Nebraska
KEARNEY
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
308-865-8559
“The Oregon Trail: Images of the Journey West” now-March 11, 2012: Various artists. “Cranes in Art” Feb. 11-May 8, 2012: 19th- to 21st-century art depicting the magnificent sandhill cranes, which stop at the Platte River twice a year.
LINCOLN
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
402-472-6549
“Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages” now-Feb. 26, 2012: Quilts by the woman who calls herself an “artist who makes folk art.” “Tribute to Ardis James” Jan. 6-July 29, 2012: Quilts donated in James’s honor by many leading studio quilt artists. “What’s in a Name? Inscribed Quilts” Jan. 13-Sept. 23, 2012: The stories that inscribed quilts can tell quilt researchers.
THE SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
402-472-2461
“Viet Nam, Nebraska” now-Jan. 8, 2012: Binh Danh, artist in residence, exhibits photographs of the Vietnamese experience in America. “Histories: The Sheldon Permanent Collections” now-July 15, 2012: Historical topics in art.
OMAHA
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
402-342-3300
“American Landscape: Contemporary Photographs of the West” now-Jan. 8, 2012: Works by 14 photographers exploring the geography, history and culture of the West. “From Sea to Shining Sea: Currier & Ives Prints From the ConAgra Foods Collection” now-Jan. 15, 2012: Exhibition of 31 Currier & Ives prints of 19th-century America.
