Podcasts about nebraska art

The next Friday LIVE Extra podcast looks at "Finding Art in Hard Times: New Deal Echoes in Kearney" at the Museum of Nebraska Art, and "Picturing the Midwest: Regionalist art and other representations of rural American life" at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum.

The next Friday LIVE Extra podcast looks at "Finding Art in Hard Times: New Deal Echoes in Kearney" at the Museum of Nebraska Art, and "Picturing the Midwest: Regionalist art and other representations of rural American life" at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum.

This week on the "Friday LIVE Extra," an update on the activities and renovation at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney.

This week on the "Friday LIVE Extra," an update on the activities and renovation at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney.

Katharen Wiese returns to the Noize! We love returning guests on Studio Noize especially when they reach new milestones in life that we can celebrate. Kat was admitted into the Yale MFA program for fall 2022! We discuss how she feels and what she is looking forward to in this amazing new journey she's starting. Kat tells us her thoughts on graduate school for artists, what attracted her to the program and how she plans on interacting in this storied institution. We discuss her latest solo show, I Made the Corn Rows: Portraits of Black Nebraskans, the podcast she created that accompanies it, the Black ID's podcast, and her feature in Pressing Matters magazine issue 18. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 139 topics include:starting MFA at Yalethe experience of graduate school/school for artnew solo show, I Made the Corn Rowsfeature in Pressing Matters magazineBlack IDs podcastthe intersections of diverse backgroundsresearch in Kat's art practicehow to approach a painting and printmakingKatharen Wiese (b. 1995, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an artist and a community arts organizer living and working in the historic Everett Neighborhood of Lincoln, NE. She holds a B.F.A. in Studio Art from The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (2018). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions across the state including the Museum of Nebraska Art (2021), Kiechel Fine Art (2020), Lux Center for the Arts (2020), Tugboat Gallery (2019), the Prairie Arts Center (2017), and many more. Her work is a part of the Nebraska History Museum collection and the Thomas P. Coleman print collection at the Sheldon Museum of Art. She was a 2018 nominee for the University of Nebraska Vreeland Howard Award and a four-time award winner of the Kimmel Harding Scholarship for Emerging Arts (2014-2018). Wiese has curated art shows across the state for the past four years with an emphasis on sharing the work of artists of color. Wiese views building an art historical cannon that decentralizes patriarchy and white supremacy as her central work as an artist-curator. Wiese's work analyzes the relationship between power and Blackness related to art history, colorism within media representation, and multiracial individuals. Wiese uses found materials and portraiture to make evident the relationship between identity formation and the material world.See More: www.katwiese.com + Katharen Wiese IG @katharen.wieseFollow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

On Nov. 5, join Genevieve Randall, Shannon Claire and guests for lively conversations about: Homestead National Historical Park's celebration of Native American Heritage Month; Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music concert and Hyeyung Yoon and Michael Sakamoto's collaboration with the UNL Dance Program; Jackie Allen and Hans Sturm's new album, “The Nebraska Project,” and a CD release party; Beatrice Community Players production of "Forest Paths;" Jason Max Ferdinand Singers' Abendmusik performance; Willow Point Gallery/Museum's Veteran's Day event; and "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit and "A Shayna Maidel" peformances at Nebraska Wesleyan. Also, poetry by Brad Aaron Modlin, a look at a new exhibition at Joslyn Art Museum and The Museum of Nebraska Art's huge expansion plan.

On Nov. 5, join Genevieve Randall, Shannon Claire and guests for lively conversations about: Homestead National Historical Park's celebration of Native American Heritage Month; Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music concert and Hyeyung Yoon and Michael Sakamoto's collaboration with the UNL Dance Program; Jackie Allen and Hans Sturm's new album, “The Nebraska Project,” and a CD release party; Beatrice Community Players production of "Forest Paths;" Jason Max Ferdinand Singers' Abendmusik performance; Willow Point Gallery/Museum's Veteran's Day event; and "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit and "A Shayna Maidel" peformances at Nebraska Wesleyan. Also, poetry by Brad Aaron Modlin, a look at a new exhibition at Joslyn Art Museum and The Museum of Nebraska Art's huge expansion plan.

It'll be adding about 23,000 square-feet to its total floor area. The Museum of Nebraska Art, or MONA for short, will be overhauling its existing space, to supplement the sizable addition. Nicole Herden is the Executive Director at MONA and said visitors will have more options for enjoying the museum with added gardens and other lounging areas.

It'll be adding about 23,000 square-feet to its total floor area. The Museum of Nebraska Art, or MONA for short, will be overhauling its existing space, to supplement the sizable addition. Nicole Herden is the Executive Director at MONA and said visitors will have more options for enjoying the museum with added gardens and other lounging areas.

Let’s meet artist Laurie Hardin of Monkey-Cats Studio. For over 14 years, Laurie has been creating playful Halloween papier mache figures and paintings. Her work spans from traditional characters like jack o’lanterns, to non-traditional ones like foxes. She has been featured in Art Doll Quarterly magazine and quoted in the book "Halloween Nation" (by Lesley Bannatyne). Laurie has exhibited at several national level Halloween Shows - Halloween and Vine, Ghoultide Gathering, and Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween. Laurie was an art major at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (undergrad and grad degrees). She started college painting and drawing, but ended up finding fiber arts with a focus on weaving. After creating art and teaching for a few years, she became the curator at the Museum of Nebraska Art. As the curator, she built exhibits by focusing on materials and processes used - while many of her peers were curating from a perspective of philosophy, time, and place. During this time she encountered several artists that sparked her interest in papier mâché. After curating, Laurie dove back into painting. She started selling at local art shows, many of them in the fall. She did fall florals which lead her to start painting Halloween figures. Her adventure in Halloween papier mâché figures was launched when she got the bug make her figures come alive in 3D. She was proud of her first figures at the time, but now laughs that "they were pretty bad." Her husband, Kelly, still puts out Petey, one of her first figures. A cracking issue lead Laurie to start researching solutions. During the search she found Johanna Parker, a well known artist who loves Halloween. She made several artist contacts which lead to an invite to join EHAG (Eclectic Halloween Artists Guild). EHAG opened many doors for her and put her into an enthusiastic Halloween community. Halloween and Vine in California was Laurie's first exclusively Halloween show. She and Kelly were overwhelmed with the positive response of the collectors. Laurie's Halloween sales outpaced her Christmas work. Halloween allows her to create virtually anything while Christmas is more restricted to Santas, snowmen, etc. Laurie's collectors make her giggle almost everyday. It helps her work harder to bring a great collection every year. The joy Laurie's collectors bring to her is reflected the distinct smile that is a hallmark of her work. Laurie's lastest work has a strong cirus influence. Laurie has loved the circus ever since visiting one for the first time as a child. Mike Wolf and Frank Fritz's personal vintage circus collection at the American Pickers store amazed her. Laurie shared some trends she is seeing in Halloween art. Johanna Parker is adding a 1940s minty green into her palette. Popular commercial palettes are being worked into both Halloween and Christmas art. She's also seeing a lot of anthropomorphic work, the mixing of human features into animals. Photographers like Victor Vague are bringing back historical photographic processes. The name Monkey-Cats Studio is inspired by their two cats, Jake and Elwood (yes, like the Blues Brothers). Jake and Elwood were naughty kittens. They had tiny bodies and long tails. When they would walk by, all Laurie and her husband would see was their oversized tails. Laurie and Kelly started calling them the "monkey boys." The name stuck and evolved into "monkey cats." Jake and Elwood are key members of the Monkey-Cats team. They play with paint brushes, climb Laurie, and drink paint water. Laurie doesn't have a favorite Halloween character. She loves to make pumpkin figures, skeletons (she calls them skellies), Frankensteins (and his bride), and cats. One of the most unusual characters she made was a baby monkey. Her most treasured Halloween childhood memory was making popcorn balls with her mother. Her mom's popcorn balls were so fabulous neighborhood kids would go home, change, and come back for a second round. Laurie and Kelly still love handing out candy for trick or treat. She loves to give out handfuls of candy. If you are interested in Laurie's work, visit her blog (http://lauriehardinsaccents.blogspot.com/) and find her on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MonkeyCatsStudio/). Thank you all for joining this Monkey-Cats adventure today! Visit my web site at www.halloweenartandtravel.com for more details on the show. Support the show subscribing to the podcast and by following us on Instagram and or Facebook (linked off the website www.halloweenartandtravel.com). Join us next month to meet another surprise artist who exhibits at Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween!

Through an ever-evolving and precarious balance, the written and spoken word take on dimensional form in Anthony Hawley’s first exhibition at the Museum of Nebraska Art. He creates a full-scale, site-specific installation that incorporates sculptural and found objects, audio visual, and traditional two dimensional artworks that finds its genesis in a 19th century quote from the Lewis and Clark journals, “I am much engaged in reriting.”

Walking into an art museum, visitors sometimes think "I just don't get it!" Why Is It Art? takes an historical journey through selections from the Museum of Nebraska Art collection to learn how styles in art have evolved, what influences the artist, and how to look at art.

Have you ever wondered where artwork is stored when it is not on display? Or what it takes to curate an exhibition? Join the Museum of Nebraska Art staff as they share a day in the life of MONA!