Artown
Citywide · Reno, Nevada
Artown is Reno's beloved month-long arts festival, running throughout July with hundreds of free performances, exhibitions, and studio tours in parks, galleries, and public spaces across the city since 1996. The festival's scope is extraordinary for a city of Reno's size — visual art, music, dance, theater, film, and family programming presented simultaneously across dozens of venues, with free admission to the vast majority of events. Artown has played a central role in transforming Reno's cultural identity over the past three decades, establishing the city as a genuine arts destination and creating an annual civic celebration of creativity that draws visitors from across Northern Nevada and the broader Mountain West.
Art Styles
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Museum Nevada Museum of ArtThe only accredited art museum in Nevada, housed in a striking zinc-clad building designed by Will Bruder. The collection focuses on art of the American West and the Great Basin, with an innovative Center for Art + Environment.
- Art Gallery Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
The primary exhibition space for the University of Nevada Reno's Department of Art, presenting work by students, faculty, and invited national artists across all media in a purpose-built gallery on campus.
- Cultural Center Sierra Arts Foundation
A nonprofit arts organization supporting Northern Nevada artists through grants, residencies, gallery exhibitions, and public programming, with a gallery space presenting rotating community exhibitions.
- Art Gallery Stremmel Gallery
One of the most respected fine art galleries in the Mountain West, representing nationally recognized painters and sculptors with a focus on contemporary realism, abstraction, and Western American art.
