Lance L. Smith

artist event

Drawing & Memory: A Community Healing Workshop
Sunday, August 29
12 – 2 pm
NW Arts Center

The two-hour Drawing & Memory workshops will guide participants through a practice that unites conversation and group sharing with classic observational two-dimensional drawing techniques. Participants will focus on color, form, and the role of detail in portraiture, and will be asked to bring a photograph of a loved one from the past to use as a visual reference.

Las Vegas, NV

Art on view at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

Lance L. Smith is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and teacher based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their work often explores themes of loss, distortion, and liberatory practices. Smith is the Artist Manager of the Rogers Art Loft, and has been featured in multiple local and national group exhibits as well as solo exhibitions past and forthcoming. Smith has been awarded two residencies at the Arquetopia Foundation International Artist Residency program most recently as a part of their Mentorship Program in Puebla, Mexico. As one of the Community Artists-in-Residence at The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Teaching Artist with the Sprat Program in Partnership with Core Academy, and as a volunteer with The LGBTQIA+ Center of Southern Nevada, Smith has created art programming, taught classes, and facilitated workshops aimed at extending creative activity beyond the formal artistic community. Appearing in local media, on community panels, as a podcast guest, and an invited lecturer, Smith emphasizes the importance of acknowledging one’s intuition as a tool for artistic expression.

I Wish I could Come Back As A FLower

I Wish I Could Come Back as a Flower is a conversation with the flower as more than a tool for ornamentation but a conduit and a reminder of those who have shaped us. Each of these flowers are the favorites of my departed Grandmother, Mother and Aunt, and rendered in a soft, but bright focus reminiscent of their endless support.

I encourage you to experience my mural installed at Bellevue Botanical Garden while listening to Stevie Wonder’s “Come Back as a Flower” below: