Susan Lobo is a cultural anthropologist specializing in research and community-based advocacy work in urban and rural Native communities in the United States and Latin America. She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley where she was the coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies, at U.C. Davis, and at the University of Arizona. Between 1978-1995 she was the coordinator of the Community History Project, located at Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland where she and artist Jean LaMarr first became friends. More recently she has worked for Tohono O’odham Community Action. Her publications include The Sweet Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F. Chana, the textbook Native American Voices, editor of American Indians and the Urban Experience and Organización Social, Patrones de Residencia e Idetidad en Comunidades Indígenas Urbanas en Estados Unidos. She currently lives in Tucson, Arizona and Tacuarembó, Uruguay. 

Join us for a conversation as Lobo explores art as cultural communication and the intersections of contemporary Native life, while also exploring the work of Jean LaMarr.

NOTE: This program is hosted virtually on Zoom. 

Join wilderness historian Kirk Peterson from Friends of Nevada Wilderness for a talk that explores some of the most spectacular night skies in the world. Offered in conjunction with The Moon’s Tear: A Desert Night’s Dream Paintings by Sophie Sheppard.

Apsara DiQuinzio, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art discusses the exhibition New Time: Art and Feminism in the 20th Century. Organized and on view at the Berkeley Art Museum, New Time presents a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary feminist artistic practices of the last 20 years. This landmark exhibition is international, intergenerational, and gender-inclusive in its scope, highlighting a diverse roster of emerging and established artists who have shaped the trajectory of contemporary art. 

Apsara DiQuinzio joined the Nevada Museum of Art in November 2021 as the new Senior Curator of Contemporary Art.

This talk will be hosted virtually via Zoom. 

Judy Chicago’s response to the monumental Earthworks of the American West was nearly simultaneous with their production. Beginning in 1968, Chicago embarked on a series of ephemeral Atmospheres performances using colored smokes and fireworks in the desert that were intended to “soften that macho Land Art scene.” Long overlooked by art historians and scholars, Chicago’s Atmospheres offer a critical counterpoint and essential context to the predominantly male Land Artists working in the desert during the 1960s and 70s. Chicago will be in conversation with William L. Fox, Peter E. Pool Director, Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Ticket includes a hosted reception following the program.

In person tickets for this program are sold out. To be added to the waitlist for this program please email christian.davies@nevadaart.org 

This event is presented as part of the Art + Environment Season: Land Art Past, Present, Futures. Single event tickets to this program are open to the general public and Museum members. Admission is included for individuals who are registered for the Art+ Environment Season. For ticketing questions, please contact christian.davies@nevadaart.org

Special sponsorship provided by the Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series.

Welcome the founders of the Land Art Generator Initiative, Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian for a talk on the release of their new book, Land Art of the 21st Century: Land Art Generator Initiative at Fly Ranch. The creativity of Burning Man and the design innovation of the Land Art Generator Initiative responds to the climate crisis with a catalog of radical experiments in post-carbon living.

Set in the remote corner of Northern Nevada lies a magical stretch of land called Fly Ranch. With no access to the electrical grid or other public utilities, the Burning Man Project-owned site provides an opportunity to reinvent what human settlement can aspire to be in a world that has awakened to the impacts of anthropogenic climate change and the overconsumption of natural resources.

Land Art of the 21st Century presents creatively designed systems for energy, water, agriculture, shelter, and regeneration—a proof of concept for how to live in beauty and harmony with the Earth. The results are a glimpse into the near future of our sustainable landscapes, serving as a compendium of technologies and systems, a catalog of artworks, and a blueprint for other regenerative development projects.

This event will be held in person as well as streamed live via Zoom.

Per local, State, and CDC health guidelines for Covid-19, the Museum requires that masks are worn while indoors unless actively eating or drinking.

Join us in welcoming Acting Director, Vanesa Zendejas, and Programming Manager Elena Yu from High Desert Test Sites for a conversation about the Joshua Tree, CA based experiment where contemporary art converges with the desert. As a conceptual entity, HDTS is dedicated to “learning from what we are not” and the belief that intimately engaging with the high desert community can offer new insights and perspectives, often challenging art to take on new areas of relevancy.

Per local, State, and CDC health guidelines for Covid-19, the Museum requires that masks are worn while indoors unless actively eating or drinking.

This program will also be streamed live via Zoom Webinar for all registrants. 

Program support and free program registration for students from the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Welcome artists and authors, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens for an amorous path to saving the planet. Their new book Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory. 

Nevada art specialist Jack Bacon and co-curator of the exhibition The Latimer School will share stories of the Latimer Art Club’s founding members, many of whom came from pioneer families as far afield as Tuscarora, Virginia City, and Carson City. 

Jack Bacon will be signing copies of The Latimer School: Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer Art Club following his talk.