Posts Tagged ‘ Lentz Center for Asian Culture ’

Banks prepares for retirement with final Lentz Center exhibit

May 7th, 2010 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, May 6, 2010

Barbara Banks is preparing for one final show. Retiring July 1, the director of the Lentz Center for Asian Culture will unveil the museum’s final exhibition, “Director’s Choice,” on May 7. The exhibit runs through June 27 and will feature items collected during Banks’ 16 years with the Lentz Center. “This is not an exhibit […]



Chancellor proposes $3.5M budget reduction proposed

Mar 11th, 2010 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, March 11, 2010

Verbatem – Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this March 9 e-mail about plans for budget reductions totaling more than $3.5 million. Colleagues, As you know from a previous e-mail to you, we are working to reduce UNL’s budget by $5.2 million this spring as a part of the reductions we will be required to make over […]



‘Valor on the Wind’ explores Asian designs

Jan 28th, 2010 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Issue, January 28, 2010

“Valor on the Wind: Selected Examples of the Horse in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Art” will open Feb. 2 at the Lentz Center for Asian Culture. A First Friday exhibition reception is 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 5. The center’s winter/spring show will examine the role the horse has played in China, Japan and Tibet through items […]



Friendship through art

Nov 20th, 2008 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, November 20, 2008

VISITING ARTIST – Yinsen Xu, professor emeritus at the Chinese National Academy of Fine Arts, demonstrates his calligraphy skills to students in Carol Su’s Chinese 101 course on Nov. 14. Xu was an artist-in-residence Nov. 11-16 at the Lentz Center for Asian Culture. He said his visit was designed to build friendships between China and […]



Chinese artist visits Lentz Center

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, November 13, 2008

Xu Yinsen, professor emeritus at the Chinese National Academy of Fine Arts, will demonstrate his skills in painting, calligraphy and seal carving through Nov. 16 at the Lentz Center for Asian Culture. The demonstration by Xu will be 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Nov. 15 and 1:30-4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Lentz Center. As […]



Lentz exhibit examines arts of Bhutan

Sep 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, September 11, 2008

The Lentz Center for Asian Culture’s fall exhibition, “The Daily Arts of Bhutan” is a celebration of a gift of 50 items and 67 books to the Lentz Center. These gifts were given by UNL alumna Kay Kirby Dorji. Dorji was a journalist with the Los Angeles Times and now works for the United Nations. […]