"There's something interesting about how Vegas (and the Strip) absorbs culture," said Erik Beehn. "We don't really create it, but we do absorb things that make their way from other places." He's the director of Test Site Projects, a fine art publishing house that produces limited edition multiples with nationally recognized artists. 

Host: Noah Glick

"If you can imagine it to be fabricated or built out of silver or steel or leather, we are the go-to place in Nevada," said John Wright. His family has owned JM Capriola, the Elko shop that makes custom saddles and Western gear in Elko, for three generations.

Host: Noah Glick

Corn in a bright blue condom. Olives in a lipstick tube. These are among the unlikely objects that UNR MFA candidate Birdy McCray has seen in her dreams and brought to fruition.

Host: Charlotte Italiano

Years ago, when Shoshone-Paiute artist Micqaela Jones Crouch was a stay-ay-home mom with young children, she needed a creative outlet, so she picked up some acrylic paints at K Mart. She took to the medium quickly. Initially, she was reluctant to put her work out in the world, but step-by-step her career has blossomed.

Host: Noah Glick

The Lilley Museum at UNR has a new director—Stephanie Gibson. Growing up in Ottawa, she spent a lot of time in the National Gallery of Canada and became fascinated with the ways communities and civilizations have expressed themselves through art.

Host: Charlotte Italiano

In an age of digital everything, it's rare to ever see our own names written out. That's why calligraphy can make things a little more special, said Lauren Iida.

She's helping to keep the tradition alive by offering professional calligraphic services and teaching the age-old art. "It's nice to bring something back from yesteryear that our grandparents did, that our great-great grandparents did," she said. 

Host: Noah Glick

Eva Salyer remembers having experienced some major stress as a child. When things got tough, her mom would hand her some art supplies and advise her to draw how she felt. Now Eva is a full-time artist in South Lake Tahoe, where she does, among many other projects, live paintings at concerts—including the George Clinton show this past summer.

Host: Noah Glick

"I feel like a lot of museums and galleries talk about diversity, but when I go to these spaces, I don't really see that representation of someone like me," said Ruby Barrientos, a Salvadoran artist who lives in Reno. I wanted to bring art to the people, and what's a better way than to just bring it to them directly?"

Ruby is the lead organizer of the exhibition “Llegaron Los Guanacxs” featuring work by herself and fellow Salvadorans Leslie Chiguichon, Jon Gomez, and Jahi Mazariego.

Host: Noah Glick

When it comes to craft, failure doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. Neither does imperfection. They both happen to the best of us on a regular basis, says Anela DeLaveaga.

Anela is a Reno-based woodworker, Resident Artist at The Generator, and founder of the Design Build Collective, a Nevada group that wants to carve out a bigger niche for female and nonbinary woodworkers.

Host: Noah Glick

Electrical engineer Joe Fitzpatrick is the lead artist on the Burning Man installation, "Last Bet Motel." The piece is an homage to the Best Bet Motel, one of the many weekly motels in Reno that have been demolished in the name of development. These motels are often last-resort housing for people without stable shelter arrangements, and each closure has left more people homeless.

Noah Glick, this season's host, talked with Joe, his collaborator and spouse Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and Emily Stewart about the genesis, design, and goals of the project.