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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
