Straight From The Art

Straight From The Art

ART EVENTS

Stremmel Gallery

Through June 21, Featured Artists
Stremmel Galleries presents Bill Braun, Sharon Maczko and Michael Oatman. Stremmel Gallery specializes in contemporary paintings, drawings and sculpture by mid-career and established American and European artists. (775) 786-0558 or www.stremmelgallery.com.

Unbuilt Reno:

Alternative Architectural Landscapes
Through July 6, Nevada Museum of Art
Unbuilt Reno features a selection of architectural projects that were designed for the greater Truckee Meadows area, but for various reasons, were never constructed. The exhibition includes architectural drawings, sketches and scaled models of residential, commercial and public projects from the 1800s to the present. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Through July 20, Nevada Museum of Art
The Nevada Museum of Art presents “Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful,” an exhibition showcasing Wright’s skill in creating harmony between architectural structure and interior design while fulfilling the needs of a modern lifestyle. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Elemental Nature

Through Sept. 7, Nevada Museum of Art
Drawn primarily from the museum’s permanent collection, the works in this exhibition are united by a focus on the natural elements: Earth, water, air and fire. Features works by Carl Andre, Marlene Alt, Fandra Chang, Ingrid Evans, Ray Kass, David Maisel, Richard Misrach and Mario Reis. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Edwin Deakin: Painter of the Picturesque

Through Sept. 7, Nevada Museum of Art
One of the most widely recognized painters working in late 19th-century America, British-born Edwin Deakin is best known for his romantic depictions of European landscapes, the vanishing wilderness of California and Nevada, and early architectural structures. Deakin frequently painted the landscapes he encountered during his travels, including scenes of Donner Lake, Fallen Leaf Lake, the Truckee River and the Sierra Nevada. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Earth Work: Mark Ruwedel

Through Aug. 17, Nevada Museum of Art
Featuring black-and-white photographs by Southern California-based photographer Mark Ruwedel, who explores the different ways that humans have made marks on the surface of the Earth. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Artown

July 1-31, area venues
Visual arts take center stage at this year’s Artown. Events include exhibits by photographers, painters, sculptures, quilters and printmakers. Other highlights include the Discover the Arts children’s series, Arts Paws in the Park on July 20 and the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction on July 25 and 26. (775) 322-1583 or www.renoisartown.com.

Tempting Textiles

June 2-27, La Bussola
Tempting Textiles Group Art Show benefitting the Committee to Aid Abused Women. Reception June 12, 5-7 p.m. (775) 348-8858

Stop the Car Dad

June 28-Sept. 21, Nevada Museum of Art
The exhibit consists of selections from Erik Lauritzen’s most recent series of color photographs taken during his automobile journeys throughout the Great Basin of the American West. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Sit On This

July 1-31, La Bussola
Art Chair Show benefitting the Holland Project. Reception July 10, 5-7 p.m. (775) 348-8858

Dan Goods: The Hidden Light

July 12-Nov. 16, Nevada Museum of Art
Dan Goods, a Visual Strategist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, applies some of the complex principles studied at JPL to a multi-media installation using video projections to reveal imagery inside the silhouettes of gallery visitors. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Margarita Cabrera: Hummers

July 19-Nov. 9, Nevada Museum of Art
Margarita Cabrera’s vibrantly colored sport utility vehicles challenge viewers to engage in debates about Mexican immigration, border relations and the politics of the American Dream. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Gays of Our Lives

Aug. 1-28, La Bussola
Group Art Show with proceeds benefitting A Rainbow Place and Spectrum Northern Nevada. Reception is Aug. 14, 5-7 p.m. (775) 348-8858

Chris Drury: Mushrooms | Clouds

Aug. 10-Oct. 5, Nevada Museum of Art
The first major museum exhibition in the United States by British artist Chris Drury. The feature exhibition includes paintings, prints, sculpture and video drawn from two of Drury’s most notable ongoing series: Mushrooms and Clouds. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Terry Falke: Observations in an Occupied Wilderness

Aug. 23-Jan. 4, Nevada Museum of Art
Terry Falke’s body of wry, lyrical photographs forms an intimate and idiosyncratic portrait of the American Southwest. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

We the People … Create Art

Sept. 1-26, La Bussola
Group Art Show with proceeds benefiting Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. Reception is Sept. 11, 5-7 p.m. (775) 348-8858

Stremmel Gallery

Sept. 11-Oct. 4, Featured Artists
Stremmel Galleries presents James Shay and Michael Todd. Stremmel Gallery specializes in contemporary paintings, drawings and sculpture by mid-career and established American and European artists. (775) 786-0558 or www.stremmelgallery.com.

Some Dry Space: Michael Light

Sept. 13-Jan. 4, Nevada Museum of Art
Michael Light’s landscape photographs are at once scathing and celebratory, exploring the complex and ever-evolving relationship between contemporary American culture and the environment. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

Katie Holten

Sept. 27-Jan. 25, Nevada Museum of Art
Katie Holten creates artworks that bring people together to investigate humans’ impact on the natural environment. Often made from recycled materials, her thoughtful renderings of maps, plants and ecological phenomena encourage dialogue on issues ranging from biodiversity to global warming. (775) 329-3333 or www.nevadaart.org.

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