A few months ago, when it seemed like we were about to finally turn a corner on the whole COVID-19 thing, Clark County put out a public call for art reflecting on the pandemic experience. The resulting show, Emotional Weather at Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center Art Gallery, digs into the cross-current of emotions we’ve all felt: fear, frustration, boredom, isolation and, yes, hope. These feelings are expressed through a kaleidoscope of media, including paint, ceramics, charcoal, ink, collage, colored pencil and embroidery.

Alisha Kerlin is a shining star in the Las Vegas art scene. As the executive director of UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, she leads one of Nevada’s most important arts organizations. And yet, her success in showing others’ art has mostly kept her too busy to make her own.

How Nevada’s two university art museums survived the pandemic

Last spring, Wendy Kveck taught an art class at UNLV called Finding America in Las Vegas. “I considered how the landscape and cultures of Southern Nevada have influenced artists’ work over the decades,” she wrote in a blog post for Nevada Humanities.

Krystal Ramirez is one of Las Vegas’ more audacious visual talents

Casinos closed, little or no traffic, hardly any pedestrians. The Strip was having some serious post-apocalyptic vibes. Images like that, broadcast around the world, could have broken the spirit of a minor city, but when the pandemic unleashed 30.1 percent unemployment (a mark never before seen by any state) and left up to 20 percent of the residents without enough food, Las Vegas residents from all walks of life rallied. From donating food to sewing masks to simple cheer-up acts, we're taking a look at 100 of the many ways they stood up during the COVID-19 crisis.

Many areas of life have been compromised by the pandemic, and the visual arts are certainly one of them.

Five months after closing because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at UNLV is set to reopen on Monday with new safety procedures and new exhibitions.