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March 2020
I Am Woman’s Rights Art Exhibition
This Women’s History Month, come explore what womanhood looks like to the Artists of Sierra Arts Foundation. Every year since 1987, March has been celebrated as Women’s History Month, and while it may seem like the Suffragettes are a symbol of the past, there are still deep seated injustices performed against women in today’s modern world. With women securing the right to vote only a century ago, the changing of gender dynamics in the United States has been a slow…
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Scott Robert Hudson
THE GREAT FLOOD And other Recent Work This is primarily a laboratory exhibit for a conceptual installation in development, The Great Flood. I began thinking of this in earnest after finding myself sandbagging the Cedar River during the historic 2008 flood in Eastern Iowa. However, in addition to the theme of global climate change, the project soon became layered with the emergent metaphors of migration, adaptation and faith. This exhibit highlights prototype sculptural assemblages, renderings and other documentation to offer an…
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Tahoe to Pyramid: The Truckee Highway
Enjoy local art documenting the beauty of the Truckee River corridor through the lenses of several different artists. Artist Reception Thursday, June 18th, from 5 to 7 pm. The reception will be held outside in the adjacent park, with staggered entrance into the gallery to limit the number of people in the space. We are asking attendees to wear masks and follow social distancing protocols.
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Poet Laureate Spotlight Featuring Pan Pantoja
Join Reno's Poet Laureate, Pan Pantoja, for a evening of poetry on the last Tuesday of every month. This is a free event and open to the public.
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Art and Medicine Unite! T-Shirts Now Available!
Show your support for our local art scene by sporting a creative rendition of our region’s heroes. Art and Medicine Unite blends the gorgeous creation of local artist, Jordan Isaacson, in a powerful tribute to the bravery of our local medical heroes going to work each day to protect us. Proceeds will go to Sierra Arts Foundation, which is working hard to support artists who have suffered an economic hit from the pandemic. Dollars will supplement the nonprofit and its…
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Equus Show June 2020- Sierra Artist Members Show
Our June show, EQUUS, is all about the horse and our love and appreciation of it. Containing over 50 pieces it features the works of our local member artists. It will be on display in Sierra Arts Main Gallery until June 24th. We will not be having a reception for the event, but you are encouraged to visit the gallery on you own to experience this great show. If you would like to experience the show in a different way,…
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Talisman Show by Gwaylon Leaf – ANNEX Gallery
Butterflies exist as symbols of change A perpetual cycle given life as an extant being The uprooted lily finds the courage to bloom Striving in the face of struggle Despite adversity, the lily seeks the butterfly One without the other creates void Bruce Nauman once said, “Artists make the world a better place by revealing mystic truths.” Talisman are shapes, signs and symbols that contain intrinsic meaning. Mundane forms can contain multitudes of meanings. These paintings arise…
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Q Show – for Students!
Sierra Arts Gallery is inviting students to participate in Quarantine 2020 - July 1 - 30, 2020. Quarantine 2020 is a social distancing approved art exhibit celebrating work(s) from local artists / and students! Students, show us what you are creating while you are stuck at home during coronavirus! Parents - encourage your kids to create art and participate in this group show! All media welcome! Due date for work is June 15, 2020 Student Form: https://forms.gle/odbjKcgFwc646Z4G6 Image by Addison Clark
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UnchARTed Waters Pop-Up by Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada
Artwork created by artists with disabilities on display at Sierra Arts. The artwork is being auctioned off to support the Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada. Visit our Virtual Gallery to see the exhibit online. Or click on the link below to visit the auction page: https://www.32auctions.com/uncharted2020
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Q Show – July 2020
QUARANTINE 2020 Quarantine 2020 is a social distancing approved art exhibit celebrating work(s) from local artists / Sierra Arts members! The coronavirus is already having a major effect, closing public institutions and sending artists retreating into studios, some of them rather makeshift. It’s too soon to know the long-term effects on the art world and our local art scene but we know some of you are taking this time to reflect, experiment and create. Quarantine 2020 will be in the…
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