Mon, Oct 20, 2008
October 20, 2008
Green Museum, Green Quilts: It's Good to be Green
Contemporary quilts display planet-friendly themes in an exhibition continuing at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The museum, designed to be ecologically sustainable, partnered with the manufacturer of the Mountain Mist corn fiber-based quilt batting product to sponsor the "Crafting a Better Planet" quilt competition. The quilts of the competition finalists are complemented by antique quilts from the museum's collection which show examples of Mountain Mist quilting patterns widely used during the first half of the 20th century. more...
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM
Jacobshagen's Journals Exhibition at Sheldon
"Journals of the Days," an exhibition that explores the artistic process of landscape painter Keith Jacobshagen, continues at the Sheldon Museum of Art through Nov. 30.
Organized by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum in celebration of its 30th anniversary, the exhibition is composed of 20 reproduced images from Jacobshagen's journals. These pages include drawings, paintings and written entries about the landscape and his work. The exhibition's journal images are supplemented with paintings by the artist from private collections. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Trumbo and The Digital Cinema of Jon Jost Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Trumbo/em> and The Digital Cinema of Jon Jost. All films will show one week only through October 23.
Trumbo is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best. The film illustrates how one man's unerring belief in the First Amendment and the power of the written word--plus a drink or two--empowered him to fight back after being blacklisted by HUAC. Forced to write underground, letter writing became the chief repository of Trumbo's extraordinary talents, and they serve as a wonderfully entertaining testament to his boundless intellect, acerbic humor, and staggering resilience. - Moviefone.
World renowned, self taught film and digital video artist Jon Jost presents a series of work shot in Lincoln and around location in Nebraska. In 2007, Jost conducted a Media-Artist-in-Residence project, co-sponsored by the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Arts are Basic program, during which he taught digital film/video-making to public school students in the Valentine, Nebraska area and the Lincoln Public Schools. While he was participating in that project, he shot two feature and created a video installation piece, all of which (along with others) will be screened.
More information is available at the Ross website.
