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Remembering a beloved, quietly accomplished, beauty-seeking, life-affirming Las Vegas artist

Marion Write had a tough year. His long-term relationship had ended, and he lost an uncle and a close friend to cancer. He said he felt "detached for…

Rigoberto Gonzalez isn't a violent man. But he paints violent scenes: cartel members brutally beating Mexican citizens, ripping babies from their mothers,…

If you walk around Las Vegas and keep your eyes open, you might see a giant origami bird dangling from a light pole, or perched in a backyard. But these…

Wendy Kveck is making wedding cakes. Really BIG wedding cakes. The 10-foot tall "cakes" are made of cardboard, and frosted in different paints. She will…

If you’ve driven around Nevada, you’ve seen Steven Liguori’s handiwork everywhere. From the sculpture at Mary Dutton park to the larger-than-life bronze…

When Sharon Schafer paints an animal, she likes to take a photo first. Sometime that means tracking a turkey vulture, or lying down next to baby Emperor…

They swap instruments, they swap jokes, and they always, always have a good time. The Good Lovelies are a Canadian folk trio known for their three-part…

David Sanchez Burr wants to kill the radio. Well, not really. But "Somebody Kill the Radio" is the title of his latest art exhibit: a collection of…

Doug Pedersen was in advertisements and graphic design when he started making his own art. He said it was "an itch he needed to scratch." The resulting…