Comstock Nites

09/02/2024

08/31/2024

This upcoming month is filled with classes and a few wonderful retreats.

Starting tomorrow until September 8, the Art Center is closed to the public for Sandy Imperatori’s 32nd annual Plein Air Watercolor Retreat. September 12-15 we are also hosting the sold out VanZyll Zentangle Retreat.

Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22 are our Art & Cocktails, Art Lab and Art After Dark, Monthly Paranormal Investigation, and Arts & Crafts Revival Class.

Mark your calendars and prepare for a beautiful month as we head into fall.

08/29/2024

Mark your calendars! Our September Art After Dark Event takes place September 20 from 5 to 8 pm.

Join us for a fun Friday night viewing the art galleries, listening to live acoustic jam music, enjoying the self-guided historical exhibition, watch a silent movie in the theatre, relax in the library lounge or parlor, and spend time creating in Art Lab. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar.

Members enjoy complimentary admission
$5/non-members

Learn more about Art After Dark: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/artafterdark

08/18/2024

View our summer collection A Collection of Love: The Personal Art Collection of Larry and Lorna Williamson, our interactive pieces, and our permanent collection of local Virginia City pieces. Take a history tour or wander the halls at your leisure. Check our calendar for open days and learn more about our exhibitions on our website: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/calendar

08/15/2024

We can't wait to see you on Saturday, August 31st, in your finest steampunk attire for our 7th Annual Steppin Back in Time Fundraiser! This years theme is "Comstock Typeslingers & Sagebrush Journalists" and hope you will join us for games, music, and fun! ⚙️🕰🖋

Buy your tickets here! :

https://steppinbackintime2024.eventbrite.com

07/28/2024

Art After Dark takes place on Friday, August 9 from 5 to 8 pm! Enjoy a twilight viewing of our galleries, complete your Art and Cocktails class work, or take part in our self-guided Art Lab stations.

https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/artafterdark

07/20/2024

Art After Dark has begun! Music’s playing and art supplies are waiting for your arrival! We are here until 8pm.

07/17/2024

What’s happening at the Art Center this week?

Thursday is our Art & Cocktails Mosaics Class with Pura Vida Sierras Art.

Friday is our Art After Dark Event from 5 to 8 pm with access to Art Lab and evening admission to our galleries.

Art Lab takes place Friday to Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm, with admission during Art Lab Friday from 5 to 8 pm. Finish your class work or start your own creation.

Saturday night is our Paranormal Investigation with W.I.G.S from 8 to 10 pm, with the option to extend until midnight.

The weekend activities end Sunday with our Arts & Crafts Revival Class Victorian/Steampunk Hat Making with Pam Castner.

With so many things going on this upcoming week, we can’t wait to see you there.

07/12/2024

Mosaics with Pura Vida Sierras Art takes place Thursday, July 18 from 6 to 8 pm.

Art & Cocktails includes cocktails, mocktails, snacks, and a tremendous amount of fun! Meet your neighbors, make new friends, or simply enjoy an evening relaxing and creating.

This month create functional mosaic pieces such as coasters, trivets, or a wall-hung art piece. Register in advance on our website: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/canvas-and-cocktails

07/10/2024

Join W.I.G.S for an exciting paranormal investigation Saturday, July 20 from 8 to 10 pm with the option to extend until midnight. Members receive complimentary admission to the two-hour extension.

Experience a rare chance to investigate our 1876 former hospital after dark.

Advanced registration is required: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/book-online

07/04/2024

Wishing you a wonderful Independence Day Celebration!

If you are celebrating with us this evening for our Intimate Fourth of July Spectacular, we can’t wait to welcome you to the art center for an evening of music, art, refreshments, and amazing views of the fireworks. It’s sure to be a grand time!

07/03/2024

We only have 14 garden seats left for our Intimate Fourth of July Spectacular this Thursday!

If you’re looking for an intimate, quiet Virginia City celebration without the crowds, consider joining us for an evening of art, live music, hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction. Enjoy the fireworks from a spectacular location.

Get your tickets now on Eventbrite: https://ecs.page.link/WvW77

07/03/2024

06/22/2024

This Friday, enjoy Art Lab, Art Galleries, and celebrate the full moon with Live Music by the Comstock Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE). View our galleries, complete your Art and Cocktails class work, or enjoy our self-guided Art Lab stations. With live music floating throughout the center, it’s sure to be a wonderful evening. https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/artafterdark

06/17/2024

Our June Art and Cocktails class takes place Thursday, June 20 from 6 to 8 pm. Learn the technique of Watercolor Resist, as different materials repel the watercolor to highlight your creation beneath!

The cost is $35 with supplies included. Advanced registration is required: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/book-online

06/17/2024

Our Art After Dark event this month is extra special! This Friday, enjoy Art Lab, Art Galleries, and Live Music by the Comstock Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE), to celebrate the full moon. View our galleries, complete your Art and Cocktails class work, or enjoy our self-guided Art Lab stations. With live music floating throughout the center, it’s sure to be a wonderful evening. https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/artafterdark

Photo credit: Honey Coughlin

05/03/2024

Join us for Art After Dark May 10th from 5-8 pm. We’re inviting you to enjoy the art center in the evening atmosphere as we keep our doors open later than usual.

View four floors of galleries, take part in our Art Lab, and enjoy our theatre and lounge spaces.

May’s Art Lab offers acrylic painting on mini canvas or wood base. Art Lab stations will be set up in the Art Studio. Partake in a self-guided art experience or finish your art center class projects.

Learn more about our Art After Dark evenings on our website: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/artafterdark

04/30/2024

Art Lab - Acrylic Painting on Mini Canvas or Wood Base

Our Art Lab is taking place May 10th - May 18th this month! Add a special twist to your visit and create in our maker's Art Lab, or finish your art center class projects during our open gallery and tour hours.

Stations will be set up for self-guided creations, and supplies will be provided for registered Art & Cocktail participants. Learn more about this exciting new offer on our website: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/art-lab

04/26/2024

Piper and I are partnering up to share some painting skills with you. You can choose one or both workshops for the price of one! The fee includes your lodging ay St. Mary’s, breakfast and lunch. You’ll have time to yourself and FOR yourself to expand your artist toolbox. You may DM me or call Piper J Gallery at 775-220-0325 to register.

04/19/2024

Join us at Piper's Opera House on April 27 for a night of side-splitting laughs featuring Bobcat Goldthwait Official ! Since his first appearance on the David Letterman Show at the age of 20, Bobcat has gone on to maintain a thriving career as a writer, director, actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian!

Learn more about April 27's show and get tickets with the link below!
https://renotahoecomedy.com/

04/19/2024

04/18/2024

Join us and kick off the 2024 Art & Cocktails adults-only series on April 25th from 6 to 8 p.m. Explore the exciting medium of cold wax and oil paints, and mixed media, with Pura Vida Sierras Art.

Create a fun, semi-messy, colorful work of art this spring. Supplies are included. Advanced registration is required: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/canvas-and-cocktails

Artwork by Pura Vida Sierras Art

04/17/2024

Make sure to join us this Saturday, April 20th for "A Quest for Proof: Spiritualism in the Victorian Era," a four-part lecture series at the Historic Fourth Ward School Museum & Archives. Learn about the supernatural history of Virginia City and so much more. Find more information below and grab your tickets to this amazing Spiritual lecture series.

Find more information at the link below:
https://hauntedcomstock.com/a-quest-for-proof-2024

04/17/2024

Join us for a 3-day celebration of Mark Twain and the stamp he left in Virginia City, from May 10th to May 12th.

Friday, May 10th
We debut our first Art After Dark event and Art Lab from 3:30 to 7:30.

Enjoy:
• Live music by the Others Brothers
• Mark Twain’s “Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral” reading by Martin A. David, 5pm
• Fine art galleries, including a pop up Mark Twain exhibition
• Mark Twain and the Arts slideshow
• Art Lab – create miniature paintings

Saturday and Sunday, come explore the art galleries, take a historical tours, create in Art Lab, and a Literary Reading for Mothers in honor of Mother's Day at 1pm on Sunday.

View the full list of events and times on our website: https://www.stmarysartcenter.org/mark-twain-days

Mark Twain standing by window in 1907 portrait, photo by A.F. Bradley, N.Y, free for use by the Library of Congress.