The Guide

Every Second Saturday of the month it's a celebration of art, creativity and community. New artworks, exciting activities, and plenty of surprises! Open to all ages This month: Superplastic is BACK!

This monthly indoor art market celebrates local creativity with works by Las Vegas area artists and craftspeople, along with music and food trucks. For ages 21 and up. October's Charity Raffle will benefit The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk-Las Vegas.

The Civic Center Gallery opens with "Family Album," a collection of works examining the ways in which personal and collective histories are constructed through the visual language of family photographs.

Addressing physical, political and emotional aspects of home, including segregation, displacement and belonging in today’s American neighborhoods, the artists draw directly from their personal archives in some instances, or in others re-imagine the conventions of the family snapshot.

More info at "Get Tickets." It runs through January 9. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, closed holidays.

The College of Southern Nevada, School of Arts & Letters, and Department of Fine Arts hosts an exhibition of large-scale drawings and mixed media artwork by Afro-Colombian artist and Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Kentucky. The Right of Permanence opens October 3 and runs through November 26. A talk and reception, with refreshments, will take place on October 16 at 6:00 pm.

Zapata holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BA in Studio Art from Benedict College (Historical Black College). Before teaching at the University of Kentucky, Daniel taught at various institutions, including Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, where he focused on a wide range of drawing courses, including human anatomy, figure drawing, fundamental drawing, and experimental drawing, in addition to his teaching responsibilities.

This solo exhibition by Holly Hamilton is a vibrant collection of paintings celebrating nature, using bright colors to evoke a sense of joy from viewers. Holly is an elementary art teacher with 13 years of experience and uses a STEAM curriculum to show students that math, science, and technology have a close connection to art.

The closing reception will have food, drinks, and live entertainment.

No charge, but more info at "Get Tickets."