Clark County Public Arts Office

Celebrate 20 years of the ZAP! Utility Box program with Commissioner James B. Gibson and the Clark County Public Arts Office!The ZAP 20th Anniversary will be held on Friday, April 24, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Sunset Park, and will feature live painting by three local artists, art vendors, and live entertainment. Attendees […]

Join Monarch the Poet for "Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance in Poetry"Clark County Office of Public Arts presents Inkwell Poetry! These monthly online events will feature an accomplished poet mentor who will lead attendees in workshops with unique themes and topics for poets of all ages and experience levels.In the literary arts, diction and rhyme are […]

Join us for an open mic on the Winchester patio complete with mocktails, snacks, and good vibes!Join us at Winchester Cultural Center for the very first Poetry on the Patio to cap off an exciting National Poetry Month here in Clark County!This event will feature open mic performances, mocktails, and small bites so come for […]

This exhibition brings together the FY26 Spring cohort of the Temporary Public Art Projects program.This exhibition brings together the FY26 Spring cohort of the Temporary Public Art Projects program. Each artist engaged the community and created a temporary project based on the work they did with the youth.This cohort was tasked with drawing inspiration from […]

Join us for an in-person Full Scope workshop! Attendees will witness how a temporary artwork is installed at Winchester!DATE: Friday, May 15, 2026TIME: 10AM - 12PMVENUE: Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89121TOPIC: Temporary Art Installation with LeMonde StudioAttendees will witness how a temporary artwork is installed followed by a workshop […]

An in-person workshop where attendees will witness a sculpture installation in the public setting.Full Scope May 2026 will be an in-person workshop where attendees will watch as a temporary public art sculpture is installed at Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center. Public Arts invites the community to a “backstage” look on how public artworks are installed in public […]

Artist Reception with live entertainment and small bites. FreeBalik Tanaw: A Rediscovery of My Filipino Identityby Denise MayangExhibiting: March 26, 2026 – May 21, 2026Reception: Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 5:30pm – 7:30pmEarring Workshop: Friday, April 24, from 4:00pm – 6:00pmPearson Community Center1625 W Carey Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89032Gallery HoursOPEN Monday - Friday […]

Join Jami Macarty for "Engine & Echo: Schemes in Poetic Repetition"“Repetition in word and phrase and in idea is the very essence of poetry,” American poet Theodore Roethke writes in “Some Remarks on Rhythm” (1960). Repetition in poetry connects to our deepest human experiences—the heart pumping blood, the seasons tilting Earth.Repetition is part of daily […]

Join us for our Juneteenth Celebration at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center featuring poetry, live music, and reception. Free and all ages!Join us at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center as we celebrate Juneteenth 2026 with poetry, music, and community.This event will be hosted by none other than our Clark County Poet Laureate Ashley "Ms. AyeVee" Vargas and […]

Join the Public Arts Office for presentations featuring three artists who will showcase their designs for a new sculpture.

Join Hannah Dierdorff for "Between Elsewhere & Here: An Ecstatic Approach to Ecopoetics"What is the role of poetry in an environmental crisis? Can a poetics of ecstasy, through decentering the self, move us toward the care and action our current moment requires?In this educational and generative session, we’ll look at several poems that reimagine the […]

Join the Public Arts Office for presentations featuring three artists who will showcase their designs for a new sculpture.The proposed location for the artwork is in the future site of the Desert Flow at Southwest Ridge Bicycle Skills Park, located on the corner of Warm Springs Road and Fort Apache Road. Please note that attendees […]

Join us in celebrating "Expressions of Clark County: America's 250th Anniversary Showcase" exhibition at the Rotunda Gallery!

Join Sammi Walker for "CLICHES!: The Courage to Play with Your Words!"In this workshop we will be exploring cliches and how we can take these familiar ideas and phrases and instead of avoiding them all together we will look at why they are important and what they bring to the reader or listener. Using different […]

Commissioner William McCurdy II & Public Arts Office invite the public for the unveiling of the Walnut Playground Mural and Empowerment Art!

Explore the vast collection of artwork by Rita Deanin Abbey and write poetry with Clark County Poet Laureate Ms. AyeVee!Join Clark County poet laureate Ashley “Ms. AyeVee” Vargas for a free ekphrastic poetry workshop at the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum. With its roots in Greek literary tradition, “ekphrasis” is a way of using poetic […]