Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney ,
NE
Milton Wolsky: A 20th Century Modernist
August 28 – December 2, 2012
Milton Laban Wolsky was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1916. He studied in Chicago and New York with two important American artists, Julian Levi and Hans Hofmann. A multitalented artist, he produced realist, contemporary, and abstract art with the same skill and expertise. This selection of works, never exhibited and with many considered to be some of his best, remained in the artist’s collection at the time of his death in 1981.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Nebraska Now: Mary Katherine Murphy, Paintings
October 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013
A painter’s painter, Mary Murphy is well known for her controlled yet gestural strokes and purposefully expressive use of color. Always beautiful, Murphy’s paintings are rooted in the love of applying paint to canvas. This exhibition also introduces Murphy’s experimental three-dimensional works.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
October 12, 2012 - January 13, 2013 on
Tuesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Wednesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Thursday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Friday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
Paul Goble’s life-long fascination with Native Americans of the Plains has been his inspiration for 30 published children’s books. This award-winning author and illustrator is featured in the Museum of Nebraska Art’s Postmaster Gallery with the original illustrations from Adopted by the Eagles, on loan from the South Dakota Art Museum.
The Durham Museum
801 South 10th Street , Omaha ,
NE
The American Soldier | Sept. 22, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013
Curated and produced by Cyma Rubin, The American Soldier: From the Civil War to the War in Iraq is a dramatic exhibition of photographs that captures the essence of American soldiering over the past 150 years. The 116 photographs in this exhibition cover America at war through the Civil War, Spanish American War, Boxer Rebellion, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Afghanistan, and to the streets of Baghdad. The exhibition’s purpose is both commemorative and educational,...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney ,
NE
October 5, 2012 - January 27, 2013 on
Tuesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Wednesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Thursday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Friday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
From hand-crafted artworks to those designed and then mass produced, The Art of Living examines the objects that inhabit our homes and adorn our bodies. A rug, book, vase, table, lamp, necklace, or garment – each work has a foundation in the practical, yet are objects created with an aesthetic intent. Featuring works created over the last 100 years, the...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
MONA’s 19th Century Artworks August 14, 2012 – March 31, 2013. The foundational artworks of MONA’s permanent collection are the paintings, drawings, prints, and artifacts created in the 19th century that tell the story of westward expansion and the quickly changing territorial and cultural tides. Works included in this era were created by Artist-Explorers – the individuals who traveled and documented the new frontier, and the Plains Indians – the original inhabitants of the land.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Art: It’s ELEMENTARY! August 7, 2012 – April 28, 2013. Color, line, shape, form, space, value, and texture. Art: It’ s ELEMENTARY! walks viewers through the elements of art using works from the Museum of Nebraska Art collection to show how these basic visual tools are used to build and view a work of art.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (11AM-5PM), Sunday (1-5pm), Monday (Closed)
Morrill Hall
South of 14th & Vine Streets University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus , Lincoln ,
NE
April 21-November 30, 9:30AM-4:30PM
“Minerals & Meteorites” will be on display April 21 through Nov. 30. See an expansive display of rare minerals and meteorites in the museum's Cooper Gallery. Explore their fascinating properties and the many ways they impact our lives.
Continuing with brand new adaptations of literary classics, The Haymarket Theatre proudly presents the H. G. Wells science-fiction masterpiece The Island of Dr. Moreau. This brand new adaptation (specially written for The Haymarket Theatre) will be a wonderful mix of horror and humor as it arrives just in time for Halloween! When the good ship Lady Vain sinks in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a group of English travelers become stranded on the mysterious island belonging to the exiled Dr. Moreau. While Moreau claims to have voluntarily...
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
724 South 12th Street , Omaha,
NE
What: Modern chamber music performance
When: Saturday, October 27 | 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Admission: $8 members/$10 non-members
With the precision of modern chamber musicians and the flexibility of classically trained singers, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble specializes in experimental repertoire that is changing the paradigm of contemporary vocal music. Recently described as "a new force of vocal excellence and innovation by The Brooklyn Rail, Quince continually pushes the boundaries of traditional vocal ensemble literature.
Comprised of...
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