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1868, Burlington, Iowa – 1945, Lincoln, Nebraska Anna Jones Burckhardt was born in Burlington, Iowa in 1868. She married the Reverend Oliver J. Burckhardt in 1898 and joined him in Lincoln, Nebraska where he had moved from Missouri in 1890. Together, they provided secular and spiritual leadership to both the African American and the broader Read More

b. 1969, Henderson, Texas Lenard Brown was born in 1969 in Henderson, Texas. After receiving an A.A. degree from Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas in 1990, he earned his B.F.A. degree in Printmaking, Painting, and Drawing from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 1993. He continued his studies at The Ohio State University in Columbus, completing Read More

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

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