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Holland Project and Nevada Museum of art host the 11th annual Teen Art Night by Matt Bieker | m at t b @ne w s re v i e w . c o m
he Holland Project, an all ages art and “There’s some Instagram influencers that music venue in midtown, has provided dress that way that we really love—monoa safe, all inclusive space for the city’s chrome,” said Berglund. “One is Donté young artists at various locations over the Colley … he’ll wear, like, a yellow top with past decade. That space, however, on 140 pink pants and green shoes.” Vesta St., can get a little cramped when it The staff of the Holland Project and the comes to bigger summer events, so for the NMA begin planning Teen Art night at least past 11 years, the Holland Project has partsix months before the actual night, which is nered with the Nevada Museum of Art for managed by both HP volunteers and NMA one of its biggest events, Teen Art Night. staff. The event began as a way introduce “So, Teen Art Night is us taking over young people who may be familiar with the the museum,” said Alana Berglund, managHolland Project’s comparatively small space ing director the Holland Project. “They’re to the larger and more formal setting of the going to open the galleries late, and then museum in a relaxed, informal way. we’re going to kind of create hands-on art “I think it’s important for the museum activities. We’re going to add music. We’re because they want to reach our demogoing to have, like, character people walking graphic and speak to them,” Berglund said. around, and we build a whole night around “And everything that the Holland does is what’s already in the museum.” based on the interests and needs of teens According to Berglund, every Teen Art and young adults. [Young people] are on Night has a theme, and this year’s will be our committees. They help us program, “Pantone,” in relation to the color scale. and the museum benefits from having a Attendees are encouraged to wear monochro- direct connection to that demographic. And matic or color-block clothing and to expect we also benefit because we get access to a figurative (yet, visually literal) rainbow of such a high-quality space.” activities and entertainment. Claire Muñoz, director of public “The photo booths will be themed programs and community engagement for color,” Berglund said. “The video series will the NMA, has worked at the museum since be themed color. We’ll have hands-on art 2009 and has collaborated with the Holland activities including button making, screen Project on dozens of different events aimed printing, fiber dying, live drawing, fashion at including young people in the Museum’s stuff; we always have programming. The first fashion. We have, event, A Valentine’s like, makeup, you Day bash called Kiss “It’s a space where you know, you can make Kiss Bang Bang, was don’t feel intimidated by held in 2008—one accessories for your hair or, you know, year after the Holland such a, like, ivory tower we always have stuff Project’s official like that so you can founding. institution, which cultural dress up while you’re “From that point, there. And then we we started working spaces can be.” insert DJs into the together on Teen Art Alberto GArciA galleries. If you go in Night, and then that the museum site for just led to a series the exhibitions, there’s of collaborations, one where there’s and they have such all these poles, these a good kind of pulse painted poles sticking on teens and young up, kind of like trees. adults,” Muñoz said. So, we’re going to add “So, for the museum, DJ Octo Phonics in it’s a really important there, so he can kind partnership so that we of like play within continue to cultivate these polls.” the audience here at Berglund said the the museum as well.” Holland Project staff Muñoz said that will use a publicly part of the NMA’s available Pantone stated mission is to app at this year’s engage fans of art at event, which identievery stage of their fies individual colors lives. The museum in a photograph to tailors programming make a “color story” for toddlers and senior of the night. And citizens alike. The if anyone needs partnership between inspiration for their the NMA and Holland outfits, they can find Project has led to other Photos from the 2016 teen art Night at the Nevada it online. popular events aimed Museum of art.
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