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
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...
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...
I LET THEM IN. Conditional Hospitality and The Stranger
Dec 13 through Feb 23
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 South 12th Street , Omaha,
NE
"I let them in. Conditional Hospitality and The Stranger" is a two-person exhibition featuring videos by Kader Attia and Candice Breitz, curated by Taraneh Fazeli, 2018 Bemis Curator-in-Residence. Amidst the current “migration crisis,” these artworks interrogate who is afforded the right to speak or the ability to be understood considering dominant representational narratives and the political, socio-psychological, and technological systems that shape our understandings of self and the communal.
ON VIEW THROUGH FEBRUARY 23, 2019
Bemis...
Visiting Artist Series: Sound is Touch at a Distance: Mandalas by Bart Vargas
Jan 10 through Feb 21
Conn Library
1111 Main Street Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery/Gardner Auditorium, Wayne,
NE
In the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Conn Library
January 10 - Artist Talk: 3:45-4:15 p.m. in Gardner Auditorium
Opening Reception: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Display open through Feb 21.
LUX Center for the Arts
2601 North 48th Street , Lincoln,
NE
The exhibition at the LUX Center is as much a curatorial project as a presentation of new paintings. The title, “A Sidelong Glance” alludes to those parts of my studio practice that appear along the outer edge of my work space. Among these include arrangements of color, a table of found objects, collages made from painting stencils and an assortment of photographs, all of which co–exist with more traditional painting. As by–products of painting, the works in this show are seldom seen in public, but they are items that I interact with...
Museum of Nebraska Art
24001 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Reece Crawford: Visions of a Community
January 22 – April 7, 2019
From the late 1980s to the mid ‘90s, self-taught artist Reece Crawford awoke to “visions” of the people in her North Omaha community and felt compelled to make small sculptures of them. Created over the span of a few short years, the resulting vibrant, colorful, animated works are an ode to the artist’s “hood,” as she called it. Crawford found inspiration from African and American history as well as her imagination. This exhibition brings together 18 of her works...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Nebraska Now: Michael James, Quilts & Photographs
January 12 – April 7, 2019
In his most recent body of work, Michael James focuses on the immersive colors, textures, and feel of India, looking to its “vernacular architecture” and the intricacies of the buildings, alleys, and courtyards. A leader in the art quilt movement of the 1970s, James is the Chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles in Merchandising and Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Hastings College-Jackson Dinsdale Art Center
700 E. 12th Street , Hastings,
NE
Please join us at the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center while featuring faculty works of The Department of Visual Arts (DoVA) with areas such as ceramics, digital media, drawing, glass blowing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
700 E 12th Street
JDAC Gallery hours:
Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 pm
Gallery viewing is always free and open to the public.
Film Streams: Ruth Sokolof Theater
1340 Mike Fahey Street , Omaha,
NE
Film for the family and friends! Admission for kids 12 and under just $2.50! Showtimes include Saturday, Sundays, and Thursday matinees. These films will be hosted at both Ruth Sokolof Theater and Dundee theater.
Reading & Book Signing - Voices From The Plains - Nebraska Writers Guild
Jan 24
Francie & Finch Bookshop
130 S. 13th Street , Lincoln,
NE
Voices from the Plains is a literary anthology containing the works of more than sixty contemporary authors from the Nebraska Writers Guild. The anthology shows the wide range of genres from mystery and thrillers, to short story, memoir, poetry and journalism in which the Nebraska authors write.
This second edition features the work of more than sixty writers from the Nebraska Writers Guild showcasing their talent writing short stories, poems, essays, novel excerpts, scripts, and nonfiction biography.
Authors including Brad Anderson, Rhonda...
Westbrook Recital Hall
1113 R Street , Lincoln,
NE
The Flyover New Music Series is the new music series from the composition studio at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music. The series is administered and overseen by composition faculty and students.
Flyover New Music's mission is to:
• Foster collaboration among Nebraska student composers and performers.
• Provide audience members with professional-quality artistic and listening experiences.
• Engage with diverse groups of listeners through dynamic, ambitious performances in a myriad of venues and...
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