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

… by Steve Tamayo, Anne Steinhoff, and Paul High Horse Art Gallery Thursday, May 15 - Saturday, Aug 2, 2025 | All day This summer, the Red Cloud Opera House is excited to welcome artists Steven …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 06/17/2025

Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… My dad was a farmer who rented land.  We lived in whatever house was provided with the farmland, sometimes not the best house but my mother made each house a wonderful home. I … and affordably priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our …
Posted: 11/27/2024
Last Updated: 11/27/2024

Red Cloud Opera House Hosts Tiny Art Market

… Council, education director of the Lux Art Center, and the first artist in residence for the Lincoln Marriott … College in 1981. Susan taught elementary art for seventeen years in Dawson County rural schools and now conducts artist … I have been given." Rick Houchin Rick L. Houchin has nearly fifty years of photography experience, primarily as a …
Posted: 07/13/2026
Last Updated: 11/04/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures … spot to pause and refresh or entirely regroup away from it all. Red Cloud is an oasis on the prairie — yet only a short … National Willa Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… could significantly grow the local economy and create new jobs. Red Cloud is home to the National Willa Cather Center … operation, Hotel Garber is projected to add up to ten new jobs and generate $6.7 million in revenue and $800,000 in …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… accomplished peopleand very proud of what we produced." Tracy Sanford Tucker joined the staff of the National Willa Cather Center … in English and Great Plains Studies. A certified archivist, Tucker oversees the management of the National Willa Cather …
Posted: 03/16/2025
Last Updated: 03/18/2025

Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up February 7, 2025 Use it up, Wear it out, … of thrifty living in the 1880s are easy to find, and in our collections, nearly every collection contains an example of … utilizing scraps and fabric from sugar and flour sacks. Our collections boast several quilts that were handmade by Anna …
Posted: 02/05/2025
Last Updated: 02/11/2025

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… childhood visits to the Southwest. “I was really inspired by Southwestern Pueblo pottery,” Earles says. “That’s … into it or modern-day issues.” A featured artist in the Red Cloud Opera House exhibit 49 Minutes of Fame , Earles … Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… conversations about art, family and heritage have inspired his current pieces. “Those themes started playing in my … grandfather encouraged him to submit his work to the Red Cloud Indian Art Show on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a place … Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
Posted: 12/13/2021
Last Updated: 11/29/2024

The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… Nebraska classrooms; from letters, to lectures, to this gallery. He is now “over the Rainbow.” His joy in this … is very swift. How any one could sit in such a peaceful place and plan such wars, I can’t figure out… Image …
Posted: 10/15/2024
Last Updated: 10/22/2024

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