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November 2025
November 15 • grounding Exhibition Reception • Depot Gallery & Bookstore
grounding Exhibit Dates: November 2 – 29 2025 Reception Date: November 15, 2025 1pm-4pm grounding (2025) hosts a range of mixed media sculptures and 2D media that reflect the artist’s ongoing research in the realms of speculative environments and interspecies relationships. The exhibition responds to increasingly harsh environments, and a need for places of sanctuary and transformation. The works are primarily built upon the physical explorations in merging naturally derived dyes and pigments, wool processing, stained glass, fibers, and ceramic, with…
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Dec 6 • Morgan Brandt Reception
The Reality of Nightmares by Morgan Brandt The Reality of Nightmares is a photographic series rooted in the idea that what some identify as their greatest fears are, for others, everyday circumstances. Over the course of four months, I asked individuals one question,“What is your biggest fear?”, and used the most common responses to create direct, realistic images grounded in those experiences. The images are raw and unembellished. Although the subject matter draws heavily from themes often associated with horror,…
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January 17 • Chasing the Truckee & My Soul’s Dialogue Exhibition Reception • Riverside Gallery
Chasing the Truckee & My Soul’s Dialogue Lonnie Zarem & Teysha Harbin The Riverside Gallery is currently featuring two complementary exhibits that explore connection, reflection, and emotional landscape. Chasing the Truckee is a visual journey inspired by the Truckee River—its beauty, power, and deep role in sustaining communities, cultures, and personal memories. Through painted moments of daily life along the river, the work invites viewers to reflect on their own relationship to this vital waterway and the importance of protecting…
Find out more »January 17 • Among the Sage & Sky Exhibition Reception • Annex Gallery
Among the Sage & Sky by Kendel Leslie Exhibition Dates: Jan 2 - 24, 2026 Reception Date: Saturday, January 17th 1-3:30 PM Reno-based mixed media artist Kendel Leslie of Lupine Raven Artworks presents a collection inspired by Northern Nevada’s high desert and the wildlife that inhabits it. Working across digital art, painting, and printmaking, Leslie uses rich color, pattern, and playful detail to capture the magic of desert landscapes and creatures, inviting viewers to reflect on the beauty and importance…
Find out more »January 17 • Selections from the Sierra Arts Collection Exhibition Reception • Depot Gallery & Bookstore
Selections from the Sierra Arts Collection To open 2026, the Depot Gallery & Bookstore presents an exhibition of notable works from our private collection. These works represent our ongoing community collecting efforts, spanning many years and unique personalities. Through this exhibition, we aim to share the rich history of the Sierra Arts Foundation as well as to look forward to the future of art in our community. Exhibition Dates: January 10 – February, 14 2026 Reception Date: Saturday, January 17th…
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Mar 8 • Book Launch – Suzanne Morgan Williams
BOOK LAUNCH Sunday, March 8 • 1:30–3:30 PM Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery 17 S. Virginia St., Suite 120 • Reno, Nevada Seeing Daylight by Suzanne Morgan Williams Join us for a special Sunday afternoon book launch celebrating Seeing Daylight, the newest novel by Reno author Suzanne Morgan Williams. This compelling young adult novel follows a veteran living with PTSD and a service dog trainer, told from both of their perspectives. Through the dog that connects their lives, Seeing Daylight explores…
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Mar 22 • Book Launch – Jade Griffin
BOOK LAUNCH Sunday, March 22 • 1:00–3:00 Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery 17 S. Virginia St., Suite 120 • Reno, Nevada Touch of Paisley-1 by Jade Griffin Join us for a special Sunday afternoon book launch celebrating Touch of Paisley-1, the newest novel by local author Jade Griffin. Journey into the lives of the men and women of the Paisley Foundation - an organization devoted to guarding and deciphering mythos mysteries and beings of all types. Situated amid bustling 1900s Chicago,…
Find out more »Mar 28 • Artist Reception | Rainey, Andrews, Foldvary-Anderson
Artist Reception Sierra Arts Riverside & Annex Galleries March 28, 2026 | 1:00-3:30 Exhibiting Artist: Braighlee Rainey | Stronger Together - The series is a whole hearted celebration of women. It takes the images, the stories, the essence of 10 women and not only allows each one to speak individually on her own canvas as an archetype and symbol, but also allows them to speak together as a whole. These large scale paintings are all life sized portraits of women in…
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Apr 18 • Artist Reception | PressYess Curation
Artist Reception Sierra Arts Depot Gallery April 18, 2026 | 12:00-4:00 Exhibiting Artists: PressYess Curation | The Library is Open - The Library is Open celebrates the intersection of visual art, writing, community, and free speech through the book. Building on the Depot Gallery’s existing collection of works by local writers, the exhibition will transform the space into a vibrant reading room and creative hub, expanding the bookshelves to include artist books by local, regional, and national book artists, as well as…
Find out more »Apr 18 • Artist Reception | Baumann & Stryker
Artist Reception Sierra Arts Riverside & Annex Galleries April 18, 2026 | 1:00-3:30 Exhibiting Artists: Beck Baumann | Pawn Shop - Sequins have been Beck’s primary medium since 2020. As a self-taught artist, she was inspired by a mid-century craft where styrofoam fruits or ornaments were covered with sequins and beads that were pinned in place. In Beck’s process, a styrofoam understructure is carved and painted, and then a variety of sequined fabrics, trims, and loose sequins are glued and pinned…
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