Author: Maggie Pierson

Nebraska Now: Jennifer Homan, Paintings

Nebraska Now: Jennifer Homan, Paintings

January 10 – April 5, 2015 — Kearney artist Jeni Homan creates soft and insightful vistas of the Nebraska landscape using the pastel medium. The artist’s small- to large-scale paintings are documents of a quickly fleeting “non-interrupted” landscape that, over time, is continually altered by societal growth.

Cut, Formed, Folded, Pressed: Paper

Cut, Formed, Folded, Pressed: Paper

October 11, 2014 – East Gallery closing March 29, 2015 Southwest & Southeast Galleries closing March 15, 2015  — At its simplest, paper is an ordinary, everyday item that is a part of most of our lives. Yet when it is found in the hands of an artist and is purposefully manipulated

Grant Reynard’s Winter Scenes

Grant Reynard’s Winter Scenes

November 24, 2015 – February 14, 2016 — In 1941 the American Artists Group in New York published Grant Reynard’s book, Rattling Home for Christmas. This limited edition publication, written and illustrated by Reynard, chronicled the journey of a young man on his way home for Christmas. The Museum of Nebraska Art is fortunate to Read More

Student Art Show

Student Art Show

April 12 – May 8, 2016 Budding artists from Kearney and surrounding school districts in central Nebraska are featured during four weeks in the spring when the Museum of Nebraska Art is sparkling with the creativity of young student artists ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors. Each week a different selection of art is Read More

Postmaster Gallery – Treasures In: Metal

Postmaster Gallery – Treasures In: Metal

October 24, 2014 – January 18, 2015 — This final exhibition in the year-long Treasures In series examines visual artists’ relationship with metals. Mankind’s association with metal can be traced back to 6000 BCE. Prized for its tensile strength, durability, luster, and malleability, this selection explores in both two and three dimensions humankind’s fascination with Read More