Tuesday, January 21, 2020 / by Callie O'Brien
The May Museum houses the private collection of Wilbur D. May. During a lifetime of world travel and adventure, Wilbur May accumulated thousands of rare and exotic artifacts, which he brought back to his Reno home. Since 1985, his unique ethnographic collection has been on display for the public to enjoy. It is the only museum in Nevada where you will see:
Antique firearms
Japanese swords
European glasswork
Egyptian tomb items
African tribal masks
Polynesian carvings
American Western art
Chinese pottery
Exotic taxidermy
Saddlery and tack
and more!
The Museum also hosts traveling exhibitions, special programs, and events year-round. This museum truly is a gem of the Reno/Tahoe area and not enough people know about it! Its perfect for all ages and no matter how many times you go you will always find something new!
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Monday, December 30, 2019 / by Callie O'Brien
Be sure to check out the exhibit, Sine Cere, by Galen Brown before it leaves on January fifth! As the Nevada Art Museum describes it,
"“Sincere,” first recorded in English in the 1530s, is from the Latin word sincerus, meaning “clean, pure, sound, etc.,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Born 1959 in Reno, artist Galen Brown creates work in drawing, printmaking, mixed media sculpture, and photography that embodies the adjective and resonates with intelligence and formal beauty. This exhibition takes a retrospective view of the Carson City-based artist’s work from the 1990s to the present, highlighting process-based bodies of work—including his massive drawings on scrap museum board, like Sine Cere—which he assembles over the course of many years. Educated at the San Francisco Art Institute, Brown’s painstaking and often obsessive practice results in works that demonstrate his commitment to erasing the boundaries between art and; ...
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Monday, August 5, 2019 / by Callie O'Brien
Born in a small town in northern Argentina, César Pelli would become famous for his architectural designs. Known for his use of glass, particularly in large scale skyscrapers, Pelli now lives on through his work all over the world. As Architectural Digest put it, "it wasn't the breadth, but more the quality of his work that demanded our attention. A quality of design that earned Pelli distinction from his peers in the form of hundreds of awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ 1995 Gold Medal, the Aga Khan Award in Architecture for the Petronas Towers in 2004, the Cemex's Life and Work Award in 2006, and in 2012, the Konex de Brillante Award, a distinction for being the most relevant figure in the visual arts of Argentina. Perhaps most significant to Pelli was when, in 1977, he was selected as the dean of Yale’s school of architecture,"
Some of his most famous works include:
1. The Petronas Towers, Malaysia
Once the tallest buildings in the w ...
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