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

… We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place . These Native American artists have brought together … and omissions can only be conjectured, an examination of place would not be complete without including a response … The result is “visual poetry,” depictions of beauty, nature and transcendence. A self-taught artist, Anne began …
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Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory

… Image Artist Karen Thurlow Artist Karen Thurlow on Place and Memory Local Artist Creates "Webster County … you to everyone at the National Willa Cather Center for allowing me to show my art in the town where I spent so much … priced. Art purchases from the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery benefit the artist and help support our mission to …
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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 …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening … visitors with access to a new permanent exhibit,  Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud . The exhibit chronicles …
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Unseen & Underfoot: The Hidden Diversity of the Plains

… Helicotylenchus, the "spiral" nematode, collected at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie A special science exhibition in the … nematodes are replacing chemical insecticides throughout Europe as a preferred biological control of insects. …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up

… Image Rationing Poster, United State Office of War Information, 1943 Annotations from the … the characters on the cards were sometimes given names of friends or siblings, as though stories were being created or acted out based on the scenes. Image Willa Cather's Childhood Scrapbook. OBJ-4-RG2639.AM.00001 In a letter to …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles

… Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Chase Earles … “It was like a reconnection to my tribe’s culture and our people.” Reteaching Caddo culture A smaller tribe than other … which combines the concept of Indigenous Futurism with the ancient Caddo way of representing the environment and …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux

… grandson everything he knew about art. “We had his pieces all over our house,” Ruleaux says. “He was my strongest … Red Cloud Indian Art Show on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a place where his grandfather and cousins had displayed art in … Pop Art  which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • There is also an …
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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 …
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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 … —Watch a recording of the ceremony and scroll down for a gallery of images and more information— The Congressional … as if surrounded by nature, at home in the Nebraska prairie.” Cather’s likeness will join less than a dozen …
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