News flash for Las Vegas culture vultures! A stunning new museum formally opens its doors this fall to showcase the life work of a prolific, remarkable local artist extraordinaire. Can you name the artist? And the location of this treasure? Although most locals would not recognize Rita Deanin Abbey as an artist, many would recognize several of her landmark pieces in the community.
Nevada (particularly Las Vegas) is so proud to have a very talented, creative, and radical artist in residence with a unique style of his own! I am referring to Gig Depio, a local painter who focuses mainly on public art and large-scale oil paintings. Once you see one of his paintings, it will forever be imprinted on your memory.
Actor-Producer Charlene Sher is spearheading the production of Kindertransport this fall that mirrors today's trials of war and dislocation, even though the play was first penned and presented in 1993.
I have followed J.S. Peck’s novel writing since reading Death on the Strip, Book 1 of her Death Card Series … and now I’m hooked! The fascinating thing about this is that I usually read non-fiction books, and Joan’s mystery novels are a genre I have never read.
It was another delightful turnout for the new exhibit at Savidan Gallery in downtown Las Vegas currently featuring the art of Erik Beehn, an artist and educator working out of Las Vegas.
Renata Bosnjak calls her portrait work “Soul Painting,” and it is evident when you look into the eyes of those she has painted that she’s been able to reach their soul to express their emotions.
It never fails. Whenever portrait artist Neal Portnoy meets someone, they always ask, “Can you do me?” In just six short years, the Boston native has made his felt-tip mark in Las Vegas and realized his dream of becoming the “Illustrator to the Stars.”
In today’s Instagram-saturated world, where everyone is a self-proclaimed photographer armed with a smartphone, the work of Elisa Terry, a true photographic artist jumps out from all the rest.
Menstruation has gone mainstream. TV and film tackling the once-taboo subject of a woman’s period are now on-trend. Project Marilyn wants to end this often-overlooked cycle of “period poverty.” Period.
Who is Miguel Julio? Most of you have probably seen him on the local FOX 5 KVVU- TV’s “The More Show” every other week. Some may have been his clients at his mobile beauty studio. Yet others had met him through the Raiderettes, the official cheerleading squad for the Las Vegas Raiders professional American football team.
