Regional art will be featured at a show this weekend at the visitors center at Lake Mead.

Oaxacan wood carvings, Mata Ortiz pottery and Zapotec rugs will be displayed at the Weekend Art Show and Sale 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 1-2.at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Mata Ortiz potter Jorge Quintana and Damian Quezada will be in attendance. Pottery demonstrations will also be held in the visitor center’s auditorium.

The traveling art show and sale is co-sponsored by the Western National Parks Association, which operates a national park store at the visitor center.

Proceeds support education, outreach and research initiatives. More information can be found at www.wnpa.org or by calling 805-370-2301.

Officials at Lake Mead wants everyone to wear their life jacket, and they're hoping to break a record to get that message across.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area is sponsoring Ready, Set, Wear It day at the lake Saturday, May 18.

At 11 a.m., visitors at Las Vegas Boat Harbor, Katherine Landing, Cottonwood Cove and Meadview will put on their life jackets in hopes of breaking last year's world record.

People who shows up with their life jackets and plan to attend the event will get free entrance into the park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Besides the life jacket event, The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct free vessel examination, information booths and displays will be set up at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor and the Nevada Department of Wildlife will inspect life jackets.

The event is also the kickoff to National Safe Boating Week, which is May 18 through 24.

The event attracts artists from throughout the region.

More than 130 artists will be on hand for this weekend’s 28th annual Fine Arts Festival at Bicentennial Park, 999 Colorado St., in Boulder City.

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