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Exhibitions

Braceros: Melding History and Art

August 1 – Nov. 17, 2019 Sculptor Diana Le Marbe and painter Jeri Desrochers have teamed up to depict an often overlooked period of immigrant history under the Braceros Labor Contract from Mexico (1942-1964). Braceros History By Raymond Cobos The Braceros Program- The Bracero Program is a term given to the Mexican Farm Labor Program Agreement […]

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Ernest Ochsner Retrospective

Nov. 22, 2019- Feb. 16, 2020 Ernest Ochsner has been painting the vivid green fields around Aurora, Nebr. for decades as he has found constant inspiration and renewal from the change of life’s seasons.

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Coming Home: Permanent Collection

January 31- April 15, 2018 Visitors to Bone Creek Museum’s South Gallery early this year will experience a rare glimpse of some of the newest or never before exhibited works of art from our rapidly expanding permanent collection. Throughout the last ten years, participation by visitors, members and volunteers has been a significant part of […]

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Worthy Rivals: Dale Nichols and Terence Duren

May 2 – Sept. 23, 2018 Guest Curator Cole Sartore is working with museum staff to create the next summer blockbuster exhibition of the work of Bone Creek’s cornerstone artist, Dale Nichols. This exhibition will explore the lives of David City native Dale Nichols and fellow contemporary artist Terence Duren from Shelby, Nebr. We believe […]

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Water/Ways

Sept. 29 – Nov. 9, 2018 This exhibition comes to Bone Creek with a grant from Humanities Nebraska to host the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program. The Smithsonian’s Water/Ways exhibition dives into water–an essential component of life on our planet, environmentally, culturally, and historically. In societies across the globe, water serves as a source of peace […]

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Ten Year Anniversary Retrospective

Nov. 14, 2018- March 2019 Explore an exhibition that reflects on the museum’s 10-year history and invites visitors to interact and respond to prompts about what Agrarian Art might be like in the next 10 years. View a selection of artworks from some of the 50 exhibitions held at Bone Creek Museum since opening in […]

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Steven Ramsey: In Glass

Nov. 16, 2018 – Feb. 24, 2019 See crop rows through a prism of light and time with UNK professor and artist Steven Ramsey. With family origins from Blair, Nebraska, Steven A. Ramsey attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio where he earned his BFA in glass. He continued his education earning his […]

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Selections from the Permanent Collection

August 10, 2017 – January 14, 2018 Dale Nichols, Floyd Nichols, Robert Bateman, Marilyn Bower, Doug Johnson and Elaine Lierly Jones are among the artists is the current exhibition, dubbed as the “best” of Bone Creek’s Collection.  

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The Legacy of Nebraska: Todd A. Williams

Oct. 25, 2017- Jan. 7, 2018 Bone Creek Museum will display a regional selection of the 124 paintings in the Legacy of Nebraska Collection and Exhibition in the North 40 Gallery. Artist Todd A. Williams has traveled the state over the last five years researching historical significant subjects to commemorate the state’s Sesquicentennial anniversary. The […]

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