Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art—A Common Thread: Curated by Ashanti McGee

Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89154

April 2 – July 2, 2021

The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival present “A Common Thread,” a group exhibition featuring textile art by nine womxn artists of color from Las Vegas and other communities across the United States. Drawing on traditions and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, these artists are ensuring that the expanding field of textile arts includes progressive forms of personal expression, cultural critique, and community resilience.

The exhibition features work by Adriana Chavez, Ashley Hairston Doughty, Yacine Tilala Fall, Noelle Garcia, Isar King, Tiffany Lin, Desire Moheb-Zandi, Lyssa Park, and Ailene Pasco. The exhibition will also feature a poem by Southern Nevadan poet, Erica Vital-Lazare, and text written by Jocelyn Jackson, founder of JUSTUS Kitchen and co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective. Learn more

This program is supported in part by Nevada Humanities.

"Not afraid of love" (2021) by Desire Moheb-Zandi.