"A Visual Mixtape" Solo Exhibition Of Paintings
By Don Michael, Jr.
On display through March 4, 2026
"Electric Ladyland" by Don Michael, Jr.
Charleston Heights Arts Center
800 Brush St.
Free and open to the public
Parking Is Available On Site With Free Public Access
"A Visual Mixtape" is a solo exhibition that celebrates the deep, enduring connection between music and visual art. Through acrylic paintings on canvas, the artist reinterprets iconic album covers and creates stylized portraits of the musicians behind the music. Each painting invites viewers to explore the emotional and cultural impact of music through a fresh visual lens.
This exhibition showcases a curated selection of 12" x 12" reinterpretations of record albums spanning a wide range of genres and eras, from classic blues to contemporary pop, presented alongside larger portraits of musicians captured in performance. Themes of nostalgia, identity and the transformative power of music are woven throughout, inviting viewers to reflect on their own connections to the sounds and imagery that have shaped generations.
"See The Music All Around Us"
An Installation By Loisse Ledres
On display through March 20, 2026
Loisse Ledres in front of "See The Music All Around Us"
Windows On First
City Hall Windows On First Street
495 S. Main St.
"See The Music All Around Us" is a vibrant installation celebrating the universal joy of music, a central element to Vegas life and culture. This display of wood, paint and light is a dedication to music's impact on our lives, capturing how rhythm, lyrics and melodies support our instinctual desire to understand ourselves and our place in the world.
"The Afterparty"
Featuring Artists Deborah Newman And Kat Ryals
On display through Jan. 23, 2026
Historic Fifth Street School
Mayor’s Gallery
401 S. Fourth St.
Free and open by appointment. Call 702.229.3277 or
email PRCGalleries@LasVegasNevada.gov to schedule.
"The Afterparty" brings together the work of Deborah Newman and Kat Ryals, two artists whose practices explore the allure, excess and inevitable decay of consumer culture filtered through the distinct lens of Las Vegas. Their work forms a layered dialogue about artifice, aspiration and the fleeting nature of spectacle in a city built on illusion.
Ryals’ Showroom Dynasty series features opulent, yet subversive velvet-printed rugs inspired by casino carpets and European textiles. These installations evoke the extravagance of Las Vegas interior pools, buffets and neon-lit lobbies, while subtly undermining that glamour using salvaged and discarded materials. Her lush surfaces both seduce and critique, exposing the instability of luxury and the constructed nature of wealth.
Newman’s oil paintings depict fragments of abandoned signage with a mix of abstraction and nostalgia. Layers of brushwork and unfinished sections evoke a haunting sense of loss, as if the once-vibrant language of neon and advertising is slowly disintegrating. Her compositions invite viewers to confront the erosion of commercial dreams and the impermanence of cultural icons.
Together, Ryals’ maximalist, texture-driven installations and Newman’s atmospheric, deconstructed landscapes explore the paradoxes of Las Vegas: opulence and obsolescence, permanence and performance. "The Afterparty" is both a celebration and an elegy, an invitation to consider what remains when the curtain falls, the lights go out and the fantasy ends.
Public Employee Art Exhibition 2025
On Display Through Jan. 29, 2026
Las Vegas City Hall
Chamber Gallery
495 S. Main St., Second Floor
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., closed holidays.
Free and open to the public
Each year, the city of Las Vegas presents an exhibition of artwork created by Nevada public employees. It’s our pleasure to showcase the exceptional talent and creativity of our state and local government workers. This year's artists include Talia Baca, Jan Bennett, Angie Bosco, Karen Buford, Diane Bush, Cesar Ceballos, CluAynne Corwin, John Easton, Joshua Edelman, Suzana Kotur, Holly Lay, Sean Marshall, John McVay, Orlando Montenegro, Colette Moorehead, Rich Mueller, Morgan Osiadlo, Ailene Pasco, Kimberly Pulido, Yasmine Redding, Lauren Reese, Noraen Saldivar, Bella Sanabira-Roman, David Seidner, Charice Sinclair, Chanel Smith, Georgia Stergios, Carlos Tapia, Alissa Ward, Stanley Webb and Jamie Zepeda.
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