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.
November 23, 2012-January 6, 2013
Be amazed by this spectacular floral display featuring a 20-foot-tall poinsettia tree, model trains and other nostalgic decorations.
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.
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1523 N. 33rd St. , Lincoln,
NE
Beginning around the United States Centennial in 1876, Americans embraced a vision of the nation's colonial period as a simple and noble time from which they could draw strength in an increasingly modern industrial world. Quilts became symbols of this real and sometimes mythical American past. By making new quilts inspired by those their foremothers supposedly had made, women felt that they were participating not only in tradition, but in history itself. "Perfecting the Past" presents the inspirations for Colonial Revival style quilts and...
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)
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
234 Home Economics Building, University of Nebraska East Campus, Lincoln,
NE
Parallel Circuits runs until January 18, 2013 at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. A reception will be Friday, Jan. 11 from 6-8PM. This exhibition features work by students, faculty and invited artists, emphasizing the importance of the senses: sight, hearing, and touch. Professor Wendy Weiss directed the seminar. Participating students are: Adrienne Anderson, Omaha; Samuel Berner, Rockville, Maryland; Gregory Scott Cook, Murray, Kentucky; Lindsay Ducey, Omaha; Molly J. McPherson, Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, with additional work by Bryan...
Great Plains Art Museum
1155 Q Street , Lincoln,
NE
Michael Forsberg's photography examines the remaining wilderness in America's Great Plains region.
Exhibit runs January 4 through March 30
Museum hours -
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday, 1:30 - 5 pm
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