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We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place

… to the Lakota tribe. His work also explores different media including acrylics, archival pens, watercolor, and …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… but ,as a child, I was not aware of the hardships.  We always ate well thanks to big gardens, canning, and homegrown … do art when I grew up. I was able to take some lessons from private teachers and workshops. I studied art books and did … In the 1990s, I did a lot of mural work in businesses and private homes. This gave me the opportunity to paint BIG. I …
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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Travel Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … arrival, you are immediately immersed in the natural and material world that inspired the Pulitzer Prize winner’s …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening … that indicated the community could support up to a thirty room hotel, leaders opted not to acquire land and construct …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Basin Timelapse project and is a 51-year veteran of public media, many of which have been spent in the production and …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Monday” and “Wheatless Wednesday” to encourage Americans to save food.  Image United State Food Administration Rationing …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… “I just set out to try to figure out how to do ancient styles and methods,” Earles says. “It was a lot of trial and …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… creative process, he enjoys experimenting with different styles, including spray paint, street art and screen …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… Image Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Image Willa Cather statue representing Nebraska at National Statuary … them. And so I wrote O Pioneers! .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, … incorporated. These include a turquoise jacket that was a gift to Cather from her editors, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, …
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