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Celebrate our local literary and arts community with us! Join our writing and arts workshops, a panel discussion on publishing, chapter readings, book and arts marketplace, a movie and live music.
Join us for our annual Authors & Artists Fair where you'll meet & greet over 70 local authors and 24 artists with opportunity to purchase signed books and artwork. Explore the many writers workshops & panel discussions on a variety of interesting topics and watch live art demonstrations. Express your creative side at our first Chalk Art Corner, where you can draw chalk art on poster boards that will be collected and displayed on the library's Sustainable Community Art Wall for the public to enjoy. Listen to authors read a chapter from the books they wrote, see a movie, and attend a concert by our very own Clark County Library Jam Sessions Band. Co-sponsored by Mystic Publishers, Inc.
Sales of books & artwork are at the discretion of the authors & artists.
Free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and may be limited. For more information, please call 702.507.3458.
2026 Authors & Artists Fair - Activities Agenda (valid as of 1/23/26 and may be updated as changes occur):
In The Main Theater:
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Movie: Every Brilliant Thing (2016, 62 mins, Not Rated)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Concert: Clark County Library Jam Sessions Band
In The Theater Lobby:
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Authors Marketplace with different authors in three shifts: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
In The Paul C. Blau Theatre:
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. "Marketing Strategies for Multi-genre Authors" with Mackenzie Knight & SG Tasz
11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. "What a Ghostwriter Can Do for You" with Ned Barnett, Sherry Rosenthal, Joylynn Ross & Richard Draude
12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. "Designing a Best-selling Book Cover" with Richard Draude
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. "A World for Your Work: Exploring Creative Strategies to Expand Reach & Range" with Dr. Joshua Gray
2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. "Getting from Yawn to Yikes! Tension & Pacing in Storytelling" with Theresa Maue
3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. "Self-Publishing: Stories from Experience" with Reannon Muth, Dee Rollings, Sadira Stone & Richard Draude
In The Large Conference Room:
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Artists Marketplace with different artists in three shifts: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Chalk Art Corner-- Everyone is welcome to create chalk art with all materials provided! Artwork created at the Fair will be collected and displayed on the
Sustainable Community Art Wall in Clark County Library January 25 - March 31, 2026 for public viewing during regular library hours.
10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Art Demonstration: "Making A Collage" with Karla Cloninger
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. "Nonfiction Writing" with Sheryl Green
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. "How to Rewrite a Fairytale" with Pat Murphy
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Art Demonstration: "Drawing Classic VW Art for All Ages" with Brian Gardner
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. "Writing Through the A.I. Apocalypse" with Daniel James Clark & Wolf O'Rourc
2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Art Demonstration: "Making Gel Plate Prints" with Karla Cloninger
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. "How to Read Your Work in Public" with Tonya Todd
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Chapter Readings by Local Authors Carolyn V. Hamilton, Brenda Ward, and Molly Spurlock
* Please note: Activities, authors & artists are subject to change/cancel without notice.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Entertainment & Theater | Community Events | Books, Poetry & Writing | Arts, Crafts & Hobbies |
| Mon, Feb 16 | Closed |
| (President’s Day) | |
| Tue, Feb 17 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Feb 18 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Feb 19 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Fri, Feb 20 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Feb 21 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Feb 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Originally opening in 1966 as a three-room library within the Airport Annex building, the Clark County Library moved in 1967 to a storefront. In 1971, the library moved again to its current location using deeded land from the County and with money awarded by the Max C. Fleishman Foundation. The building went on to have two remodels: one completed in 1986, and the second completed in 1994, which resulted in the three-story, 120,000-square-foot building it is today. This redesign notably included a 399-seat theater and an 80-seat black box theater/dance studio. The Library District also added the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, which provides a place for teens to explore and master new technologies and digital skills.
