CORE CONTEMPORARY is a unique venue for aficionados looking for a diverse and sophisticated art experience.
Located near the Las Vegas Strip and Convention Center, this 3,000sf gallery provides an engaging setting in which to experience remarkable original art, meet working artists, enjoy immersive educational forums, and host private events.
Located near the Las Vegas Strip and Convention Center, this 3,000sf gallery provides an engaging setting in which to experience remarkable original art, meet working artists, enjoy immersive educational forums, and host private events.
While we continue to endeavor to provide for free or low cost arts & culture experiences,
we are completely self-funded. If you, too, feel a healthy community depends upon keeping
these types of experiences and opportunities readily available, we welcome your support.
CURRENT EXHIBITION!
"NVHEAD2TOE"
COLLABORATIVE EXQUISITE CORPSE EXHIBITION
January 23-February 29, 2020
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25th, 6-8pm
Co-Produced/Co-Curated with St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City, NV
Made possible by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts
This exhibition is a collaborative project created within the Nevada Arts Council's inaugural Basin to Range Exchange, aimed at showcasing and joining the creative resources found in Nevada's rural and urban locales. The curators for this particular project, A. Perry, Executive Director of St. Mary's Art Center and artist, and Nancy Good, Las Vegas artist and owner of Core Contemporary, invited nearly 30 artists (from both Virginia City and Las Vegas areas) to participate in this project using the Exquisite Corpse technique. The exhibit admission is complimentary and open to the public Wednesday – Saturday, 10am to 3pm, January 23rd through February 29th, with an opening reception to be held Saturday, January 25th, from 6-8:30pm.
What is an Exquisite Corpse? Historically, it’s an artistic technique invented by the Surrealists who wanted to access parts of the mind repressed by societal rules. Without a preconceived notion of the final image, artists/participants produce a collaborative drawing, painting or collage by folding the paper or canvas and adding images or patterns that are unseen by the other contributing artists. This allows a fantastical parade of spontaneous hybrid creatures and unexpected juxtapositions to be created. The results are novel, exciting, unsettling, and most often filled with humor and surprising synchronicity.
For this project, NVHead2Toe asked each artist to create both a “head” and a “toe” on two separate canvases. These creations were first begun by 15 artists in Las Vegas, covered by paper and then shipped to Virginia City to allow artists there to add their contributions (without seeing what had been begun in Las Vegas). By using this technique, we will have a fully-connected, Basin to Range, collaborative art exhibition representing artists from north to south (head to toe).
“NVHead2Toe provides an opportunity for artists from both cities to use their creative skills in a way that maybe they haven't in the past,” said Nancy Good, co-curator, professional artist, and owner of Core Contemporary. “Additionally, this technique allows for full, spontaneous collaboration, without ego or agenda. It also allows for unique and active collaboration between curators, exhibition space, and the Nevada Arts Council.”
A. Perry, Executive Director for St. Mary's Art Center, professional artist and co-curator for this exhibition shares, “As a curator and artist, I understand the challenges we face in terms of location, visibility and interaction. NAC has opened the doors for future collaboration in way that is not only fantastic for professional artists, but also allows younger, emerging artists an opportunity to work with those more established in the field and in a completely different part of the state.”
"NVHEAD2TOE"
COLLABORATIVE EXQUISITE CORPSE EXHIBITION
January 23-February 29, 2020
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25th, 6-8pm
Co-Produced/Co-Curated with St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City, NV
Made possible by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts
This exhibition is a collaborative project created within the Nevada Arts Council's inaugural Basin to Range Exchange, aimed at showcasing and joining the creative resources found in Nevada's rural and urban locales. The curators for this particular project, A. Perry, Executive Director of St. Mary's Art Center and artist, and Nancy Good, Las Vegas artist and owner of Core Contemporary, invited nearly 30 artists (from both Virginia City and Las Vegas areas) to participate in this project using the Exquisite Corpse technique. The exhibit admission is complimentary and open to the public Wednesday – Saturday, 10am to 3pm, January 23rd through February 29th, with an opening reception to be held Saturday, January 25th, from 6-8:30pm.
What is an Exquisite Corpse? Historically, it’s an artistic technique invented by the Surrealists who wanted to access parts of the mind repressed by societal rules. Without a preconceived notion of the final image, artists/participants produce a collaborative drawing, painting or collage by folding the paper or canvas and adding images or patterns that are unseen by the other contributing artists. This allows a fantastical parade of spontaneous hybrid creatures and unexpected juxtapositions to be created. The results are novel, exciting, unsettling, and most often filled with humor and surprising synchronicity.
For this project, NVHead2Toe asked each artist to create both a “head” and a “toe” on two separate canvases. These creations were first begun by 15 artists in Las Vegas, covered by paper and then shipped to Virginia City to allow artists there to add their contributions (without seeing what had been begun in Las Vegas). By using this technique, we will have a fully-connected, Basin to Range, collaborative art exhibition representing artists from north to south (head to toe).
“NVHead2Toe provides an opportunity for artists from both cities to use their creative skills in a way that maybe they haven't in the past,” said Nancy Good, co-curator, professional artist, and owner of Core Contemporary. “Additionally, this technique allows for full, spontaneous collaboration, without ego or agenda. It also allows for unique and active collaboration between curators, exhibition space, and the Nevada Arts Council.”
A. Perry, Executive Director for St. Mary's Art Center, professional artist and co-curator for this exhibition shares, “As a curator and artist, I understand the challenges we face in terms of location, visibility and interaction. NAC has opened the doors for future collaboration in way that is not only fantastic for professional artists, but also allows younger, emerging artists an opportunity to work with those more established in the field and in a completely different part of the state.”
2nd Annual "Use Other Door" - National Juried Art Call
Exhibition scheduled for this summer.
Check out our "Call for Art" page for the call details and deadlines.
