Posts Tagged ‘ Great Plains Art Museum ’

Photojournalism exhibit continues at the Great Plains Art Museum

Jan 6th, 2010 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Issue, January 7, 2010

The second half of a photojournalism exhibit cataloging how Nebraskans are weathering the current recession is on display through Feb. 28 at the Great Plains Art Museum. The exhibit, “Searching for the Real Nebraska: A Photo Essay on the Great Recession,” features images captured by UNL photojournalism students Patrick Breen, Clay Lomneth and Kyle Bruggeman, […]



Short Bull watercolor exhibit opens Jan. 5

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, December 10, 2009, Issue

The Great Plains Art Museum will present the watercolors of Arthur Short Bull in “Places and Narratives,” an exhibition opening Jan. 5. The exhibit will concentrate on areas and events of spiritual significance to the Lakota people. It will run through March 28. A First Friday reception is scheduled 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 5. […]



Real Nebraska

Oct 29th, 2009 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Issue, October 29, 2009

Photos capture economic woes in Cornhusker State The Great Plains Art Museum will present the work of four photographers documenting the economic upheaval in Nebraska caused by the current recession. An exhibition of photography by UNL photojournalism students Patrick Breen, Kyle Bruggeman, Clay Lomneth and associate professor Bruce Thorson depicts the state’s residents sharing their […]



Artists examine Cornhusker State in ‘IMPACT Nebraska’ exhibition

Aug 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, August 27, 2009, Issue

An exhibition featuring artistic impressions of the Cornhusker State opens Sept. 4 at the Great Plains Art Museum. “IMPACT Nebraska” called upon the 30 members of the IMPACT group of professional artists to deliver some sense of Nebraska, the state in which they all live and work. The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception […]



Beadwork exhibit opens at Great Plains Museum

Jun 12th, 2009 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Issue, June 11, 2009

Artworks include designs by UNL’s Awakuni-Swetland The beadwork of Plains Indians – including designs of artisan and UNL faculty member Mark Awakuni-Swetland – is on display at the Great Plains Art Museum. The exhibit, “The History and Artistry of Plains Indian Beadwork,” features bead designs from the University of Nebraska State Museum collection and work […]



Artist in Residence

Apr 30th, 2009 | By | Category: April 30, 2009, Arts & Entertainment, Issue

Wyoming artist Gail Sundell works on her sculpture, “Women of the Plains,” outside the Great Plains Art Museum on April 23. Sundell served as an artist in residence at the Great Plains Art Museum from April 21 to 26. The “Women of the Plains” sculpture, carved from a piece of alabaster, is now a part […]



Sundell to serve as artist-in-residence, carve sculpture at Great Plains gallery

Apr 16th, 2009 | By | Category: April 16, 2009, Arts & Entertainment, Issue

Gail Sundell of Cheyenne, Wyo., will be the 2009 Elizabeth Rubendall artist-in-residence at the Great Plains Art Museum April 21-26. Sundell will create an original figure grouping of plains tribe natives sculpted in alabaster. The sculpture, “Women of the Plains,” will become part of the museum’s permanent collection. “It is an honor to be selected […]



Great Plains Museum hosts LPS exhibition

Apr 9th, 2009 | By | Category: April 9, 2009, Arts & Entertainment, Issue

The Great Plains Art Museum is hosting an exhibit of artworks created by students in the Lincoln Public Schools Visual Arts Mentoring Program through April 19. The Visual Arts Mentoring Program invites applications from elementary school children gifted in the visual arts. Students are then selected and partnered with an artist mentor who works with […]



UNL to host ‘Celebrating Darwin’s Legacy’ symposium March 26-28

Feb 19th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, February 19, 2009, Issue

“Celebrating Darwin’s Legacy” is the theme of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 35th interdisciplinary symposium March 26-28. The symposium will bring a diverse group of scholars to UNL in recognition of the bicentennial anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of his “Origin of Species.” The conference will open March 26 at […]



Johnsgard curates Darwin exhibit

Feb 5th, 2009 | By | Category: Arts & Entertainment, February 5, 2009, Issue

Great Plains museum opens ‘Celebrating Darwin’s Legacy’ Feb. 12 The Great Plains Art Museum will present “Celebrating Darwin’s Legacy: Evolution in the Galápagos Islands and the Great Plains,” an exhibition curated by Paul A. Johnsgard, emertius professor. The exhibit opens Feb. 12 and is on display through March 29. An opening reception is 5 to […]