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Art & Nature are a Natural Combination!

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Open Call

Call for In Between Worlds: 5th Annual Wetlands Park Juried Show
Deadline: July 14

We're looking for art that explores the hidden worlds of nature - those times and places where lines are blurred and boxes are broken. Be it the deep ink-black of a desert night, pavement overtaking plant life in the sizzling summer, or an oft-ignored species of wetlands animal, we're eager to see representations of the liminal spaces where boundaries are less clear than usual.

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All gallery spaces are open during Nature Center hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm

Spotlight on Nature Gallery

Unbound: 4th Annual Plein Air Invitational
May 2 — July 25
Reception: Saturday, May 16 | 1 - 3 pm

Each spring, Wetlands Park invites local artists to create art en plein air during its annual Art Day event. The work on display was created in part on Saturday, March 21 during Art Day 2026.

French for “outdoors,” plein air artists today continue a rich tradition in art history of capturing nature from direct observation. Typically, the initial composition is created on site, with further work completed in the artist’s studio based on photographs, sketches, and notes. Additional visits to the site may be warranted. This practice allows the artist to capture more of what it feels like to be surrounded by nature: the warmth of the sun, branches swaying in the breeze, the sound of water. Painting landscapes merely from a photograph, like acting in front of a green screen, is thought by some to lead to inauthentic results - hence the impulse to paint, unbound, in nature.

Wetlands Spring Time Jamboree by Samantha Gardner

Oasis at the Wetlands by Yuliana Karpenok

A selection of works on display in the SONGallery

The Nest

Animals of the Wild and Their Habitats
May 9 — August 1
Reception: Saturday, May 16 | 2 - 4 pm

Angela Caballero-Fields is a Las Vegas-based
artist whose work spans a broad range of
two-dimensional abstract and representational
art. She began painting in 2020 during the
isolation of the pandemic and has continued to
deepen her practice ever since. Her work has
been exhibited at multiple venues in Nevada,
California, and Utah. A selection of her artwork
is featured through the international online
gallery Saatchi Art, and additional pieces can
be viewed on Instagram at @Caballero_Fields.

A selection of Angela Caballero-Fields’ artwork on display in The Nest

Youth Art

Seedlings: 2nd Annual Youth Artist Showcase
Lizard Lounge @ Nature Center
June 7 — 29, 2026

The 2nd Annual Wetlands Park Youth Artist Showcase, “Seedlings,” features watercolor paintings by young artists from our Watercolor for Kids classes. Each artist selected a favorite piece to share in this special showcase celebrating creativity, nature, and artistic growth.