Indigenous Artists' Works on Display

Candace Garlock
Topaz Jones Artwork Image

"The Gift," by Topaz Jones, acrylic on canvas.

Truckee Meadows Community College Art Galleries would like to invite the community to view the exhibit “Great Basin Native Artists” beginning in July, and attend a closing reception on Wednesday, Sept. 6.

The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served at the reception.

  • When: Closing reception is on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 5–7 p.m.
  • Where: Main Gallery in the V. James Eardley Student Center, Red Mountain Building, 7000 Dandini Blvd.
  • Information: artgalleries.tmcc.edu

The TMCC Main Art Gallery is showing paintings, mixed media and sculpture in “Great Basin Native Artists,” a group exhibition featuring artworks of Ben Aleck, Phil Buckheart, Karma Henry, Topaz Jones, Jean Lamarr, Jack Malotte, and Melissa Melero-Moose.

Great Basin Native Artists is a collective of indigenous artists—presenting upcoming talent and professionally showing their work. The artists reside in or are originally from the Great Basin areas of Nevada, California, Southern Oregon, Southern Idaho and Utah. The collective posts photos and a list of exhibitions on their website.

For more information, please call Candace Garlock, Art Galleries Curator, at 775-674-7698, or visit the TMCC Art Galleries website.