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Upcoming Events

Bird Walk and Park Cleanup with Get Outdoors Nevada and Red Rock Audubon

Saturday, Jan. 18

7:30 to 11 a.m.

Free and open to the public.

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road

Join us for a fulfilling morning of birding and community care at Floyd Lamb Park! Start your day with a serene birding walk, then roll up your sleeves to help keep our urban parks beautiful with a cleanup session. Whether working solo or teaming up, we'll provide the tools you need to collect trash, microplastics and debris. It’s a great way to make an impact while enjoying the park’s natural beauty.

Classes & Activites

Join us for Spring I classes Jan. 13-Feb. 22, 2025, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center!

Storybook Adventures

Ages 4-6
Saturdays 9-9:45 a.m.
Explore storytelling and creative play!

$42

Performance Fundamentals

Ages 7-9 
Saturdays 10:30-11:30 a.m. OR Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Develop performance skills using voice, body and imagination.

$42

Youth Acting Workshop

Ages 10-12 
Saturdays 12-1 p.m. OR Wednesdays 4-5 p.m. 
Dive into character and scene creation with fun warmups and theatre exercises.

$42

Teen Acting Workshop

Ages 13-17
Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 
Hone acting skills with improvisation, character development and scene study.

$60

Art Making

Ages 18+

Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Learn skills in painting, drawing, sculpting and more. Supplies will be provided.

$54

Live Arts Collective

Ages 8-25

Thursdays 4-7 p.m., Fridays 4-7:45 p.m. and Saturdays 12-6 p.m.

Learn from expert faculty and master classical and contemporary techniques.

$75

Introduction to Music Recording Technology

Ages 15-18

Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 16 to Feb. 20, 2025

$150

Registration closes Jan. 17, 2025

In this six-week Introduction to the Music Recording Technology course, students will discover the new Charleston Heights Arts Center Multimedia Lab while learning beginner and intermediate-level recording techniques on popular digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Garageband, Logic Pro and Ableton Live. Students will gain an understanding of audio interfaces, signal level, effects processing, MIDI, mixing and bouncing, and marketing/self-promotion in this project-based learning environment, culminating in a final music project custom-tailored to each student's music preferences. Students also will learn how to upload and stream their final projects on popular platforms and gain valuable marketing advice from industry experts.

Students will be working with Apple iMacs, Focusrite digital interfaces, MIDI keyboards, and condenser microphones. No prior knowledge of recording equipment is required to take this class.

Led by our trusted instructors from Latin Vida, Mario Trejo Sr. and family are experts in music education and marketing strategies, serving the public through our city programming for over a decade, making them uniquely qualified to lead this course.

Artist Opportunities & Events

Mountain Bluebird by artist Daniel Kekipi

"Southern Nevada Veterans Creative Arts"

On display through Feb. 22, 2025

Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery
800 S. Brush St.
Hours: Mondays through Saturday, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Closed on Sundays and most major holidays.
Free and open to the public. 

Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System, in partnership with the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 76, co-hosted the third annual Southern Nevada Veterans Creative Arts Competition in 2024 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in North Las Vegas. Two previous years of competition have been held at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, in collaboration with the city of Las Vegas. This exhibition is a continuation of that partnership and an opportunity to continue connecting our veterans with the greater Las Vegas community.

Call for Artists

Aerial Gallery Artwork License

Deadline Feb. 6, 2025

We are seeking to license images of original artworks for the Aerial Gallery Banner Exhibition of vinyl banners along First Street, as part of the First Street Art Trail. Artists are encouraged to submit site-specific artwork, which directly responds to the neighborhood along First Street and themes presented by curator JK Russ, visually and/or conceptually.

The Aerial Gallery Banner Exhibition is a program aimed at bringing more visibility to the arts downtown. It is a strategic effort to enhance the urban streetscape by bridging the Arts District and Fremont Street via the First Street Arts Trail, as it passes by several key parts of the city's infrastructure. This program shares with the public a graphic reminder that Las Vegas is home to a dynamic community of working artists.

Please note the city of Las Vegas will add branding graphic design to the banners, which will obscure a small portion of the artwork near the bottom.

Las Vegas Perspectives

Deadline Feb. 28, 2024

Mayor Shelley Berkley is excited to announce an opportunity for Las Vegas-based artists to display their artwork in a special exhibition in the Mayor’s Suite at Las Vegas City Hall. This is a unique opportunity for local artists to present their artwork in the heart of local government and to Las Vegas' civic leaders.

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