March 11 – March 16, 2008 — A population of Demoiselle cranes, the world’s smallest and most abundant crane species, gather yearly in the small town of Keechan in India. After first feeding in surrounding fields, the birds venture into the town to receive the gifts of grain scattered by locals and tourists. Freybe Bateman’s photography Read More

January 8 – March 12, 2008 — Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he ’live, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread. This familiar rhyme from the fairy tale “Jack and the Beanstalk” provides the title and reference for Omaha artist Leslie Iwai’s Nebraska Now exhibition, Read More

January 8 – March 12, 2008 A large survey of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and other print forms, selected from the Museum of Nebraska Art’s collection, is exhibited with several borrowed works to highlight a century of printmaking in Nebraska. Favorite and notable artists from the collection include John Falter, Karen Kunc, Turner McGehee, and Rudy Read More

January 15 – March 9, 2008 — The biennial exhibition Spirit: A Celebration of Art in the Heartland opens at the Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) on March 15 and features 72 artists and nearly 140 artworks representing media from oil paint to bronze, fiber to ceramic, and styles from traditional cowboy art to cutting edge Read More

January 15 – March 9, 2008 As a National Geographic contributing photographer, Joel Sartore has traveled the world. His experiences with the internationally-renowned magazine have ranged from crossing the Alaskan wilderness to traipsing into the Amazon rainforest to walking the Nebraska Plains where he grew up. On the Land, comprised of photographs primarily taken from 2003 Read More