John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

04/30/2026

In October 1962, as tensions escalated during the Cuban Missile Crisis, daily life in Cuba continued under extraordinary circumstances.

With many men called to militia units, women stepped in to keep factories running, sustaining essential work across the country.

This photograph offers a glimpse into that reality, highlighting the collective effort and resilience that shaped life beyond the headlines.

𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 offers a rare, intimate look at life inside Cuba during those 13 days.

🗓 On view through May 30 at the John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art's Front Door Gallery

📍 The Front Door Gallery - located in University of Nevada, Reno's Church Fine Arts/CFA building (near the Virginia Street building entrance)

04/28/2026

Some objects carry more than function. They carry memory, knowledge, and a relationship with the natural world shaped over generations.

Currently on view, this Tlingit halibut hook from the 1950s reflects remarkable craftsmanship and deep understanding of sustainable fishing practices developed by Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast. Designed with intention, every material and curve served a purpose.

Visit the John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art and experience works that reveal how creativity can also be wisdom.

04/23/2026

A huge congratulations to MFA candidate (and Lilley team member) on the presentation of his thesis exhibition, Endless Witness, now on view at Student Galleries South. Daniel's printmaking practice has developed over the past three years, culminating in a challenging and immersive installation that places us in direct confrontation with social media mediation and images of state control. Don't miss the shadows on the walls. Congratulations Daniel!

04/22/2026

Don't miss your chance to explore the remarkable photographic work of Ayana V. Jackson on display at the John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art.

Jackson is a prolific photographer whose practice examines how Black women’s bodies have been imaged, circulated, and misrepresented across the diaspora.

The works in this exhibition span the range of the artist’s practice from 2013-2023 where Jackson draws from European modernism, Black equestrian histories, and colonial portraiture.

Co-curated by Stephanie Gibson and Iyana Esters

Sponsored by Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida

04/21/2026

The photographic practice of Steven Seidenberg explores a material world of the unnoticed, fixing attention on structures, environments, and landscapes often hidden in plain sight.

Three photographic series are combined in this exhibition; each focus on past and present living conditions in a different area of the world (Puglia and Rome, Italy; Kanazawa, Japan).

Seidenberg’s richly detailed images capture current and former living spaces (houses, tents, outbuildings, and empty lots) providing the viewer with ideas about the lived environment, how space is used, and how humans travel through and live within the spaces they occupy under wide-ranging material conditions.

04/17/2026

04/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening with and . Jackson expounded the expansive possibilities of image-making, and a joyous conversation flowed between Gay and Jackson, as they talked about art, biography, and the power creating and illustrating our own stories. Ayana V. Jackson 2013-2023 is on view at until May 23!

04/16/2026

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04/11/2026

Every year, the Lilley Museum hosts interns from HIST 310, part of the Museum Studies minor offered through the College of Liberal Arts.

This spring, interns Abby Altringer and Shira Burton are developing a new accessibility initiative focused on creating high-quality audio descriptions for the permanent collection.

To ensure the program serves diverse visual needs, the students are researching the nuance between objective observation and subjective interpretation, crafting narrations that are both descriptive and inspiring.

Thank you, Abby and Shira, for making the museum more inclusive to all visitors to the Lilley!