Nevada Arts Council

Vanessa Maciel Napoles

City of residence: Las Vegas
  • Folk & Traditional Arts
  • Visual Arts
  • Dance
Tracks: Community, Education, Creative Aging
Program Types: Classes, Community Building/Community Art, Event, Exhibit, Family Friendly, Festival, Performance, Professional Development, Residency, Virtual Event, Workshop, Conference
Language Proficiencies: English and Spanish
Audiences: Young Adult (18-26), Adult, Older Adult (50+), Individuals with Special Needs/Disabilities, ESL/ELL, Military and Veterans, Grades K-5 (Elementary School), Grades 9-12 (High School), Grades 6-8 (Middle School)
Capacity: 35
Venues: Business, Community Facility, Concert Hall, Convention Center, Creative Space, Event Space, Festival, Gallery, Health Care Facility, Higher Education, Historical Venue, Hotel, Justice Facility, Museum, Resort, Restaurant or Bar, School, Senior Center, Theater
Willing to Travel: Statewide, Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada, Rural Nevada, Carson City, Churchill County, Clark County, Douglas County, Elko County, Esmeralda County, Eureka County, Humboldt County, Lander County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Mineral County, Nye County, Pershing County, Storey County, Washoe County, White Pine County

Vanessa Maciel Napoles is a Mexican folk artist formally educated with local artisans at the Arts Institute of Guadalajara, Jalisco. She has lived in Las Vegas for eight years and has come to love the desert landscape and the community. Inspired by her culture and heritage, she creates mixed media artwork using natural materials such as paper, wood, wire, iron, and cardboard. Her main goal is to keep her culture's traditions alive through passing them on to the next generation.

Vanessa Maciel Napoles

School & Community Workshops

I have taught the following :

-Summer Challenge-Clark County Public Libraries, 14 locations trough all Nevada.
made with newspaper, engrudo and masking tape.

-Las Vegas Natural History.
Axolotl, Dinosaurs, pinata, mask making, Butterflies, all from recycle materials like newspaper and engrudo.
made with newspaper, engrudo and masking tape.

-Tye-die tshirts at Festival.

-Real size bull with cardboard to Chinelos dancers.
made with newspaper,Cardboard, wood, engrudo and masking tape.

-High Scale Mojigangas to Chinelos Dancers.
made with newspaper,Cardboard, wood, engrudo and masking tape.

-Vision Boards for empowering youth, Clark County public Arts.
Made with recycled magazines and cardboard.

-Mini Mask making at Black Rock city Desert, Little Explorers.
Made with recycle newspaper and toilet paper rolls.

– Mini Luchadores, Axolotl, Pinatas at Discovery Children Museum.
Made with recycled cardboard, newspaper, engrudo, masking tape.

-Jack Skellington and The Grinch at Desert Breeze Community Center.
Made with recycled cardboard, newspaper, engrudo, and masking tape.

-Catrina making at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center.
Made with recycled cardboard, newspaper, engrudo, and masking tape.

-Mini Mask at Nevada State University.
Made with recycled cardboard, newspaper, engrudo, and masking tape.

-Axolotl, Amenites, Donosaurs, Tule Ducks, Mask at Nevada State Museum.
Made with recycled cardboard, newspaper, engrudo, and masking tape.

Vanessa Maciel Napoles’s Work

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