Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Nebraska Now: Camille Hawbaker, Fiber Art
July 7 – October 7, 2018
Omaha artist Camille Hawbaker investigates and dissects language in her fiber-based artworks. Hawbaker burns, weaves, prints, and sews text into her organically composed works that cause us to reevaluate our everyday use of words.
Artist Talk and Reception: July 7 • 1:30 p.m.
2018 Nebraska Now exhibitions are sponsored by
Deanna & Fred Bosselman.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Spotlight On: Olga Stepanek
July 31 – November 4, 2018
Olga Stepanek, a late-in-life artist with no formal artistic education, found inspiration in places she visited and the books she read. An experimental artist, she utilized objects deemed worthless and without any further use. In her life time, Stepanek created over 1,500 metal collages, and several fabric pieces, and 275 metal cubes. Because she wanted art to be affordable for everyone, she priced her works inexpensively, which was possible in her case since she paid nearly nothing for...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Optical Chronicle III
August 14, 2018 – April 21, 2019
Author Henry M. Sayre in his book A World of Art discusses the various roles of the artist in society. He identifies four roles; the third is how artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place. These identified roles provide the viewer with a touchstone through which they can then begin to interpret the work. This exhibition is the third in a series of four exhibitions, each dedicated to one of Sayre’s four guiding principles.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Kent Bellows and His Collectors
August 25, 2018 – January 6, 2019
The artworks of Kent Bellows are often explorations into the human nature of those around him and of himself, thereby giving an intimate glimpse into his subject’s lives. His obsessive attention to detail and hyper realism style effortlessly invite viewers into his artistic world. Loaned form Bellows’ collectors, the works are from people he knew – and who knew him well.
Cinemateca 2018
4952 Dodge Street 1340 Mike Fahey Street, Omaha,
NE
Cinemateca is a film series presented by Film Streams and the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The celebration consists in showing Latino, Latin American, and Spanish cinema to the public. This year we will be presenting the sixth biennial Cinemateca 2018, featuring seven movies, from seven different countries. This year's Cinemateca is doing a praise to women, as all seven films are directed by women.
The show will be presented every Tuesday, during seven weeks. Film Streams and OLLAS...
Elder Gallery, Rogers Center for Fine Arts
50th Street and Huntington Avenue , Lincoln,
NE
Check out this upcoming exhibit featuring 13 artists from Nebraska Wesleyan who use digital technology in surprising ways. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
Sheldon Museum of Art
12th and R Streets University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
NE
The enduring relevance of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 “Four Freedoms” address— invoking freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—is explored in an exhibition of artworks drawn from Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent holdings and those of private collections.
This exhibition is part of the 50 State Initiative, a nonpartisan project organized by the artist-run For Freedoms Federation to advance art as a means of inspiring civic participation throughout the US.
Admission is free.
Blue Cat Gallery & Studio
114 W. 3rd Street , Wayne,
NE
Juicy, Joyous and Jarring Juxtapositions features artwork by six regional artists. The exhibit showcases ceramic sculpture by Sam Senff of Kearney, NE; mixed media paintings by Carl Dumicich of Omaha, NE; drawings, paintings and sculpture by Sharon Cole of Wayne, NE; sculpture by Robert Bombeck of Kearney, NE; printmaking and watercolor paintings by Carol DeVall of Lincoln, NE; and intaglio prints by Richard Black of Farnhamville, IA. An opening reception for the artists is planned for Friday Sept. 7, from 5-7pm. The public is invited to this...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Adornment
September 29, 2018 – February 3, 2019
Adornment looks at how individuals and communities clothe, embellish, or alter their appearances through creative thought and artistic practices. The exhibition explores the ongoing need to create works as varied as filigreed jewelry, beaded traditional or contemporary Native American clothing, African American headdresses, tattoos, nail art, distinctive felt hats, fashion designs, and inspired opera and ballet costumes, among others. The work of over 35 individuals is presented including Cey...
SLICE, opening Friday, September 14th 6-9pm, features the work of Erin Foley (Omaha, NE) and Michael Willett (Birmingham, AL) for a dual exhibition that runs through November 4th. Foley builds surfaces where abstraction and representation meet in works inspired from the experience and pleasure of tennis. Calculation and play reduce to a frame or object where control is suggested, but never certain. Willett’s work uses collage to manipulate ArtForum exhibition advertisements into abstract compositions. Through deconstruction and clever...
Piano technician and collector Steve Misener from Stockholm, SD will be sharing a portion of his unique personal collection of musical instruments. This exhibition will focus on keyboard instruments, which either have a connection to a Classical or Romantic Era composer or are from those musical time periods. Visit www.SteveMisenerPiano.com Free.
Schedule:
Sept. 7: Exhibit opens. 9:00-10:15am: Steve will be on NET Radio Live at the Mill in Lincoln's Haymarket District to talk about the piano and organ exhibit.
Sept. 8 - 16:...
Nebraska History Museum
131 Centennial Mall North , Lincoln,
NE
Plainview photographer and race car driver Harold Mauck lived life in the fast lane. His amazing collection of photos documenting northeastern Nebraska's post-World war II culture of stock car racing is featured in our new exhibit on the first floor of the Nebraska History Museum. The exhibit features a selection of Mauck's best photographs showing all aspects of Nebraska stock car racing history.
In addition to the photographs, the exhibit features cars and objects on loan from the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed, as well as items...
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1523 N. 33rd St. , Lincoln,
NE
Aug.29-Dec.15
Wood Quilts by Laura Petrovich Cheney
IInternational Quilt Study Center & Museum at Quilt House University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus
1523 N. 33rd St.
Lincoln, NE 68583
Phone: 402-472-6549
Email: info@quiltstudy.org
Admission
Adults: $8
Seniors (65+): $6
Child (5-18): $4
Child (under 5): Free
UNL Faculty/Staff and Guest: Free
UNL Student with NCard: Free
Family (up to two adults with dependent children or grandchildren 18 and under): $16
GALLERY TALK & WORKSHOP Saturday, Oct. 13, 1-4:00...
Chadron State Hosts “Landscape, Place, and Identity: Two Visual Artists Respond to the Plains” Art Show
Oct 1 through Nov 9
Chadron State College
1000 Main Street Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Chadron,
NE
“Landscape, Place, and Identity: Two Visual Artists Respond to the Plains” is located in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center. It is an exhibit in conjunction with the 2018 Mari Sandoz Symposium. CSC Visual Art Professors Laura Bentz and Mary Donahue share, through their art, how they respond to the landscape they call home. The art exhibit runs until Friday, Nov. 9.
The new hours of the Sandoz Center are Mon.-Thurs., 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to 12 pm.
Chadron State College
1000 Main Street Memorial Hall, Chadron,
NE
“Artist Point” is work inspired by the May 2018 CSC Art Guild trip touring museums and galleries of important western art and experiencing western landscape. The students also toured the studio of prominent western artist and CSC alumnus, Scott L. Christensen, www.christensenstudio.com. There is also an engaging video of the trip on view made by CSC student, Kayla Reinke.
This show is in Gallery 239 on the 2nd floor of Memorial Hall and is available to view until Friday, Oct. 5. The gallery hours are M-F, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
At a Crossroads: The Political Future of Chuck Hagel
Sep 10 through Dec 21
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St. Archives and Special Collections, first floor, Omaha,
NE
A new exhibit, At a Crossroads: The Political Future of Chuck Hagel, opens September 10, 2018 and runs through December 21, 2018, on the lower level of UNO's Criss Library.
Learn about the political future that was facing Chuck Hagel in 2007 in a new exhibit from Archives & Special Collections’ U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives. Letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia trace Senator Hagel’s path from early in his first term and involvement in the 2000 presidential election, through the years of speculation about his...
Our Strength Is Our Diversity: The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
Oct 1 through Oct 31
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St. Osborne Family Gallery, Omaha,
NE
A new exhibit about the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights is on display Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 31 during LGBTQ+ History Month. Our Strength Is Our Diversity: The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation features material from UNO Libraries' Queer Omaha Archives. Among the approximately one million attendees at the Third National March on Washington for LGBT rights were a number of proud Nebraskans.
Banners carried at the rally in Washington, D.C. along...
Opera in Conversation features three sessions in advance of each production featuring artists, scholars, and other public figures that foster cross-disciplinary explorations of artists, big questions, and concepts in Opera Omaha’s mainstage productions.
Session One: Opera and Film: Fellini and Italian Neorealist Cinema
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
MONA Showcase
MONA Showcase is a five-program evening series featuring talented visual, performing, and literary artists held once a month in October, November, December, February, and March. Each program is 7:00-8:00 p.m., followed by conversation, art viewing, and light refreshments. Free and open to the public.
October 2, 2018
Orphan Train Colloquium
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