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Meet our 2023 Humanities Interns!
… Humanities Internship at the NWCC offers an experiential learning opportunity for an advanced undergraduate … between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center. Nolan Bennett , originally from Kearney, … on the rolling plains of the Midwest” and is enjoying the prairie and farmland around Red Cloud, and being close to …
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Event Archives
… Art Gallery Author Series International Seminar Opera House Prairie Writers Special Events Spring Conference Image The prairie landscape inspired Cather's Nebraska novels and helped to forge many of her … anniversary of The Professor's House. Purchase Tickets Learn More Image "Willa Cather's Flatness" International …
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Virtual Author Series: Pam Houston
… | 7pm Transport yourself to the Colorado Rockies, Nebraska prairie, and beyond during our conversation with author Pam … of place-based writing and her connections to Willa Cather, both as a writing professor and a fan. Register for the event here. Learn more about Deep Creek on our product page : the …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation staff since 2017, when she was hired as a … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job … or to look at contemporary art in our gallery or visit the prairie, I hope they understand that our organization is …
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What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … and enriches lives. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the supporters and volunteers who make our work possible. We … among people who celebrate the beauty of nature and the prairie. I feel I am learning about the pioneer spirit, and …
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Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… Image Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker October 30, … & Curation as part of an internal restructuring. Learn more about Tracy and her new role—and what this means … in almost all of these things is an intense desire to keep learning and creating—sometimes the more challenging the …
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Planning Underway for Hotel Garber
… in the historic Potter-Wright building next door to the Willa Cather Foundation’s Farmers and Merchants Bank, the hotel … Jarrod McCartney, at jmccartney@redcloudnebraska.com. To donate online, please click here . …
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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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Autumn Offerings for Educators
… them. "I want visitors to feel the impact of what they learn here, even if they can't actually be here," Rachel … ready to enhance your class’s experience reading Willa Cather or learning about Nebraska history." This year, our … Coons will perform outside at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie and in the evening at the Red Cloud Opera House …
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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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