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Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded

… July 20, 2021 Student Scholarship Recipients The National Willa Cather Center is delighted to announce our 2021 … , Blue Hill High School Norma Ross Walter was a frequent visitor to Red Cloud and lifelong Cather fan. The … to use the scholarship to offset the cost of an in-person visit to Red Cloud at a later date. Although our conference …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … Sites April 11 — Miner House porch: "Friends of Childhood," pp. 1-50 April 12 — Childhood Home  attic …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… loose, abstract images with the colors from the paintings I learned had been in the exhibit Cather saw. Golden Goddess … I do use my own photographs. I paint en plein air because I learn about light and it forces me to simplify. But I hate …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic

… year for Willa Cather and the world. She would publish My Ántonia , delayed until the fall of that year due to … now in the National Cather Center Archives & Collections. My dear Carrie; It has been a long while since I received … living more. The fuel shortage was inconvenient for me. My study is heated by a coal grate, and during the terribly …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by noted Nebraska artist Allan Tubach, … “All of our friends just love his paintings when they visit our home,” Larry added. “How Allan puts his paintings … is absolutely fantastic to behold!” The Colliers last visited Red Cloud in 2014. “When I think of Red Cloud, I …
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Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald

… November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa Cather Foundation's Moon Block apartments and often … Council. At events, we serve as bartenders and we get to visit with almost every guest in attendance at the shows. … What do you like to do in your spare time? We like to visit our grandchildren. Reading is a favorite past time. We …
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Newly Conserved Artwork Returns

… original W.T. Benda illustration for Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia , lovingly presented to a friend. The … long-term conservation. Our continued thanks to John and Amy Dempsey, Bridgett Susie Sisson, Melissa J. Homestead, and …
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J.L. Miner House

… wrote to Carrie regularly throughout her life, and her book My Ántonia is dedicated "To Carrie and Irene Miner, In … The J.L. Miner House was featured as the Harling House in  My Ántonia.   7-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self …
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Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… Image Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, … her stay productive. Still, she would love to be able to visit and work at the NWCC, especially to spend time in the … interest in history,” Braxton appreciates how museums give visitors the opportunity to experience the past and …
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Educator & Student Opportunities this Spring

… serve teachers and students. If you are a teacher or school administrator, please consider completing the survey. …
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