The Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first ever conference exclusively devoted to Robert Henri, one of America’s most influential artists and art instructors. The conference will take place in Cozad, Nebraska on October 15-17, 2021.
The program will be conducted at both the Paulsen Conference Center and the museum and its art gallery.
The main conference will take place all day on October 16 but will begin on October 15 with a reception at the Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery from 6:00 pm– 9:00 pm and will include registration for the event and the distribution of conference packets. A reception will take place from 6-9 pm. There will also be tours of Robert Henri’s home given by members of the museum.
A dinner at the conclusion of the conference will take place at the Elks Lodge in Cozad with a special presentation entitled The Blast That Changed The World: The shooting of Alf Pierson about the shooting by John Cozad of Alf Pierson.
On Sunday a special program will take place at the Museum of Nebraska Art led by Nicole Herden, the director of the Museum of Nebraska Art who will lead a private tour of the Henri works there.
This conference will also be the first ever undertaken in Nebraska about America’s greatest art instructor and where Robert Henri (1865-1929) spent the formative years of his life from 1873- 1884. Leading Henri experts will gather to take a new look at Robert Henri. Major sponsors of the event include the membership of the Robert Henri Museum, Paulsen, Inc., Gwen Spiess, the Ervin and Grace Burkholder Foundation, Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation
and Humanities Nebraska.
To register for the conference go to: http://www.roberthenrimuseum.org/henri-conference-2021. The schedule for the conference can be found there along with a registration form along with additional information. Payment can be made online using the museum’s web page and Pay Pal at http://www.roberthenrimuseum.org/shop-1 or by check or credit card and the museum encourages participants to register early because there are only 130 seats available and it is expected to be a sell- out event.
The Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery is a national treasure that is the result of the work of many volunteers, board members and professional staff who have toiled for more than thirty years. The site is now listed on the United States Department of Interior’s National Register of Historic Places and has more Henri paintings and sketches on display than any other museum or gallery. It is the only institution devoted just to his work, his legacy and his life. The museum complex is located at 218 East 8th Street in Cozad and is open from May 1 to October 31 on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 308-784-4154 or visit the museum’s web page at http://www.roberthenrimuseum.org or its Facebook page.