Avid readers whose interests lie in authors from Nebraska or reading about Nebraska or art are welcome to these free sessions, and may join at any time.

1st Tuesdays: January 8 – May 7, 2019Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

MONA: Gary E. Zaruba Library & Research Center
March 5: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel by Dominic Smith

For FAMILIES
FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 9 • 1:00-4:00 p.m. – FREE and open to the public
MONA and Kearney Cultural Partners (KCP) invites you to the annual Family Arts Festival to experience art, dance, music, and more. At MONA participate in interactive educational art activities inspired by the exhibition A River Runs Through It, featuring artworks by Nebraska artists including Michael Forsberg, Paul Johnsgard, Tom Mangelsen, Joel Sartore, Terry Evans, among others. Dance away to music and songs provided by the friendliest family band in Nebraska – The String Beans, with two 30-minute performances at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Home School Program
The spring Home School Program consists of one class once a month. Classes, taking place in MONA’s galleries and Program Room, are designed to be interactive lessons that encourage students to examine objects and ideas. Over these monthly sessions, students develop a theme for a project through a variety of sequential activities including discussion, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture.

For information on the next session contact the Museum at (308() 865-8559.

A River Runs Through It
February 26 – July 21, 2019
In Paul A. Johnsgard’s book, Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes, the author writes, “There is a river in the heart of North America that annually gathers together the watery largess of melting Rocky Mountain snowfields and glaciers and spills wildly down the eastern slopes of Colorado and Wyoming. Reaching the plains, it quickly loses its momentum and begins to spread out and flow slowly across Nebraska from west to east. As it does so, it cuts a sinuous tracery through the native prairies that has been followed by millennia by both men and animals. The river is the Platte.” This exhibition explores the artwork inspired by the Platte River – from the sounds and sights of the land, flora, and fauna that surround, inhabit, and visit it to the sky that stretches far above. Works included are by such artists as Leoda Davis, Terry Evans, Michael Forsberg, Paul Johnsgard, Karen Kunc, Tom Mangelsen, Joel Sartore, Wendy Weiss & Jay Kreimer, Worthington Whittredge, among others.

Reception: Saturday, March 23, 2019 • 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Artist Comments: 5:00 p.m.

Exhibition Sponsored by: Steve & Jennifer Homan and Ben & Sara Homan