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Kristen Peterson

Las Vegas Weekly Staff Writer

Kristen Peterson joined the Las Vegas Sun in 1998 as a general assignment reporter. In 2003, she turned her focus to the visual and performing arts and is now a staff writer for the Las Vegas Weekly. She's won six first place awards through the Nevada Press Association: Best Entertainment Writing in 2012, 2010, 2007 and 2005. Best Feature Story in 2011 and Journalist of Merit in 2003.

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Richard Hooker dicusses art, the Neon Museum and his new gallery in Downtown Las Vegas
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
We were the beginning of it all. Then sure enough, along came Allen Kaprow, the inventor of happenings.
An open letter to Bob Beers
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The amendment to cut arts funding was defeated, but that's only the beginning of the conversation.
About the James Turrell installation inside the Louis Vuitton store at CityCenter
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
This, after all, is Turrell’s largest “ganzfeld effect”—an immersive sensory experience that alters perception.
UNLV exhibit details the White Rose Nazi resistance group
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
“The German name will be dishonoured forever if German youth does not rise up.."
The Las Vegas Philharmonic's fireworks are back -- easier said than done
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Phil's 15th anniversary party at Symphony Park is expensive—for the Phil.
RC Wonderly's textured minimalism at Amanda Harris Gallery
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Minimalism. It's a wonderful thing, especially in RC Wonderly's hands
Preview: Nevada Ballet Theatre ends its season with 'Romeo and Juliet'
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
And its NBT's first story ballet since Giselle in 2008.
Trifecta’s latest exhibit is a Charley Harper treasure trove
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
If you haven't seen this man's works before, you are missing out
'Exquisite Corpse': the CAC uses collaborative artwork to raise funds
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Building a great work of art -- one piece at a time
The city's arts scene needs believers to keep moving forward
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
"Rarely do you find a mayor arguing against an art museum."
Artists Javier Sanchez and Yasmina Chavez delve into the look and sound of 'eristic stasis'
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
“What would unresolved conflict sound and look like?”
Barrick’s new film series features works by Deville Cohen and Jessie Stead
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
There had been talk of bringing in films, but there’s always talk about this somewhere.
Find robots in Las Vegas, tell them what you love
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Miniature robot paintings for the community to find have been placed in locations throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
The strange beauty of juried exibitions
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
If you’re lucky enough to have your work selected, it might be placed next to something that infringes upon it.
Naked City's 'house of light' gets some love
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
After battling foreclosure on the property, zoning issues and structural problems, workers begin needed renovations on Casa de Luz this week.
While you were sleeping, someone photographed you
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Frustrated by the way friends tried to control photographs of themselves, artist Krystal Ramirez began capturing them at their most submissive: while they were sleeping.
Three exhibits to see at April's First Friday
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Intimate photographs of men, a 'sleeping performance' and more.
Artist Erin Stellmon looks at Downtown changes in new exhibit at Trifecta Gallery
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Stellmon steps away from the Strip—the focus of her Reign of Glass exhibit in 2010—to tackle the similar narrative playing out in the rest of the community, from Downtown to the outlying areas.
New book, movie and museum plans prove Liberace is back
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Liberace Extravaganza! should hold you over until the new museum opens its doors.
Michele Quinn joins Las Vegas CAC
Friday, March 22, 2013
Michele Quinn is back in the Arts District, so to speak.
Jennifer Henry brings cellophane couture to P3Studio
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Henry's dresses recently hit the runway at LA Fashion Week.
Walter Taieb’s 'Portraits Through Books' explores the bookshelves in Las Vegas
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The exhibit is almost a contemporary glance into another time, with Taieb asking us to consider the nature of bookshelves in the digital age.
'Critical Crap(s)': Is this about art or ego?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
“The moment a person says anything critical—this happens?"
Taking the grumbling about the percent for arts in a new direction
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Councilman Bob Beers wants the council to vote on arts funding each year.
Have a nihilist's spa day at Brett Wesley—or not, who cares anyway?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Looking for relaxation and meaninglessness? Then head to the Arts District gallery.
The slow, agonizing death of the old Sahara
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
How to we adjust to casino transitions without implosions?
Standing ovation? Reflections on the Smith Center's first year
Thursday, March 7, 2013
For an organization that ballyhooed every dollar raised to build a performing arts center, cheered the arrival of 2,458 tons of Indiana limestone and posed for countless photo ops, the Smith Center for the Performing Arts seems, well, quiet this time of year. And just when there’s so much to get nutty about: 10 touring Broadway productions scheduled for next season; a lingering high from the six-week run of Wicked last summer, and who could forget the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s March performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony.
Yasmina Chavez explores the absurdly unnatural nature in 'They Used to Be Animals'
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Chavez illustrates how unnatural nature has become with photographs and a video installation.
Well, hello death (and other artist stories) at CSN Gallery
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
A skull-themed show can be a cliché serious curators try to avoid.
'Casino Capital' introduces 'cover art' while speaking the language of Las Vegas
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Local art afficionados gambled to win "knockoffs."
Casey Weldon returns to Trifecta Gallery with 'LOSE+FIND'
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
The exhibit is quintessential Weldon—impeccable skill matched with a dry sense of humor, wit and a dreamlike, misty air.
Sorry, Dante, David Pagel takes it one hotter in '10th Circle' at Vast
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
But what if hell (in varying degrees) is just a shroud cloaking everything?
Scott Grow's meteorite sculpture lands at RTZvegas
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
The piece is complemented by casts made in bronze as well as space-inspired paintings.
Kyla Hansen’s 'The End' provides Kleven Contemporary with a fitting final chapter
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
The End is a fantastic exhibit that sweeps together Wild West mythology, the feared end times and the detritus we’ve cast aside, piling it all nicely into contemporary sculptural works to consider and behold.
'National Geographic' exhibit turns a lens on beauty and devastation
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
It will break your heart as much as it will make you smile.
Taking the Las Vegas arts scene seriously
There’s a revolution brewing, but is there anything to overthrow?
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
The villagers are at the gates, their torches in the air. They’re calling for change, a revolution of sorts. But with no establishment, no leader and no institutions to tear down, there’s nothing to overthrow. It’s a cause without a sense of order: Occupy Arts Las Vegas.
Architect David M. Schwarz on the Linq project, Smith Center critics and Las Vegas history
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
The architect also is known for working on Lake Las Vegas and the upcoming Linq project on the Strip.
RTZvegas exhibits a bygone Las Vegas
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Find Images of yesterday's marquees at Another Time, Another Place.
Anatomy of two artists at TastySpace gallery
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Death gets bright and sparkly at this TastySpace exhibit.
Joseph Watson's banners commemorate Berkley Square’s place in history
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Among West Las Vegas’ many historic gems is a cozy subdivision built in the 1950s known as the Berkley Square Historic District. Artist Joseph Watson was a natural fit to tell the story of this essential Las Vegas neighborhood.
David Sanchez Burr’s 'Beyond Sunrise Mountain' unfolds before viewers’ eyes
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Multimedia installation at Clark County Government Center will have you asking what it all means.
Pondering Jeff Koons’ 'Tulips' at the Wynn
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Colorful new sculpture installation is not your run-of-the-mill Strip attraction.
Sam Davis unleashes a quest for love (in all the wrong places) at Trifecta Gallery
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
We can relate to this lovable stranger in a strange land searching for another.
Vegas in decay: Examining the broken 'Ghost Gem' sculptures at the airport
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
John Torreano's "Ghost Gem" sculptures are in bad shape, but the artist says that might make sense.
Joining the sometimes diabolical watercooler Hirst discussion thanks to his spot prints at MCQ
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
The spot prints, purchased through Paragon Press in London after gallery owner Michele Quinn saw a handful at Art Basel in Switzerland last summer, vary in size, color and arrangement.
Artist Lauren Adkins finally weds ‘Twilight’ cardboard cutout at Vegas chapel
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
The groom didn't have much to say during the vows ...
Artist Eri King's palace of refuse at Winchester Cultural Center has us looking at waste
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
King is reminding us of what we hold sacred.
Benjamin Entner’s 'Ego Sum' at CAC puts an inflatable spin on ancient Rome
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
There’s a big inflatable naked guy filling out the Contemporary Arts Center.
The tragic death of Doris Stoehr, killed by a car where she’d lobbied for a crosswalk
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
Local grandmother helped initiate a traffic study for a crosswalk that should be finished in three months.
Jason Adkins’ P3 residency invites you to paint with the artist
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013
It's all part of engaging guests using art.

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