For thousands of years, Nevada natives have been handcrafting intricate dolls, ornate beadwork, elegant basketry, and tule duck decoys-parts of our American story that represent Nevada tribal nations in the Smithsonian Institute.
From cobalt blues to raw siennas, there’s no mistaking it, the intensity of color and beauty of the desert is all there.īut people have been inspired by the Silver State’s grand, 360-degree vistas and swirling spectacular clouds since long before art museums or Burning Man, and our American Indian, buckaroo, and Basque heritage remain woven into the fabric of Nevada art today. Nevada calls to artists from around the world with its unfenced, anything’s-possible, wide-open spaces to draw inspiration, and, in some cases, use the landscapes as actual canvases themselves.