July 11 – October 4, 2015 — Carol Thompson is a painter of serene, contemplative, and lovely still life works often focusing on flowers, bird’s nests, branches, or other treasures found on her farmstead. The objects are meticulously arranged to compose a purposeful scene rather than simply creating a beautiful artwork. Artist Talk and Reception: Read More
July 14 – October 4, 2015 — Artist and educator Elmer Holzrichter spent the majority of his 90+ years reimagining, reclaiming, rearranging, and ultimately breathing life back into discarded objects to create inventive and wondrous artworks or “things,” as he calls them. While Holzrichter began his career using traditional media, he soon experimented with mask-making, Read More
May 23 – September 6, 2015 — Paul Swan was a noted artist, poet, and dancer in the early part of the 20th century. He painted and sculpted many famous people including Isadora Duncan, Willa Cather, and John F. Kennedy, among others. He was heralded as the “Most Beautiful Man in the World” and “America’s Read More
May 26 – August 16, 2015 — John Falter (1910-1982) was a native Nebraskan who studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and The Art Students League of New York City. He became a successful illustrator, creating for The Saturday Evening Post 128 covers over 25 years. Also an excellent portrait painter, book illustrator, and Read More
April 24 – July 19, 2015 The 2015 exhibition series in MONA’s Postmaster Gallery explores poetry by Nebraska’s laureates, creating a synthesis of the literary with the visual. Aesthetic delights and sensory speech that connect us with our soulful self and the experiences of others are stirringly evoked through the visual language of metaphor. The Read More
April 7 – July 19, 2015 — On his family farm outside of Stapleton, Nebraska, Emery Blagdon created a remarkable work known as the “Healing Machine.” Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing until his death in 1986, Blagdon artfully composed the wondrous “Machine” using bits of wire, beads, foil, paper, and other everyday materials
May 8 – July 5, 2015 A select group of high school students works with the Museum of Nebraska Art staff to conceptualize, choose, and install an exhibition of artworks drawn from MONA’s collection. The experiential learning expands their knowledge of art, museums, and careers. The Line in Art shows the ways that various Read More
April 11 – June 28, 2015 — In her first solo exhibition at MONA, Omaha artist Marvel Maring brings her colorful and intricate handmade artist books filled with paintings of abstracted organic imagery. The books are juxtaposed with two-dimensional paintings and scrolls inspired by the “healing” scrolls found in the Coptic tradition of North Africa. Read More
March 10 – June 28, 2015 — Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) was the first artist to travel what was to become the historic Oregon Trail, the first to depict the landmark Chimney Rock, and the first to witness one of the annual Rendezvous of mountain men, trappers, and their Indian allies.
April 14 – May 10, 2015 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 alive with the creativity of young student artists ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors. Each week a different selection of art is Read More
