The Art Box – Episode 330 - Dreamwork and Design with Adrianne Beard of Goldfield

Welcome to The Art Box Podcast! This is the third of five special episodes recorded on the road in Goldfield, Nevada, a place where creativity meets resilience in the heart of the high desert.

In this episode of The Art Box, we sit down with Adrianne Beard, a creative cornerstone of Main Street Goldfield, manager of the whimsical Rusty Cove Boutique, and an artist whose work dances between the intuitive and the intricately imagined.

Adrianne is a gifted jewelry maker, a passionate chronicler of her dreams, and the visionary behind a hauntingly beautiful series of miniature rooms. Built with tweezers and tiny found objects gathered from the wilds of Nevada, her miniatures are deeply inspired by the post-apocalyptic world of The Last of Us, echoing themes of survival, decay, and quiet resilience. Each scene tells a story, balancing eerie stillness with stunning detail.

We explore Adrianne’s role in Goldfield’s creative revival, her thoughts on dreamwork as an artistic compass, and the joy she finds in making small things speak volumes. From delicate silverwork to imagined ruins, her work invites you to look closer, and dream bigger.

Special thanks to the Nevada Arts Council for supporting this remote location visit, and to Main Street Goldfield, Radio Goldfield KGFN 89.1, Rusty Cove Boutique, Sharon Artlip's Rock Shop and the Goldfield Miners Camp RV Park for their warm and generous hospitality.