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Past Exhibitions

Corn: /Korn/ Exhibition

September 28, 2016- January 8, 2017 Chicago artist Cathi Schwalbe and 2016’s Cornhusker Hotel Artist in Residence Margaret Berry will collaborate with one another and Bone Creek to create an art exhibition/project that may even extend beyond the confines of the museum walls. Both artists have a history of working with corn and additionally both […]

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Landmark Barns

May 4- September 4, 2016 Gary Ernest Smith, Jared Sanders, and Simon Winegar come together in a strong trio to represent one of the landscape’s most iconic landmarks. Barns are a necessary feature of any farm or ranch and are also a popular subject for artists. Often the condition of one’s barn best illustrates the […]

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The Great American Draft Horse

Jan 25, 2017- April 23, 2017 Three gifts of art from artist and collector Gerald Wempner of Georgia in 2016 have inspired a show called “The Great American Draft Horse.” This show will allow us to display these new gifts; a wood carving sculpture of a man driving a hay rake by John Kittleson, a […]

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Hal Holoun: Revisiting the Sublime Landscape

January 13 – May 8, 2016 Renowned Nebraska artist Hal Holoun has been painting the local landscape since 1981. His latest solo show is a combination of “change of season” images and Nebraska’s “Bohemian Alps.” These are two reoccurring themes in Holoun’s career. The “spring thaw” and “dawn skies” as he calls them represent his […]

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Road Trip with Jennifer Homan

January 13 – May 1, 2016 The work of pastel artist Jennifer Homan from Kearney, Nebr., will be featured among a selection of pieces from Bone Creek Museum’s permanent collection.  All of the artwork take a vantage point of “from the road.” Think of all of the photos taken from car windows along scenic drives—that […]

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Ballad of the Farm: Then, Now, Tomorrow

May 13 – September 13, 2015 The opening reception was held May 23 with more than 250 visitors in attendance who enjoyed a panel discussion among the exhibiting artists in Ballad. View the 20 minute documentary- Ballad Youtube link The humanities are how we explore who we are collectively, and individually, and what it means […]

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Reverence for the Rural

December 3, 2014 – May 3, 2015 This season two art exhibitions at Bone Creek Museum are dedicated to Regionalism, a Realist movement of the 1930’s and 40’s which countered the Modernist avant-garde styles from Europe and New York. Regionalists depicted their home places and iconic American experiences. Dale Nichols (1904-1995) is the cornerstone artist of the […]

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Regionalist Works of Grant Reynard

Regionalist Works of Grant Reynard is on loan to Bone Creek Museum from Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, NE from November 3 through March 1, 2015. Grant Tyson Reynard was born in 1887 in Grand Island, Nebraska.  He moved to New Jersey in 1914 to become a freelance illustrator, attending the Harvey Dunn School […]

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