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Jan 02 Friday
Join Clark County’s Office of Public Arts for Jurissa Pratt’s solo exhibition, Planting Myself Here. Jurissa works primarily with oil and acrylic paint. Her work centers on themes of self-realization, spirituality, symbolism, and family. She is a first-generation Nicaraguan-American, originally from Miami, Florida.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00 am to 9:00 pm , Saturday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed Sunday.
Jan 03 Saturday
Guitarist, harp-guitarist, and composer Muriel Anderson embraces music from all over the world with a sense of grace, joy, and gentle humor. You will find yourself smiling when you feel the joy of her music. Her multimedia concert will take you on a planet-wide tour of tastes, images, and music.
Free, with more info at Get Tickets.
Jan 04 Sunday
Jan 05 Monday
Through the exhibit, visitors will be able to virtually traverse Nevada’s mountain ranges and see 20 fossils excavated between 1868 and 2022 before encountering a life-sized, virtually animated ichthyosaur that responds to movement. They can also see the 6.5-foot(!) skull of University of Bonn professor Martin Sander’s discovery, Cymbospondylus youngorum, from Nevada’s Augusta Mountains.
Fun fact: Cymbospondylus youngorum was the first giant animal to inhabit the globe and is named after Tom and Bonda Young, inventors of Icky (for “ichthyosaur”) IPA beer at their Great Basin Brewing Company in Reno and Sparks. The species is named after the Youngs in recognition both of fundraisers they held at the brewery to support Sander’s expedition and their transporting the whole skeleton encased in plaster from the Augustas to Los Angeles County’s Natural History Museum in the company’s beer truck.
Also at the exhibition, two new ichthyosaur species will make their debut. There will be exhibits dedicated to fossil hunters Mary Anning and Annie Alexander, in conjunction with a children’s book about Alexander and her discoveries. Children will also be able to enjoy the collection of vintage toy dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, as well as depictions of extinct marine creatures created by artists in collaboration with scientists.
To those wondering (or worrying) why the Las Vegas Museum of Art is so quiet: Fret not. Its first collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is already on display. The photographic Family Album doubles as a great excuse to check out the brand-new Civic Center Gallery downtown. Showing through Jan. 9.
Jan 06 Tuesday
Jan 07 Wednesday