First Friday Downtown Vegas Will Unveil Local Artist Brock Nordstrom's Work!

First Friday Las Vegas announces the winner of Wonderland’s open call for artists.  Local visual artist Brock Nordstrom took home the top honor for his concept “The Most Beautiful Thing You’ve Never/Ever Seen.” Nordstrom’s new media technological exhibit explores the imagery of turning what appeared to be nothing into a beautiful piece of art before onlookers’ very eyes. For wowing the judges and the public at First Friday, Nordstrom received a $10,000 commission for a future installation at First Friday Las Vegas.  This commissioned work is set to be unveiled at First Friday on September 5.

This installation at First Friday was the first time Nordstrom showed his work to the public and has since been welcomed to the local arts community with open arms.  Through displaying “The Most Beautiful Thing You’ve Never/Ever Seen” at First Friday, Nordstrom has been approached to show at Life is Beautiful, the annual three-day music, art and culinary extravaganza in downtown Las Vegas this October.

“Brock Nordstrom not only impressed the entire First Friday creative team, but was immediately a crowd favorite with his Wonderland inspired piece,” said First Friday Las Vegas’ Director of Communications, Special Programming and Sponsorships Charles Ressler.  “The fact that we were able to introduce an artist from the Las Vegas community to the Las Vegas community exemplifies what First Friday is about – supporting our local artistic scene.”

First Friday Las Vegas announced a call for submissions in late June encouraging artists of all types to apply with a detailed description of their “Wonderland” concept.  After receiving more than 50 submissions, the curation team at First Friday narrowed down the applicants to 15 of the best Las Vegas’ arts community has to offer.  Of the 15 artists participating in “Wonderland,” Nordstrom took home the grand prize – a $10,000 commission for a subsequent work or performance to be completed specifically for First Friday Las Vegas and be on public display for an extended period.  Other finalists included Epyk Entertainment for “Body of Wonder,” Justin Lepper for “Kaleidoscope,” Kira Sonaja for “Kandylane Enchanted” and Johnny Hansen for “Esto Es Tu Pelicula.” 

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