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Current Exhibition

If you lived here, you'd be home by now
A collaborative installation that is part of Erin Stellmon's exhibition "Reign of Glass" and is on view in the gallery through July 24th.  The proceeds of most sales will generously be donated to the CAC. 



"It is impossible to build a city out of nothing.  As much as it seems so, Las Vegas did not spring from the middle of the desert overnight.  It was built on the impossible dreams of many both living and visiting here and survives as a town of memories (fuzzy as they may be) and extreme realities.
I am striving to create a counter to this forced society that is CityCenter with a structure built of memory, touch, and community. For this installation I have asked artists that have lived here, live here currently, or have visited in the recent past, to participate by completing a simple black and white contour line drawing on an individually cut piece of archival paper that I supplied.  Each artist had the option to either have their work donated (with proceeds going to the CAC a 501-C3 non-profit), or to have them returned.  The CAC has been a Las Vegas institution for over 20 years that feeds the community in numerous ways.  I am hoping to help the CAC raise funding to keep its doors open and to help ensure its future growth."
-Erin Stellmon

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Current exhibition calendar

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Participating artists: Andreana Donahue, Krystal Ramirez, Maegan Dolan, Mikayla Whitmore, Richard Hooker, Chris Charles, Matthew White, Steve Radosevich, Michael Todoran, Chad Brown, Thomas Willis, Craig Colorusso, Miguel Rodriguez, Mary Warner, Montana Black, Brian Porray, Charles Gute, Aaron Sheppard, Kim Virasone, JW Caldwell, Gus Baker-Kallus, Jennifer Kleven, Christie Lee, Abby Coe, Shannon Eakins, Daniel Samaniego, Sergio Checko Salgado, Marc Dombrosky, Nancy Deaner, Wes Fanelli, Kate Sullivan, Jenny Wren, Paul Whitscell, Leah Craig, Autumn Gomez, Melanie Coffee, Amanda Tillstrom, Sam Davis, John Bissonette, Noelle Garcia, Mark Grothman, Justin Favela, Kyla Hansen, Melissa Russell, Sean Slattery, Dott Schneider, Jessica Koistinen, Kim Garrison Means, Shawn Hummel, Todd Vonbastiaans, Emily Kennerk, Angela Kallus, Joseph Watson, Wendy Kveck, Alexander P. Huerta, Kim Squaglia, James Pink, Lance Smith, Stephanie Potell, Justin Favela, Genevieve J. Arnold, Diane S. Pink , Yo Fukui, Sean Schumacher, Simonne Curila, Stephen Hendee, Brian Paco Alvarez, Brent Sommerhauser, Aaron Franquero, Aaron Siemsen, Misuzu Nomura, Renee Conklin, Brendan Tobin, Danielle Kelly, Sam Reza, Zak Ostrowski, Joel Rosales, Nico Holmes-Gull, Barret Thompson, Patrick "Q" Quilao, Sue Kay Lee, Catherine Borg, Brian Scanlan, Marty Walsh, Gus Baker-Kallus, Evan Dent, Sean Russell, Chris Bauder, Rachel Sparrow, James Hough, Jeanne Voltura, Amanda Dunajski and Kendall Abbott.

Previous Exhibitions:
21st Annual Juried show! 
March 31st from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony and Juror's Talk at 7:00 p.m.
Preview Thursday 6:00-9:00p.m.
First Friday 6:00-10:00pm
Some impressions of the show
Tomorrow People
An exhibition showcasing work by four emerging artists. Within the past decade, Leah Craig, Catherine Cruise, Justin Favela, and Thomas Willis were nurtured by the Las Vegas art scene while developing their art practices at UNLV.
February 4th - March 19th
YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE!
CAC at the Arts Factory
Date: 3 December 2009, Thursday 6:00 PM
Curator: Jim Stanford
Opening Reception December 3rd 2009 6:00pm
Exhibition Dates: December 3rd 2009 - January 28th 2010
Some impressions of the show
Blanket
Danielle Kelly and Noelle Stiles
October 16th - November 26th
Opening Reception Performance and Artist Talk
November 5th 7:00pm (First Thursday)
Some impressions of the show
twenty twenty
Thursday, August 20, 2009, 6:00 PM
Artists: Featuring the work of selected current UNLV MFA Students: Abby Coe, Victoria Hogan, Shannon Eakins, Laurenn McCubbin and Adam Stoves
Some impressions of the show
metasonic / off the grid
June 4th - July 30th
Curator:
Dave Sanchez
Artists: Dave Sanchez Burr, Richard Vosseller, Craig Colorusso.
Some impressions of the show
Stop and Glow
April 23rd - May 23rd 2009
Partnering with the City and County of Las Vegas and Regional Transit Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), this exhibition celebrates the artwork used for 8 of the transit shelters for the new ACE Rapid Transit.
Some impressions of the show
Off the Strip: Performance and Video Event
April 2nd – April 17th, 2009.
Some impressions of the show
20th Anniversary Juried Show
February 5th – March 27th, 2009.
Some impressions of the show
Pressing the Limits
four extraordinary printmakers from Santa Fe: Mitchell S. Marti, Jennifer Lynch, Willis F. Lee, and Michael Costello
December 4th 2008 - January 23rd 2009
Some impressions of the show
Untitled
A collection of new projected and  illuminated (and titled) works by Catherine Borg
October 2nd - November 26th 2008
Some impressions of the show
Painting Physical Presence
July 31 through September 20
Erik Gecas | Ayako Ono
curated by Beate Kirmse
Some impressions of the show
Beneath The Neon - The Exhibition
June 24 through July 24
Exploring another side of Vegas
Installation by Brian Paco Alvarez
Based on a book by Matthew O'Brien
Some impressions of the show
Midway
Thursday, June 5th @ 6 PM - Closing reception opens and Mr. Sheppard performs
7 PM - Artist Talk and open discussion
8 PM and 8:45 - Screening of Midway - The Movie
Some impressions of the show
19th Annual Juried Show
Juror: Marjorie Vecchio
March 14th 2008 - April 26th 2008
Award Ceremony: Thursday April 3rd, 6-9pm
Some impressions of the show
Punch Line performance at 8 pm
at 7 pm & 8 pm,
Friday, March 7th 6 – 10 pm:
"Shift" performance art by UNLV students presented in our window galleries
Some impressions of the show
Whipped Up!
Curated by Diane Bush
January 31st through March 1st, 2008
Some impressions of the show
extra.ordinary
Curated by Zak Ostrovski | Grayson Ronk | Barret Thomson
January 4th through January 26th, 2008
Some impressions of the show
3Dementia
Curated by Miguel Rodriguez
December 6th through December 29th, 2007 Some impressions of the show
Words and Pictures
November 1st - December 1st
curated by Andrew Taylor
Some impressions of the show


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