On Display for November 8, 2002

Friday, Nov. 8, 2002 | 9:20 a.m.

Watercolors

Opening today is "From Where I Stand," watercolors by Dottie Burton that runs through Jan. 4 at the Winchester Community Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. 455-7340.

Art invitational

The Blue Diamond Charitable Association's annual Canyon Art Invitational will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Blue Diamond Community Center. Admission is free. 875-4263.

Gem Club

The Boulder Gem Club's rocks, gems and lapidary items are on display through Nov. 30 in Boulder City Library's Nevada Room, 701 Adams Blvd. 293-7853.

Faculty show

Works by the fine arts faculty will be displayed through Nov. 21 at Community College of Southern Nevada gallery, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. 651-4205.

Holocaust

Photographs of Holocaust victims, collected before they were imprisoned are on display through Nov. 17 at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. (229-6383); and the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North (229-6211).

Mixed works

Amazonian ceramic works, decorative ornaments and textiles by ceramic artist Gilberto R. Catacora Guispe and textile artist Rosa Anover Escura appear through Saturday at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.

Also at the library are photographs by the Nevada Camera Club, Thursday through Jan. 28. 507-3400.

'Racing Forms'

A new abstract sculpture by David Amato, "Racing Forms,' is on display through Nov. 22 at Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. 455-8239.

Mine, mint

Samples of gold and silver ore, rare coins, mining artifacts and photographs illustrate the story of coins from ore to a finished form through Sunday at Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Admission is $1.50; $1 senior citizens and children. 455-7955.

Monochrome

"Monochrome, Mostly" organized by C. Sean Horton runs through Nov. 30 at Contemporary Arts Collective, 101 E. Charleston Blvd. 382-3886.

On loan

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Lost City Museum in Overton has loaned an exhibition dealing with Native American tribes indigenous to Nevada through Jan. 21 to Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave. 507-3760.

Tribal art

Robert Blake's paintings of Native American wildlife, symbols and artifacts, appear through Jan. 14 at Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway. 507-3790.

Western art

"Western Art Exhibit" with paintings and drawings; "All in the Family," including work by Delores J. Nast, appear through Jan. 9 at Left of Center Art Gallery, 2207 W. Gowen Road. 647-7378.

'Go Figure!'

"Go Figure!" introducing early math concepts through hands-on, kid-sized environments where children can measure themselves and tell the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" using a dollhouse replica is appearing through Dec. 31 at Lied Children's Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

Also at the museum are "Los Dias de los Muertos" programs and activities through Nov. 23 and an exhibit on display through Nov. 28. Admission is $6; $5 ages 1-17, senior citizens and military. 382-3445.

Watercolors

Watercolors by Georgine Morelli, a Boulder City resident whose art ranges from pottery and flowers to people and Southwest designs appear through November at Lost City Museum in Overton. Adult admission is $2.

Also at the museum are Native American occupational tools, beadwork, basket-making and recipes, "Early Man in Southern Nevada," Saturday through November 2003. (775) 397-2193.

Panorama

A wide-angle view of interesting places and people from Nevada's past, "Nevada Wide: Panoramic Photography in the Silver State," runs through March 23 at Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, 700 Twin Lakes Drive. Admission is $2; under 18 free. 486-5205.

Outer space

Fisher Space Pen inventor Paul Fisher's collection of photographs and space memorabilia about space technology is on display through Sunday at Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson. 492-7252.

Racers art

"The Racer's Edge," paintings and scale models of racers by Jeff Corder; and Katherine Tipton's book creations, "Book as Art" that use variety of textures are on display through Dec. 8 at Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive. 507-3710.

Art, baskets

"Every Picture Tells a Story," original art published in children's books from the California Gallery runs Saturday through Nov. 27 at Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave.

Also at the library are a variety of Everett Pikyavit's baskets created in the Paiute tradition in the library's atrium through Nov. 29. 507-3630.

Indian art

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, works by writer Logan Hebner and photographer Michael Plyler appear through Dec. 10 at Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd. 507-3820.

Two shows

Photographic images of the landscape and people of Guatemala is on display through Nov. 17 at Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.

Also at the library are works by the Nevada Watercolor Society, Tuesday through Jan. 21. 507-3860.

Quilts

A local quilters group display small panels to full-size quilts through Dec. 15 at Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. 507-3900.

Concepts

"Robert Wysocki, Topiarius Ferrous," by the head of UNLV's sculpture department appear through Dec. 21 at Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery in Alta Ham Fine Arts Building. 895-3893.

Camera club

"Children," figurative and pastel drawings and paintings by Sarah Pearson-Ochoa are on display until Dec. 1 at West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. 507-3940.

Unveiling

Las Vegan Harold Bradford's figurative works, "From Pit to Prison to Palace (The Unveiling)" is Tuesday through Jan. 4 at the West Las Vegas Arts Center's Community Gallery, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. 229-4800.

Historical

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Clark County Heritage Museum presents an exhibition on the history of Indians through Jan. 8 at West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. 507-3980.

Aesop's Fables

"Fun with Fables," by the Southern Nevada's Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, retells the story of Aesop's Fables through Jan. 5 at Whitney Library, 5175 Tropicana Ave. 507-4010.

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