1949, North Platte, NE – View artwork Born in 1949, Barbara Takenaga was raised in North Platte, Nebraska, where her father was a doctor. In 1972, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree followed by a Master of Fine Arts in 1978, both from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Takenaga resides in New York Read More
Erika Tada
1975, Tokyo, Japan – View artwork Erika Tada, a glass artist from Tokyo, Japan, earned her B.F.A. degree in Glass with Best Honors in 1998 from Joshibi University of Art and Design in Kanagawa, Japan. From 2002 to 2003, she attended the University of Nebraska Kearney and, by 2005, had earned her M.F.A. degree in Read More
Minnie Stuff
1866, Rushville, Illinois – 1961, in Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Minnie Julia Moore Stuff, born in Rushville, Illinois on August 23, 1866, attended Peoria (Illinois) Public Schools. In 1885 or 1887, she moved with her parents to Lincoln, Nebraska where she attended the University of Nebraska, although did not finish her degree. On September 8, 1890, Read More
David Stewart
1939, Omaha, Nebraska – View artwork In 1988 at the age of 49, Dave Stewart, a former plumber with no interest in art whatsoever, was given janitorial duties in the Art Department at Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska. He completed an assignment written on a classroom chalkboard and was encouraged by art faculty pursue his newly Read More
Frank Stadter (Boleslaus Horodynski)
c. 1843, Poland – ?, Poland View artwork Frank Stadter was known as a portrait artist but that was only one side of a very interesting man. He was born Boleslaus Horodynski in about 1843 in Poland. He fled Poland in 1863 during political uprisings and, like many immigrants to America, he changed his name, Read More
Freda Spaulding
1893, Lincoln, Nebraska – 1974, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Freda Spaulding was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 30, 1893. She received her degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1915, attended the Parsons School of Design in New York, and studied under Roger Pearson in Chicago and Joseph Albers in North Carolina. Spaulding Read More
John Sparagana
1958, Rochester, New York – View artwork John Sparagana was born in Rochester, New York in 1958. His family moved to Oak Park, Illinois when he was seven and at age seventeen, Sparagana left home to be a writer yet turned to painting instead. He received his MFA in Painting from Stanford University in 1987 Read More
Fred Somers
1942, Bellevue, Nebraska – View artwork Fred Somers was born in Omaha in 1942. He received his BFA from the Univeristy of Omaha in 1965, his MA in drawing from the University of Iowa in 1967, and his MFA in painting from the University of Iowa in 1970. Somers taught at Carlton College and St. Read More
Paul Soldner
1921, Summerfield, Illinois – 2011, Claremont, California View artwork Soldner was born April 24, 1921 in Summerfield, Illinois. He received an M.F.A. degree from the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California. Artist Statement As an artist, I work with clay, bronze, photos and prints. From these mediums, I make objects for use. But their uses are Read More
Marion Canfield Smith
1873, Lincoln, Nebraska – 1970, Kearney, Nebraska View Artwork Marion Smith Attended Emporia State Teachers College, 1893; University of Nebraska, 1893; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1898; and the Art Institute of Chicago, 1903. Later periods of study in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Woodstock, New York, and again at the Pennsylvania Academy. During 1899-1902, she Read More
