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Thompson Courthouse in Reno, Nevada, for the No Kings demonstration on October 18, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/7cd9133d-9873-47f5-b265-77fe7209ddfa/_MG_6135.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno Demonstrators arrived with signs, songs, and stories. The crowd spanned generations, from young activists to seniors who have witnessed decades of political change. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/1b64c20c-6428-4a2b-aa81-609d6e3d1571/_MG_6137.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno Members of the older generation, who have been leading smaller weekly protests, were also present for the large No Kings gathering in Reno. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/ccf3548c-4bdd-49f7-885e-6fb47e1487f8/_MG_6167.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno "If your voice held no power, they wouldn't try to silence you" -Ruth Bader Ginsburg 18 October 2025 Reno, NV. Photo taken by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/d9e3ff9a-ca95-4bdd-b92e-f6ab05618013/_MG_6139.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/a3993dda-92e4-40e7-8a57-33a4e23c1957/_MG_6209.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno Some protesters carried clever signs. One was shaped like a jellyfish. Others wore inflatable costumes like unicorns and clowns, even axolotls seen at recent protests in Portland and Chicago. But beneath the humor was a sense of urgency especially among younger voices. Reno, NV. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/928968ad-0ee4-43f1-aa45-f892e1d85bbc/_MG_6204.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno Young people have recognized this failing system and government and hope to work with every generation to make these systems better for everyone. Reno, NV. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/3b9cbbb6-c64d-4c3a-ab52-62aa92823fe7/_MG_6194.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno “The reason that I came was because we're falling from democracy. We need to keep that shit here. If we let it go anywhere else it's gonna fail. If we fail the entire like the rest of democracy fails,” Eleanor, 28, said. Reno, NV. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/83ee4f9e-fad6-4486-9508-bb95a618079d/_MG_6185.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno “I'm here because I truly do love America and I don't think it's ever been what our Declaration of Independence has described and I feel like especially right now we're slipping back further than we have in recent times and like we've made some progress and kind of regressed,” said Shannon, 22, one of many Gen Zers who showed up to march. Reno, NV. Photo by Amanda Avilla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/351a51d9-6453-4d12-97e5-fd1b52f695c6/_MG_6214.jpeg WRITTEN - No Kings Demonstration Draws Thousands to Downtown Reno As chants echoed through the Biggest Little City, the crowd marched through downtown Reno, signs high and voices loud. Whether through art, costumes, or activism the people in attendance all have a clear goal in mind, protect democracy. The protestors remind elected leaders, the people hold the power not kings. Reno, NV. 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No Kings, a nationwide demonstration to protest what many view as the administration’s turn toward authoritarianism. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/89f72781-eaaa-4bce-9ff4-d62c638cd12e/_MG_6185.jpeg PHOTO ESSAYS - Protest: First Amendment Demonstrators dressed in inflatable squirrel, axolotl and pterodactyl costumes join a No Kings protest at Believe Plaza in downtown Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. 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Photo by Amanda Avilla https://www.avillasmultimediamaven.com/photo-essays/the-art-of-belonging monthly 0.5 2026-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/6b59b352-e804-4a0a-8202-46abf1214d59/_MG_7191+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging The front door of The Wedge Studio stands open at the studio on Dickerson Road in Reno, Nev., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. The studio’s gallery is open to the public, and it offers classes and memberships to new and returning artists, according to the studio. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/f8a3f03e-70f3-4c73-9861-0171fc203b93/01.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Sutter Stremmel stands outside The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Stremmel opened the pottery studio in 2007 with his wife, Samantha. He said, being repeatedly denied enrollment in ceramics courses at Montana State University because he wasn’t a ceramics major became one of the reasons he opened the studio. “We have a scholarship section in our gallery that helps pay for people to come take classes,” he said. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/4d415643-e335-4a51-960c-b0283fb9caaf/_MG_7397+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Sutter Stremmel stands behind The Wedge Studio on Dickerson Road in Reno, Nev., facing the train tracks on the hill above, on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Stremmel often finds human waste behind the studio, he has asked members to stay out of the area because of health risks. 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Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/4fc327e1-1d85-478c-afbb-2fd735f5f190/12.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Alicia, 24, a member and instructor at The Wedge Studio, positions pyrometric cones inside a gas-powered kiln at the studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/8c09906d-e93d-42f9-b934-4c54b94d3eaa/_MG_7054+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Alicia, 24, explains what the cones purpose is in the kiln. The small ceramic cones inside bend at set temperatures, showing when the kiln reaches the right heat for firing. The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/f8a3afc0-460d-4024-a2a4-34bc01dfdb32/_MG_7320+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Alicia, 24, an instructor at The Wedge Studio, demonstrates how to shape clay on a pottery wheel during a beginner class in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. At left, Lily Sommerfeldt, a multimedia exhibit coordinator at the University of Nevada, Reno, and her husband watch. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/ed55a023-c046-4037-974e-66cf37ce271a/_MG_7310+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Alicia, 24, shows students how small changes in pressure and hand position can turn one technique into bowls, plates or small vessels at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/414d975b-c1c7-4437-a146-9247931902d0/_MG_7363+copy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Students center clay at their wheels before a beginner throwing class at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Alicia, 24, leads the Thursday sessions. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/d16a5eac-8765-4dc9-a07b-5bea544efa27/08.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Leila Rakban smiles for a portrait at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Rakban has been a member of the studio for five years. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/1792725917803-DHDW6RKQVFXA424HA46X/_MG_7169%2Bcopy.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Leila Rakban works on a set of espresso cups at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Rakban, a member of the studio for five years, said she is making the cups as gifts for friends. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/68357cc2-0729-4d83-9b5a-91b61e7819dd/02.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging John, left, a longtime member of The Wedge Studio, talks with Stremmel, right, as the studio prepares for its annual Chili Night fundraiser in Reno, Nev., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Money raised at the event goes toward equipment upgrades and costly materials, according to the studio. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/db600480-fa59-4bfd-beaf-1ab7f0bcfefe/05.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Dana Veltman, a longtime member of The Wedge Studio, poses at her pottery wheel in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Veltman said she has watched the studio grow from a single room into a multi-room workspace. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/b1e7272f-0394-4c3f-9562-358eaf3cf1e0/04.jpeg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging A patchwork-style neon pink and blue water bottle made by Dana Veltman sits on her workstation at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Veltman, a longtime member who works for the Nevada Department of Taxation, said she often adds “Barbie flare” to her pieces. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/31faa284-c70f-4941-8536-36a47081562e/0003.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Dana Veltman, a longtime member of The Wedge Studio, shapes ramen bowls for the studio’s annual fundraiser in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/77d54d22-4036-45b6-b8fe-2bac4ad2e38c/03.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Dana Veltman, a Nevada native and University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate, works on a ramen bowl at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. . This is the 15th year she has contributed handmade pieces to the studio’s fundraiser, she said. Photo by Amanda Avilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/86365345-0fb8-435f-9ac3-66430def503e/06.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Amanda Puente, 36, holds a small ceramic cup up to the light to show a design applied with a tattoo-style transfer as underglaze at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Puente, a former police dispatcher, joined the studio in August through its beginner lessons, she said. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/a0c1d433-c62b-4ad4-bb4b-2bd77a860508/07.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Amanda Puente, 36, said another member taught her the transfer technique, which lets her add detailed images to her ceramics without drawing them, at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/490fb745-d52f-4a00-bf73-96fb41d99cfd/09.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Marsha Easley, 76, pauses at her table with shaping tools in hand at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Easley, who has been a member of the studio for four years, said she first studied ceramics at a community college decades ago and returned to it at The Wedge. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/4c017453-394b-447c-9b4c-7970fa673f29/10.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging The clay-covered hands of Marsha Easley, 76, shape a piece at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Easley said she is making Christmas gifts for her four grandchildren. Photo by Amanda Avilla/Our Town Reno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/690804151e5fda355ca8774b/401e51aa-d8f5-4624-a584-0cff010d9641/11.jpg PHOTO ESSAYS - The Art of Belonging Students crowd around the tables at a mug-making workshop at The Wedge Studio in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. The class is among the studio’s most popular pre-holiday offerings, according to the studio. Mike, a longtime member turned instructor, laid out textured plant stamps for students to press patterns into their mugs. 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