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.
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.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE
Compelled To Tell: Form
January 29 – May 19, 2019
During the making process, multiple visual possibilities are resonating in the mind of an artist. Simultaneously, instinct and conscious thought compel the artist. Ideally, the artwork soon has an independent energy. Visually, the term form can be applied to an entire artwork, identifying the work as either a painting or a sculpture for example. Within an artwork, form refers to actual shapes and spaces in a sculpture or the illusion of three-dimensional shapes in a painting. How an artist...
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 Ave. , Kearney,
NE
MONA Archives
January 29 – March 31, 2019
This exhibition features items from MONA’s archival and ephemera collection. While not often on view, these objects, letters of correspondence, and photographs give a broadened view of artists in the collection.
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.
Red Cloud Opera House
413 North Webster Street , Red Cloud,
NE
Photography exhibit featuring the work of Red Cloud-area artists Liz Rasser and Linda Brinda. Artists' reception Friday, Feb. 8 from 5-7 p.m. Free of charge and open to the public.
Hastings College-Jackson Dinsdale Art Center
700 E. 12th Street , Hastings,
NE
Exhibition: February 4th-22nd
Reception and Awards Presentation: February 10th 2:00-4:00 pm
700 E 12th Street
JDAC Gallery hours:
Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 pm
Wednesday plus 5:00-8:00 pm
Saturdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Gallery viewing is always free and open to the public.
The CUBE in the Railyard
350 Canopy St , Lincoln,
NE
Indie filmmakers, businesses and students of all ages are welcome to submit films and movies under 12 minutes in length. We seek films that are suitable for a public audience that will make us laugh, cry, wonder, and learn. Sport films, dramas, documentaries, experimental films and more are all welcomed! Whether you are new to filmmaking or a seasoned producer we hope you will enter and be part of great filmmaking in Nebraska.
The Lincoln Short Film Festival will take place on May 3rd at 5:30 PM in the Railyard!
Apply at:...
Merryman Performing Arts Center
225 W 22nd St , Kearney,
NE
My Antonia is Willa Cathers seminal novel of immigration on the prairie is celebrating 100 years since its publication. It tells the story of Antonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant to Nebraska. This tour will feature educational resources designed by the Cather Foundation.
Merryman Performing Arts Center
225 W 22nd St , Kearney,
NE
My Antonia is Willa Cathers seminal novel of immigration on the prairie is celebrating 100 years since its publication. It tells the story of Antonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant to Nebraska. This tour will feature educational resources designed by the Cather Foundation.
Auditions: The Florentine Players' 55th Annual Melodrama
Feb 10
DAILY, SU times
Florence Community Theater
2864 State St , Omaha,
NE
The Florentine Players' 55th Annual Melodrama:
"Come on, Eileen" or
Charlie & The Barley Beer Factory
The Florentine Players have been performing Melodramas since 1929 and 2019 is not going to be a exception! Melodramas are sensational dramatic pieces with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to emotions. We've been doing Melodramas for almost 100 years and we're good at it.
Come out an audition to be part of one of the oldest traditions in the Nebraska Terr... err... state of Nebraska - The Florentine Players'...
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