Nuwu Art Gallery
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Community Center
PESO NETO
Opening Gallery Hours
Thursdays, 4 pm - 8 pm
Fridays, 4 pm - 8 pm
Saturdays, 12 noon - 4 pm
Peso Neto is Luis Varela-Rico’s first solo exhibition, representing the net weight of progress, growth and evolution of his artistic creativity over several years. Varela-Rico’s art and practice are deeply rooted in his Mexican heritage and working class roots that span from Guadalajara to Las Vegas. He worked for years as a skilled tradesman and is now known for his specialized metalwork sculptures, where he takes flat materials and transforms them into stunning three-dimensional organic sculptures. Varela-Rico combines traditional art forms and modern technology to bring his dreams to fruition.
LVR’s 2024 Burning Man sculpture is installed for this exhibit, fresh with the dust from the Black Rock Desert. Moving this metal piece is costly. If you like to help donate to the cause, please go to IndigenousAF.org and note that this is an LVR donation.
The Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center (NAGCC) is a POC-owned art and activism space located at 1331 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89104 (Purple building). Over the past 4 years, we've worked hard to bring the NAGCC to the Las Vegas public for all to enjoy. Our first official exhibition, Beginnings, softly-opened in Fall 2022 and featured works by the Nuwu Art Collective. We welcomed Justin Favela's Fantasía/Fantasy to a successful opening with hundreds of visitors in Spring 2023.
The Nuwu Art Collective also showed Bridges in 2023, which included a community art exhibition. Since then, we have had Geovany Uranda, Cesar Piedra, and Scrambled Eggs curate the amazing show Hija/e/o/e(s) de Su--. In 2024 we had our first all-womxn exhibition with Forward -- a Weaving Our Cultures art exhibition.
Check back for additional info and also visit the non-profit IndigenousAF for additional events at Nuwu Art.