“Imagining the Indian” film screening and panel discussion: Lincoln (Read More)
A documentary screening of "Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting" will be followed by a panel discussion featuring filmmakers Ben West and Yancey Burns that will explore Native representation, the impact of harmful stereotypes, and the movement to end Native American mascots. This event is part of a series of three screenings jointly supported by the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Santee Sioux Nation, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Little Priest Tribal College, Nebraska Indian Community College, and the University of Nebraska Inter Tribal Exchange student group (UNITE) and Sheldon Museum of Art. Registration is requested for this event. To register, click here.
Join State Poet of Nebraska (2025-2029) Jewel Rodgers for an evening celebrating the relationship between poetry and visual art. Rodgers will present a selection of readings inspired by "Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention," offering her perspectives on the exhibition's themes and artworks and inviting new ways of seeing and thinking about the work on view. This program is recommended for audiences ages 16 and older and requires a ticket for admission. Tickets are $20 for non-members and $16 for members. For more information, visit the event website.
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November First Friday at the Sheldon Museum of Art (Read More)
UNL graduate student poets will read their original poetry, inspired by art on view, in the galleries starting at 6 p.m. Before the poetry readings, join a tour of Remembering Modern Art at 5:30 p.m. Admission is always free, and everyone is welcome. Event registration is requested. Visit the event website for more information, or to register.
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Welcoming New Nebraskans: A Celebration of “The Lives of Immigrants & Refugees” (Read More)
This event at the Sheldon Museum of Art will feature moderated discussion with contributors and editors of "The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief and Finding Home in Nebraska," followed by audience discussion and questions. Registration is requested to attend this event: https://sheldonartmuseum.org/welcoming-new-nebraskans-celebration-lives-immigrants-refugees/ About the book: Human beings have always migrated. To be on the move, searching for a more hospitable climate, greater resources, and a welcoming community, is part of our human DNA. All kinds of large, uncontrollable forces—war, the threat of genocide, climatic changes, political exile, and economic hardship—propel people to leave behind everything familiar and begin their lives over again in a strange place, sometimes with only the clothes on their backs. The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees offers thirty-one essays by immigrants and refugees who now call Lincoln, Nebraska, home. These individuals have found support, belonging, and opportunity through the collaborative work of Lincoln’s New Americans Task Force members and the Lincoln/Lancaster County Welcoming and Belonging Strategic Plan. The stories in this book are brilliant, harrowing, poetic, and revelatory. They’re also stories of survival, resilience, creativity, and a staggering amount of work: learning a new language, navigating a challenging immigration system, being perceived as a foreigner, struggling to grasp strange new customs and traditions, working one’s way out of extreme poverty, working through trauma and grief. Those of us who have had the good fortune of not being displaced have much to learn by listening.
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Family Day: Ekphrastic Poetry with Matt Mason (Read More)
An ekphrastic poem is a type of description of a work of art. Former State Poet Matt Mason will lead a day of art, words, and creativity. Inspired by Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, Mason will lead interactive poetry activities that transform looking into writing. Discover how visual art can spark imagination and self-expression through poetry, no experience required. Families can also enjoy free snacks, artmaking activities, and other hands-on experiences throughout the museum. The event is free, but registration is requested.
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Family Day: Music and Storytelling for All Ages (Read More)
The July edition of The Sheldon Art Museum's Family Day with Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival will feature a special children’s storytelling concert with Crossroads’ artists, an evocative performance by Nordic-folk duo iiS in the Museum’s Great Hall, and a hands-on, storytelling-through-poetry-workshop with the wryly perceptive and truly Nebraskan wordsmith and former Nebraska State Poet, Matt Mason.
Families are invited to participate in activities and games at Sheldon, including an art-making project led by Omaha artist Steve Tamayo. This event is in conjunction with the exhibition Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence, which runs January 21 - July 13, 2025. Registration for this event is requested. Registration may be completed via a link in the event's calendar listing. Click here to see the Sheldon's event calendar.
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Native American culture panel discussion (Read More)
Omaha artist and activist Steve Tamayo will moderate a panel discussion with Duane Hollow Horn Bear and Mike and Denise One Star that offers cultural insight to and deeper understanding of artworks in Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence. Registration for this event is requested. Registration may be completed via a link in the event's calendar listing. Click here to see the Sheldon's event calendar.
Mike and Denise One Star will perform traditional Native American dance in Sheldon's Great Hall. Their performance is in conjunction with the exhibition Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence, which runs January 21 - July 13, 2025. Registration for this event is requested. Registration may be completed via a link in the event's calendar listing. Click here to see the Sheldon's event calendar.
