Nevada Artist Residencies: Neon Canyons to Open Skies
Experiences for artists abound in Sin City, but Nevada's remote residencies are just as dazzling. Discover nine programs that match any artist's pace.
February 17, 2026
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Confused by AI? Allow These Glitchy Retro-Future Oracles To Explain
Lynn Hershman Leeson has long prepared for the AI revolution. In Nevada, she channels warnings and hope through digital personas.
July 08, 2025
Film and Aboriginal Paintings at Nevada Museum of Art Celebrate the Ngurrara People’s Successful Land Reclamation
The U.S. debut of a documentary by Tuan Andrew Nguyen potently combines with the museum's recent gift of Aboriginal paintings in We Were Lost in Our Country.
September 24, 2024
The Holland Project Shatters the “White Cube,” Curating Reno’s Skyline with Billboard Initiative
Prolific DIY arts organization the Holland Project takes its community-oriented message to the streets.
May 23, 2024
Modern Honesty: Wrestling with Maynard Dixon’s Selective Vision of the “Old West”
Cowboy cosplay, broken Spanish, and Indigenous erasure haunt Sagebrush and Solitude, Maynard Dixon's Western retrospective at the Nevada Museum of Art.
May 06, 2024
Reno Museum to Steward One of the Country’s Largest Aboriginal Art Collections
Two major donations to the Nevada Museum of Art of Aboriginal and Native American artworks tie into the Reno institution’s capital expansion project.
March 07, 2024
Elaine Parks and the Art of Paying Attention to Everything
Ceramicist Elaine Parks, in the under-appreciated northern Nevada landscape, carefully combs the environment to find and fashion objects that command awareness and attention.
January 10, 2024
Exhibition by Ben Aleck Honors the Great Basin and Celebrates Native Resistance
Ben Aleck's exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art looks at thirty years of work by the artist and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe member who has witnessed key Native American political moments.
November 06, 2023
Janna Ireland’s Spectral Photographs of Nevada Architecture Explore Paul R. Williams’s Expansive Footing in the Silver State
Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect to be licensed to work in the Western United States, is the subject of a multi-venue exhibition of photographs by artist Janna Ireland.
October 23, 2023
Work in Progress with Ruby Barrientos
Multi-media artist Ruby Barrientos channels their ancestors and their anger to create spirited paintings and sculptures rooted in the past, but deeply relevant to the present political moment.
October 12, 2023
Hannah Eddy Paints Life and Death in Technicolor
Reno-based artist Hannah Eddy, in her bold paintings and murals, strikes a balance between fun visuals and fervent reminders of what we have to lose with climate change.
September 27, 2023
Reno-Tahoe International Art Show Returns for its Second Year with Double the Footprint—and Big Ambitions
The Reno-Tahoe International Art Show returns for its second year and at double the scope, with big ambitions to position the region as a major cultural destination.
September 11, 2023
