Kris Vagner, Author at Reno News & Review

Burner Art: A sneak peek at local Burning Man pieces waiting in the wings

by Kris Vagner August 3, 2022August 2, 2022

Here’s a sampling of the many Burning Man art projects being built in Reno and Sparks this summer

Ch-ch-changes of venue: The Reno art scene has evolved since the RN&R was last in print

by Kris Vagner June 1, 2022

‘My work is my solace. It’s my weapon as well,’ says indigenous artist Jean LaMarr

by Kris Vagner May 12, 2022May 11, 2022

In view of equality

by Kris Vagner March 18, 2020

After years as a painter, Ahren Hertel turned his artistic attention to the desert vistas he’s been around most of his life.

Where to land

by Kris Vagner February 19, 2020

Amanda Burden (left) and Jaci Goodman have been together 20 years.

Love affairs

by Kris Vagner February 12, 2020

Richard Jackson has been using one motif over and over for years—a realistically proportioned human skull.

Fired up

by Kris Vagner February 12, 2020

A beaded “painting” by Burton Pete, a well known artist who passed away in 2019, is one of several works in the new Wa-Pai-Shone Gallery. Several of Pete’s works are in the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center’s permanent collection.

A new home

by Kris Vagner February 5, 2020

Trocto’s “HYBYCOZO,” from 2014.

Close to home

by Kris Vagner December 24, 2019

Out in the cold

by Kris Vagner December 11, 2019

Nevada Gift Shop and Visitors Center owner Dave Asher points out one of his favorite photos, a shot of a lightning storm over downtown Reno from Kevin Cooper and Andy Horstmanshoff’s Mindful Images Photography.

Does retail still have a pulse?

by Kris Vagner November 20, 2019

Local artists recievied municipal permission and funding to paint this mural at Wedekind road.

Underworld

by Kris Vagner November 6, 2019