January 2016 News, Exhibitions, and Events

Mikayla Whitmore, Sidney, archival inkjet print, 2014, from the CAC’s Taste exhibition, opening January 15 in Las Vegas.  Image courtesy the artist. 

In Las Vegas Final residency at P3 Studio current location, hopefully more to come! Kate Gilmore and Franklin Evans Shelf Life at P3 Studio at the Cosmopolitan, December 9, 2015 - January 3, 2016

What has more life, a square or a slot machine?, with Kendall Glover and Travis Iurato at Satellite Contemporary, December 12 – January 8

LOS DE ABAJO PRINTMAKING COLLECTIVE, Troubled Waters, Transformations, and Behind Bars at Left of Center through January 9. Artist Closing Reception on January 9, 12-3 PM

Dialogues: Drawings and Works on Paper, curated by Trevor Richardson at Satellite Contemporary in Emergency Arts January 9 - February 12

Expanded: UNLV MFA exhibition at the Studio @ West Sahara Library through January 10

Kveck, Russ & Stellmon: Break Ups & Tear Downs at the Marjorie Barrick Museum through January 23, 2016

Force /// Nature, Elizabeth Blau, Orlando Montenegro Cruz, Rossitza Todorova at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery, Jan. 14-April 20, Artist reception January 14 6-8 PM

Taste at the Contemporary Arts Center's new location at Soho lofts, January 15 - February 11, opening reception January 15 6-10 PM

Artist Talk: Wendy Kveck and JK Russ, moderated by Ed Fuentes, at the Marjorie Barrick Auditorium at UNLV, Tuesday, January 19, 6-7:30 PM

Brent Holmes, Ignominious Refuse at the Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, January 25 - March 11, artist reception January 29 5:30-7:30 PM

Mug Shots, a group exhibition and art project encouraging participation in the 2016 elections organized by artist Diane Bush at Brett Wesley Gallery January 21-February 20. Voter registration in partnership with Rock the Vote will be on site at the opening reception Thursday, January 21 6-9 PM

Aesthetic Evidence: Place, Context and Process in the Southwest, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, through January 28

Seven on The Road: MFA Works from the University of Nevada Reno, Donna Beam Gallery of Fine Art, UNLV through January 29

Picasso: Creatures and Creativity, at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Art Extended through February 14, 2016

In the Press

Many thanks to Kristen Peterson for her piece about Settlers + Nomads in the Las Vegas Weekly, read here.

Dawn-Michelle Baude’s Best of 2015 Fine Art in the Las Vegas Weekly

P3 Studio at the Cosmopolitan closes, October article by Kristen Peterson in the Las Vegas Weekly here.

Congratulations to The Contemporary Arts Center: CAC Announces New Space Kristen Peterson LV Weekly article here.

Contemporary Nevada: State of the State at Nevada Museum of Art in Reno programmed for 2016, Kristen Peterson LV Weekly article here.

Dawn-Michelle Baude reviews Kveck, Russ & Stellmon: Break Ups & Tear Downs in the LV Weekly, read here

Elsewhere

Kirsten Swenson "Irrational Judgements: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt and 1960's New York" Yale University Press

Audrey Barcio, group exhibition Art in America on Tour, Curated by Julie Torres at the Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC. Exhibition dates: January 14 – February 20, 2016