VAST space projects

08/20/2020

Looking back, figurative/literal, this night was definitely like — your parents are out of town, invite all your creative friends over to play, kinda Vast moment. Plus, I got to meet artists, and have the joy of watching their work, and lives, grow. It’s like we all hung out at the best high school party, listening to punk rock, and will always be connected by our shared adventure. It was definitely a great way to commence London Biennale Las Vegas. Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to see what’s coming!

Flash back to 2012 "Rainbow 7 Colors 7 Artists" London Biennale in Nevada at PUAH, VAST space projects, Henderson, NV.

04/02/2019

It’s been a minute. Check out what this fine woman, Angela Kallus has been up to...

Now on our website! Angela Kallus on her Little Blue Books:

“I started drawing that one booklet over and over again because it was not a regular shape—it started as a cheap art—history joke, a visual pun, quoting the autocratic shaped canvases and monochromes of the 20th—century (mostly male) painters…”

https://athenaeumreview.org/interview/angela-kallus/

03/17/2018

PART II of the Eric Minh Swenson, Some Fine Women panel discussion video. CONGRATULATIONS Eric on your 1,000th art film in the EMS film series! And perpetual thanks to those who participated, and the excellent introduction by Kirsten Swenson and moderation of Danielle Marie Kelly. Artists participating in the panel: Cathy Fairbanks, Barbara McCarren, Jaime Scholnick, Rachel Lachowicz, Angela Kallus, Mary Warner, Wendy Kveck, Patricia D Burns, Michelle Carla Handel.

This is "PART 2 "Some Fine Women" artist panel discussion" by VAST space projects on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who…

03/17/2018

And back in 2013, when VAST Space Projects hosted a heated panel discussion, (invariably leading to the role feminism played in their art making), a number of the 31 women, who were part of the Some Fine Women exhibit, were captured in debate by Eric Minh Swenson. Congratulations Eric on your 1,000 EMS art film! And perpetual thanks to those who participated, and the excellent introduction by Kirsten Swenson and moderation of Danielle Marie Kelly. Artists participating in the panel: Cathy Fairbanks, Barbara McCarren, Jaime Scholnick, Rachel Lachowicz, Angela Kallus, Mary Warner, Wendy Kveck, Patricia D Burns, Michelle Carla Handel

“Some Fine Women” V A S T space projects, Nevada July 17-August 24, 2013 An exhibition of 84 works of art 31 artists 3 different spaces On…

03/17/2018

Congratulations Eric Minh Swenson on your 1,000th film capturing the happenings around the LA art world! There were some LA women in the Some Fine Women show...Thanks for making your way to Vegas to capture the exhibit. And thanks to Shana Nys Dambrot for the excellent introduction and catalog essay. Artists in the exhibition: Angela Kallus, China Adams, Edith Beaucage, Jaime Scholnick, Jane Callister, Lily Simonson, Mary Warner, Michelle Carla Handell, Nancy Riegelman, Rachel Lachowicz, Wendy Kveck, Angela Kallus, Alex Berg, Barbara McCarren, Cathy Fairbanks, China Adams, Danielle Marie Kelly, Diane Butner, Jacqueline Ehlis, Laura Krifka, Laura Boles Faw, Eri, Erin Stellman, Artwork of Cristina Paulos, Heather Younger Morton, Alisha Kerlin, Sierra Slentz, Jo Russ, Alexis Smith, Alison O'Daniel, Eloise Fornieles. Catalog by Chris Jones

Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by Grant Tyler. “The manner of choosing the artists for ‘Some Fine Women’ became like the 1970’s Faberge…

11/07/2017

Take a second to listen to Mikayla Whitmore discuss her work and current show at UNLV. And I promise, Fred Bell's work found on soundsandspaces.net will intoxicate you.

Mikayla Whitmore is a photojournalist by trade – she works for Greenspun Media, publishers of Las Vegas Weekly and The Las Vegas Sun. Fred Bell is on the technical crew of the Blue Man Group.

11/06/2017

It's been a minute since a posting....If you are in LA, check out Erica Ryan Stallon's "STAR DECK Academy" at the contemporary artist-run space, Elephant, in Glassell Park. "The Box Set" includes a series of 4 performance-based installations about the quality of quantity. There is some pull of the moon stuff, and a great video, "Bedroom Scene". I'm some how lucky enough to be storing/hanging one of Erica's paintings in my bedroom. She, and her work, are terrific...Go See!

05/02/2017

Rachel Lachowicz at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, p106.

12/10/2015

In a reversal, "Learning from LA", Las Vegas can take cues from LA's downtown "arts district" - I lived there 20 years ago and never been a fan of "districts". We have nothing but empty warehouses in LV. Open them up and give them away to artists in both cities and watch what happens here. Just a thought, Vegas. Here are some good quotes from the article: "But if L.A. is going to remain a creative capital, its civic and cultural leaders are going to need to do more than offer really great talk about how great we are. We need solid ideas — and the ex*****on of these — to keep Los Angeles a great place to be an artist. "City officials," the report states, "should work with local development corporations and other business organizations to develop a set of carrots and sticks that could encourage landlords to rent these spaces to arts organizations, creative sector businesses, freelancers and others with significant space needs." "Let's start by finding a way to keep the artists in town."

Way back in July of last year, The Times ran a story  about how development in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District — the old industrial zone between 1st and 7th Streets, east of Alameda — had long-time residents concerned about rising rents…

12/08/2015

The UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum continues to deliver unbelievable programming this fall. Take advantage of the cities best resource for free and smart stuff!

08/10/2015

The works of two VAST space projects artists are discussed in detail today on NPR. Check out words about Patricia Burns and Marshall Scheuttle on the podcast. Definitely get to the "Recent Acquisitions" exhibit at UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum if you are in Las Vegas.

The beauty of the desert, and the quirkiness of Las Vegas and Reno, are the jumping off points for many of the works on display at “Recent Acquisitions,” a show now at the Marjorie Barrick Museum at the University of Nevada/Las Vegas.