Exhibitions
Historic Fifth Street School | Mayor’s Gallery
401 S. Fourth St.
Hours by appointment. Call 702.229.3277 or email PRCGalleries@LasVegasNevada.gov for an appointment.
Free and open to the public.
The location is ADA compliant and offers parking, toilets and water available.
The gallery is closed until Feb. 17, 2026.
Lunar New Year 2026: Year Of The Horse Exhibition
Feb. 17-April 24, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 19, 5-7 p.m.
This exhibition brings together a dynamic group of artists whose works reflect the horse’s enduring symbolism of strength, freedom, resilience and forward momentum. Spanning traditional and contemporary approaches across a range of media, the exhibition explores cultural heritage, personal narrative and imaginative interpretation. These artworks honor the spirit of movement and transformation associated with the horse, inviting viewers to reflect on the collective energy that propels us into a new year.
Artists include: Terry Adamik, Louise Ahrendt, Jenny Baham, April Bermudez, Miriam Besa, Karen Buford, Angela Caballero-Fields, Sallie Cavanaugh-Douglas, Jorge Ceja, Cameron Cools, Charme Curtin, Wendy De Rycke, Narz Dela Rosa, Ashraf Elsharif, YiLi Fang, David Fay, Kenneth Flanagan, Audrey Fox, Zab Foxing, Ann Fuhring, Jeff Fulmer, Craig Galati, Joan Gray, Iryna Gross, Jennifer Hodis, Kimberly Johnson, Deborah Karpman, Rene Kraus, David Lampel, Sydney Lee, Ruzo Logic, Theresa Lucero, Vanessa Maciel Napoles, Darvianna Major, Doris Martinez, Erika Muecke, Deborah Newman, Elee Oak, Diane Bush, Pablo Gonzales-Flores, Jairo E. Ramirez Montoya, Sonia Scott, James Scoville, Rooney Datz Seifert, Linda Shaffer, Susan Sotelo, Laurie Thompson, Brandie Vincek, Jamie Vincek, Eric Wang, George Xiong, Cheyenne Yu and Shahab Zargari.
Peaks and Valleys: Capturing the Highs and Lows of the Las Vegas Valley
May 18-Aug. 21, 2026
"Peaks and Valleys" is a curated exhibition of local urban sketchers whose sketchbooks document the physical, emotional and historical landscape of the Las Vegas valley. Through on-location drawing, artists capture both the natural and human environments of our city — its mountains and deserts, streets and neighborhoods, quiet corners and moments of movement.
The works featured in this exhibition reflect the “peaks” and “valleys” of our shared experience — the way the light plays on Red Rock Canyon in the mornings, a familiar building before it disappears, a neighborhood gathering, a street scene shaped by light, weather, or time of day, residents living their lives. These drawings memorialize moments that may never happen again, preserving fragments of the city’s evolving story through direct observation and personal perspective.
Charleston Heights Arts Center | Ballroom & Gallery
800 Brush St.
Hours: Mondays through Saturday, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Closed on Sundays and most major holidays.
Free and open to the public.
A Visual Mixtape
Solo Exhibition of Paintings by Don Michael, Jr.
Oct. 30, 2025 - March 4, 2026
"A Visual Mixtape" is a solo exhibition that celebrates the deep, enduring connection between music and visual art. Through acrylic paintings on canvas, the artist reinterprets iconic album covers and creates stylized portraits of the musicians behind the music. Each painting invites viewers to explore the emotional and cultural impact of music through a fresh visual lens.
This exhibition features a curated collection of 12"x12" reinterpretations of record albums spanning genres and eras — from classic blues to contemporary pop — alongside larger portraits of musicians in performance. Themes of nostalgia, identity, and the transformative power of music run throughout, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own connections to the sounds and imagery that have shaped generations.
Celebrating Life! Exhibition
May 29-Sept. 10, 2026
Opening Reception 6-8 p.m. May 29, 2026
Las Vegas City Hall | Grand Gallery Exhibitions
495 S. Main St., First Floor
Usual Hours: 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.
Free and open to the public.
It’s O’Clay!
Animal House Pottery Member Exhibition
Jan. 26 – July 30, 2026
It's O'Clay is an exhibition by artist Anthony Urango. “It’s O’Clay” is what we say while learning to throw on the wheel or hand build. In the process of understanding how clay moves—how a touch too soft or pressure too strong can cause it to collapse—we learn to adapt, repair, or start again with a fresh ball of clay. The pieces displayed here represent the successes born from those trials, the explorations of ideas and form. Every collapsed wall or unintended mark becomes part of our growing archive of experience, a rolodex of memories that shapes who we become as makers.
Las Vegas City Hall | Chamber Gallery
495 S. Main St., Second Floor
Hours: 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Closed Fridays, weekends, and holidays.
Free and open to the public.
PSP No. 1136982 Clothing by Glynn Cartledge
Nevada Arts Council Fiscal Year 2024 Fellowship Exhibition: Notions of Erasure
Feb. 23-April 23, 2026
Artists Reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2026
This exhibition provides the opportunity to view selected works from 2023 Fellows Jeffrey Burden, Glynn Cartledge, Gig Depio, Miya Hannan, Brent Holmes and Bobbie Ann Howell. Each artist created work independently from the other and with no intention of ever appearing together; yet taken together, the exhibit reveals how an artist’s place, time and circumstances create unexpected and unintended connections to the world around them.
Nevada Arts Council Fellowship 2025 Exhibition
April 27-June 18, 2026
Las Vegas Civic Center Art Gallery
525 S. Main St., Building A
Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, closed holidays.
Free and open to the public.
The gallery is closed until March 12, 2026.
Rhythm and Resilience: Black Vegas
Curated by Carmen Beals and narrated by Claytee White
March 12-Aug. 20, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 12, 6-8 p.m.
"Rhythm and Resilience: Black Vegas" explores African American life in Las Vegas from the arrival of its first Black resident through the 1980s, tracing the impacts of segregation and racial barriers while celebrating the creativity, resilience, and achievements that shaped the city’s character. Beginning with John Howell, the first African American settler, it follows the growth of a downtown Black community and its forced relocation in the early twentieth century to what became the Historic Westside. Despite systemic exclusion, this neighborhood emerged as a vibrant cultural and social hub where residents built businesses, churches, and civic organizations, cultivated music and nightlife that drew world-class performers, and organized for civil rights and equity. By honoring these histories, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the enduring legacy of the African American community and its lasting influence on the identity, spirit, and future of Las Vegas.
The exhibition is curated by Carmen Beals and narrated by Claytee White. The exhibition opens March 12 and closes Aug. 20, 2026.
Windows On First
First Street Art Trail
495 S. Main St., Along First Street
Available to view at all times.
Free and open to the public.
See the Music All Around Us by Loisse Ledres
Oct. 20, 2025, through March 20, 2026
From the Artist:
See the Music All Around Us is a vibrant installation celebrating the universal joy of music, a central element to Vegas life and culture. This display of wood, paint and light is a dedication to music's impact on our lives, capturing how rhythm, lyrics and melodies support our instinctual desire to understand ourselves and our place in the world. This series has three abstracted figures in motion, with arms, legs and expressions flowing in different directions, reflecting the flashes of memories that linger after a night of dancing — glimpses of lights, sounds and energy. Bass notes, melodies and harmonies brought to life through colors and shapes. This fragmented, energetic portrayal captures the universal thrill of moving to music, also reminding us of music's familiar but far-reaching power to unite people across cultures and generations. This layered, unstructured style resonates with the essence of Las Vegas itself — a city that flourishes from the uniqueness and diversity of its residents’ creative spirits.
Loisse Ledres is a visual artist whose guiding purpose is adding color to community. With experience across the experiential advertising industry and social movement spaces, she aims to create art that intersects with culture to empower and mobilize people. She’s worked with organizations and creative agencies in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New Mexico, and has been commissioned for large public artworks in Las Vegas. She’s received artist grants for community-engagement projects through the Creative Wildfire Fellowship and Women Who Create grant. She's been commissioned by national organizations like The Center for Cultural Power, Climate Justice Alliance, Tishman Environment and Design Center, as well as universities like University of Arizona and Nevada State University. Loisse was awarded as the Featured Artist of the City of Henderson’s Art Festival in 2025.
Ledres especially loves working with collaborators dreaming of spaces, physical and virtual, where black, indigenous, and people of color communities can continue to thrive. She co-founded Tagalikha, a collective for Filipino-American creatives and Designer Answers, a platform to make a design career possible for the next generation. She co-organizes Artists for Radical Imagination, a network created for graphic artists working in liberation movements. Through these spaces, she's built long-term relationships with artists and organizers, supporting emerging talents while addressing issues of identity and representation.
West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery
947 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Gallery hours may vary; please call ahead.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, call 702.229.4800.