Visionaries: Women Artists of the Great Basin Saturday, July 6, Northwest Reno Library
This is your chance to meet several artists featured in the book Women Artists of the Great Basin by Mary Lee Fulkerson and Susan Mantle. Presenters Fulkerson and Mantle will describe their long journey searching 200,000 square miles of the Great Basin for visionary artists.
Lena Tseabbe Wright Artist Reception and Community Mural Event Sunday, July 7, Spanish Springs Library
Spanish Springs Library will host a reception for the Lena Tseabbe Wright exhibit, which will be on display until July 28. Following the reception, there will be a public discussion of art as a form of narrative storytelling, and participants will brainstorm ideas for a community mural that will be painted on The Hive at Lazy 5 Regional Park on July 13-14 and 20-21, 9 am-noon.
Val Lewton Classic Film Series
Val Lewton is best known as the father of the low-budget horror film, who created dark masterpieces of psychological terror. The North Valleys Library will screen a different film of his every Saturday in July at 1:30 pm.
July 6: The Seventh Victim (1943)
July 13: The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
July 20: The Leopard Man (1943)
July 27: I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Also catch these other exhibits on display at Washoe County Libraries through July:
Quilts by Truckee Meadows Quilters Downtown Reno Library
Oils by Jason Forcier North Valleys Library
Watercolors by Laramie Ford Sierra View Library
Calligraphy—the Letterary Arts by Carol Foldvary-Anderson.* South Valleys Library
*Meet the artist at an open reception and demonstration on Saturday, July 13 from 2-4 pm.