Justin Favel: COUNTYCENTER

Rotunda Gallery
Clark County Government Center
500 S. Grand Center Parkway
Las Vegas

An alumni of CCAI's recent spring exhibition, The Radiant City, Justin Favela incorporates humor and art history into this site-specific sculpture installation in the Rotunda Gallery. Borrowing from works in the public art collection at CityCenter, the artist re-imagines these objects for the employees and visitors of the Clark County Government Center. CityCenter’s permanent collection of 20th and 21st century art features works by internationally acclaimed artists. Justin Favela’s COUNTYCENTER features mixed media cardboard works that cover Maya Lin’s Silver River, Frank Stella’s Damascus Gate I, Jenny Holzer’s Las Vegas, and more; all have been appropriated and modified for the Government Center site.

The Las Vegas Weekly's review of COUNTYCENTER is online at:
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/jun/01/riffing-citycenter/

COUNTYCENTER will be in the in the Rotunda Gallery through July 22. For more information contact Wendy Kveck at 869-9002 or wendyccnv@gmail.com or Patrick Gaffey at the Winchester Center 455-7340. The gallery is free and open to the public. The Government Center Hours are M-F 8am - 5pm.

[image by Wendy Kveck, text from the Clark County Parks and Recreation press release]

City Center | CENTERpiece | Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter
CENTERpiece Gallery 
Las Vegas
702.739-3314
Gallery Hours: 10 am – 6 pm Daily

"At an average of 62 inches tall, the c-prints could easily fall pray to the overwrought trend of immersive large-format photography. Instead, the prints offer intimate amplifications of vulnerable, messy moments in fractured color."

CENTERpiece is located at CityCenter, one of the Radiant City's most ambitious new development initiatives, noteworthy in particular at this moment when Las Vegas and Nevada are experiencing exceptionally difficult economic hard times.

Through August 31.

[Graphic and quote from "Marilyn Minter exhibit reason enough to check out CENTERpiece," July 27 article by Danielle Kelly in the electronic edition of the Las Vegas Sun. Caption: "Marilyn Minter’s “Splish Splash”

Reign of Glass

"Erin Stellmon's work has always been particularly relevant within the context of Las Vegas, as it emerges directly from our culture of neon signage, suburban landscapes, the history of the atomic test-site, implosions of classic landmark casinos and her most recent explorations into CityCenter. However, the iconography of her work carries not only historical weight, but also becomes symbolic of the broader psychic landscape, exploring American value systems and our notions of home, security and community."

Wendy Kveck CAC Director

[Graphic and text from CAC press mailing. Click on image to enlarge.]

Metro Arts Las Vegas

[Thanks to Fran at NAC for the tip! Click to enlarge.]

The Drama at Trifecta

Trifecta Gallery
[in the Arts Factory]
103 E. Charleston #108
Las Vegas, NV 89104

Glenn Fry
serigraphs

through February 27

[image from Trifecta Web site.]

Touch - Las Vegas

[click on the image to enlarge. Our thanks to JV in LV for her help with art news from the Radiant City!]

Las Vegas Call for Artists

[with thanks to FM at NAC for the tip:]
City Of Las Vegas Issues Call For Art Exhibition Proposals

The city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs invites the submission of proposals for individual and group exhibitions for its 2009/2010 gallery season. Exhibition proposals will be reviewed for programming at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery, located at 800 S. Brush St. , and the Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, located at 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North . Images and floor plans of these gallery spaces can be downloaded at www.lasvegasnevada.gov/files/GalleryFloorplans.pdf

Artists/curators must submit a letter of intent in regards to the exhibit with 15-20 supporting images (slides or JPEGs on compact disc) with an identification list, artist statement and artist resume. In addition, other suitable supporting materials may include color prints, exhibition cards and press clippings, all of which are optional. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials. All visual art practices suitable for gallery installations lasting between 10 to 12 weeks will be considered.

Submissions must be received by April 1, 2008, to be included in the screening. All applicants can expect notification regarding their proposal via mail by Aug. 1, 2008. Address submissions to Jeanne Voltura, Office of Cultural Affairs, 300 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 109 , Las Vegas , NV 89104 . Call (702) 229-1012 or e-mail jvoltura@lasvegasnevada.gov for more information.

Jeanne Voltura
Gallery Program Coordinator
City of Las Vegas/Office of Cultural Affairs
300 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 109
Las Vegas, NV 89104

702-229-1012

[image the result of a google image search for 'Las Vegas']