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Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church

… charitable donations, please contact executive director, Ashley Olson, at aolson@willacather.org or (402) 746-4892. A special thanks to …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… aims to memorialize the writer's prose, while conjuring the mystic beauty of Nebraska’s prairies with hand-stitched … embellishments. The portfolio was shot in the fall of 2021 on Nebraska models at founder and designer Rachelle Hruska … through school-assigned readings of O Pioneers! and My Ántonia . But, it wasn’t until later, as a New Yorker, that I …
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2021 Miriam Mountford Volunteer of the Year: Angela Duca

… volunteer," National Willa Cather Center executive director Ashley Olson said. "We're grateful that she continues to give her …
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There Is No Willa Cather National Heritage Area

… public letter to Willa Cather Foundation executive director Ashley Olson on Wednesday, Governor Ricketts expressed his … potential feasibility of this project in the region. Olson is one of thirteen volunteer committee members of …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… Image Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting December 16, 2020 A recent gift of the painting Willa’s Windows , by … for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth …
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In Memoriam: Lucia Woods Lindley (1937-2020) — Friend, Photographer, and Philanthropist

… director, initially met Woods Lindley at a Willa Cather Spring Conference over a decade ago: “What first struck me about …
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Meet Joanna Blitch: Illustrator of Special Edition of Youth and the Bright Medusa

… won us over immediately," said Executive Director Ashley Olson. "We were struck by the simplicity of the Sumi ink …
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Member Spotlight: Meet Frank Markley

… of our organization’s lifespan,” said Executive Director Ashley Olson. She added, “This long-term commitment to our mission …
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National Willa Cather Center Celebrates National Poetry Month

… been overlooked by readers,” commented executive director, Ashley Olson. “Like much of her fiction, Cather’s poetry provides …
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Request for Proposals: Willa Cather Book Illustration

… be accepted. Proposal Due: November 30, 2019 Contacts : Tracy Tucker, Education Director — ttucker@willacather.org Ashley Olson, Executive Director — …
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