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Tweet Trackers
New exhibit explores what’s public, what’s private and what your GPS coordinates look like
January 13th, 2011
The photo is of an imposing building in Chicago’s financial district, at the corner of Randolph Street and La Salle Boulevard. The building’s corner juts toward the camera like it’s an accusing finger. Below the photo, the text reads, “Well. I just got laid off. Despite the raise, I had a sneaking suspicion there was no money. And yep, I was right. I knew something was off.” Read more »
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Second Career
New gallery coordinator will apply her business savvy to help the Contemporary Arts Center
January 13th, 2011
When Denise Crouse was laid off from her job in the finance industry last year, she knew it was an opportunity, at 42, to reinvent herself. For 10 years she’d worked in accounting, where she admitted she felt motivated by her paycheck rather than passion. Losing that stability last July turned out to be a gift. Now, as the new gallery coordinator at Contemporary Arts Center, she’s found a job that’s truly meaningful. Read more »
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Lift Off
A new space for beginning artists and collectors to take flight
January 6th, 2011
Jennifer Kleven’s first gallery at Emergency Arts is small. Really small. And while by the time you read this she’ll have moved into a slighter larger space across the hall, Kleven Contemporary could still probably fit inside your trunk. The small size (read: low rent) gives the young artist, who is less than two years out of her BFA at UNLV, a chance to have a gallery at all. Best of all, the tight space means visitors won’t be overwhelmed by too much art. There’s only room for a handful of works, and it has to count. Read more »
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Next Big Thing
December 22nd, 2010
Robert Knight was the last man to photograph Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert before the guitar virtuoso’s untimely death. The final thing Vaughan said to him was, “You’ll know me when you hear me.” This is where the film Rock Prophecies begins, with Knight’s journey to find the next Stevie Ray. Read more »
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Not Starving Artists
Five local Etsy.com top-sellers share their creative (and commercial) secrets
December 16th, 2010
It’s a challenge for creatives to make a living in Las Vegas, but a number of them have found a way by selling their work on Etsy.com. Launched in 2005, the 4.4 million-member-strong website helps individuals sell their handmade items, original art, vintage goods and artists’ supplies directly to Web surfers. Here, five of Las Vegas’ “Top Sellers”—those Etsians who have made at least 1,500 sales—open up about this venue for art in Las Vegas. Read more »
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The Picture of Health
With the new Rosenquist painting, the Lou Ruvo Center is the closest thing Las Vegas has to an art museum
December 16th, 2010
Combine the forces of two of Las Vegas’ aesthetic titans, and you’d naturally expect to see bombastic results. That’s exactly what happened when Steve Wynn, megaresort cultivator and high-stakes art investor, convinced the chairman of Keep Memory Alive organization, Larry Ruvo, that downtown’s Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health designed by Frank Gehry needed just one final adornment. The clinic already has more than 4,000 pieces in its art collection, 40 of which are in Las Vegas. So it had to be something monumental. Something important. Read more »
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Aquatic Delight
Photographer Julian Murray combines two unlikely visuals in Tattoos and Tentacles
December 2nd, 2010
“This one looks good,” says the photographer, after leading the writer deep into the frozen section of Seafood City, a Filipino supermarket on Maryland Parkway. He picks up a frozen octopus in a bag, inspects its weight on the packaging, checking its heft by gently tossing it once. “If it’s too heavy, it’s more difficult to work with and slips and slides off the model. A one-pounder is perfect to shoot with.” Read more »
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Immortal Images
A photo exhibit is history-in-the-making with the Hoover Dam bypass bridge
November 25th, 2010
Photographer Jamey Stillings first saw the bridge by chance. It was spring 2009, and he had been scouting locations for a photo project on solar energy. Stillings was instantly captivated, and it’s easy to see why: Nearly 2,000 feet long, the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Bridge soars almost 900 feet above the Colorado River, a mere 1,500 feet from the Hoover Dam. Read more »
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Empowering Autumn
A local artist is taking the art world by storm, and in 12 years she’ll be old enough to toast her success
November 11th, 2010
Painter Autumn de Forest bounds out of her large home in northwest Las Vegas and calls a cheerful hello. Wispy-thin and dressed in jeans and a matching pink ensemble, she projects a pleasantly sunny, carefree disposition. Read more »
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The Elegant Skull
Day of the Dead comes to life with the vibrant creations of local artists
October 28th, 2010
Most Americans associate Halloween with witches, ghosts and goblins. But in Mexican culture, the important image is the skeleton. That’s because Mexicans honor deceased loved ones with their own holiday on Nov. 2, El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). Being a diverse city, many people celebrate this holiday in Las Vegas. Here’s a survey of the rich local art that’s being made in respect of the dead: Read more »
