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.
A Thousand Flags, A Thousand Wishes for Rivers: The Kinship of Rivers Project
Oct 29 through Oct 29
WEEKLY, 20121214T055959Z times
12:00PM to 4:00PM
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
801 3rd Corso , Nebraska City,
NE
A Thousand Flags, A Thousand Wishes for Rivers: The Kinship of Rivers Project opens Monday, October 29 at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City. The exhibition will include various components, from poetry to art, along with installations of river flags and flag making, in which people from the community are encouraged to participate.
Kinship of Rivers is a five-year international river project that uses collective art, poetry, stories, music, dance and food to create a sense of kinship among the people and...
For the Haymarket Theatre's Advanced Acting group and just in time for Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos comes the George A. Romero classic, Night of the Living Dead! This is a new adaptation of the classic 1968 black and white film. When a satellite, returning from Venus, passes through the Earth's atmosphere, it emits a strange radiation that brings the dead back to life with a craving for human flesh! In the resulting catastrophe, a small band of survivors make a desperate stand against the undying hordes closing in on them. Will they...
Village Gardens division, Lincoln NE
7038 Fernhill Place , Lincoln,
NE
The Lincoln Women’s Chamber of Commerce annual Homes for the Holidays tour of decorated homes will be held Sunday, November 18, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Village Gardens division, Lincoln, Nebraska. Home addresses are:
7038 Fernhill Place
6039 Hidcote Drive
7024 Straffan Place
6049 Chartwell Lane
A Cookies and Cider Reception will be held at the Residence Inn at 5865 Boboli Lane.
Recipients of proceeds from the Tour are the free Health Clinic established by the People’s City Mission and the Child...
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