Heart/Land
On display August 3 – September 27, 2023
Exhibition Reception
Monday, September 25, 2023, at 5 - 8 pm, Artist Talk at 6 pm
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery
1017 South 1st Street, #190, Las Vegas
Plein Air Pastel Painting and Drawing Workshop with Artist Sidne Teske, $100 fee
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 9 am – 3 pm
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
16001 Corn Creek Road Las Vegas, NV 89124
Heart/Land features pastel paintings by artist Sidne Teske that explore the landscape and environment around Tuscarora, Nevada. The paintings combined with figural works depicting the “inner landscape” bring the heart and land together—being human. The landscape’s stark beauty also shows the effects of its mining history that began in the 1860s and continues today.
Award-winning Nevada artist Sidne Teske is the curator of the Heart/Land Exhibition Series. In 2003 she was commissioned by the Nevada Arts Council to make three artworks that were awarded to the Governor, the Nevada State Assembly, and the Nevada State Senate in recognition for their part in creating the Nevada Arts Council. In 2014 Nevada Humanities commissioned Teske to make 14 pieces for presentation to organizations and individuals who have made a difference in the arts and humanities in Nevada. Also in 2014 she was awarded a mentorship by the Nevada Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) to study under Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz. Teske was the State of Nevada representative at the Folklife Festival on the Mall for the Smithsonian Institution in 2005. She created the Nevada Governor's Arts awards that were presented in 2004. Additionally a poster she designed for the Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Rock Art Association won first place at the National Competition of the Society of American Archaeologists in 2003. Read A High Desert Tribute: Looking for the meaning of the universe with Sidne Teske here.
