Oklahoma-based artist Rachel Hayes is celebrated for geometric fiber artworks that reference abstract painting and incorporate colors and sightlines of the natural landscape. Her elaborate textiles are displayed in interior spaces, but also transform natural environments, connecting her practice to Land Art and the work of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Hayes will share insight into her work on view in the exhibition In the Flow.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am, December 11, to receive the link.

For registration support or questions, email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free program registration for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am, November 6, to receive the link.

For registration support or questions, email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free program registration for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Lordy Rodriguez’s work explores the human urge to locate oneself by charting the environment in precise detail. Using the language of cartography, Rodriguez will discuss his drawings that go beyond map-making into abstracted, imaginary terrain.

Lordy Rodriguez’s work is part of the Museum’s permanent collection and is on view in the exhibition In The Flow.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am, October 16, to receive the link.

For registration support or questions, email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free program registration for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Welcome artist, activist, and educator, Mildred Howard, as she discusses her sculptural installations and mixed-media assemblages. Howard’s work on view in The World Stage: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation pays tribute to the swagger and nerve of women who have transcended social boundaries.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am, September 25, to receive the link.

For registration support or questions, email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.

The Center for Art + Environment is an internationally recognized research center housed at the Nevada Museum of Art. The Center is home to a focused research library with archive collections from over 1,000 artists and organizations working on all seven continents. Join us as William L. Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment shares an intimate look at the exhibition “Technology of the Book” which highlights a diverse selection of artists’ books and journals held in the archive collection of The Center.

This program is designed as a standing tour which will be held in the Museum’s Center for Art + Environment. Limited seating on folding stools will be made available for those who cannot stand for long periods of time. Due to space limitations in The Center, registration is limited to just twenty participants. Pre-registration is recommended to secure a spot.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free admission for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. 

NOTE: This program will be hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am on August 7 to receive the Zoom link.

Bay Area artist Kal Spelletich is a pivotal figure in the machine art and robotics community who frequently collaborates with scientists, engineers, musicians and audiences to realize his projects. His work in Where Art and Tech Collide celebrates marginalized and overlooked scientists.

Join Spelletich as he discusses his work and process live from his studio. Expect robotics, lasers and chance accidents.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free admission for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Jean-Michael Basquiat (1960-1988) first gained fame by tagging the streets of New York City in the late 1970s and 1980s – a time when rap, breakdancing,  and street art began to define early hip-hop culture. Critics have often compared Basquiat to a DJ, writing on the ways in which the visuality of his works resonates with early hip-hop culture. Join us as Ruthie Meadows discusses the ways in which the visuality of Basquiat’s work mobilized and referenced emergent sonic techniques in DJ, house and hip-hop culture as they arose in New York in the 1970s and 1980s.

Ruthie Meadows is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on poetics and aurality in the Hispanophone- and circum-Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic and New Orleans.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Please register by 9 am on September 11 to receive the Zoom link.

For registration support or questions, please email christian.davies@nevadaart.org.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free admission for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. 

Public art can revive urban spaces and change the relationship between citizens and the place they live. The incorporation of art into the public sphere can engage new audiences and has the potential to create a sense of civic pride and ownership. Join us as Vivian Zavataro, Interim Director of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, and Megan Berner, Public Art Program Coordinator for the City of Reno discuss the impact of public art from the interventions of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s work in Tirana, Albania to the local streets of Reno.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free admission for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. 

In 2004, a Tate Britain poll named Marcel Duchamp’s “readymade,” Fountain, as the most important and influential work of 20th century art. This work is already a shocker to many– it’s a urinal simply turned upside down and emblazoned with the pseudonym “R. Mutt”–is that art, some wonder, and many dislike it to this day. But this work has recently become the center of a new controversy: was Duchamp really its creator? Or was this work the brainchild of a German baroness? Join the ArtCurious Podcast’s host, Jennifer Dasal, for an overview of the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and her (potential?) involvement with a touchstone of modern art history.

The ArtCurious Podcast explores the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in Art History. The ArtCurious Podcast is written, produced, and hosted by Jennifer Dasal, a contemporary arts curator with nearly twenty years of art-historical studies and experience. ArtCurious has been featured in multiple local and national publications and websites, including O, the Oprah Magazine, PC Magazine, ArtDaily, NPR, Salon and more.

The Art Bite lecture series is supported by Nevada Humanities with additional sponsorship and free admission for students supported by the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. 

This program is co-hosted by the Art History Club at the University of Nevada, Reno.

This program will be held in the Wayne L. Prim Theater.