Volunteers In Art

Nevada Museum of Art
Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts: E. L. Wiegand Gallery

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Archives | Summer 2009

A Taste for Art

Twenty-Five Years of Museum Support Through Wine & Art.

This year the Nevada Museum of Art will celebrate the 25th Annual Taste for Art, a wine and food fund raising extravaganza to support art education and exhibitions at the Museum. In past years, the Museum has attracted well over 1000 participants to the wine tasting which was held in the courtyards of IGT. This year we decided to take advantage of our award-winning Museum facility and appeal to a smaller crowd of participants with higher-end wines and food pairings. more...

Archives | Summer 2009

Annual Arts & Flowers Luncheon

Save the Date for November 5th, 2009!

The Volunteers in Art will be hosting the 28th Annual Arts and Flowers Luncheon on Thursday, November 5 at Harrah’s Convention Center. This is your opportunity to shop the artisan mall for distinctive, original, handcrafted holiday gifts. Your favorites, like the Santa lady will be there, as well as, 11 new vendors. Among the new artists are creators of soaps and candles; fused glass ornaments and necklaces; hand-woven tea towels and table runners; several new jewelers; hand-woven baskets; gourds and veggies made from upholstery fabric; Christmas coasters and pet pads. If you aren’t sure what a pet pad is, be sure to arrive at Arts and Flowers early! more...

Archives | Summer 2009

Docent’s Choice

The Grid; Industry’s Sculptures.

"The aesthetic of industry is based on function. It is basically scaffolding with containers and pipes...but to me they are sculptures.” Bernd Becher.more...

Archives | Summer 2009

A Bold New Look

Revamping Our Visual Identity.

Have you seen it? The Nevada Museum of Art has a new image.more...

Archives | Summer 2009

Volunteers Website

What’s Coming?

As most of you have probably noticed, the previous edition of the Volunteers Newsletter for Spring 2009 had been published online, instead of the much more expensive prior paper format.more...

Archives | Summer 2009

New Nell J. Redfield Learning Center

A Clear View of the Future.

I’d like to share with you some news about several exciting changes that the Museum’s third floor classroom is about to undergo over the next two months. As many of you know, the Museum’s third floor classroom is one of the most widely used spaces in the building, serving needs in the School Tours, Teacher Training, hands/ON!, and Kids Open Art Studio programs, to name just a few.more...

Archives | Summer 2009

Docent Training

Summer 2009

Summertime is upon us and what better way to spend it than meeting other interesting people, learning about art and becoming a docent. more...

Archives | Summer 2009

New Staff Members

Welcome Linda & Jackie!

Welcome Linda Dierks, our Vice President of Advancement and Jackie Clay, our new museum store manager.more...

Archives | Summer 2009

Volunteer Art Break

Volunteers Explore A Transformation of Space.

The mysteries of installation art were unveiled at an Art Bite July 10 when University of Nevada art instructor, Jeff Erickson discussed Jennifer Steinkamp’s Fly to Mars media installation.more...

Newsletter
Spring 2010

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News & Updates

The next Art Break is scheduled for Saturday, May 22nd at 11:30 AM. This docent-led tour for volunteers only, will feature the Botero Show and the RBC Wealth Management Show, The Human Touch. Lunch and discussion to follow.

Art Bite Series: Fridays, 12-12:30 PM. May 14th, Latin American History professor Linda Curcio-Nagy will present Popular Culture and Politics in the World of Botero. May 21st will feature Botero and the Cultural Geographies of Latin America, a visual tour through Columbia and Latin America.

This spring First Thursdays will take place 5-7 PM on May 6th, June 3rd and July 1st. May will feature music by The Sturdy Beggars.

Sunday Jazz Brunch on May 16th welcomes the Reno Jazz Youth Orchestra. Join us again June 20th and July 18th for more great jazz. $5-$15, A la carte brunch menu from Café Musée.

Penelope Gottieb’s No $ Down comes down May 23rd. If you haven’t strolled through this neighborhood, you’re missing out. See it in the Media Gallery.

Museum Hours

GALLERY & STORE
Wednesday – Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM
Thursdays 10 AM to 8 PM
Closed Monday, Tuesday and National Holidays

LIBRARY
Wednesday – Sunday 11 AM to 2 PM
1st Thursday 5 to 7 PM

CAFÉ MUSÉE
Wednesday – Sunday 11 AM – 2:30 PM
Closed Monday & Tuesday

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Tuesday – Friday 9AM - 5PM

Volunteers Needed

Are you interested in serving on the volunteer board, or learning web design? Have you always wanted to explore being a docent? We are currently looking for help in these areas as well as the Annual Arts and Flowers Luncheon, support for planning volunteer recognition events and administration work. For more information, please contact Rosalind Bedell at rosalind.bedell@nevadaart.org.

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