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Metro Arts Council is a non-profit, coordinating body representing the arts and culture, organized to encourage and strengthen the cultural life of Southern Nevada, and to further the development and appreciation of the arts. It serves as an information outlet; an advocacy voice representing the arts and culture; an umbrella for arts groups or projects needing fiscal sponsorship; a convener for professional arts networking and training; and a research agency to identify needs and follow trends in the arts and culture.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
-John Updike


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Art & The Brain - Lecture at Lou Ruvo Center
    May 31, 2013

Join us for a lively conversation about the rise of newfound creativity in the face of illness. For some people, as they lose particular skills like language, new artistic skills develop to fill the expressive gap. We will discuss the brain circuits underlying these changes and see the impressive artwork created by patients with neurodegenerative disease.

Featuring Behavioral Neurologist Bruce Miller, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director, UCSF Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco.

Free and open to the public. Register online.
5:30-5pm wine & hors d'oeuvre reception, lecture from 6-7pm.

Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
888 W. Bonneville Avenue
Las Vegas


Art Series from The Cleveland Museum of Art - Harlem Renaissance
    Jun 04, 2013

Attend the free Art Series of dynamic conversations at the Cleveland Clinic at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health on 888 W. Bonneville Ave at Grand Central Pkwy, near the Smith Center. The Cleveland Museum of Art Series is the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 11am-noon in the Lending Library 4th floor. Open to all. The next interactive conversation about art via videoconferencing will be June 4- Harlem Renaissance and June 18 - Gods & Heroes of Greece and Rome. Contact Susan Solorzano, 483-6055 or solorzs@ccf.org

Percent for the Arts - Update

Las Vegas will keep its funding for public art projects at current levels after the city council rejected a bill Wednesday, May 15 that could have scaled back contributions to the program. To read more click the link above.

Call for Artists now has its own page!

Click the link for Artist Calls & Resources to read about the exciting opportunities for local artists to be seen and heard! From Desert Companion Magazine Photo Contest, short film festivals, to gingerbread houses and Clark County artists call for entry, plus auditions, craft vendors and more, check the listings for deadlines and details.

High Desert Shorts Film Festival
    May 23, 2013 - May 26, 2013

The 8th Annual High Desert Shorts International Film Festival showcase films of incredibly talented filmmakers from around the world. 28 films have been selected and will be presented at the Pahrump Nugget Casino. We are continuing with our initial goal of becoming an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the future to provide an opportunity for our filmmakers to gain Oscar-qualified status through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. We wish every filmmaker a most glorious fruition of their vision.

For more information, please call Tony Mendoza 702-372-1201


Bayou Crawfish Festival
    May 25, 2013

Bayou Crawfish Festival
Time: 10am to 11pm
Place: Henderson Pavilion
200 Green Valley Pkwy
Tickets: Presale $10 Day of event $12

The “Straight from the Bayou Crawfish Festival” is a wonderful opportunity to experience Louisiana culture through food, beverage and entertainment. From food demonstrations presented by world renown southern chefs to signature drinks served by Bourbon Street Bartenders. This festival will be filled with live Cajun and Zydeco music performed by the best entertainers in the state of Louisiana. So, don’t forget to bring your taste for down home Louisiana cuisine and thirst for the beverages located in the great French Quarter.


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