The Guide

The Donna Beam Gallery presents the MFA Thesis Exhibition of Kayla Lockwood: read the fine print. Lockwood is a multidisciplinary artist whose work interrogates domesticity, memory, and emotional labor, challenging the myth of home as a stable cornerstone of the “American Dream.” She holds a BFA in Art & Technology from the University of Oregon and is currently pursuing her MFA in Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Lockwood’s read the fine print is a two-floor installation that examines how mid-century domestic ideology structured behavior, perception, and social hierarchy through spatial and material systems. Rather than recreating a home, the work focuses on the mechanisms that produced it, including color-coded zoning, planning models, and institutional messaging. Materials such as stucco, house paint, neon, leather, and cast aluminum function as carriers of authority, translating policy and doctrine into embodied experience.

Referencing the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation grading system and postwar suburban expansion, the installation reveals how access, mobility, and stability were unevenly distributed. Through controlled sightlines, spatial sequencing, and accumulation, read the fine print positions domesticity not as a neutral refuge but as a designed system that continues to shape behavior and expectation.

The exhibition runs April 13-24. A 1950s-themed closing reception (period clothing encouraged but not required) will be held on April 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. An artist talk will take place on April 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum auditorium.

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Selecting for specific wavelengths from the prismatic spectrum of color in natural light produces Austine Wood Comarow's 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.

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.

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.

The Donna Beam Gallery presents the MFA Thesis Exhibition of Kayla Lockwood: read the fine print. Lockwood is a multidisciplinary artist whose work interrogates domesticity, memory, and emotional labor, challenging the myth of home as a stable cornerstone of the “American Dream.” She holds a BFA in Art & Technology from the University of Oregon and is currently pursuing her MFA in Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Lockwood’s read the fine print is a two-floor installation that examines how mid-century domestic ideology structured behavior, perception, and social hierarchy through spatial and material systems. Rather than recreating a home, the work focuses on the mechanisms that produced it, including color-coded zoning, planning models, and institutional messaging. Materials such as stucco, house paint, neon, leather, and cast aluminum function as carriers of authority, translating policy and doctrine into embodied experience.

Referencing the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation grading system and postwar suburban expansion, the installation reveals how access, mobility, and stability were unevenly distributed. Through controlled sightlines, spatial sequencing, and accumulation, read the fine print positions domesticity not as a neutral refuge but as a designed system that continues to shape behavior and expectation.

The exhibition runs April 13-24. A 1950s-themed closing reception (period clothing encouraged but not required) will be held on April 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. An artist talk will take place on April 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum auditorium.

More info at Get Tickets.

Selecting for specific wavelengths from the prismatic spectrum of color in natural light produces Austine Wood Comarow's 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.

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.

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.

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. Artist in Resident, Jess Moore will share basic nature watercolor journaling skills and provide prompts to guide your work. All materials provided. All ages invited. Be prepared for casual exploration outdoors on the Corn Creek trails.

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The Donna Beam Gallery presents the MFA Thesis Exhibition of Kayla Lockwood: read the fine print. Lockwood is a multidisciplinary artist whose work interrogates domesticity, memory, and emotional labor, challenging the myth of home as a stable cornerstone of the “American Dream.” She holds a BFA in Art & Technology from the University of Oregon and is currently pursuing her MFA in Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Lockwood’s read the fine print is a two-floor installation that examines how mid-century domestic ideology structured behavior, perception, and social hierarchy through spatial and material systems. Rather than recreating a home, the work focuses on the mechanisms that produced it, including color-coded zoning, planning models, and institutional messaging. Materials such as stucco, house paint, neon, leather, and cast aluminum function as carriers of authority, translating policy and doctrine into embodied experience.

Referencing the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation grading system and postwar suburban expansion, the installation reveals how access, mobility, and stability were unevenly distributed. Through controlled sightlines, spatial sequencing, and accumulation, read the fine print positions domesticity not as a neutral refuge but as a designed system that continues to shape behavior and expectation.

The exhibition runs April 13-24. A 1950s-themed closing reception (period clothing encouraged but not required) will be held on April 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. An artist talk will take place on April 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Barrick Museum auditorium.

More info at Get Tickets.

“Art in Motion” is a vibrant celebration of movement and multidisciplinary collaboration. The concert will feature performances by CSN’s Concert Dance Company, debuting new works created in partnership with CSN Theatre, CSN Fine Arts faculty, and renowned Artist-in-Residence Dani Maloney. Currently a touring artist and choreography artist coach for Cirque du Soleil’s OVO, Maloney has set new work for the CSN company that reflects her extensive background in live performance and film.

The concert also marks a significant collaboration with CSN’s Theatre Program through Echoes of Heritage. Directed by Kishema Pendu Malik and Jason Nious, this devised theatre-dance work features original choreography by Ashely Martinez and Aaron Sullivan.

Also performing are CSN’s new touring and competition ensembles: The Red Rock Dance Ensemble and the World Cultural Dance Ensemble. The program also highlights the Capstone Projects of CSN Dance Majors Naoma Wickert, Gonzalo Castro Barbosa, and Saphira Hernandez.

Join Nevada Humanities at the 2026 Henderson Reads Book Festival, presented by the City of Henderson. Nevada Humanities invites Nevadans of all ages to send art postcards flying across the Silver State.

Create your own hand-made art postcard and write a short message about what you love about Nevada. The Nevada P.S. I Love You Postcard Project is an ongoing program to connect Nevadans across the state by sharing the things we love about Nevada. This project is free and open to all ages, while supplies last.

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Selecting for specific wavelengths from the prismatic spectrum of color in natural light produces Austine Wood Comarow's 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.

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.

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.

“Art in Motion” is a vibrant celebration of movement and multidisciplinary collaboration. The concert will feature performances by CSN’s Concert Dance Company, debuting new works created in partnership with CSN Theatre, CSN Fine Arts faculty, and renowned Artist-in-Residence Dani Maloney. Currently a touring artist and choreography artist coach for Cirque du Soleil’s OVO, Maloney has set new work for the CSN company that reflects her extensive background in live performance and film.

The concert also marks a significant collaboration with CSN’s Theatre Program through Echoes of Heritage. Directed by Kishema Pendu Malik and Jason Nious, this devised theatre-dance work features original choreography by Ashely Martinez and Aaron Sullivan.

Also performing are CSN’s new touring and competition ensembles: The Red Rock Dance Ensemble and the World Cultural Dance Ensemble. The program also highlights the Capstone Projects of CSN Dance Majors Naoma Wickert, Gonzalo Castro Barbosa, and Saphira Hernandez.