Joslyn Events
Joslyn Art Museum offers a variety of collection- and exhibition-related events for Museum-goers of all ages, with all kinds of interests. Go to the calendar to find details about specific upcoming events.
NEW!
Join us from 5-8 pm, every Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day, to enjoy gallery talks, music, film, dance, art-making, dinner or cocktails - something for everyone!
September 2 - loom Weaves Joslyn's Sculpture Garden!
Third Thursday Art Encounters Club - monthly guided tours for seniors scheduled in partnership with The Nebraska Medical Center's Health and Wellness Club
- September 16 - Albert Paley; Celebrating a Contemporary Sculptor
- October 21 - Why Come Back?
- November 18 - Beyond Realism: Works by Kent Bellows 1970-2005
- December 16 - A Season of Joy: Currier and Ives' Winter Holiday Prints
Visualizing Literature: Book Club for Art Lovers - docent-led discussion groups connecting literature and art scheduled in partnership with the Nebraska Medical Center's Health and Wellness Club
- September 14 - The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser.
- November 9 - The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by author Robert M. Edsel and contributor Bret Witter.
Appetite for Art: Director's Choice - monthly gallery talks presented by Joslyn's Director and accompanied by thematic lunches
- September 28 - Divine Dining featuring Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Agnes, 1520, from the workshop of Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse (Flemish, c. 1472-1532)
- October 26 - On the Menu: Mahogany, Cherry, and Pine featuring Chest of Drawers and Slant-front Desk, 18th century, by unknown American artists
- November 30 - Craving the Classical featuring The Convalescent, 1869 by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (English, 1836-1912)
- January 26, 2011 - Sweet and Sourpuss featuring Portrait of an Old Actor by Frank Duveneck (American, 1848-1919
- February 22 - Just Plains Good! featuring Nomads, 1902, by Henry Farney (American, born Alsace, 1847-1916)
- March 29 - Dinner with Dignitaries featuring Ongpatonga (Big Elk), 1830s; Peskelechaco, 1830s; Red Jacket, 1830s by
Henry Inman (American, 1801-1846), after Charles Bird King (American,1785-1862) - April 26 - Taste o' Techno featuring Couch Potato, 1994, by Nam June Paik (Korean, 1932-2006)
- May 31 -Secret Recipe featuring a surprise work of art from the storage vault!
AIA Lectures - free public lectures held in partnership with the Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) will continue in the fall
- November 14 - "CSI: Archaeology" with Melissa Conner, Ph.D., Director of the Master of Forensic Science program at Nebraska Wesleyan University
- March 27 - "Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of a God King" with Lanny Bell, Brown University
- April 24 - "Building the Parthenon" with John Younger, University of Kansas
design alliance Omaha (daOMA) Lectures - a forum providing opportunities for Omaha's design community
- October 2 - Fritz Haeg of Fritz Haeg Studio, Sundown Schoolhouse, and ecology initiatives of Gardenlab, including Edible Estates
College Night - a free evening of art, live music, and food on October 22, 7-9 pm, for college students and faculty with I.D.
CU at Joslyn - monthly lectures presented by Creighton University faculty on select Sunday afternoons
- September 12 - "A Portrait of Edgar Degas: His Life and Works" with Jan Lund, Department of Modern Languages and Literature
- October 10 - "Give an Artist a Break! Jean-George Vibert's The Grasshopper and the Ant" with Greg Carlson, S.J., Deglman Center for Ignatian Spirituality
- November 7 - "Princess or Pauper? A Late Roman Portrait of a Woman" with Claire O'Brien, Dept of Classical and Near Eastern Studies (CANES)
- January 30, 2011 - "Codex Sinaiticus, The World's Oldest Bible: What It Is All About and Why Is It So Important?" with Leonard Greenspoon, Department of Theology
- February 20 - "Re-presenting Tradition: The Impact and Influence of the American Craft Movement" with Amy Nelson, Department of Fine and Performing Art
- March 20 - "Portals to Paradise: Decoding Iconography of the Christian East" Nicolae Roddy, Department of Theology
- April 17 - "The Mystery of Joslyn's Roman Relief Portrait"
Gregory Bucher, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies