Daniella Etel Courban (Art) was published in the Heart to Heart Nevada Humanities series this week. "Humanities Heart to Heart" is a series of essays and multimedia presentations created by Nevadans that highlight diverse, personal perspectives from all corners of the Silver State, reflecting on life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we…

Tiffany Lin (Art) recently was featured on KNPR's series "Exit Spring Mountain." She is one of the guests for episode seven, "Count Us In." Every year the federal government allocates billions of funds for everything from hospitals and schools to emergency services and roads. For minorities, the data can be especially critical for access to…

Fawn Douglas (Art) was recognized earlier this month as the January Citizen of the Month for the city of Las Vegas. The presentation was made by Councilwoman Olivia Diaz. Douglas is co-founder of Nuwu Art + Activism Studios, curator of the recent Ah’-Wah-Nee exhibition at UNLV, a member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and former tribal councilwoman…

Susanna Newbury (Art) is the author of The Speculative City, which is a finalist for the College Art Association’s Charles Rufus Morey Award for Distinguished Books in Art History.

Pasha Rafat (Art) recently curated Still-life-s at A S A P which included national and international artists that have a community connection to Las Vegas, NV. Featured Artists were Ginger Bruner, Ash Ferlito, Maureen Halligan, Afsaneh Javanmard, Dylan Jones, Fay Ku, Yuino Nakabayashi, Kathleen Nathan, Lisa Rock, and Aaron Sheppard. …

Laurence Reese (Art), a graduate student, recently published in Southwest Contemporary a review of "Ah-wah-nee," an exhibition at the Donna Beam Gallery at UNLV.  

Kristin Hough (Art) recently opened her solo exhibition "Time Out For Tears" at the Whitney Library. Time Out For Tears is an exhibition of paintings based on still frames from consecutive seasons of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. The work focuses on a ubiquitous trope in reality TV — female contestants crying…

Sapira Cheuk (Art) recently was featured on the Seeing Color Podcast with Zhiwan Cheung. She is an ink painter and installation artist interested in ways of knowing through the body and how these modes of knowledge reflect or internalize external experiences.

Tiffany Lin and Lyssa Park (both Art) contributed designs for new Zoom Zone Designed by Children's Discovery Museum, a kid-friendly area at the Mineta San Jose International Airport. Park is an MFA candidate. With its entrance decorated in the museum’s signature purple, the Zoom Zone will satisfy kids’ interest in things that fly — whether it…

Laurence Myers Reese (Art) wrote coverage for Southwest Contemporary on 2021 The Bullfrog Biennial in Beatty. He is an MFA candidate.

Hikmet Loe (Art) co-curated the exhibit "This Earth: Notes and Observations by Montello Foundation Artists," on view at Southern Utah Museum of Art through Dec. 23. The accompanying exhibition catalog includes images and essays by each artist, all focused on aspects of nature gleaned through their Montello Foundation residency in northern…

John Stoelting's (Art) exhibition “Miscellaneous Debris” will have its opening from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 26 at Available Space Art Projects, 900 Karen Ave C-214, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109. Available Space Art Projects is an exhibition space that welcomes a diverse group of artists from any career level to showcase new experimental works and installations…