Arts, Science and the Environment at Lake Tahoe

The Homan Arts and Media Center at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe is home to programs, events, and experiences that connect the arts to the environment including annual Summer Arts Workshops, Tahoe art events, and educational programming.

Holman Arts & Media Center

Minor in Arts, Land, and Environment

The Arts, Land and Environment minor gives students an opportunity to experience interdisciplinary study in a dynamic way, through a semester at the Lake Tahoe campus, and through archival research at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Learn more about minor requirements
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Arts, science, and the environment at Lake Tahoe

The Tahoe Institute for Global Sustainability is part of a continuing effort that focuses on community engagement across the sciences, engineering, art, humanities, and journalism while promoting discourse, critical thinking, and collaboration across interested parties to solve society's pressing challenges.

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Partnership with the Nevada Museum of Art

A new collaboration between the Nevada Museum of Art and the University of Nevada, Reno is expanding student access to museum archives and spaces, including the museum’s Institute for Art + Environment.

Read more about the collaboration
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Lake Tahoe art CoLab

Every summer, the Tahoe Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe pairs artists, scientists, and musicians together to create a collaborative exhibit, encouraging an experimental and interdisciplinary approach to art in the Tahoe Co-Lab. One feature of the Co-Lab is to let the artists interpret their research as they build the space, with no required outcomes or preconceived ideas for the final product.

Discover the 2025 CoLab
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Low-residency programming at Lake Tahoe

The Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing and the Low-Residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts accept applications every fall and spring. The five-semester programs are designed for people with active lives outside of school.