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Nobody’s Listening Exhibit (Read More)

Nobody’s Listening, a groundbreaking, award winning virtual reality (VR) experience and immersive exhibition that commemorates the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS in northern Iraq, will make its premiere in the United States at UNO. Initiated and sponsored by UNO’s Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy, the exhibition will be on display at the UNO Art Gallery from January 9 to February 23, 2023. It will then move to universities affiliated with the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies, which held its first regular meeting at UNO in December 2019. Open during gallery hours, Monday though Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Flora, Fauna, and Family Exhibition (Read More)

This exhibition is a survey of works by the late Gladys M Lux. Her grandmother began her art education by teaching her china painting, and she also learned to paint in watercolors and draw. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska, Ms. Lux began teaching art at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1927. During the forty years she taught at Nebraska Wesleyan University, she inspired many students to believe as she did that “there is an artist in everyone.” Talented as both an artist and educator, her collection of over 450 prints is on view year-round to continue its initial purpose of bringing world-class art to the people of Nebraska. The LUX Print Gallery is located on the second floor of the Lux Center for the Arts. Gallery hours are 12 - 6PM, Tuesday - Friday and 10AM - 5PM on Saturday.

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Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close Exhibit (Read More)

Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close an art exhibition featuring portraits by Dr. Mark Gilbert, Associate Professor of Art & Art History in the School of Arts at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The exhibition will also feature Drawing to a Close, drawings depicting the end of life by Mark's late father, Norman Gilbert (1926-2019). “Norman Gilbert’s works transform deeply private experiences into shared comprehensions of love, caregiving, dementia, end of life, and bereavement.” – Mark Gilbert, PhD UNO Art Gallery hours Open Monday thru Thursday, 10:00a.m to 4:00p.m. and Wednesday, 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Sunday, 12:00p.m. to 2:00pm or by appointment Closed Friday and Saturday Holidays and during academic breaks

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Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close – International Symposium (Read More)

This symposium seeks to illuminate how the synthesis of the arts, humanities and social sciences and medicine can reframe perspectives on care of the elderly in ways that can challenge, stimulate and nurture fresh thinking, dialogue and connections. Moreover, it will explore how they can play a pivotal role in addressing the challenges and rewards of caring for the elderly and of caregiver and health professional burnout and wellbeing. Paintings will also be on display in the UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center  August 26 to September 29. These paintings were created by people living with dementia as part of the Opening Minds through Art (OMA) program delivered at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The art program is aimed at promoting residents social engagement, autonomy, and dignity through the experience of creative self-expression. Elders at Rose Blumkin Jewish Home were paired with a trained student volunteer from the University of Nebraska Omaha who provided guidance during the art-making process. The event features geriatrician Dr. Kenneth Rockwood and film-maker Hannah Minzloff. Dr. Rockwood is a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who was last year’s winner of the Ryman Prize for the world’s best discovery, development, advance or achievement that enhances quality of life for older people. Hannah Minzloff is a Canadian filmmaker. Her critically acclaimed film, “Dementia, Dad and Me” will be broadcast nationwide in Canada this summer. The event is free, but registration is required.

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“On the Inside” reception (Read More)

On the Inside is a group show of LGBTQ+ artists who are currently incarcerated. The art is made from basic materials the prisoners have access to behind bars: mostly letter sized paper, dull pencils, ball-point pen ink tubes (the hard shell is deemed too dangerous), and unlikely innovations such as using an asthma inhaler with Kool-Aid to create an airbrushed painting. The exhibit is the culmination of a multi-year project conceived of by Tatiana von Furstenberg in collaboration with Black & Pink. The project started with a small ad in the Black & Pink newsletter, a monthly publication filled with prisoner-generated content, sharing stories about prison life. Ignited and inspired by this call for art, more than four thousand pieces were submitted.

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On the Inside Virtual Curator Talk: Tatiana von Furstenberg, project creator, and Eline Mul, exhibit designer (Read More)

This virtual curator talk featuring Tatiana von Furstenburg, project creator, and Eline Mul, exhibit designer, will focus on the "On the Inside" a group show of LGBTQ+ artists who are currently incarcerated, which is on display in the Osborne Family Gallery from May 20 – July 31 during Criss Library’s regular hours of operation.

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