Museum - Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, Nebraska

Rocamadour, also known as the vertical village in France, is a marvelous balancing act. Built into the cliffside on successful levels it clings high above a canyon. Its historic houses, roofs and churches seem to be a part of the rock itself. There are 216 steps in total, once climbed by pilgrims on their knees. #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebras...kaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #rocamadour William Schlaebitz "Rocamadour Encounter" watercolor, n.d. Gift of the Artist, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Stanislas W.Y. Schimonsky immigrated to the United States in 1848 after graduating from the Polytechnique School in Berlin and serving in the engineering corps of the Prussian Army. He was a surveyor in Nebraska as well as an artist. A bit of an inventor, he received a patent (the second oldest patent in Wyoming history) for an improved railway car brake while working as an assistant engineer on the Transcontinental Railroad. #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscounc...il #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #transcontinentalrailroad #wyominghistory Stanislas Schimonsky "The Omaha and Ottoe Mission at Bellevue. From the East." watercolor mounted on heavy card, c. 1855 Museum Purchase made possible by Julie Morsman Schroeder Foundation, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

What do you think? Is this ceramic piece by artist Dee Schaad earthenware or stoneware? Here's a hint, stoneware has a texture, earthenware is smooth texture. The textures of both types can be smooth or coarse depending on how much grog (wondering what grog is now?) has been added. Stoneware is made from a particular clay which is fired at a higher temperature which results in a more durable material, with a denser, stone-like quality. The finished product will be waterproof ...and unlike earthenware, does not need to be glazed. #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #earthenware #stoneware #ceramics Dee Schaad "Along the Platte Valley" ceramic, n.d. Gift of the Artist, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Don't look at the title, but what do you think this painting is of . . . waves, wind, or what? As you look a bit more, do you see what the artists saw. . . Did you look?! #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #yosemitevalley #yosemite Frank Sapousek... "Yosemite Valley" oil on masonite, 1960 Museum Purchase made possible by Marilyn F. Belschner Arts Endowment Fund, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection See more

The earliest recognizable form of screen printing appeared more than 1,000 years ago in China during the Song Dynasty. Originally used for commercial purposes in the early 20th century, the technique would be termed serigraphy in the 1940s to differentiate its use for fine art. Silkscreen Printing is ideally suited for bold and graphic designs. #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome ...#museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #screenprinting #serigraphy #silkscreen Michael H. Sanden "American Nightscape" silkscreen (21/25), 1979 Gift of the Artist, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

MONA Visits - With Artist Jeremy Goodding When light slips into darkness . . . Artist Jeremy Goodding composes his paintings from the ground up, using light and textures to create a dramatic push/pull throughout his work. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #nebraskaartist #oilpainting #originalart #jeremygoodding #representationalart #stilllife #boldbrush #stilllifeoilpainting

While we don't have redwoods in Nebraska, Nebraska native Carl Sammons captures the beauty of the sun as it finds an opening in the towering canopy of the California redwoods as they keep watch over all that lies below. #neart #nebraskaart #VisitNebraska #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #honestlyne #californiaredwoods #nature... #trees Carl Sammons "Untitled (redwood trees)" pastel, n.d. Gift of Dianna Marlatt, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

WOW! Thank you to the Kearney Area Community Foundation, and all of the generous donors to area non-profits . . . including MONA. Your support will touch the live of many for years to come. #GiveWhereYouLive #KearneyGives

TODAY'S THE DAY! MONA welcomes your support during today's "Give Where You Live" campaign . . . no matter where you live! To make your donation visit https://www.givewhereyoulive.net/mona... #givewhereyoulive #KearneyGives #kearneynebraska

Tomorrow is the day for GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE! Give today through December 3 for brighter tomorrows! Bringing people together as one community, raising money and awareness for local nonprofits . . . Including MONA! For more information, or to make a donation visit https://www.givewhereyoulive.net/mona #GiveWhereYouLive #KearneyGives

In 2002 Aaron Huey embarked on a journey that lasted 154 days and covered 3,349 miles. Carrying only a camera and a lens Huey documented the places and people he met along the way. Huey has worked as a photographer for National Geographic, Harper's Magazine, and his work has been featured in the New York Times and the Smithsonian, among others. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #m...useumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #argonautphoto #Oglala #Lakota #PineRidgeIndianReservation #woundedknee Aaron Huey "Prayer on Stronghold Table" color photograph, 2011 Gift of the Artist, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Help us make and impact through "Give Where You Live" a 24-hour fundraising event created to rally community and statewide support for local charitable causes. This unique one-day fundraiser is being hosted by the Kearney Area Community Foundation (KACF) and will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2020, from midnight to midnight. For more information https://www.givewhereyoulive.net/mona #givewhereyoulive #kearneynebraska #KearneyGives

Indisputably the most internationally known living Nebraska artist and one of the world‘s most renowned fiber artists, Sheila Hicks was born in Hastings, Nebraska in 1934. From her early life in Nebraska, Hicks gives credit to her mother, great aunts, and grandmothers for influencing her art through various techniques of working with textiles and threads. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art ...#artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #sheilahicks #fiberart #textileart #hastingsnebraska #greatplains Sheila Hicks "Hastings Visit to the Great Plains" bas relief: cotton, linen; 1979 Museum Purchase made possible by National Endowment for the Arts through a matching grant, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

For eighteen months Robert Hanna put his architectural career aside to drive back and forth across Nebraska. He logged fifteen thousand miles through all seasons and weather. He ducked tornadoes and braved snowstorms to draw barns, bridges, depots, storefronts, mansions, courthouses, churches, band-stands, ballparks, and other monuments to the human proclivity for building. The resulting drawings and watercolors are a celebration of spaceslittle spaces, really. "Set down a ...towering county courthouse in the middle of a wide Nebraska horizon, and even government looks mighty small," writes Hanna. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #roberthanna #roadtrips Robert Hanna Untitled (house) watercolor, n.d. Gift of Dale Gibbs, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Juan Hamilton worked consistently with simple, curvilinear forms. He earned national recognition for his organic, abstract sculptures but struggled to escape the shadow of renowned painter Georgia O'Keeffe saying "I have a vision of a very beautiful peaceful world that is totally contrary to the real world that I live in." #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumco...llections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem Juan Hamilton "Sal" ceramic, glaze, 1988 Museum Purchase made possible by Cliff & Mary Hillegass Trusts, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Don't mind us . . . Just enjoying the colors of fall before they're gone! #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #colorsoffall #fall #fallleaves #autumn Mary Louise Tejeda Brown... "Indian Creek Autumn" pastel, n.d. Gift of Ray Graham, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection See more

Tulip Trivia . . . At one point in history, tulips were the most expensive flower. In fact, in the 1600s the flowers were more valuable than most people's homes, and cost almost 10 times what an average working-class man earned in a year. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #fl...owers #tulips #tulipsofinstagram #watercolor Sara Shewell Hayden Tulips watercolor, c. 1899-1916 Museum Purchase, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Paul Fell grew up in Massachusetts but headed west to Nebraska to play college football and study art. He married a farm girl and discovered that the Cornhusker state and its people had grown on him. As an editorial artist, l Fell continues to be amazed that he now gets paid for doing the very things that got him into so much trouble during his school days. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #a...rt #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #vote #paulfell #cartoon #cartoonart #vote2020 Paul Fell "Untitled (cartoon)" ink, n.d. Gift of Lorraine Rohman, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Anyone remember paper dolls? Paper dolls have been around as long as there has been paper, perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years by some estimates. Women of leisure tended to be the women featured in paper doll form. As more women began to enter the work force in the twentieth-century, paper doll manufacturers began to produce dolls that represented career women. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #...unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem Mary Elizabeth Gifford "Stylish Paper Dolls" graphite, ink, ink wash, watercolor, 1943 Gift of Charles Gifford, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Abraham Lincoln got his first job at Denton Offut's general store in New Salem, IL. There Lincoln spent much of his time not making sales, but educating himself. Supposedly, the young Abraham had accidentally overcharged a customer, and traveled many miles to return the money, which earned him the nickname "Honest Abe." #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcoll...ections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #abrahamlincoln #honestabe #johnfalter John Falter "Lincoln Reading in Offutt’s Store" photolithograph (4/500), n.d. Gift of CliffsNotes, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Weaving is an amazing craft which utilizes beautiful wooden tools: looms, shuttles, frames and more. These tools are works of art in and of themselves, and even more incredible is the fact that they have been around since the same time our ancestors were developing stone tools- around 10,200 BC. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebrask...aart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #weaving #weavers #loomart #fiberart Mary Sue Gaer "Untitled (weaving)" wood, wool, c. 1970s 1980s Gift of Larry Schulte & Alan Zimmerman, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual . Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. Robert Henri, "The Art Spirit" #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #wisewords #robert...henri #woodengraving #theartspirit (detail) Robert Henri "Linda Craige Henri (Mrs. Robert Henri)" wood engraving, n.d. Museum Purchase made possible by MONA Guild, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

A Pony Express rider doffs his hat to salute workers installing the telegraph lines that will soon replace him. Artist George Ottinger created artwork on a variety of subjects, including the Western genre, and his artwork was known for historical accuracy and detail. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts ...#haveyoubeen #hiddengem #ponyexpress #harpersweekly #westerngenre George M. Ottinger "The Overland Pony Express" wood engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", November 2, 1867 Gift of Larry Peterson and Gary Zaruba, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

Beginning Tuesday, October 27th . . . MONA REOPENS!

Well that's a bit of a problem . . . Hope your week is off to a better start! Nebraska photographer Solomon D. Butcher set out to produce a photographic history of his county. Over the the course of 15 years, he produced 1,500 images, hundreds of stories, and a remarkable record of a remarkable time in the history of Nebraska and the U.S. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfr...omhome #museumcollections #museumofnebraskaart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #solomonbutcher #mondays #nebraskastatehistoricalsociety Solomon D. Butcher Went through the bridge, near Miller, Buffalo County, Nebraska, 1907" black & white photograph (from glass plate negative in the Nebraska State Historical Society Collection), c. 1982-1984, Gift of John Carter, Museum of Nebraska Art Collection

There is something fascinating about twins. They cause you to do a double-take, particularly if they are identical twins. These two boys were photographed by Lynn Dance in 1975 as a part of a project documenting Nebraska people, landscapes and architecture for the American Centennial celebration. #neart #nebraskaart #visit_nebraska #visitkearney #neartscouncil #humanitiesne #nebraska #kearneynebraska #unkearney #art #artist #museumfromhome #museumcollections #museumofnebrask...aart #nehcares #supportthearts #haveyoubeen #hiddengem #blackandwhitephotography #twins #twinning #lynndance #doubletake Lynn Dance "Twins" silver print, 1976 Gift of Norman & Jane Geske, Museum of Nebrasa Art