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April 28, 2022

Native Community Leader Fawn Douglas Opens New Gallery Space to the Public

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Native Community Leader Fawn Douglas Opens New Gallery Space to the Public

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Fawn Douglas is an artist, activist, and community leader doing work to educate Las Vegas on Native American culture and center joy with the Nuwu Art Gallery and Community Center. The gallery has been opened to the public for the first time to show Douglas’s MFA thesis exhibition, SOOV, until May 6. She sits down with City Cast Las Vegas producer Layla Muhammad to share a look into the creation of the arts complex and her work within the Las Vegas community.


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