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Past Exhibitions

Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine

July 15 – Nov 5, 2023 Acclaimed California impressionist painter Erin Hanson is presenting a solo exhibition of coastal vineyard landscapes. Save the date for a Meet and Greet with Erin on July 29th! To gather inspiration for this show, Hanson explored wine country landscapes across America, from Virginia and Texas to California and Oregon. […]

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Wendy Hall: Paintings and Pages

March 18- July 10, 2022 Ashland, Nebraska artist Wendy Hall has created a series of small paintings to pair with excerpts from a diary written by Cecelia Hall, her husband’s great grandmother. In 1869, Cecelia and her husband homesteaded the land where the Halls still live. Wendy has selected excerpts and created paintings to match, […]

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Who’s Next?: Agrarian Artists under 40

July 15 – Nov 6, 2022 The theme for this exhibition is a continuation of an exhibition from 2020. Back then, the museum mounted the “2020 Vision: Nebraska’s Top 20”  exhibition highlighting the best agrarian artists in the state. Now we continue with a theme to find the best of the best. Bone Creek Museum […]

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Landscape and Community: Local Quilts

Sept. 2 – Nov. 14, 2021 The exhibition is a combination of quilts from the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln and Butler County submissions. The 19th century applique quilts are drawn from the “Hearts & Flowers” collection of the International Museum (IQM) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The IQM’s mission is to build a global […]

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Bart Walker: Tour the West

EXTENDED to March 19, 2023 Walker backpacks throughout his hometown region of Teton Valley, Idaho documenting oil sketches on site and uses those in the studio to recapture the liveliness of the moment on a larger canvas. He also travels to Northern California, Utah, and other places throughout the West on painting expeditions. He says […]

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Farm Island Anthology

March 24 – July 9, 2023 A national juried exhibition inspired by contemporary poetry. Penny Niemi’s “Farm Island Anthology,” set against the backdrop of rural America, challenges a new generation to perpetuate the legacy of rugged, aging farmers who have passionately loved and worked and valued the land. It depicts an agrarian lifestyle that embodies […]

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Matt Steinhausen: The Least Interesting Place

June 11 – Aug. 29, 2021 Author/photographer Matt Steinhausen will feature selections from his sell-out book The Least Interesting Place (2020) at the museum. The coffee table book with a clever title explores many facets of life in Nebraska. The museum’s selections focus on rural livelihoods and the unique landscape of the state. A reception is planned […]

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A River Runs Through It

March 5 – June 6, 2021 In Paul A. Johnsgard’s book, Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes, the author writes, “There is a river in the heart of North America that annually gathers together the watery largess of melting Rocky Mountain snowfields and glaciers and spills wildly down the eastern slopes of Colorado […]

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Louise Bereuter: Grain Elevators

Nov. 21, 2020 – Feb. 28, 2021 Paintings of grain elevators in Eastern Nebraska will grace the walls of the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art Nov. 21, 2020 through Feb. 28, 2021. The museum in David City is free of charge and open to the public. Face masks are currently required. Featured artist Louise […]

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