Fawn Douglas honored by City of Las Vegas
On Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, Ward 3 Councilwoman Olivia Diaz presented artist and activist Fawn Douglas as the City’s January Citizen of the Month. Douglas is co-founder of Nuwu Art + Activism Studios, curator of the recent Ah’-Wah-Nee exhibition at UNLV, an MFA candidate at UNLV, a member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and former tribal councilwoman.
National opportunities for artists

Nevada Humanities awards $600K in pandemic relief grants

City of Reno grants $193K to local arts + culture groups
On Dec. 8, the City of Reno approved $193,636 in Arts + Culture Grants to local arts organizations to provide art programs, events and services in Reno in 2022. Sixteen grants for events, totaling $74,027, were awarded. These grants came from the general fund and room tax. Twenty-six grants were awarded for other projects, totaling $119,609. These grants came from the room tax fund.
Here’s the full list of awardees. Double Scoop is honored to be among them.
- $5,534 to The Board of Regents on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education School of the Arts
- $5,117 to The Holland Project
- $5,117 to Sierra Nevada Ballet
- $5,117 to Artown
- $5,058 to Reno Jazz Orchestra
- $5,058 to Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
- $4,998 to Nevada Humanities
- $4,939 to The Board of Regents on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education UNR Latino Research Center
- $4,820 to Build Our Center Inc.
- $4,760 to Good Luck Macbeth Theater Company
- $1,442 to Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
- $4,760 to Latino Arte and Culture
- $4,641 to Reno Philharmonic Association
- $3,978 to Arts for All Nevada
- $4,344 to Reno Pops Orchestra
- $4,344 to High Desert Harmony Chorus
- $5,415 to The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno Performing Arts Series
- $5,355 to Arts For All Nevada
- $5,117 to Note-Able Music Therapy Services
- $5,117 to Reno Philharmonic Association
- $5,117 to A.V.A. Ballet Theater
- $5,117 to Reno Jazz Orchestra
- $5,058 to Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
- $5,058 to Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company
- $4,998 to Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
- $4,939 to Sierra Arts Foundation
- $4,939 to Reno Little Theater
- $4,939 to Sierra Association of Foster Families
- $4,879 to The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of University of Nevada, Reno Lilley Museum
- $4,879 to Holland Project
- $4,701 to Nevada Gay Men’s Chorus
- $4,641 to Brüka Theatre
- $4,582 to Double Scoop Inc.
- $4,582 to The Generator, Inc.
- $2,592 to The Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada
- $4,582 to Sierra School of Performing Arts
- $4,522 to Northern Nevada Rural Concert Initiative
- $4,522 to Nevada Humanities
- $3,188 to Reno Pops Orchestra
- $4,463 to Nevada Museum of Art
- $2,142 to Holland Project to partner with Laika Press
- $4,165 to TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada
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