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The University Way and Lake Street Windows Galleries display photos of 2-D and 3-D artwork created by local university students in downtown Reno.
Exhibitions in this space are updated annually each fall and are available for viewing 24/7 by passersby.
University Way Window Gallery
Signs of the Times
From extravagant gambling advertisements to cyanide warnings, fewer things better symbolize the complicated history of Reno, Nevada than signage. Curated by students in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Spring 2024 Gallery Practices class led by faculty Austin Pratt, Sign of the Times reflects upon and reimagines the past, present, and future of Reno through typography and signage.
Sign of the Times was created utilizing a variety of historic photographs provided by the Photo collection at the Nevada Historical Society in Reno, Nevada. Students in UNR Gallery Practices learn about varying types of art exhibitions spaces, and their respective missions and operations, while also producing their own exhibitions and curatorial projects.
Historic photographs courtesy of the photo collection Nevada Historical Society. Student curator-artists: Alissa Acevas, Abbay Anderson, Brooke Germain, Luca Grangilia, Andi Moffit, and Raymond Parkman.
Lake Street Windows Gallery
Portrait of East Shore Lake Tahoe
Students enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Drawing course Fall ’23 at University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe were challenged to work collaboratively to create a material portrait of the east of Lake Tahoe. Students were taken for a hike along the meandering trails of the east shore past Sand Harbor, their only directive was to collect objects both human-made and natural materials, but objects that they felt defined the area and the landscape. Back at the studio all objects were added to a table and considered. Each student drew their objects with likeness, the drawing was then scanned, copied, and cut out. Creating a mockup for a the much larger collaborative drawing. Students then scaled up their drawings into the collaborative drawing. The final drawing measures 109” long and 36” wide.
This course was taught by interdisciplinary Art Faculty Molly Allen.
About University Way and Lake Street Window Galleries
The University Way and Lake Street Window Galleries are located on East exterior wall of the Reno Ballroom along University Way between Fourth and Fifth Streets and East exterior wall of the Reno Events Center along Lake Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Both Galleries free and available for viewing 24/7.
The Galleries consist of:
- 7 windows on the East exterior wall of the Reno Events Center along Lake Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
- 13 windows on the East exterior wall of the Reno Ballroom along University Way between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission partners with instructors at the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College to program the windows and temporarily exhibit local university student artwork.
Email City of Reno Galleries or call City of Reno Public Art at 775.334.6264 for more information.