KHN Exhibition: My Salinity by Hannah Demma

Lincoln-based artist, Hannah Demma has lived on prairie land her entire life. She loves the vast views, open sky, and the sound of tallgrass swishing in the wind. She’s only seen the ocean a handful of times and never felt warm ocean currents on her skin or had the chance to dive deep and behold the secrets of sea life.

But in her studio, she leads a rich fantasy life. Excited and enchanted by the interplay of color, pattern, and texture in a variety of mediums—but always involving paper, most often, paper she’s handmade. Her mixed-media approach to art speaks to aspects of science and nature both familiar and strange, and mines the environment for inspiration, examining the intersection of the imaginative and the biological, of the creative and the empirical. Her process stirs the imagination and sparks excitement for exploration and adventure.

Hannah Demma is an avid outdoorswoman, outdoor educator, and lifelong Nebraskan. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2017, and her Master of Fine Arts in the Spring of 2022 with an emphasis on Printmaking and Papermaking.

My Salinity will be on display in KHN’s gallery from January 9 – February 24, 2023. KHN’s gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm, and by appointment. A Gallery Talk will be hosted on Thursday, March 17 at 5pm—in conjunction with our monthly Artist Talk event from 5 – 7 pm. Located at 801 Third Corso in Nebraska City, KHN’s exhibitions and Third Thursday events are free and open to the public.

KHN Exhibition: New Work by Shawnequa Linder

Omaha-based artist Shawnequa Linder’s work explores the varying relationships between chaos and disorder, whether applied in a nontraditional landscape or portrait using a combination of texture and colors. Linder uses a variety of materials and techniques in each painting to create a psychologically dense portrait that is unique, narrative, and also playful.

The KHN gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday, 10 am – 5 pm, and by appointment. To schedule an appointment, call 402-874-9600.

KHN Third Thursday Artist Talks

Third Thursday is our favorite night of the month! It is an outstanding opportunity to meet KHN’s resident visual artists, writers, and composers and learn first-hand about their work and creative practices.

The evening begins with snacks and wine, graciously donated by the Kimmel Foundation, and a chance to meet the artists and socialize with friends. Our resident writer and composer will start the night off at about 5:15 pm, presenting in the KHN Gallery, followed by a group visit to each visual arts studio.

This month, we will hear presentations from:

Composer, Masayoshi Ishikawa

Writer, Erica Berry

Visual Artist, Clara Harlow

Visual Artist, Fay Sanders

This is also an excellent opportunity to visit our current exhibit, Neurofibromatosis: A Portrait of Nebraska – works by Rachel Mindrup, on display through August 6, 2021.

“Caput Mortuum” : Photography by Jennifer Bockelman

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts

Presents

“Caput Mortuum: Photography by Jennifer Bockelman”
On view July 31 through September 1, 2017

Public Reception: August 17, 5 to 7 p.m.

The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts presents, Caput Mortuum: Photography by Jennifer Bockelman, on display Monday, July 31 through September 1, 2017. A gallery reception will be held on August 17 from 5-7 p.m. in conjunction with KHN’s monthly Third Thursday Open Studio event.

Jennifer Bockelman’s recent series of photographs come from an interest in themes of power as filtered through language, in particular, official governmental output such as tweets. Caput Mortuum, or literally “dead head,” refers to the worthless residue left after an alchemical transformation or to a worthless element. This exhibition reflects an attempt to pit magical thinking against its own logic, to transform lead into gold.

Bockelman holds Bachelors of Science in K-12 Art and Secondary English from Concordia University and a MFA in Sculpture from the University of Colorado. An artist in many different mediums, her past work includes stitched pieces, drawings, impotent political gestures, and performances, often full of wry questions and forced examinations. Bockelman has always enjoyed art’s capacity for stealth, how it can fly under the radar as a holder of many truths. A contradiction, she claims, “I am simultaneously sincere and snarky, helpful and unconstructive.” Bockelman was a KHN resident in 2014.

Since 2001, KHN’s residency program has hosted more than 50 working artists each year–a combination of visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world. KHN’s gallery program hosts approximately six exhibitions, annually, focusing on regional artists and alumni residents. KHN is a program of the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts is located at 801 Third Corso in Nebraska City and is regularly open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m and for special events. Both the exhibit and the reception are free, handicapped accessible, and open to the public.

For more information, call 402-874-9600 or visit http://www.khncenterforthearts.org/

Contact: Holly McAdams Olson, Program Director

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts

801 Third Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Phone/fax: 402-874-9600 Email: holly@khncenterforthearts.org

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Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Upset the Applecart: Art Gallery Reception

Upset the Applecart: Art beyond carefully laid plans.

Gallery reception: September 19th, 2 to 5 p.m. following the AppleJack Parade.

Select artists will be in the AppleJack Parade on September 19th beginning at 1 pm.

Artwork by Launa Bacon, Charley Friedman, Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Pat Nelsen and Steve Snell.

Curated by Elizabeth Stehling.

Five Nebraska artists have been invited to examine the familiar, upset the apple cart and present artworks that look beyond carefully laid plans. Often, best laid plans can go awry which may often be the blossom leading to the fruit of creativity. Artworks include painting, drawing, and sculpture.

The gallery reception will also feature the performing artists in the annual AppleJack Parade beginning at 1 PM on Central Avenue in Nebraska City. The gallery reception will follow the parade from 2 – 5 p.m. at the KHN Center.

Upset the Applecart will be on view from September 14 – October 30, 2015. The KHN Center is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

ALL AGES WELCOME

Artwork by Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, El Damnificado, 2014, enamel and car paint on dibond, 4’ x 6’

Upset the Applecart: Art exhibition