivery. 

Doors open at 5 pm with a cash bar. Following the performance, Zarzyski will be on hand to sign copies of his latest book of poetry, Steering With My Knees. A spoken word and music CD of the same title will also be available.

Support for education and public programs during The Horse comes from Wells Fargo.

Photo credit: Kevin Martini-Fuller

Celebrate the unique qualities, possibilities, and challenges of the rural with the best of 2015’s Rural Route Film Festival entries, ten short films in all. The Rural Route Film Festival was created to highlight works that deal with unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city. Since 2002, the Rural Route Film Festival has been centered in New York City, where both founders (originally from Iowa) met working in the film industry.  The content is more relevant every year, tackling some of the most important topics of the day within the slow food movement, global warming/environmental arena, and life sustainability symposium. 

Media Sponsorship by Reno News & Review. 

Filmmaker H. Paul Moon discusses his film of Joel Nelson’s “Equus Caballus” currently on view in the exhibition “The Horse.” Join us for the debut screening of his newest short film “Mining the Mother Lode” recited by Andy Hedges, and a discussion about cinematography of the west ranging from equine to landscape.

Support for the Art Bite series comes from Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Humanities. 

Support for education and public programs during The Horse comes from Wells Fargo.

Curator of Art and Civilization at the Reading Public Museum, Scott Schweigert is the curator of the exhibition American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony and is a specialist in European art of the seventeenth century. Join Schweigert for a discussion on the emergence of artists’ colonies during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as it relates to the American Impressionists.  Learn more about the effect that these colonies had on artists’ creativity, including the ability to collaborate, teach, and experiment in their work.  American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony features a large collection of oil paintings and works on paper from the collection of the Reading Public Museum. American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony will be on view at the Nevada Museum of Art May 14 – August 14, 2016.

Support for the Art Bite series comes from Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Humanities. 

Through FREE monthly meetings and workshops early childhood educators are invited to access the Museum’s galleries to explore questions about the dynamic multi-modal learning that results from inquiry–based early childhood learning and creative play. Implications for teaching and learning are integral to the group experience. Pre-meeting gathering in chez louie begins at 4:30 pm.  For additional information please contact Leah Sanders, curriculum coach at UNR.

SOLD OUT – ALL COMPLIMENTARY RESEVATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE TAKEN.  Doors open at 10 am on Saturday.  Please show a valid Membership card upon entry and bring your printed reservation receipt. If you do not have a printed reservation receipt, a guest list will be available at the door.

A limited amount of tickets are available at the door for the Overflow Party.  Tickets are first come, first served until maximum capacity is met.

Due to the “sold out” status of the Members Premiere and concert presented in the Nightingale Sky Room, we will be simulcasting the concert by the Steep Canyon Rangers into other spaces within the Museum.  Members may enjoy a preview of The Horse, purchase a drink, and enjoy the concert from a monitor or in the theater.  The Sky Room will be open to the membership once the concert ends (until 3 pm). 

The Museum would like to extend huge gratitude to all our members for your incredible support. The unexpected positive response you have shown for this premiere is deeply humbling. Let’s celebrate!

Hosted by NV Energy. Entertainment sponsored by Anne Brockinton Lee and Robert M. Lee

Enjoy a panel discussion on following the history of horses in movies and television with film historians Petrine Mitchum (daughter of actor and director, Robert Mitchum) and author of Hollywood Hoofbeats, Christopher Langley from the Museum of Western Film History and renowned cowboy poet, Larry Maurice. 

Guests will enjoy a short intermission where Petrine Mitchum will be on hand to sign copies of Hollywood Hoofbeats after which guests will enjoy a screening of the 1951 film, The Flame of Araby.

Based on a Will James story, Sand is a prized stallion, belonging to Mark Stevens (Jeff Keane) that disappears into the Colorado wilderness (filmed on location in Lone Pine, California) after a train accident. When recovered, Sand has developed a mean streak. Suffering various abuses, the original owner finally regains Sand’s trust.

A cowboy (Tom Mix) seeks revenge against the man who shot him in a bar-room brawl. While searching for him, he comes across a wild stallion that he is determined to capture and break, and unknowingly falls in love with the daughter of the man who shot him. Based on a Max Brand short story “Alcatraz,” Just Tony tells the fictitious story of how Tom Mix acquired his famous film horse, Tony. This film made Tony a national star and a favorite of fans.

Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) must tame a wild horse he names Midnight and stand by the horse when he is falsely accused of murder, while his prodigal son works to sell stolen horses. The seldom seen picture, filmed in the windy mountains of Lone Pine California, is directed by famous western director Oscar “Budd” Boetticher.