January 17 – March 23, 2012 – Since the time of the Lascaux cave drawings created over 17,000 years ago, humanity has looked to the environment for insight, inspiration, and a sense of connectivity to the natural world. From the Fields to the Sky exemplifies the diversity in which artists have chosen to investigate the Read More
September 20, 2011 – March 11, 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 Read More
October 18, 2011 – January 12, 2012 – Visitors step back in time when they visit MONA’s Postmaster Interactive Gallery which has been transformed into Grant Reynard’s studio. The vignette features artworks and personal items that help viewers look into the creative mind of the artist.
October 8, 2011 – January 8, 2012 — Five years ago, artist Chad Fonfara unexpectedly began working with the glass medium when he accepted a position to teach sculpture at the University of Nebraska Kearney. Initially trained in wood, clay, and bronze, he quickly returned to a deep interest in the crafting of organic structures through blown Read More
August 30, 2011 – January 8, 2012 — In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Museum of Nebraska Art building, an exhibition featuring newly acquired photographs documents construction of the stately structure. Many of the pictures are by Solomon Butcher, famous for his sod house images. By the time of the construction, Butcher and his son Read More
September 6 – December 17, 2011 — The Massachusetts Historical Society holds a considerable collection of Francis Parkman ephemera, including journals detailing his travels on the Oregon Trail (which evolved into a series for the monthly magazine Knickerbocker, and later a book) and various notes and correspondence relating to later books. Also in the collection are items Read More
July 9 – October 2, 2011 – Dana Fritz shows recent color photographs from her Terraria Gigantica: the World Under Glass series. By focusing on three enclosed man-made landscapes, the ocean in Arizona’s Biosphere 2, the desert at Nebraska’s Henry Doorly Zoo, and the tropical rain forest in England’s Eden Project, Fritz explores “our current Read More
May 31 – August 28, 2011 – With a career spanning over 70 years, Myron Heise has explored one theme through his life’s work: a sense of place. He focuses on two locales, both places he can call home – Nebraska and New York City. A painter’s painter, Heise is sometimes refined, sometimes loose – Read More
April 26 – August 28, 2011 — The exhibition Busy Fingers, Quilts features selections from Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer that showcases excellent examples of 19th and early 20th century design and craftsmanship. The art of quilting has been around for centuries, but quilting as an art has only taken on an appreciation in the last Read More
May 24 – August 21, 2011 — The exhibition A Pow-Wow of Art: Native American Works offers a selection of artworks, all drawn from the Museum of Nebraska Art’s permanent collection, created by Native Americans. With a long history of rendering functional objects with artistic sensitivity, Native American artists have been influenced by their exposure in Read More
