Join us for a conversation with curator Miranda Alam and participating artists about this installment of the Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series.
Photo: Live from the Parking Lot, Miranda Alam.
Las Vegas' cultural identity and economic wellbeing is undeniably linked to the performers and stage staff who once spent their days and nights dazzling tourists in intimate performances and big-money productions alike. Performing in the Dark is a photojournalism, multi-media exhibition that highlights the sudden disappearance of live entertainment in the Entertainment Capital of the World. This photojournalism exhibition captures visions of Las Vegas caught in pandemic.
Through the lenses of Nevada’s visual journalists, this exhibition spotlights local performers who have found themselves stranded from the stage, and forced to find new ways to get by amid the unrelenting pandemic. Photographers featured in this exhibition include freelance photographers David Becker, Bridget Bennett, Aaron Mayes, and Mikayla Whitmore; Las Vegas Review-Journal photographers Rachel Aston, Benjamin Hager, and Chase Stevens; Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Weekly photographer Wade Vandevort; Associated Press photographer John Locher; and exhibition curator Miranda Alam.
