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...
Rural Schools of Nebraska: Photographs by Charles Guildner
Mar 19 through Jun 16
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Rural Schools of Nebraska: Photographs by Charles Guildner
March 19 – June 16, 2013
Photographer Charles Guildner visited over 40 one room schoolhouses during a 10-year span to memorialize an education system that is rapidly dwindling. Entitled Rural Schools of Nebraska, the series is exhibited in conjunction with the “School Consolidation in the Great Plains Symposium” taking place April 5 and 6, 2013, at the University of Nebraska Kearney.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Art Speaks: Just Imagine
April 12 – July 7, 2013
Have you ever looked at a beautiful landscape and pictured yourself there or wondered what life was like at that moment in time? Just Imagine pairs a portrait with a landscape painting so you can create your own story.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Nebraska Now: John Spence, Photographs
April 13 – July 7, 2013
Working in the tradition of Plains landscape photography, Lincoln artist John Spence brings to MONA panoramic visions of the prairie. Within his sweeping yet sublime photographs, Spence offers glimpses of the breathless beauty of nature as well as the evidence of human impact on the visual landscape.
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
801 3rd Corso , Nebraska City,
NE
Opening Monday, May 6, Every Church in Nebraska City presents an exhibition of large format black and white photographs by Arlington, VA based photographer Andrew Zimmermann at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (KHN).
While previously in residence at the KHN Center, Zimmermann used his large-format camera to document the interior and exterior of each of the 23 churches with a Nebraska City address. He returns to Nebraska City this spring to share the finished and framed prints in this special exhibition at the KHN Center....
Homestead National Monument of America
8523 West State Highway 4 , Beatrice,
NE
The Monumental Fiddling Championship will be at Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Nebraska on May 25, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The entire day of music and competition are free of charge. Registration and a free fiddling workshop are at 10 a.m., the contest is at 12 p.m., and a concert by the Sandy Creek Bluegrass Band follows at 4 p.m. There are 3 divisions and $1300 in prize money. Pieces should be a hoedown, waltz, and/or tune of choice, from the years prior to 1936 when Homestead National Monument was created. There...
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1523 N 33rd St , Lincoln,
NE
Quilters are invited to spend a few hours sewing at the museum. We provide space and free admission for the day. In return, IQSCM visitors will have the benefit of observing quiltmaking activities first hand. Free. Call 402-472-6549 for more information.
Join Carver Bank Artist-in-Residence Portia Vivienne Love for an afternoon open house of poetry, featuring works by Love and friends.
This event is free and open to the public.
A joint effort by Theaster Gates and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Carver Bank is a space of public participation and cultural adventure, providing critical support to artists and the creative economy in the area and throughout the city. Carver Bank will host regular exhibitions, events, and workshops driven by artists and community partners. For more...
This program combines songs, stories, chants and poems to describe prairie life before "easy energy" such as electric power and hydraulic pumps entered the lives of settlers on the Great Plains. Rosfeld performs original songs on acoustic instruments.
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