Community Calendar

As Into the Time Horizon prepares to close, our trained Museum docents lead an interactive conversation in the galleries about the artworks from around the world that illustrate possibilities for a better collective future.

This program is presented in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and is hosted every third Wednesday of the month. Support for the 2026 series provided by CJ Christenson.

https://www.nevadaart.org/event/olli-art-at-the-museum-exhibition-tour/

Artist Mark Dion leads a conversation about his interdisciplinary practice and the ways he borrows from scientific methods to explore how we collect, interpret, and display the natural world. By examining how knowledge about nature is constructed, Dion challenges the objectivity and authoritative role of science in contemporary society, and shows how pseudo-science, social agendas and ideology creep into public discourse and knowledge production.

Dion’s work, Cabinet of Extinction is on view in The Sixth Extinction section of Into the Time Horizon.

https://www.nevadaart.org/event/artist-talk-questioning-conventions-and-reframing-ideas-about-nature-with-mark-dion/

Artist Mark Dion leads a conversation about his interdisciplinary practice and the ways he borrows from scientific methods to explore how we collect, interpret, and display the natural world. By examining how knowledge about nature is constructed, Dion challenges the objectivity and authoritative role of science in contemporary society, and shows how pseudo-science, social agendas and ideology creep into public discourse and knowledge production.

Dion’s work, Cabinet of Extinction is on view in The Sixth Extinction section of Into the Time Horizon.

Photo credit: Rebecca Kiger, New York Times

https://www.nevadaart.org/event/artist-talk-questioning-conventions-and-reframing-ideas-about-nature-with-mark-dion/

One of the greatest challenges of the contemporary biodiversity crisis is knowing how many species are extinct and how many are waiting to be rediscovered. University of Nevada, Reno biologist Matt Forister presents the lost species concept as a new perspective on conservation and the changing natural world. He will discuss his work with butterflies and the creation of a new publication, the Journal of Lost Species, to advance our scientific understanding of extinction, facilitate the rediscovery of lost species, and to establish a permanent record for species that will never be seen in the wild again.

This program is a compliment to the many butterfly centered artworks and stories of species struggling to survive the anthropocene in Into the Time Horizon.

https://www.nevadaart.org/event/butterflies-and-biodiversity/

Join us for a Luncheon and Artisan Shopping Experience hosted by the Friends of the Nevada Museum of Art. This beloved annual event is a joyful celebration of creativity and community.

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Nightingale Sky Room, the experience blends curated artisan shopping, exceptional dining, and encounters with the exhibitions into an unforgettable day. As the Friends’ most significant fundraiser, The Love of Art plays a vital role in advancing the Museum’s exhibition and acquisition initiatives, fueling creativity, dialogue, and access to the arts across our region.

https://www.nevadaart.org/special-event/the-love-of-art-2026/

In this conversation between Tariku Shiferaw, Joyner/Giuffrida Artist in Residence and Erin Christovale, Hammer Museum Curator, explore the concept of mark making and its power to question, trouble, and assert physical, social, and political spaces. By naming works with songs of the African diaspora, Shiferaw connects abstraction to layered histories of movement, rhythm, and whose stories are marked or erased in the narratives of history.

https://www.nevadaart.org/event/work-in-progress-tariku-shiferaw-in-conversation-with-erin-christovale/

Join us at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center on the First Friday of each month at 6pm for an out-of-this-world combination of Art and Science. Each monthly program will feature a talented local musician, paired with a special Full-Dome program in our 360° theater.

Join us at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center on the First Friday of each month at 6pm for an out-of-this-world combination of Art and Science. Each monthly program will feature a talented local musician, paired with a special Full-Dome program in our 360° theater.

Join us at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center on the First Friday of each month at 6pm for an out-of-this-world combination of Art and Science. Each monthly program will feature a talented local musician, paired with a special Full-Dome program in our 360° theater.

Join us at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center on the First Friday of each month at 6pm for an out-of-this-world combination of Art and Science. Each monthly program will feature a talented local musician, paired with a special Full-Dome program in our 360° theater.