Sheldon Museum of Art is showcasing its 2010-11 Sheldon Statewide exhibition, “Messaging: Text and Visual Art.” On view at Sheldon through Aug. 1, the exhibition explores the use of language in art. Approximately 20 works of art from the Sheldon’s permanent collection make up “Messaging: Text and Visual Art.” These include prints, photographs and multimedia […]
UNL trumpeter Darryl White will kick off Jazz in June when the annual concert series opens June 1. Now in its 19th season, the Jazz in June series offers five Tuesday evening jazz performances in the great outdoors on the plaza west of the Sheldon Museum of Art. The concerts begin at 7 p.m. and […]
In a yearlong effort to recognize and celebrate women artists, the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present an all-women’s exhibition titled “Better Half, Better Twelfth: Women Artists in the Collection.” The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception 5-7 p.m. April 2. The phrase “Better Half” evokes an often unnamed […]
The Outstanding Contributions to the Status of Women awards will be presented during a 3 p.m., March 11 ceremony in the Nebraska Union Heritage Room. The event is free and open to the public. The awards recognize significant efforts to create a climate that encourages women to succeed at UNL. Recipients must demonstrate a sustained, […]
Film is returning to the Sheldon Museum of Art with the Jazz Film Series. The series, which started last fall in collaboration with Columbia University scholar Robert O’Meally and the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia, continues this semester with events on March 8 and April 5. Both events are in the Sheldon’s Ethel S. […]
To offer new and diverse views about the arts and society, Sheldon Museum of Art at UNL will present six talks and lectures in February and March. Topics featured range from UNL alumnus Aaron Douglas’s influence on Afrocentric Modernism to historical jazz films to current works on view in “Shrew’d: The Smart and Sassy Survey […]
Some upcoming exhibitions in the Sheldon Museum of Art will include male artists. Information provided for a Feb. 11 story on the museum’s focus on women artists in 2010 was incorrect.
An interview with… J. Daniel Veneciano, Director, Sheldon Museum of Art J. Daniel Veneciano has worked as director of the Sheldon Museum of Art since July 1, 2008. Prior to coming to UNL, Veneciano worked for three years as director of the Paul Robeson Galleries at the Rutgers University campus in Newark, N.J. He has […]
Sheldon begins year featuring only exhibitions of women artists The Sheldon Museum of Art is making 2010 the year of the female artist. Expanding a concept started at the Centre Pompidou in Paris France, Sheldon curators are featuring art made only by women in new exhibitions this year. The female focus started with the Jan. […]
The Sheldon Museum of Art is featuring an exhibition of horse sculpture. “The Horse Show” is on display through May 29. Featured here are images from a Feb. 2 opening reception and gallery talk led by Karen Janovy, curator of the exhibition.
