Where did summer go? I looked at the calendar, and September is almost over. Time does fly when you’re having fun, and there’s been plenty to enjoy in the gardens at Joslyn Art Museum this season. Planting is, of course, a common garden activity, but this year we seriously…
In museum circles there’s much buzz over Ellen Gamermanʼs recent Wall Street Journal article, “Docents Gone Wild.” In her cautionary piece, Gamerman describes the occasional rogue docent whose performance in the galleries does not measure up to museum expectations—the greying, privileged volunteer who strays off script, misstates facts, or…
Last September, twenty Karen students – most from camps along the Thai-Burma border and all now attending Benson High School and part of Omaha Public Schools’ ESL/Refugee and Migrant Education program – made Joslyn Art Museum their home. The students participated in a five-day quilt workshop during National…
It’s Monday at Joslyn Art Museum. The big brass doors are closed to the public, the galleries locked tight, and the paintings allowed to ‘rest’ in dark away from eager school children, pointing fingers, and noses occasionally pressed too close for the comfort of our protection officers. Mondays are…