Eric Strain founded his Las Vegas architecture firm, assemblageSTUDIO, on April Fool’s Day in 1997. It was the perfect time, he says: “Nobody thought this thing would last.” A maverick architect leaving the comfort of a local blue-chip firm to advocate for desert-appropriate modern architecture? In a town where sophisticated design was the volcano at The Mirage and red-tile Mediterranean knockoffs grew like weeds across the valley? The famed interior designer Roger Thomas urged him to start a firm in Los Angeles if he wanted respect and work in Vegas

A fast-growing video production company is preparing to bring a bit of Hollywood to Las Vegas.

From life's earliest moments to its latest stages, music can help make us healthier and happier. It can soothe and invigorate, improve mental health and even help someone stay alive.

In the fourth quarter of every calendar year, the Pantone Color Institute and all major paint manufacturers unveil their colors of the year. Designers and experts then spend the next few months weighing in on why certain colors and palettes were chosen, and how these choices reflect on society and design trends.

The Clark County School District intends to implement a “stay test” program when in-person classes resume Wednesday.

The countdown to the new year might be over but the clock keeps ticking. Here's a look at 10 art attractions to check out in Las Vegas before they're gone for good and others that have just opened or are opening soon.

Nancy Uscher, the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), uses this opportunity to thank donors and show how their support makes all the difference in the following message.

Last month, over email, I asked Newbury, a professor of art history at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, some questions about her project, as well as how she imagines contemporary art as something other than, in her words, “an instrument of finance.”

A local duo featuring violin and cello debuted with a live performance at an east Las Vegas community center on Sunday.

As students in the UNLV Jazz Ensemble settled into their practice, their temporary stage, a classroom-studio on the second floor of the Ham Fine Arts building, was replete with stiff music stands and plastic chairs.

Last summer Lisa Rock left her house as seldom as she could. She says it's because of what was happening right outside her door.

Dave Loeb, Director of the Division of Jazz and Commercial Music at UNLV, conducts his players during a rehearsal Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.