Events
City of Reno
The City of Reno is committed to making arts and culture accessible to everyone by offering a wide range of public art, preserving history, and supporting cultural organizations. Public Art is central to the city’s sustained commitment to our community’s vibrant arts appreciation and talent.
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Partner and Pitch – Public Art Workshop
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesTake part in the fourth and final artist workshop that Reno Arts and Culture is organizing as part of its public art master plan update. In the first hour, you’ll learn how to pitch your ideas to a public art program, and you’ll have a chance to give it a try. In the second hour, you’ll hear about the draft public art […]
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Open House – City of Reno Public Art Master Plan
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesAfter months of work and community feedback, the City of Reno is happy to be able to share a draft of the Public Art Master Plan Update. This is a document that will guide Arts & Culture to best meet the opportunities ahead. In sharing where the update is currently at in the process, staff […]
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“Monumental Masks” Students of O’Brien Middle School
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesMcKinley Arts & Culture Center Gallery East Jan. 27 – March 7, 2025 Artist Reception: Feb. 11, 2025, 5-7pm Monumental Masks is an exhibition where students have been presented with the opportunity to allow their imagination to run wild. Each student was allowed to choose whatever materials they needed to create masks that either encapsulate […]
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“Collaborating Dragons” Students of Doral Academy of Northern Nevada
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesMcKinley Arts & Culture Center Gallery West Jan. 27 – March 7, 2025 Artist Reception: Feb. 11, 2025, 5-7pm Doral Academy presents “Collaborating Dragons” All of the works are made by classes or whole grade levels collaborating together. After our show these works are hung at Doral Academy annual gala for auction to help fundraise […]
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“Nevada, P.S. I Love You Postcard Project: Love Notes from Across the Silver State” from the Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series
City of Reno City Hall Metro Gallery Jan. 12 – March 7, 2025 Reception, Tuesday, Feb. 11, from 5 - 7 p.m. Reno, Nevada – The Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall is hosting “Nevada, P.S. I Love You Postcard Project: Love Notes from Across the Silver State" from the Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series. […]
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“The Art of Designed Spaces: A Landscape Architecture Showcase” Presented by the NVASLA
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesMcKinley Arts & Culture Center Gallery East March 17 – April 25, 2025 Artist Reception: March 27, 2025, 5-7pm Landscape architects lead the planning, design, and stewardship of healthy, equitable, safe, and resilient environments. The mission of the Nevada Chapter is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship. NVASLA is […]
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Walker Lake Clay Club
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesMembers of the Walker Lake Clay Club meet monthly at Cottontail Studios in Walker Lake, Nevada to produce art with a variety of clay bodies, shapes, sizes, glazed and fired techniques. Many are novice ceramists. Others are seasoned artists in a variety of media including clay. Formed three years ago and led by Jack Taylor, […]
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Grit & Grace: City of Reno, Poet Laureate: Jesse James Ziegler
City of Reno City Hall Metro Gallery, 1st floor March 17, 2025- May 9, 2025 Reception: Thursday, April 17th, 2025, 5 – 7pm Jesse James Ziegler is currently serving as Poet Laureate for the City of Reno; With a term spanning from January of 2024 to December of 2025. He is the Vice President […]
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Annual “Senior Art Show” 2025 City of Reno McKinley Galleries
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesMcKinley Arts & Culture Center Gallery East/West May 5 – June 13, 2025 Artist Reception: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 5-7pm Reno, Nevada - Gallery East & West in the McKinley Arts & Culture Center is proud to host the “Senior Artists Exhibit & Show,” organized by the City of Reno Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. The […]
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VA Sierra Nevada Creative Arts Competition Exhibition
McKinley Arts and Cultural Center 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV, United StatesVA Sierra Nevada Creative Arts Competition McKinley Arts and Culture Center June 23 – July 31, 2025 RENO, Nevada - VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System offers veterans a chance to demonstrate their artistic talents in the visual arts at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center, Gallery East and West. The local event is part […]
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“Love Governs Form” by 2025 Reno City Artist Jordyn Rae Owens at Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall
It’s the process of not trusting and falling into doubt that feels like a slow death. With flying, there is an inner knowing, a guiding light. There is no fear, no doubt, because there is only love. Love governs form. What if I learned to find love in the unknown, to find love within the […]
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Your Skin is a Kaleidoscope Reception
Your Skin is a Kaleidoscope invites local Black, Indigenous, and Artists of Color to reflect on the breadth of their stories and experiences, whether lived or ancestral, beautiful or painful, and respond to the idea with a piece of art that communicates insights and perspectives that arise from this introspection “Our skin carries the scars […]
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