Explore upcoming events and current exhibitions on display by the Department of Art, Art History and Design and more.
Each year, the Department of Art, Art History and Design welcomes visiting artists, designers and scholars who bring diverse contemporary perspectives to campus through lectures, critiques, workshops and studio visits, offering students direct access to creative leaders shaping today’s art world.
Explore the current exhibitions on display in Sheppard Contemporary, McNamara Gallery and Student Galleries South.
Scholastic Art Awards 2026: Gold Key Works
Since 1999, middle and high school students from northern Nevada have been invited to submit their artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards competition.
Pull Me Apart: Representing the Body in Painting
A group exhibition featuring work from University painting students.
BFA Midway Exhibition
Featuring work from Cassidy Alcorn, Caleb Bartholomew, Alisha Fertal, Matthew Gravilles, Skylar Jory and Bill Spence.
Explore the current exhibitions on display at the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art.
Home Truth: Image-Making in Absence
This exhibition features three photographic series by Steven Seidenberg that explore overlooked living environments in Italy and Japan.
Connect the Dots: Highlights from the Lilley Museum Collection
Featuring artworks from the Lilley Museum of Art’s permanent collection, using thoughtful pairings to explore themes of place, people and materiality.
Homeland Security: Images from the Epicenter of the Cuban Missile CrisisÂ
This exhibition centers Cuban perspectives on the Cuban Missile Crisis through photographs from Prensa Latina.
This Just In: Recent Additions to the Lilley Museum of Art Collection
An exhibition of new acquisitions to the Lilley Museum of Art.
Explore the current exhibitions on display at the ҹɫÊÓƵ at Lake Tahoe.
MFA Thesis Exhibitions – Melissa Russell: Presence and Agnieszka Wszolkowska: SALT
MFA Thesis Candidates present their exhibitions in the Garage Door Gallery at Holman Arts & Media Center. This two-person exhibition features Russell’s work of cast-paper assemblage, and Wszolkowska’s weavings and ceramic sculpture.
MFA Midway Exhibition - Myron Denetclaw: Sháál’ Bì’ké’góóh (Walk in a Circle)
Myron Denetclaw presents their exhibition in the Tahoe Gallery in the Prim Library at the Lake Tahoe Wayne L. Prim Campus. This exhibition showcases research in casein painting of traditional Navajo ceremonial subjects, as well as a large-scale, site-specific sand painting created in the gallery during the exhibition.
Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground
On display at Prim Reference Gallery, Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground features sixteen artists collaboratively exploring cultural and geographic connections and differences in northern and southern Nevada.
The ҹɫÊÓƵ is proud to host an art museum and seven art galleries across our Reno and Lake Tahoe campuses.
