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Kenny Davidsen Bowtie Cabaret — Fridays @ Piazza Lounge
2026-04-03 21:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piazza Lounge, 255 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89169, United States
Live cabaret with Kenny Davidsen — cocktails, laughs & late-night vibes every Friday! 9 PM–1 AM. Piazza Lounge.

✨ Bowtie Cabaret with Kenny Davidsen
Join us every Friday from 9PM–1AM at Piazza Lounge for an unforgettable night of live cabaret — now featuring a different guest host each week alongside Kenny Davidsen.
🎤 What to Expect:• Live cabaret featuring jazz, standards, and show-stopping favorites• Kenny Davidsen’s signature vocals and charm• A rotating weekly guest host bringing fresh energy every Friday• Stylish lounge atmosphere perfect for date night or a night out
🎟 Free Entry — No Cover ChargeEnjoy the show with complimentary admission. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for the best tables.
🍸 Location: Piazza Lounge⏰ Every Friday | 9PM–1AM
Start your weekend with live music, cocktails, and a little cabaret flair — every Friday night at Piazza Lounge.

Downtown Comedy Lounge-No Filter Fun
2026-04-03 21:00 - 23:59 | Notoriety, 450 Fremont Street, Suite 380, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
EVERY FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY
In following with the Notoriety Live brand, comes the most talented, edgy, intelligent and hilarious comedians on the international comedy circuit. The Downtown Comedy Lounge showcases the funniest comedians from America’s Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, and Netflix! Get ready for an outrageous night of laughter and cocktails in the most amazing comedy lounge in Vegas!
For weekly comedians please see our instagram.
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Ages 18+
Doors at 8:30 pm
Vegas’ most raw and unfiltered open mic
PARKING INFO: Parking is available underneath Neonopolis from 4th street and Fremont, the ramp is on the right side of the street just past Denny’s. Park on level P2. Once parked, take the parking elevator from the parking garage up to the 3rd floor. Notoriety’s doors are straight ahead once you come off of the elevator.

Downtown Comedy Lounge-No Filter Fun
2026-04-03 21:00 - 22:30 | 450 Fremont St #380, 450 Fremont Street, #380, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
The Downtown Comedy Lounge showcases the funniest comedians from America’s Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, and Netflix!

Dueling Pianos: Free Guest List & BOGO Drink Ticket When You Sign Up
2026-04-03 20:30 - 2026-04-04 01:00 | CASBAR Lounge, 2535 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Discover CASBAR Lounge at SAHARA Las Vegas – where the night comes alive!

Fremont Street Bar Crawl
2026-04-03 20:30 - 2026-04-04 00:30 | Meeting Venue TBA – Check website for details, Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Fremont Street Bar Crawl gets you exclusive perks at the best bars in Old Vegas.

Vinnie Favorito Unfiltered
2026-04-03 20:30 - 23:59 | Notoriety, 450 Fremont Street, Suite 380, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Las Vegas comedian Vinnie Favorito is known as a celebrity roaster. He has roasted Magic Johnson, Pat O’Brien, Jerry Springer, Larry, Flynt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stan, Winston, and many others.
He is a blue-collar comedian known for his quick wit, politically incorrect, but does it with liability. Every show is like a celebrity roast and you could be the next celebrity….. no one is safe.
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Ages: 18+
Doors at 8:00 PM
Show time at 8:30 PM
PARKING INFO: Parking is available underneath Neonopolis from 4th street and Fremont, the ramp is on the right side of the street just past Denny’s. Park on level P2. Once parked, take the parking elevator from the parking garage up to the 3rd floor. Notoriety’s doors are straight ahead once you come off of the elevator.

Live Arts Institute presents Beyond the Neon Dance Festival
2026-04-03 19:30 - 21:30 | West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 West Lake Mead Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, United States
Experience vibrant artistry this spring! In collaboration with Live Arts Collective and a dynamic consortium of dance artists and organizations, these evening concerts will feature some of the city’s most innovative and respected creatives. Enhance your experience and explore a rich variety of movement styles in a master class series, April 4, noon-4 p.m. Witness a vision Beyond the Neon unfold as we unite to celebrate the beautiful expression of dance.

ClueX
2026-04-03 19:30 | Notoriety, 450 Fremont Street, Suite 380, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Show description: This is the Genre-Defying Burlesque Parody of the Cult-Classic 1985 Film, “CLUE”, that will have you laughing, grooving and playing along! Each night the audience determines who committed the murder, after witnessing each of the iconic characters undressing alone, in a room, with a weapon. Brace yourself for a witty and fast-paced evening full of thunder strikes, mysterious characters and the Art of Burlesque like you’ve never seen it before! All set to the tunes of a live band! ClueX will keep you on the edge of your seat as the plot unravels, the guests undress, and the mystery unfolds. You won’t know what’s coming next…right up until the end!
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Ages: 18+
Doors at 7:00 PM
Show time at 7:30 PM
PARKING INFO: Parking is available underneath Neonopolis from 4th street and Fremont, the ramp is on the right side of the street just past Denny’s. Park on level P2. Once parked, take the parking elevator from the parking garage up to the 3rd floor. Notoriety’s doors are straight ahead once you come off of the elevator.

First Friday: You Sing It Karaoke!
2026-04-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Millennium FANDOM BAR, 900 South Las Vegas Boulevard, #140, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Come sing with us every First Friday for our YOU SING IT KARAOKE! All songs welcome and it’s also OPEN COSPLAY!

Rick Doughtery – Friday, April 3rd
2026-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Vegas Valley Winery, 7360 Eastgate Rd Ste 123, Henderson, NV, 89011, United States
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Rick’s beautiful tenor voice has won him compliments from Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Odetta and Chet Atkins, to name a few. With his versatile guitar style, he performs his own songs as well as a wide range of music that spans folk, pop, standards and jazz, all seasoned with his unique sense of humor.
Rick has performed across the country with The Limeliters, Glenn Yarbrough, and The Kingston Trio and is now a member of the Folk Legacy Trio, performing music from across the spectrum of the great folk era.

Chase Brown’s Vegas Country
2026-04-03 18:30 - 23:59 | NV
“Chase has it all. The Texas-born performer has the good looks, the tremendous talent,the awesome voice, the entertaining moves, and that indefinable something that ties it all together. No orchestra, no keyboard – just one hot sexy talented man showing what he’s got. There is nothing like a Chase Brown show!” – Dianne Davis, Splash Magazines
“Chase down Chase Brown! The biggest and best little country music show in Vegas.” – Carson Kressley
“Serving top notch country entertainment, Chase Brown is Las Vegas at its Best.” – Shangela, HBO’s “We’re Here” and “Ru Paul’s Drag Race”
“The Chase is ON!!!”- Andy Cohen, Bravo
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Ages 18+
Doors at 6:00 pm.
Show time at 6:30 pm.
PARKING INFO: Parking is available underneath Neonopolis from 4th street, the ramp is on the right side of the street just past Denny’s. Park on level P2. Once parked, take the parking elevator from the parking garage up to the 3rd floor. Notoriety’s doors are straight ahead once you come off of the elevator.

Chase Brown's Vegas Country
2026-04-03 18:30 - 20:00 | 450 Fremont St #380, 450 Fremont Street, #380, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
The Singing Cowboy performs hits from every decade to get you out on the floor.

Passage
2026-04-03 17:30 - 20:30 | UNLV Black Box Theatre (Alta Ham Fine Arts Building), 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Produced in cooperation with Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Passage by Christopher Chen is a gripping, abstract exploration of colonialism, power, and human connection set in a fictional occupied country. Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, the play unfolds through revelatory encounters between citizens of the occupying – and occupied – nations, raising urgent questions about bias, understanding, and the limits of cultural empathy. With minimalist staging and a heightened, allegorical style, Passage invites audiences to examine the complexities of privilege and perception in an increasingly divided world.
Tickets can be purchased through the UNLV Performing Arts Center box office.

First Friday
2026-04-03 17:00 - 23:00 | First Friday Las Vegas, 1025 South 1st Street, Las Vegas, NV, 89101, United States
Join us in the arts district on Main Street for the next First Friday, July 4th 2025 supporting local artists on the Art Walk!

July 4th at 1025 South 1st St. 5pm-11pm

Special note: PLAN to spend YOUR 4th of July with us next month! 5pm-11pm You can see the fireworks from the First Friday event in the arts district that will come from the top of the Plaza Hotel! The First Friday artwalk event is FREE! Support your local artists and small businesses and eat great food from local food trucks! NO FIREWORKS, SPARKLERS, FIRECRACKERS, POP ITS, GLASS BOTTLES, OR OUTSIDE ALCOHOL ALLOWED. THANK YOU

Featured Artist: July’s Featured artist is LaRon Emcee

See live painting with local artists throughout the event curated by ISI Group & Recycled Propaganda

Visit our residency art gallery inside Art Square Suite 170 resident artists Nancy Good and Andrea Knox

Special Note Preview Thursday July 3rd Andrea Knox Art Exhibit in the resident artist space inside Arts Square

Music: Visit local artists on the Church of Bass Stage and visit DJ Eric Roulette. All entertainment starts at 5pm featuring local talent till 11pm.

Support our key sponsors: Las Vegas Raiders, City of Las Vegas, Jardin, , Eric Roy Law Firm, Verizon, Don Julio, The English Hotel, KTNV 13 , and Park West Gallery.

We are ecstatic to host local culture and community and always consider all proper health and safety protocols each month.

Parking

Headed to First Friday? Don’t waste time driving around downtown Las Vegas trying to find a spot. Take advantage of one of our offerings.

Park & Ride

Park at the city of Las Vegas parking garage, 500 S. Main St., and take the FREE shuttle to and from First Friday. The shuttle runs from 3 p.m. to midnight. Additional parking at 902 Casino Center and 1025 South First Street, Arts Square parking lot. Additional parking at 1000 Commerce with a short walk into the event.

Reservable Parking Spots

We offer parking throughout downtown that you can reserve in advance. Reserve a spot.

Wherever you park, please make sure the spot is clearly signed for public or event parking; never park anywhere that is not.

Watercolor Nature Journaling Drop-in Sessions
2026-04-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Corn Creek Visitor Center, 16001 Corn Creek Rd,, NV, Las Vegas, 89124, United States
Enjoy an art session in the surrounding beauty of Corn Creek. Nature journaling is a meaningful way to connect to a place and to record our surroundings with data and creativity.
Our Artist in Resident, Jess Moore will share basic nature journaling skills and share prompts to guide your work. Everyone is an artist with nature journaling. Artists of all ages are invited to participate.
Come for a drop-in watercolor nature journaling session. All materials provided. Please come prepared for casual exploration outdoors on the Corn Creek trails.

Watercolor Nature Journaling Drop-in Sessions
2026-04-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Corn Creek Visitor Center, 16001 Corn Creek Rd,, NV, Las Vegas, 89124, United States
Meet under the patio of the Corn Creek Visitor Center for a drop-in watercolor nature journaling session – all materials provided! Our Artist in Residence, Jess Moore, will share basic nature journaling skills and prompts to guide your work.

Nature journaling is a meaningful way to connect to a place and record our surroundings with data and creativity. Everyone is an artist with nature journaling, and all artists are invited to participate!

Jess Moore, MFA, creates work that bridges analog and digital with laser wood creations and photo embroidery. She teaches art foundations and graphic design.

Yari Ostovany – Paintings | Savage Mystic Gallery, Reno | April 2–25, 2026
2026-04-03 12:00 - 18:00 | Savage Mystic Gallery, 836 E. Second St., Reno, NV, 89502, United States
Savage Mystic Gallery in Reno, Nevada, is pleased to present “Yari Ostovany: Paintings,” a solo exhibition of works by abstract painter Yari Ostovany, on view April 2 through April 25, 2026.
Ostovany’s paintings explore the expressive possibilities of abstraction through layered color, gestural mark-making, and luminous surfaces. Drawing on influences ranging from the spiritual traditions of Persian art and poetry to the legacy of Western abstraction, his work creates contemplative visual spaces where intuition, memory, and presence converge.
Working primarily in oil on canvas, Ostovany builds his paintings through successive layers of color and texture. Forms emerge, dissolve, and reappear across the surface, suggesting shifting fields of energy, atmosphere, and light.
Ostovany studied art as an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Reno, and received his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1995. His work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including exhibitions in Paris, London, Cologne, New York, Los Angeles, and Tehran.
The exhibition will conclude with an artist reception on April 25 from 6–9 p.m. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet the artist and view the exhibition on its final day.
Exhibition Details:
Yari Ostovany: Paintings
Savage Mystic Gallery
836 E Second Street
Reno, NV 89502
April 2 through April 25, 2026
Artist Reception: April 25, 6–9 p.m.
savagemysticart.com
775-444-4605

Home Truth: Image-making in Absence, Photography by Steven Seidenberg
2026-04-03 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
The photographic practice of Steven Seidenberg explores a material world of the unnoticed, fixing attention on structures, environments, and landscapes often hidden in plain sight. Three photographic series are combined in this exhibition; each focuses on past and present living conditions in a different area of the world (Puglia and Rome, Italy; Kanazawa, Japan). Seidenberg’s richly detailed images capture current and former living spaces—houses, tents, outbuildings, and empty lots— providing the viewer with ideas about the lived environment, how space is used, and how humans travel through and live within the spaces they occupy under wide-ranging material conditions.
Image: Steven Seidenberg from the series, The Architecture of Silence: Abandoned Lives of the Italian South, photograph, courtesy of the artist

This Just In: Recent Additions to the Lilley Museum of Art Collection
2026-04-03 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
An exhibition of new acquisitions to the Lilley Museum of Art
Image: Carol Cole Levin, Fortress, 1992, Clay, concrete, wire, and wood picture frame, Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2025.

Homeland Security: Images from the Epicenter of the Cuban Missile Crisis
2026-04-03 12:00 - 16:00 | John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89557, United States
In October 1962, Cuba was at the center of a crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Today’s history books and classes are filled with stories of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev locked in a battle of wills, but we know much less about how Cubans themselves responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Featuring photographs from Prensa Latina, Cuba’s revolutionary news agency, this exhibit offers a unique, intimate view of Cuban life during the crisis.
Image: Roberto Salas, A young man uses a rangefinder to watch for incoming aircraft, photograph, October 1962, courtesy of Prensa Latina.

Poetry of Resilience
2026-04-03 12:00 - 13:30 | OLLI at UNR, OLLI at UNR Mailing / Physical Address: 604 W. Moana Lane, Suite 120, Reno, 89509, United States
Celebrate National Poetry Month with four of Nevada’s best-known poets. Each poet will read poems of their own and others on the topic of resilience. They will share their thoughts on why these poems matter to them, and how they can be read in this chaotic time.
Look for the ZOOM link in the OLLI Weekly.
Featuring poets Gailmarie Pahmeier, Lindsay Wilson, Shaun Griffin, Courtney Cliften

SPRING BREAK LAS VEGAS POOL CRAWL
2026-04-03 11:30 - 17:00 | Las Vegas Strip, TBA, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Party at the best pool parties in Las Vegas this Spring Break 2026!

Las Vegas Pool Crawl
2026-04-03 11:30 - 17:00 | Las Vegas Strip, TBA, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Party at the best pool parties in Las Vegas this summer!

What Works-Essentials: Nevada Statewide (Virtual)
2026-04-03 11:30 - 13:30 | NV
What Works Essentials is the first in a two-part workshop series for Nevada-based artists and creatives. Essentials is based on sharing the common behaviors of successful artist entrepreneurs.

Goal setting and planning
Portfolio careers and multiple income streams
Communications
Strategic networking
Financial planning
and more

What Works is presented in collaboration with the Nevada Arts Council and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation with Artists Thrive.
Date/Time: Friday, April 3, 2026 from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. PT
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Eligibility: Nevada area artists
Age Requirement: 18+
Total Workshop Hours: Two hours
Preferred Registration Deadline: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 5 p.m. PT (to receive physical workshop materials via USPS)
Final Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 2, 2026, at 5 p.m. PT

Three Generations of Polarized Light Art
2026-04-03 10:00 - 20:00 | Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89117
In the 1960s, a time of cross-pollination in art and science, Austine’s engagement with light and optics was shaped by her discovery of the phenomena of polarized light from her first husband, astronomer and physicist H. John Wood. In 1967, Austine developed a new light-based medium that she called Polage. By collaging clear cellophane between cross-polarizing filters, she began producing full color artworks without using any pigments or dyes.
Selecting for specific wavelengths from the prismatic spectrum of color in natural light produces her color palette. Colors plucked from light are vibrantly alive and will shift and change as the filters rotate or as the viewer moves about, making the perception of the art an active component of the work.
In 1976, Austine and her husband, David Comarow moved to the Las Vegas area. They worked together to establish a long-lasting studio practice and refined her Polage medium and methods of display, leading to many innovations and commissions over the following decades. Their first studio gallery opened in Boulder City, Nevada, in 1985.
That same year, Austine’s eldest daughter, Cara Wood Ginder, began working for Austine Studios as an art assistant, fabricator, and studio manager. This began a longtime artistic partnership with her mother, which grew into full design collaboration in later years.
In 1998, Austine’s younger daughter, Erika Wood, became part of the studio, later focusing on designing hybrid production methods that enabled Polage artworks to be created in carefully controlled multiples, comparable to traditional printmaking.
At that time, Austine Studios entered a long-term relationship with Maui Jim sunglasses, bringing the medium into dialogue with applied optics and polarized-lens technology as they secured an exclusive on Austine Studios artwork in optical boutiques worldwide.
In 2018, Cara accepted the position of full-time lead artist and studio director of Austine Studios. Her daughter, Charlotte Ginder, joined the studio in 2019; the third generation to work in the family business of Polage.
After Austine’s sudden passing in 2020, Cara, Erika, and Charlotte kept up the family legacy as the artists of Austine Studios until it closed in 2025.
Austine’s art is on view in the permanent collections of the Museum of Science, Boston; the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science; and Swarthmore College, among others, appearing in museums, hospitals, public spaces, and private collections around the world.
The nearby Spring Mountains Visitor’s Center, just outside Las Vegas on Mt. Charleston, features a 75-foot-long Polage art mural celebrating the flora and fauna of the desert that inspired so much of her work.
Today Cara and Erika have launched a new collaboration, Lightread Studios, where they continue their work together creating polarized light artworks and commissions.
On exhibit at Sahara West Library, 9600 W Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, Nevada, through May 2, 2026.

Best Friday Brunch in Las Vegas at 18bin – $25 Bottomless Mimosas + Live DJ
2026-04-03 10:00 - 17:00 | 18Bin Bar & Restaurant, 107 East Charleston Boulevard, #Suite 150, Las Vegas, NV, 89104, United States
Experience the best Friday brunch in Las Vegas at 18bin with $25 bottomless mimosas, live DJs & good vibes from 10AM–5PM!

International Women’s Month Sierra Arts, Reno “We Are Our Words”
2026-04-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Sierra Arts Foundation, 17 S. Virginia St. #120, Reno, NV, 89501, United States
Sierra Arts & Calligrapher/Photographer Carol Foldvary-Anderson Honoring International Women’s Month
Inspiring quotes written in calligraphy and beautifully photographed. Words on navigating life from the wisdom of exceptional women. Truth seekers from different cultures and eras. Their words and actions defined their life trials, viewpoints and existence. Their life and words have inspired women to achieve greatness themselves.
Showing March 9-April 6, 2026.
Meet the Artist/Calligrapher/Photographer Foldvary-Anderson on Saturday, March 28 1-3 p.m. The original project was honored with generous grant funding in 2024 through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Always back to Nevada: Craig Sheppard and art at the University of Nevada, Reno
2026-04-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Northeastern Nevada Museum, 1515 Idaho St., Elko, NV, 89801, United States
The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno proudly announces its exhibition, “Always back to Nevada” Craig Sheppard and art at the University of Nevada, Reno”, a curatorial project opening Dec. 9, 2025, through April 26, 2026 at the Northeastern Nevada Museum. Curated by executive director and chief curator Stephanie Gibson, “Always back to Nevada” showcases the constant oscillation of styles and experimental Nevada-centric works of the university’s Sheppard Gallery founding collector, Craig Sheppard.
Image: Craig Sheppard, The Couriers, oil on canvas, n.d., collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

Flux1: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Sherry Watkins – North Las Vegas
2026-04-03 07:00 - 17:00 | CSN North Las Vegas Art Galleries, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas, NV, 89030, United States
The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts will host a traveling exhibition of acrylic paintings by Nevada-based artist and College of Southern Nevada Performing Arts Center box office supervisor, Sherry Watkins. Flux1: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Sherry Watkins, will open on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and will travel throughout the Las Vegas Valley with showings on the CSN Henderson Campus (July 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2025), the Charleston Campus (Nov. 1, 2025 – Feb. 28, 2026), and the North Las Vegas Campus (March 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026). A special Gallery Talk and Artist Reception with light refreshments will take place on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the North Las Vegas Campus, Tyrone Thompson Student Union Art Gallery. The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Originally from Illinois, Sherry Watkins has lived in Las Vegas for nearly 50 years. She attended Clark High School, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada. Watkins has been painting for over a decade, working primarily in abstract styles. Her work explores various techniques, including fluid pouring and original design methods. Watkins uses a wide range of tools and materials to achieve distinctive effects and embraces experimentation and creative risk in her process. While she occasionally paints traditional subjects—such as characters, still lifes, and landscapes—Watkins is most drawn to the expressive freedom of abstraction.
Speaking of her work, Watkins states, “Most of my work comes from trial and error, a willingness to explore new methods, opening my boundaries to include what I might not at first be comfortable with, and sometimes just pure luck. I enjoy the freedom of abstract art. I like the power of creating something that did not previously exist. I have AD/HD. When I was doing more “traditional” painting, such as still life and landscapes, I ended up with a lot of unfinished paintings. I would be on to the next idea before finishing what I was working on. With abstract art, only the artist knows when it is truly finished. Abstract art gave me the freedom to be able to paint without the anxiety of not completing my work and leaving paintings half done.”
The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours vary by campus and semester. Please visit https://www.csn.edu/student-unions for current hours of operation.
For more information, please call 702-651-4146 or visit https://www.csn.edu/artgallery

All That You Ever Wanted/Todo Lo Que Siempre Quisistes: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Orlando Montenegro – Henderson
2026-04-03 07:00 - 17:00 | CSN Henderson Campus Art Galleries, 700 College Drive, Henderson, 89002, United States
The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts will host a traveling exhibition of mixed media artworks by Central American-born, Nevada-based artist and College of Southern Nevada adjunct faculty, Orlando Montenegro. All That You Ever Wanted/Todo Lo Que Siempre Quisistes: A College of Southern Nevada traveling exhibition featuring the work of Orlando Montenegro, will open on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and will travel throughout the Las Vegas Valley with showings on the CSN Charleston campus (July 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2025), the North Las Vegas campus (Nov. 1, 2025 – Feb. 28, 2026), and the Henderson campus (March 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026). A special Gallery Talk and Artist Reception with light refreshments will take place on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the North Las Vegas Campus Tyrone Thompson Student Union Art Gallery. The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Speaking of his life, Montenegro says, “I was born in Central America in the early 1980s. My father was a lawyer, and he got into some trouble, and my mother was an accountant, and she did not like the government at the time. They immigrated to the United States sometime in the late 80s because it seemed better economically, and they ended up working in casinos. I have two younger siblings who are nurses, and they are also married to nurses. I once almost passed out giving blood and looking at a documentary where there was blood, and I was not good at math in school, but I liked to draw. My Spanish vocabulary is not that good, but I can speak and read some of it at a basic level. I prefer to talk in English if I have to. It’s impressive how people can interpret words and images differently when they see things from their own point of view, and how their upbringing, education, and beliefs affect that point of view.”
Regarding his work, Montenegro continues, “We live in the richest country in the world, but it’s a pyramid scheme. I had surgery with insurance and paid an inflated amount, only to get another bill in the mail. I wish we had decent public transportation because gas is expensive, and people drive irresponsibly. I wanted to rent, but my mortgage is cheaper because I moved into a house before the pandemic. Home insurance and car insurance are also a scam, but I need them just in case. I don’t buy juice anymore, or cereal, or Mexican Coca-Cola. The price went up, and my Doctor said I should eat fruit and I should just drink water, because I need to worry about diabetes. He said juice is a scam.
I started using things like newspapers and food packaging because they relate to consumption and the economy. Food packaging is discardable, and it can be aesthetically pleasing depending on how it is designed. Advertisements can be beautiful or seductive, but the food flyers that I get in the mail are not considered beautiful. I am not saying they are either. I see some graffiti around town while driving, and I like the bold colors and line work. Some of it does not make sense and feels abstract or nonrepresentational. I don’t really remember what I thought when I first saw Andy Warhol’s soup can art in Professor Rico’s Art History class some twenty years ago. I am sure that at the time, I thought the book and his lectures were all gobbledygook because “art is supposed to be beautiful”.
The CSN Student Union Art Galleries are free, family-friendly, and open to the public. Gallery hours vary by campus and semester. Please visit https://www.csn.edu/student-unions for current hours of operation.
For more information, please call 702-651-4146 or visit https://www.csn.edu/artgallery.
