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Visions Seen in the Air: An Invitational Exhibit

… ones were hunting for rest and a brief reprieve from death. It was already gone, that age; nothing could ever …
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Visions Seen in the Air

… contributing artists to contemplate the essence of Willa Cather’s home town and to convey, through any medium, that … sense of place and feeling of home that would later inspire Cather as she created her six Nebraska novels. Exhibiting … in the Air  will be on display in The Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through July 15, 2023. …
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Organization History

… Image Organization History Advancing Her Legacy The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) was founded in 1955 by a group of … the Nature Conservancy gifted the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in 2006, the Foundation embarked on a different kind … expand educational outreach, and establish an endowment to support long-term preservation of the historic sites. …
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Plain Views: Pastel and Photography

… the enduring novels of Willa Cather. Cather observed in O Pioneers! , “We come and go, but the land is always here. …
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Catherland by Shane Booth

… Image Art Gallery Monday, May 1, 2017 | 12am - Thursday, Jul 27, 2017 … fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.” – Willa Cather Using his 1867 studio camera and Voightlander lens to … she based several of her novels describing life on the prairie in the early 19th century. My photographs evoke a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… in letters to her Red Cloud acquaintances, she wrote about events like those depicted in the exhibit—business openings … home. Expressing relief that a local mill was still in operation, Cather wrote in 1939, “Something goes on that is … click HERE . The exhibit will be in our Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through March 31. …
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Meet our 2022 Summer Humanities Interns!

… Humanities Interns! June 15, 2022 This summer, the National Willa Cather Center, with support from the Nebraska Cather … summer interns possess curiosity about Red Cloud’s rich literary history, and we at the National Willa Cather Center …
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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… 19, 2021 Literature enthusiasts from across the country who visit the National Willa Cather Center can look forward to new experiences—in Cather’s hometown of Red Cloud and virtually—thanks to the ongoing work of the Willa …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… Shadow — Paintings Inspired by the Art and Life of Willa Cather is showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery … loose, abstract images with the colors from the paintings I learned had been in the exhibit Cather saw. Golden Goddess … of 2017, I read Alex Ross's "A Walk in Willa Cather's Prairie" in The New Yorker . I had always thought the images …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather enthusiasts, the Andersons have traveled to various … at a beautiful October sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you … at cpond@WillaCather.org — she'd love to hear from you! To learn more about membership in the Willa Cather Foundation  …
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