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Native American art gallery stops in Lincoln
More than 30 works of art by Native American tribes on display
by Dalton Walker, NewsNetNebraska
March 08, 2007
Next-door neighbors Chris Jackson and Bill Worrall came to take pictures. As they glanced at the Native American art gallery, they were told they weren't allowed to take pictures without the artist's permission, at least not full pictures.
The bad news didn't dismay them. They were still thrilled to witness such, "beautiful art by beautiful people," Jackson said, who is part Cherokee. "I'm a history buff," she added. "I like to look at the art, the Indian pictures."
Jackson and Worrall visited the gallery titled, "The Journey Home: Native American Art Show." Thirty-two works of art are on showcase at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum through March 26. The museum is located near Q and 11th Streets.
"I find peace in the artwork," Worrall said. "Some of it is quite beautiful. It felt very peaceful."
The exhibit is a component of the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission's official commemoration of "The Journey Home." The Commission is the gallery's primary sponsor. This is the final stop for the exhibit after stops in Omaha and the Winnebago reservation.
Ernest Ricehill, a member of the Winnebago and Omaha tribes, is the curator of the exhibit and has four pieces on display. It took him about six months to gather the works of art, he said.
"Most of the artists work at home," Ricehill said. "Most never get the chance to display. This is the time to do so."
The pieces of art were created by tribal members from Nebraska's four federally recognized tribes: Omaha, Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Northern Ponca. Art by members of the Otoe-Missouria tribe, a tribe from Oklahoma, are also featured. All five tribes met with the Lewis and Clark expedition when they were in the Missouri region.
The Great Plains Art Museum is part of UNL's Center for Great Plains Studies, which edited some journals of Lewis and Clark. "This is a commemoration from a Native American perspective, 'The Journey Home'," said Reece Summers, Great Plains Art Museum curator. "Not only is it a thematically part of what we do but the artists are part of the region we represent."
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More than 30 works of art by Native American tribes on display
by Dalton Walker, NewsNetNebraska
March 08, 2007
Next-door neighbors Chris Jackson and Bill Worrall came to take pictures. As they glanced at the Native American art gallery, they were told they weren't allowed to take pictures without the artist's permission, at least not full pictures.
The bad news didn't dismay them. They were still thrilled to witness such, "beautiful art by beautiful people," Jackson said, who is part Cherokee. "I'm a history buff," she added. "I like to look at the art, the Indian pictures."
Jackson and Worrall visited the gallery titled, "The Journey Home: Native American Art Show." Thirty-two works of art are on showcase at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum through March 26. The museum is located near Q and 11th Streets.
"I find peace in the artwork," Worrall said. "Some of it is quite beautiful. It felt very peaceful."
The exhibit is a component of the Nebraska Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission's official commemoration of "The Journey Home." The Commission is the gallery's primary sponsor. This is the final stop for the exhibit after stops in Omaha and the Winnebago reservation.
Ernest Ricehill, a member of the Winnebago and Omaha tribes, is the curator of the exhibit and has four pieces on display. It took him about six months to gather the works of art, he said.
"Most of the artists work at home," Ricehill said. "Most never get the chance to display. This is the time to do so."
The pieces of art were created by tribal members from Nebraska's four federally recognized tribes: Omaha, Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Northern Ponca. Art by members of the Otoe-Missouria tribe, a tribe from Oklahoma, are also featured. All five tribes met with the Lewis and Clark expedition when they were in the Missouri region.
The Great Plains Art Museum is part of UNL's Center for Great Plains Studies, which edited some journals of Lewis and Clark. "This is a commemoration from a Native American perspective, 'The Journey Home'," said Reece Summers, Great Plains Art Museum curator. "Not only is it a thematically part of what we do but the artists are part of the region we represent."
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