September 27, 2016 – January 22, 2017 Bil Baird was born in Grand Island Nebraska and grew up in Mason City, Iowa. In his early teens, Baird began creating puppets and giving performances in his parent’s home. After graduating from the University of Iowa and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, he formed the Baird Read More
1912, Omaha Nebraska – 1980, Anaheim, California (Ruth Ratliff) A relatively unknown but obviously talented artist, Ruth Addison was first brought to public attention in Nebraska with the description of being “untrained.” However, the reviewer using that word, not once but twice, quickly turned it into a compliment. His name was Ernest Witte, and he Read More
October 8, 2016 – January 8, 2017 Throughout her long career, Lincoln painter Anne Burkholder is well known for depicting the Nebraska landscape, drawing on her experience of growing up in the Sandhills. In this series, she again focuses on roads, fields, and the sky, yet with a twist as she brings to the viewer Read More
August 23 – December 11, 2016 John Falter (1910-1982) was a native Nebraskan who studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and The Art Students League of New York City. He was a successful illustrator before he joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. Commissioned a lieutenant on special art assignments, Falter created more than 300 Read More
August 16 – November 13, 2016 Dave Stewart started his artistic career after a chance happening while working in the building housing the Art Department of Hastings College, Nebraska when a classroom assignment piqued his curiosity to create. Mostly self-taught, Stewart’s three-dimensional assemblages are reminiscent of the work of Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell while Read More
1949, Norfolk, Nebraska Ron Nordyke Convergence acrylic on panel, n.d. 30 × 24″ Gift of Association of Nebraska Art Clubs – 2015 Accession No: 2016.47.01 (click image for full view)
July 9 – October 2, 2016 Painter, printmaker, and public artist Watie White focuses within his artwork on narratives of the “absurd and obvious” or those that are “socially engaged.” White, an Omaha based artist, brings to MONA his large-scale public art linocut portraits as well as studio-based single-block woodcuts of detailed landscapes. Artist Talk Read More
1911, Lincoln, Nebraska – A Nebraskan for only the first year of her life, Opal Anderson became a painter and sculptor. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, although her birth date is not known, and lived most of her life in Des Moines, Iowa. She married William C. Anderson and they lived at 113 Locust Read More
1858, Omaha, Nebraska – (Margaret Andrews) Born in Nebraska Territory, Maggie Anderson was the third of six children of James H. and Margaret A. Andrews. Likely named for her mother, it appears she chose the nickname of Maggie as that is the way she is referenced in Edan Hughes’ books on early California artists and Read More
1903, Hastings, Nebraska – 1978, San Bernardino, California A painter, sculptor, and teacher, Vera Arnold never married and, from her mid 30s, lived in California where she worked as an artist and art teacher. Vera was born in Nebraska, the oldest of three children of Ida Belle and Mason C. Arnold. When she was age Read More
