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NV Humanities Looking for Outstanding People and Orgs!

Nevada Humanities is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Nevada Humanities Awards for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the humanities. Every other year, the statewide organization presents four awards recognizing individuals and organizations that foster cultural enrichment and deepen … Continue reading

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Warm Springs Correctional Gets Art

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High praise goes to SAF teaching artist Ray Valdez and his students at Warm Springs Correctional Facility in Carson City for recently completing the first ever art class in the facility! Ray has spent the last 7 weeks at Warm … Continue reading

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Thanks to a Lovely Donor

Clarity. We forget how important it is until we have it again. We’ve regained ours in the gallery thanks to a donor who so graciously paid for new anti-graffiti film on our windows! Current artwork by Joan Giannecchini.     … Continue reading

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Poetry Off The Page Teacher Workshop

POETRY OFF THE PAGE with Glenis Redmond Session 1 Thursday, October 16 4-7 pm OR Session 2 Friday, October 17 3:30-6:30 pm Location: Sierra Room Matley Lane Facilities 1150 Matley Lane, Reno, NV You may sign up for either day. … Continue reading

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Randall Reid Scholarship Recipient Announced

We’re so proud to announce the recipient of the Randall Reid Scholarship – Ms. Sarah Robinson! About Sarah: “I am an undergraduate Linguistics major at UNR, in my junior year. I became interested in Linguistics after my dad read ‘The … Continue reading

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Board Member Workshop for Arts Non-Profits

Sierra Arts Foundation and the Nevada Arts Council present a free workshop for executive staff and board members of arts based non-profits: Brave New Boards by Kendall Hardin. Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 8:00 am to 1:00 p.m. McKinley Arts … Continue reading

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Band of the Golden West Wind Ensemble

The United States Air Force Band of the West, The Golden West Winds, presents “Music for a Summer Day” at McKinley Arts and Culture Center on Friday, August 15th at 6:00pm. The concert is free, open to the public, and … Continue reading

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2014 Grants To Artists Recipients

We’re so proud to announce the recipients of our 2014 Grants To Artists program. These grants support local professional and student artists in three major disciplines: Visual, Literary, and Performance (Theatre, Dance, and Music). The awards are independent of any … Continue reading

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Artown 2014 at Sierra Arts is Packed!

We invite you to three different performance series for July’s Artown 2014 at our downtown gallery, 17 South Virginia Street #120 in the historic Riverside building. Tuesdays see the return of Jazz Night. Wednesday nights will feature Spoken Views Collective, … Continue reading

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POETRY WORKSHOP AND OPEN MIC FOR YOUTH

Don’t let the heat stifle your creativity! Join us for a FREE interactive hands-on workshop using prompts from Scholastic Art & Writing Award-winning works. We Real Cool: A Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Poetry Pop-Up reading and open mic in … Continue reading

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