Join Nevada Humanities for a reception and curator’s talk about Dear Vegas with poet and curator Harrison Bernard Nuzzo. A curator’s talk will be held at 6 pm PT.

Nevada Humanities presents Dear Vegas, an exhibition curated by Harrison Bernard Nuzzo, a Las Vegas poet, editor, and an instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of English.

This free exhibition offers an artistic love letter to the city from artists, poets, and writers who call this community home, including works of poetry, painting, photography, prose, sculpture, and mixed media artworks. Featured artists include: Krista Diamond, Ahmed Naji, Harrison Bernard Nuzzo, Devon Norwood, Norma Jean Ortega, Sin á Tes Souhaits, Miles Winfree, and Montaysia Yuneek. The participating artists showcase the people who call Las Vegas home, along with their experiences living, loving, working, and raising families, as well as their relationships with the built environment and natural world of the Las Vegas Valley. 

Dear Vegas is on display at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, 1017 South 1st Street, #190 in Las Vegas, from June 6 through July 24, 2024. This exhibiton will be on display in a virtual format indefinitely at nevadahumanities.org. Viewing hours at the Program Gallery are Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 to 5 pm PT, and until 9 pm PT, the first Friday of the month for First Friday. Visitors may also make a viewing appointment by contacting Bobbie Ann Howell at bahowell@nevadahumanities.org or 702-800-4670. Visit nevadahumanities.org to learn more.

This exhibition is presented by Nevada Humanities and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.