Desert Notes

A group exhibition at the Sierra Arts Foundation in Reno, NV, features work by Nicole Donnelly '02, along with Jill Baker, Megan Berner, and Jennifer Meridian. The artists met while attending the University of Iowa MFA program between 2005 and 2009, and in January 2015 spent ten days in the desert in residency at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in Rhyolite, NV. They used the time and space together to start new work and collaborate with each other, letting the work be influenced by the environment and the conversations taking place. Some individual pieces were completed during the residency, but a lot of the work became starting points for larger ideas to develop. Inspired by Desert Notes, a collection of essays by author Barry Lopez, they imagined that much of what they were doing in the desert were notations, sketches, open ended ideas, and conversations with and about the landscape and environment. Desert Notes became drawings, photographs, impressions and reflections, collections, short videos, and performances. The group reunited once again in the desert in February of this year in preparation for this exhibition.

Desert Notes, Sierra Arts Foundation

Address: 17 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501

Hours: 10am - 5pm

Reception: Thursday, August 3, 6pm - 8pm