It’s tempting to define the Las Vegas Arts District, a 22-block formerly-industrial neighborhood about a mile north of the Strip, as an antidote to the rest of the Southwestern metropolis, its glitzy casinos and acres of manicured suburbs.
And you’d be right: This tiny, walkable, artist-built enclave — about a half-mile wide, a mile long and slathered in bright murals — has its own compelling energy.
“It’s a hodgepodge and a patchwork, a mix of new stuff and old stuff sort of blended into a place that’s really cool,” said Izaac Zevalking, an artist who grew up in the United Kingdom and opened the gallery Recycled Propaganda here in 2018.
