Virtual Educator Evening: Ciel Bergman: Sea Full of Clouds

While teaching art at the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 1980s, artist Ciel Bergman discovered increasing amounts of plastic trash washing up on the local beaches. Bergman conceived the idea of recycling waste plastic to create a sustainable road paving material to reduce our dependence on oil. Join Curator of Learning and Engagement, Megan Bellister, and explore how an artist addressed a global challenge with creativity and innovation. Learn to challenge and inspire fellow educators and students to be active problem-solvers.

Educator Evenings are a FREE professional development series hosted both in-person and virtually, offering state-approved professional development hours for participation. Professional development hours are available for participating in the Educator Evenings and issued upon request.

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Meeting ID: 838 2496 7784
Passcode: 888525

Educator Evenings are sponsored by the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Bank of America and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

STEAM education programs at the Nevada Museum of Art are sponsored by Tesla and Waste Management.

Virtual Educator Evening: Charlotte Skinner: Paintings as Historical and Environmental Documents

Charlotte Skinner was an artist and educator who lived in the Eastern Sierra of California from 1905 to 1933. Guided by her appreciation for the natural landscape of the Eastern Sierra, Skinner created spirited works that portray the Owens Valley at a time of great economic, social, and political change in the region. Much of this disruption was a result of the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct that diverted water from the Owens River to Los Angeles. Join Curator of Learning and Engagement, Megan Bellister, and analyze the environmental characteristics of places and explore how art preserves aspects of social-cultural and ecological life by looking at the work alongside Nevada Academic Content Social Studies Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

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Meeting ID: 857 7087 7253

Passcode: 777414

Educator Evenings are sponsored by the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Bank of America and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

Guided Tour

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view.

Guided tours are offered Thursdays at 5 pm (except the first Thursday of each month), Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am and 2 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

Guided Tour

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view.

Guided tours are offered Thursdays at 5 pm (except the first Thursday of each month), Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am and 2 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

Guided Tour

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view.

Guided tours are offered Thursdays at 5 pm (except the first Thursday of each month), Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am and 2 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

Guided Tour

Enrich your experience with a guided tour. A docent will guide you through the galleries, offering insight and history to the artwork on view.

Guided tours are offered Thursdays at 5 pm (except the first Thursday of each month), Fridays at 2 pm, Saturdays at 11 am and 2 pm, and Sundays at 11 am and 2 pm. Reservations are recommended.

FREE with admission

In-Person Educator Evening: Using Portraiture to Explore History

Ben Aleck, is a lifelong artist, educator, and enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Kooyooe Tukadu/cui-ui fish eaters). Born in Reno and raised on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC), Aleck’s paintings, illustrations, and prints give visual form to Indigenous stories. Join Curator of Learning and Engagement, Megan Bellister, as she explores how to use portraits by Aleck to deepen interdisciplinary connections between art and history.

Educator Evenings are a FREE professional development series hosted virtually offering state-approved professional development hours for participation. Professional development hours are available for participating in the Educator Evenings and issued upon request.

Educator Evenings are sponsored by the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, Bank of America and the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.

STEAM education programs at the Nevada Museum of Art are sponsored by Tesla and Waste Management.

Creative Directions in Jazz presented by Reno Jazz Orchestra

The Reno Jazz Orchestra presents a showcase of original compositions by contemporary composers. Led by Guest Music Director Gary Mayne, the seventeen-piece orchestra invites you on a musical journey exploring new and innovative directions in jazz music.

*Doors open at 6:30pm with a cash bar.

Cross-Pollination, Groundwork, and The Journey: Guillermo Bert and Vivian Zavataro in Dialogue

Artist Guillermo Bert and guest curator Vivian Zavataro come together to discuss art, process, the exhibition Guillermo Bert: The Journey, and life. The duo met back in 2021 when they started planning Bert’s mid-career retrospective and connected over a shared passion for art, activism, and decolonialization. Join us to learn more about Bert’s practice, Zavataro’s curatorial approach, and the conceptual development of The Journey.

Artist Talk: Elisheva Biernoff on Reservoirs of Time

Biernoff shares details of her artistic practice and insights into the memories and discarded personal histories imbued in found images.

Elisheva Biernoff: Reservoirs of Time features the small-format paintings by the San Francisco-based artist Elisheva Biernoff, which are inspired by enigmatic photographs she encounters and collects that impact her in one way or another.

Presented as part of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series