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Tuesday, May 21
10:30A-11:30A
Little ones with a grown-up are invited to artful readings presented in the galleries by Omaha Public Library. MORE DETAILS >
 
Wednesday, May 22
A 24 hour charitable challenge
midnight to midnight
 
9:15A-11:00A
An engaging tour of current exhibitions for moms, dads, and caregivers. Crying babies welcome. MORE DETAILS >
 
Public Tour
European Art Highlights
1:00-2:00 PM
Joslyn Art Museum features distinguished paintings by Titian, Veronese, El Greco, and Claude Lorrain, as well works by noted Spanish and Dutch artists. The Museum is noted for the strength of its nineteenth-century European collection, which includes exceptional examples of Academic paintings by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Ernest Meissonier, as well as Impressionist masterworks by Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet. Joslyn is also home to one of two plaster versions of Edgar Degas' famed sculpture, Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old. 

Tours meet in Atrium
 
Thursday, May 23
Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie
6:30 pm
Join Karin Campbel, Joslyn's Willson Curator of Contemporary Art for a gallery discussion in the special exhibition Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie--extended through June 3! Cash bar opens at 5:00 pm; gallery talk begins at 6:30 pm.
MORE DETAILS >
 
Public Tour
Modern & Contemporary Art
6:30-7:30 PM

Joslyn’s collection of modern and contemporary art includes major works by many of the leading figures of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The centerpiece of the collection is Jackson Pollock’s magnificent 1947 canvas Galaxy, which is complemented by paintings and sculpture by Hans Hoffman, Kenneth Noland, Al Held, Helen Frankenthaler, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Sol Le Witt, and Petah Coyne, offering a rich and varied narrative of the art of our time.

Tours meet in Atrium

 
Friday, May 24
Bruce Crawford Film Screening: Carousel with special guest Shirley Jones
7 pm screening (cash bar at 6 pm; doors to concert hall open at 6:30 pm)
This is a facility rental/non-Museum event scheduled for Joslyn's Witherspoon Concert Hall.

Info: (402) 926-8299
Tickets: $20 at all Omaha Hy-Vee food stores customer service counters
 
Saturday, May 25
10:00A-12:00P
Join Joslyn staff for simple art activities. You'll never know what you'll find. MORE DETAILS >
 
Public Tour
Highlights of the Permanent Collection
10:30-11:30 AM
Come see the heart and soul of Joslyn Art Museum. Docents will introduce visitors to the world-renowned works in the Museum's permanent collection. Each and every tour is a little different; don't miss a chance to learn about a treasure you may have overlooked.

Tours meet in Atrium