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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Aug. 3- Oct. 22, 2017 Watercolor artist John Lokke and poet Jan Chism Wright have created a collection of artworks displaying a unique region of rolling hills in Southeastern Nebraska. The Barada Hills extend along the Missouri River from Winnebago Creek just north of Rulo, Nebraska and north to Little Nemaha River just south of […]
Feb. 27, 2019- April 28, 2019 Headlining Bone Creek’s first pottery invitational exhibition are University of Nebraska-Lincoln MFA Alumni Emily Reason, Normandy Alden, and Autumn Cipala. They are joined by 13 local potters: Mike Arnold Joan Cech Tom Hubbell Nate Knott Jerene Kruse Ruth Nichols James Potter Kelly J. Rush Austin Schafer Amy Tomasevicz Stephanie […]
150 Artists, 150 Artworks, 150 Years of Nebraska in Miniature May 3, 2017 – July 30, 2017 More than 150 artists submitted an original work of agrarian art honoring the state of Nebraska. This major exhibition and sale celebrates and features many Nebraska artists, their craft, and this great state. It includes works from artists […]
January 11 – April 23, 2017 Reception Sunday, March 26, 2017 “My photographs reflect my personal experience as a woman who grew up on a multi-generational family farm and ranch owned and operated by men, developing a deep love and respect for the land while knowing that I will never inherit it. These may be […]