25th Annual Celebrating Life! Free Juried Art Competition

Las Vegas 2025

Open to the Pubic

Free Admission & Parking

Event: Meet the Artists Reception

Date: May 29th, 2025

Place:

Charleston Heights Arts Center

800 Bush St., Las Vegas, NV 89041

25th Annual Celebrating Life Las Vegas 2025 Juried Art Competition reception was held on May 29th, 2025 and it was mobbed.  Seen in this image are some very talented artists on display as the public enjoys the evening.

The 25th Annual Celebrating LIfe! Free Juried Art Competition Las Vegas 2025 was held on May 29th. The event was sponsored by the City of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Arts Commission.

25th Annual Celebrating Life Las Vegas 2025 Juried Art Competition reception was held in the Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom.  The space was very conducive for this lovely exhibit.

The reception was held at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom. The competition pitted the finest senior artists in five Southern Nevada Counties: Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral and Nye.

Light refreshment and appetizers were provided.

Seen on display here were some of the watercolors and photographs that made the evening so rich and rewarding.

It was standing-room-only packed audience of art lovers. Artwork by two-hundred and seventy talented artists was submitted.

It was standing-room-only packed audience of art lovers.  Artwork by two-hundred and seventy talented artists was submitted.  Competition was tough and the artists chosen were very adept in their technique.  It was an exciting evening.

Festivities were lively and fast-paced. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mention were awarded in each of six categories: acrylic/oil, ceramics, drawing/pastel, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and watercolor/gouache.

Festivities were lively and fast-paced.  There was nothing but humor and awards as many artists were justly rewarded for their efforts.

The exhibition runs through September 11, 2025.

In this image, it clearly displays the professional skills, the varied subjects, the polished techniques, vivid imaginations, straight, broad humor or tongue in cheek approaches and wonderful interpretations.  It was an evening of limitless fun.

The prize for Best of Show was $500.

Las Vegas City Mayor Shelley Berkley was kind  enough to appear as the keynote speaker and regaled the crowd with her anecdotes and personal take on  art itself.

Las Vegas City Mayor Shelley Berkley was the keynote speaker.

It was a lovely, intense and well-timed evening where the focus was on the art and artists and many people were applauded for their best efforts.  Congratulations!

My cowboy picture seen above was selected for the exhibit, but did not place.

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