The Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall hosts At the Heart of Nevada: Basin and Range an exhibition curated by Julian Kilker, Checko Salgado, and Paula Garrett in partnerships with the Friends of Basin and Range National Monument. A free and open to the public reception will be held on Wednesday, March 4th at 5pm to 7pm at Reno City Hall's Metro Gallery. 

About the Exhibition:

On the ten-year anniversary of the Basin and Range National Monument, three friends curate a documentary photography and video exhibit documenting this remote region of Nevada—one located several hours by car north of Las Vegas and Southeast of Reno. The monument features 1,100 square miles of spectacular undeveloped mountains and valleys in southeastern Nevada, and its protected status preserves geological and historical features for future generations while continuing to provide access for recreation, grazing, and military training.  

The collaboration behind this exhibit echoes the cooperation among Nevadan volunteers, artists, researchers, locals, and visitors who enjoy and help protect our state’s wealth. Basin and Range National Monument is the result of an innovative collaboration among multiple stakeholders. At the Heart of Nevada parallels this creation, focusing on multiple uses of the land and collaborations among these stakeholders. Among the photographs and videos by multiple contributors are representations of geology and history, ranching, volunteering, recreation, and artistic and military engagement. Its curators, board members of the non-profit organization Friends of Basin and Range, help ensure protection of the ecological, cultural, historic, and recreational resources of the Monument area through community engagement, advocacy, interpretive and educational programming, support of academic research, site stewardship, and restoration efforts.