Wed, Jan 02, 2008
January 2, 2008
SUBMISSIONS DUE MARCH 1
Entries Invited to 'Nebraska Poets on Sheldon Paintings' Poetry Contest
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces a contest, Nebraska Poets on Sheldon Paintings, in conjunction with the "Poets on Painters" exhibition on view April 26 through June 29.
A cash prize will be awarded in each of four categories for the best poem written about a painting or paintings in the Sheldon collection. Winning poems will be considered for publication in magazines and newsletters. Submissions are welcome from Nebraska poets (published and unpublished), writers and students. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, DEC 19-22
'Last Year on the Farm' Opens at Great Plains Art Museum
Texas artist V.... Vaughan's daily plein air paintings documenting the last days on her family's multi-generational farm will be presented in "Last Year on the Farm," an exhibit at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum Jan. 2 through March 14.
Vaughan has lived and painted on her farm northeast of Austin, Texas, for 30 years, but the land is now in the hands of suburban developers. Three-hundred sixty-five paintings reveal the seasons of change in her last year on these 200 acres of farmland. The series includes Vaughan's "24-in-24" challenges representing one of the four seasons. more...
CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIES
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY CENTER, 7:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions
Scott L. Gardner (inset),
Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park
Researchers to Investigate Biodiversity in the Gobi Vertebrate Parasite Project
Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are set to explore the hidden biodiversity of the isolated mountain range in the heart of Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park in southern Mongolia.
The project is funded by a $620,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Scott L. Gardner, curator of the H.W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology at the University of Nebraska State Museum, leads the Mongolian Vertebrate Parasite Project for UNL. A multinational collaborative effort will bring together experts from UNL, the National University of Mongolia, Hokkaido University in Japan, the University of New Mexico, Portland State University and the University of Kansas to study the biodiversity of small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and their parasites in Mongolia. more...
