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ARTreach

MONA’s ARTreach program provides exhibitions to various communities throughout Nebraska. The ARTreach fees include delivery to the exhibition venue, installation of the show, labels and didactics, educational support as needed, and deinstallation and return to MONA after the exhibition’s close. With professional assistance in managing the exhibition each step of the way, ARTreach exhibitions share MONA’s collection with a variety of venues across the state. To learn more about ARTreach, please call the Museum at (308) 865-8559.

Osie Marie K. Abbott

Posted on May 18, 2015December 28, 2017 by Maggie Pierson

1863, Papillion Creek, Nebraska – 1946, San Gabriel, California A Nebraskan from territorial days to the early 1920s, Osie Abbott was an innovative, self-supporting woman known for her pottery and teaching abilities. In the 1932 book, Nebraska Art and Artists by Clarissa Bucklin, Osie was described as a “pioneer potter and teacher of art pottery”…unique Read More

Mary Beth Abbott

Posted on May 18, 2015December 28, 2017 by Maggie Pierson

1887, Lincoln, Nebraska – 1981, Pomona, California A Nebraska-born painter and teacher, Mary Beth Abbott lived her early life in Lincoln with parents Nettie (Walker) Abbott and William Taylor Abbott. As an adult, she, like many aspiring artists raised in Nebraska, settled in California. They went to the Golden State for a variety of reasons Read More

Grant Reynard’s Winter Scenes

Posted on February 14, 2015February 23, 2016 by Maggie Pierson

November 24, 2015 – February 14, 2016 — In 1941 the American Artists Group in New York published Grant Reynard’s book, Rattling Home for Christmas. This limited edition publication, written and illustrated by Reynard, chronicled the journey of a young man on his way home for Christmas. The Museum of Nebraska Art is fortunate to Read More