WNC Art Galleries

05/14/2025

Do join CCAI this afternoon, Wednesday, May 14, at WNC's Bristlecone Gallery for the artists' reception, 5-6:30pm, with artist introductions at 5:30. It's a great show - you'll want to see it! www.ccainv.org/fables-myths/ And, you can pick up a copy of Chris Lanier's essay too www.ccainv.org/lanier-fables-myths-essay/ Carson City Arts & Culture Western Nevada College

05/14/2025

TONIGHT!

04/14/2025

We are now accepting student art submissions in the Bristlecone Gallery TODAY through Wednesday, 10AM-4PM on the Carson Campus.

04/07/2025

The Annual Carson City Student Art Show is just around the corner!

The exhibition will be on display in the Bristlecone Gallery from April 21 to May 8. A reception will be held on May 8 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. This event is open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

Submissions will be accepted in the Bristlecone Gallery from April 14 to April 16. Full requirements can be found on the attached flyer.

10/16/2024

Come see the late Robert Morrison's exhibition in WNC's Bristlecone Gallery. The exhibit reception will be Tuesday, October 22, 5-6:30pm. Join us to see his sculpture, paintings, drawings many presented for the first time!

If you can't make it to the reception be sure to swing by the gallery before the exhibition closes on December 11th. The gallery hours are M-F 8AM-5PM.

www.ccainv.org/morrison-glimpse-back/ Carson City Arts & Culture

Capital City Arts Initiative is delighted to present work by the late artist, Robert Morrison, in the A Glimpse Back exhibition. His work reflected an active and ongoing dialogue between both geometric and organic forces. CCAI's exhibit will be in Western Nevada College’s Bristlecone Gallery, 2201...

02/23/2024

Please join the Bristlecone Gallery and Capital City Arts Initiative tonight from 5pm-6:30pm in celebrating Ruby Barrientos exhibition, Raíces (Roots).

Ruby is a first-generation Salvadoran American artist born and raised in Reno, NV, and is a self-taught/independent visual artist who shows art in galleries and museums locally. Ruby is an “artivist” utilizing an artistic voice coined as Nuwave Mayan, a style that incorporates Barrientos’ Salvadoran Mayan ancestry and heritage in the creation of socially relevant work.

Mark Salinas wrote the essay, ‘Altared’ Perspectives, for the exhibition. Salinas is the Public Art Program Manager for the City of Berkeley, California, and is responsible for the municipal development and implementation of public art policies, procedures, and programming.

See more of Barrientos’ art at https://www.nuwavemayan.com/
Watch CCAI’s artist interview and exhibition tour here: https://youtu.be/NlJxjsHRydo
Link to the essay:https://www.ccainv.org/files/2024/01/Roots-essay-final.pdf

09/15/2021

Now showing in the Bristlecone Atrium Gallery on the Carson City campus is “Glorious Autumn” by photographer Marie Nygren of Fallon. WNC Art Galleries is also presenting from two other photographers in the Bristlecone Hallway Gallery: Dennis Doyle and Kristen Kabrin.

“Fall is a special time,” Nygren said. “As colors abound in prominent and obscure places, it makes for an outrageous artistic palette and a bounty of photographic opportunities.”

In “Glorious Autumn,” Nygren captures the full splendor of fall in her landscape photographs.

“My heart is full witnessing all of the beauty in nature and sharing what I see through the lens with you,” she said. “It is my honor to show my art at WNC.”

Doyle specializes in capturing the mood of a sunset, the serenity of a desert playa, the story of the tree and the power and movement of the beauty of water. His passion for the outdoors has taken him throughout the West, including national and state parks; deserts, mountain peaks and the Pacific Coast.

Earning a college degree didn’t alter what Kabrin loves most, taking photos of landscapes.

“In short, I like to be outdoors, shooting things that make me happy and, in turn, I hope to bring a little happiness to others,” Kabrin said. “Black-and-white images make my heart sing. Landscape and nature photography feed my soul.”

The exhibits will be shown through October 1st.

WNC’s Art Galleries are located at 2201 W. College Parkway in the Bristlecone Building. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The galleries offer an ever-changing collection of fine art from locally renowned artists. They offer a wide variety of original paintings, prints, sculpture and photography, among various other art forms. The goal is to cultivate and promote the arts within the Northern Nevada community by representing and exhibiting works from emerging and established artists. WNC has galleries on the Carson and Fallon campuses and hosts multiple shows a year.

Visitors are reminded that face coverings are required on WNC’s campuses.