August 25, 2009 – August 8, 2010 — Senses collide in this year-long exhibition filled with sights and sounds that come to life in the art. The interplay of line, color, and shape provokes auditory nuances that offer viewers a new approach to experiencing the art. Vassily Kandinsky, the famous Russian Abstract Expressionist painter, once said that the Read More

April 20– July 25, 2010 — In the preface to the second edition of his book The Inhabitants, Wright Morris wrote, “Doors and windows, gates, stoops, samples of litter, assorted junk, anything that appeared to have served its purpose… In the matter of selection of such objects, I relied entirely on my feelings about them: They Read More

April 17– July 3, 2010 — Michael Strand’s recent body of work titled Mantra is a contemplative and methodical “marking of time” as expressed through the creation of slick, subtle, variously shaped and sized ceramic wall pieces. Twenty works comprise this exhibition and range from singular, primarily monochromatic clay slabs to a large work entitled Code Read More

May 29– June 27, 2010 — The 19th century was a period of geographic expansion for the “new” United States, greatly impacting the native peoples. Starting in 1821, various tribal Chiefs were invited to Washington, D.C. with a two-fold purpose: to impress them with the power of the Federal government and to negotiate land treaties. Thomas Read More

January 19 – May 23, 2010 — Traditionally we think of birds nesting in trees, but some birds choose other locales. For instance, where does a whooping crane raise its family? Exactly where can you find burrowing owls, and what kinds of mammals compete with them for valuable real estate? Answers to these questions and more Read More

April 13– May 16, 2010 — During five weeks in spring, the Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) is particularly festive with artwork created by the next generation of artists. Budding artists in the Kearney Public Schools, Kearney Catholic High School, and the school districts in Buffalo County, Kearney County, and Phelps County show their work, selected Read More

January 9 – April 11, 2010 — Fabric “skins” fill the Museum of Nebraska Art’s Yanney Skylight Gallery and comprise Elizabeth Ingraham’s first solo exhibition at MONA. The “skins” are life-size female forms meticulously and laboriously crafted from various tactile and sometimes patterned fabrics. These forms contain traditional sewing items such as buttons, zippers, and linings Read More

January 29– March 21, 2010 — In 2009, the Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, Nebraska, premiered an exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of his pinnacle publication, The Origin of Species. Photographic images and handcolored drawings were created on a 2005 observational voyage to the islands by Dr. Paul Read More

September 13, 2011 – March 18, 2012 — The Oregon Trail was a pathway to the west that began around 1843 when more than 350,000 pioneers headed west during a 25-year span. As the harbinger of America’s westward expansion, the Oregon Trail was the route to the Pacific for fur traders, gold seekers, missionaries, and others. Today, Read More

October 3, 2009 – March 7, 2010 — A hand-selected mix of sculptures, paintings, prints, ceramics, and other art forms provides a rare chance to view works together by University of Nebraska artist/educators from the Kearney, Lincoln, and Omaha campuses.