Most gallery openings in this town come with a velvet rope and a price tag. This one comes with neither. The College of Southern Nevada announced today, November 3, that Nocturnal Glow, the Fall 2026 Art 298 Portfolio Emphasis exhibition, opens Friday, December 4, 2026 at the CSN Artspace Gallery on the North Las Vegas Campus, and every CSN art gallery event is free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Here is the part most visitors will miss if they just wander in: this is not a casual student show. The works are part of the Art and Art History Program's capstone experience, the portfolio work these artists finish their program with. Sixteen student artists are showing, and the range is the real headline.
One Room, Nine Kinds of Art
The exhibition covers nine different media in a single gallery, which almost never happens outside a museum survey show:
- Ceramics and metalwork
- Drawing, painting, and printmaking
- Photography and digital media
- Mixed media and sculpture
The 16 artists are Blair Bellamy, AJ Canda, Julie Cuffel, Kenya Flores, Emily Gjonola, Mark Grieco, Lagoon, Amirah Levon, Celena Lopez, Cassie Ornelas, Camil Quintana Castro, Ronack Rahimy, Evelyn Ramirez, Rooney, Sparrow, and Demetrius Taylor II. The Art 298 faculty are Professor Sean Russell, who holds an MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Professor Christopher Tsouras, who holds an MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The useful insight for art lovers: a capstone show is where you see artists at the exact moment their style locks in, before galleries and commissions start shaping the work. If you enjoy spotting local talent early, this is the room to walk through slowly.
The Dates and Hours That Matter
| What | When |
|---|---|
| Exhibition opens | Friday, December 4, 2026 |
| Artist reception, with light refreshments | Friday, December 11, 2026, at 6 p.m. |
| Exhibition closes | Saturday, February 13, 2027 |
| Gallery hours | 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday |
That long weekday schedule is the quiet advantage here. The gallery stays open until 10:30 p.m. on weeknights, so you can see the show after work or after dinner instead of racing a weekend-only window, and the run stretches more than two months, through February 13, 2027.
How to Go
- Head to the North Las Vegas Campus at 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, one mile east of I-15 North.
- Go upstairs above the main entrance lobby. That is where the Artspace Gallery sits, and it is easy to walk right past if you do not know to look up.
- Pick your visit: go on December 11 at 6 p.m. if you want the artist reception and a chance to hear the artists talk about the work, or pick a weekday evening for a quieter, slower look.
- Want details first? Call (702) 651-4146 or visit csn.edu/artgallery.
Las Vegas art does not only live on the Strip or in the Arts District. Sometimes the freshest work in the valley is hanging in a free gallery above a college lobby in North Las Vegas, made by 16 artists finishing the biggest project of their program. Nocturnal Glow is exactly that, and it costs nothing to see.
