August 19 – December 7, 2014 — George Catlin (1796-1827) was among the earliest artists to venture to the West undertaking eight years of field research and visiting 48 tribes to produce a rich record of Native Americans. Comprised of 36 images, the Museum of Nebraska Art is proud to feature its Catlin Portfolio in Read More
August 12 – November 30, 2014 — Pté Oyate (Pté is Buffalo, Oyate is Nation) explores the “long and complex” relationship between the Lakota people and the buffalo. The four artists who have created the paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptural works comprising this exhibition are Roger Broer, Keith BraveHeart, Lalyi Long Soldier, and Michael James Read More
August 26 – November 16, 2014 Myra Biggerstaff (1905-1999) was raised in Nebraska, and studied art at Kansas’ Bethany College, in Paris, and the Swedish Royal Academy. She exhibited widely and taught at various schools, the last was her 12-year tenure at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology. In her later life, she returned Read More
July 25 – October 19, 2014 — The first man-made glass can be dated back to ancient Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago. For the visual artist, the diverse qualities of glass have provided the practical surfaces for the production of early photographic negatives to contemporary vitreographic prints. The exploration of glass as a material for individual Read More
July 12 – October 5, 2014 — Omaha artist Mary Day’s most recent body of work, Flow, is comprised of prints and cut-paper artworks exploring themes of “change and transformation.” This intricate and delicate presentation of layered, copied, and cut-paper collages parallels the human experience and our “movement through the natural world.” Flow is a complement Read More
May 20 – October 5, 2014 — Omaha artist Mary Day has created nine three- to five-foot high woven reed cylindrical forms, reminiscent of baskets, which are placed amongst the foliage in MONA’s Hillegass Sculpture Garden. This body of work is inspired by primitive objects and personal reflections of joy and sorrow. The artist finds great Read More
June 6 – September 28, 2014 — The diverse nature of quilts and the quiltmakers of Nebraska is the focus of the exhibition Stitching Time. The 19 quilts span from the 1860s to 2010s, loaned from the Nebraska Prairie Museum, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Nebraska State Historical Society, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Anna Read More
Enjoy lovely summer evenings with your friends at the MONA Guild’s Sounds of Summer Concerts held monthly from May through August. We provide the music along with tables and chairs. See you next summer.
MONA LIVE is a four-program series that features talented visual, literary, and performing artists from the area. These evenings of art and entertainment conclude with light refreshments and the opportunity to enjoy the Museum’s collection. Time: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 18, 2014 • Barbara Avery, The Art of Paper & Diane Snider, Fall Read More
Learn more about art in one-hour presentations by regional experts. Free and open to the public. Charles E. Trimble: The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota Wednesday, September 24 • 2:00 p.m. In 1969 an annual juried art show was organized to demonstrate the virtuosity of local Native American artists Read More
