By guest blogger Tanya Cooper Commercial Graphic Designer Nabru Canvas LLC All views & opinions expressed in this article are that of the author. The Rubell Family is remarkable for many reasons. Steve Rubell was the co-founder of Studio 54 in New York, labeled the hottest disco on the…
Last month, Carole Anders Harris arrived at Joslyn with a group of friends to have lunch and visit the 30 Americans exhibition. The visit was planned in celebration of a milestone birthday for Harris, who had traveled from South Carolina to her hometown of Omaha for the gathering. For…
Done. A single word telegraphed around the nation triggered champagne toasts, cannon booms from coast to coast, fireworks and the ringing of The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. It was a celebration of the country’s greatest achievement – completion of the transcontinental railroad – and the joining of East and…
Six times during the school year, a group of teachers meet at Joslyn to study an artist and their artwork to create a lesson plan for Thursdays for Teachers (T4T). Who are these wonderful educators responsible for collaborating with Museum staff to create the curriculum? They are our Mentor…
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…
Although it doesn’t feel like November, one glance at Joslyn Art Museum’s gardens leaves no question that fall is most definitely here. At this point in time I could wander off into the biology of deciduous trees, why they shed their leaves, and what happens to the chlorophyll and…
Four years ago I met Julie Dierberger with University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Service Learning Academy (SLA) and Cathy Nelson with Blackburn Alternative High School. Little did I know that this partnership (and subsequent friendship) would lead to Joslyn Art Museum installing a life-size Truffula Tree in the Discovery…
The gardens have been buzzing at Joslyn Art Museum this summer. A healthy environment means life, and that’s what I’ve been seeing a lot of this season, which is exciting. Using primarily organic means to care for our campus the last 3 years has helped create an environment that…
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend a large international conference for fundraisers, and a young woman in a session made a comment about philanthropists being a word that should only be used with large, transformational gifts (lingo fundraisers and nonprofits use regarding seven and eight figure plus…
Bringing the outside in doesn’t sound like a great idea when it’s February and you live in Nebraska. But that’s exactly what John McIntyre and Laura Vranes do as street art collectors. In a few short years the couple has filled their 1970s home, nestled in an unassuming Omaha…