The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art launches into 2026 with three major exhibitions and a new season of free field trips for K-12 students.
This spring, the Museum is presenting a network of strategies for connecting to the land, to ourselves, and to our communities. The artworks on view will include sculptures, drawings, prints, photography, video and audio art, and more, from an array of national and international artists. Entry to the exhibitions is free.
The public is invited to a free opening reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20.
Exhibitions and Installations
(all Feb. 20-June 13, 2026)
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology, an exhibition of artworks by artists from around the world who not only emphasize themes of learning, care, and intimacy, but offer concrete knowledge by inviting everyone to participate. This is a traveling exhibition curated by Sharmila Wood and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York.
El camino se traza al andar (The Path is Traced by Walking), a solo exhibition by the Guatemalan American artist Jackie Amézquita. It includes a monumental “earthen painting” and documentation of the artist’s walking performances.
Mourning Songs of Salt and Silt, a solo exhibition by Amy Elkins, whose large-scale cyanotypes symbolically and materially reunite her late father with the landscape he inhabited throughout his adulthood.
Moth Ball, an installation of a print with which Ash Ferlito and Patrick Costello record the breathtaking diversity of moths they encountered on the summer solstice in 2022.
Events
The Museum will host University Forum, a public lecture series sponsored and funded by the UNLV College of Liberal Arts and the Dean's Associates. Upcoming topics include
Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time (Feb. 12, 7 p.m.),
William F. Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America (Feb. 26, 7 p.m.)
Punk is a Moving Target (March 5, 7 p.m.).
The Marjorie Barrick Museum will also host two events for Black History Month. These events are sponsored by the Department of Student Connection and Engagement.
Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble (Feb 11. 5:30–8 p.m.)
Black Mini Con (Feb. 24, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.)
All of these events are free to attend. Visit the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art website to find out about future events and workshops.
About the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is located on one of the most diverse university campuses in the United States. The Museum believes everyone deserves access to art that challenges our understanding of the present and inspires us to create a future that holds space for us all. It is open from Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., excluding federal and state holidays. Admission is free.
