National Willa Cather Center News

 

Johnnie Diacon creates traditional and contemporary Indigenous art, depicts Muscogee culture in his works

Tulsa-based artist Johnnie Diacon’s introduction to art began in an unusual setting: an optometrist’s office in Springdale, Arkansas.

A donated portrait of a woman named Evelyn Osborne allows consideration of a shared history between Cather and her friend, author Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

Cather Country is a perfect destination to bring your writers' group or book club for inspiration and rejuvenation.

Learn more about our existing and updated in-person and virtual offerings for educators and their students!

Restoration efforts at the Farmers and Merchants Bank are now coming closer to completion, thanks to your help!

As students of all ages return to the classroom, we look back at some of Cather's best known essays.

We say farewell to a dear friend of the Willa Cather Foundation and devoted steward of her grandmother Anna Pavelka's memory.

Pam Houston, author, teacher, and land advocate, took a recent detour off the interstate and headed to Red Cloud.