What began as a storage room full of books and other items became a space more wonderful than any one person could have dreamed. After tedious planning, sorting, cleaning, more planning, building, bumps and hoops, this old storage room that occupied the east lower level of the Memorial Building…
I just slid past my 10 month anniversary of working here at Joslyn Art Museum under the title Interactive Media Coordinator. Apart from being asked which corner of the Earth I originate (it’s NOT Australia), by far the most common question I receive after introducing myself and my job…
My name is Julia Olson, and I’m the Weitz Family Fellow here at Joslyn Art Museum. I graduated from Carleton College last June, and although I was extremely excited, I was also more or less terrified to be thrust into the real world and become what my friends and…
What’s on my desk? Besides too many piles of paper, there are a few small objects I’ve picked up along the way. This little box has been with me a long time. Years ago, a kind Museum volunteer, Ron Perkins would come to Joslyn every Friday and offer his…
As told by Molly Blackburn, Language Arts Teacher, Buffett Magnet Middle School and Laura Huntimer, Director of School Programs & Interactive Media, Joslyn Art Museum MOLLY: Our service learning project, initially called “A Walk Through Time,” has been a blast! The idea of doing a service learning project came…
Recent visitors to Joslyn have had the opportunity to participate in a collaborative art-making activity. Based on Carl Andre’s Gazetteer (in the Legacy exhibition), a text-based artwork that builds word after word into a final two-dimensional piece existing, not as poetry or prose, but as an end unto itself,…
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…
My name is Kyle Johnson, and I’m the Landscape Maintenance Technician here at Joslyn Art Museum. I have a pretty broad background as far as landscaping and grounds maintenance goes, and this is my third season here at Joslyn. When people ask me what all I do here, I…
Ever wondered how Joslyn got its world-class collection? Like most museum collections, Joslyn Art Museum’s holdings have grown almost entirely through generous contributions from private collectors and donors. Many of the works in Joslyn’s collection had been in Omaha long before the Joslyn Memorial opened in 1931. These works…