April 18, 2002

Store Front 2002, Nina Szczerbowska.

Gallery gets store-front look

"Store Front Window Dressing: Women Dressed/Women Addressed" will be the next exhibition at the Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery from May 6-31. The gallery is in the Home Economics Building on East Campus.

The exhibition is by members of the Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art and features 2D and 3D mixed media of clothing and accessories for the female body that might be found in an imaginary store front window.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Harriet McLeod, UNL lecturer, will speak on "How Women's Dressing Addresses Women" at 1 p.m. May 11 in room 11 of the Home Economics Building. A reception in the gallery will follow.

For more information, call 472-2911.

Lincoln Symphony marks 75 years with Lied event

Celebrate the season finale of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra's 75th anniversary season when the Symphony presents Serenade in E Major for String Orchestra by Antonin Dvorák and Carl Orff's classic Carmina burana at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The fully staged production of Carmina burana features a combined choir of almost 250 voices, a children's choir, dancers and guest soloists Joanna Mongiardo, Christopher Pfund and Kevin McMillan.

The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra has performed continuously in Lincoln for the past 75 years under the baton of seven conductors and is currently headed by music director Edward Polochick.

Composed in 1935-36, Carl Orff's Carmina burana is a modern, 20th century composition, but its harmony and percussion separate it from other contemporary works. Orff's fascination with medieval and Renaissance music and his love of spectacle and theater inspired Carmina burana. Based on a selection of poems rediscovered in a Bavarian monastery early in the 19th century, Carmina burana explores the ecstasies and agonies of love and the influence of fate in our lives.

Also joining the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra in this production of Carmina Burana are Bel Canto, the most advanced ensemble in the eight-chorus structure of the 300-voice Nebraska Children's Chorus; the Lincoln Civic Choir, in residence at Nebraska Wesleyan University; the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company; the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir; the University of Nebraska Collegiate Choir; and the University of Nebraska University Singers.

William Stibor of Nebraska Public Radio will give a pre-performance talk 30 minutes before curtain in the Lied's Steinhart Room.

Tickets for the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra's performance are $42, $38 and $32; half price for college students and those 18 and younger. Call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for tickets.

Kevin Klagge, South Flesh (detail), mixed media acrylic painting on canvas, 2000. From his MFA Thesis Exhibition "Tactile Experience" at the Eisentrager·Howard Gallery in Richards Hall from April 23 to May 4.

MFA Thesis Exhibition III opens April 23

Angela Behrends, sculpture, Kevin Klagge, painting, and Gregory Wortham, sculpture, will present their work in an MFA Thesis Exhibition from April 23 to May 4 at the Eisentrager·Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. An opening reception will be from 5-8 p.m. April 26 in the gallery.

Behrends' exhibition is called "Nature Indisposed." Plants, body parts and by-products of living are twisted together with personal psychology to create mixed-media sculptures.

Behrends received her bachelor of arts from the University of Minnesota Morris. At UNL, she is the recipient of a Kimmel Fellowship and a Richard P. Trickey Memorial Award. Her exhibitions include the Kimmel Fellows Exhibition in Nebraska City in 2001, a University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Exhibition in 2000, and an International Print Exhibition at the Zainul Gallery at the Institute of Fine Art in Dhaku, Bangladesh, in 2000.

Klagge's exhibition is called "Tactile Experience." He is originally from Sioux City, Iowa, and received his BFA from the University of South Dakota. He is also the recipient of a Kimmel Fellowship at UNL, as well as a Donald Walters Miller Scholarship. He exhibits his work regionally and has recently given gallery lectures at Morningside College in Sioux City and Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D.

Wortham is a master of fine arts student from Lincoln.

Scarlet and Cream to give spring show April 23

UNL's Scarlet and Cream Singers will present their annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. April 20 at Kimball Recital Hall.

The group, sponsored by the Nebraska Alumni Association and the School of Music, and directed by Matthew Hull of Lincoln, is composed of 25 students - 16 singers, seven band members and two technicians.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and $7 for UNL students and children. They may be bought at the door or in advance by calling the Lied Center Box Office at 472-4747.

Student recitals continue through April

The UNL School of Music will present several students in recital this month.

Beth King will perform in a vocal recital at 6:30 p.m. April 18 in Westbrook Music Building, Room 119. This performance is being given to fulfill the requirements of a master of music degree.

Robin High will present an organ recital at 5:15 p.m. April 19 in Kimball Recital Hall. This performance is being given to fulfill the requirements of a doctor of music degree.

Erin McCarthy, clarinet, and Morgan Tyler, flute, will perform in a joint recital at 6:30 p.m. April 19 at Cornerstone Church, 17th and T streets.

Elizabeth Moulton will perform in a vocal recital at 7:30 p.m. April 19 in Kimball Recital Hall. This performance is being given to fulfill the requirements of a master of music degree.

Dane Henrickson will present a vocal recital at 3 p.m. April 20 in Westbrook Music Building, Room 119. This performance is being given to fulfill the requirements of a bachelor of music education degree.

Allison Swope will perform a flute recital at 4:30 p.m. April 20 in Westbrook Music Building, Room 119. This performance is being given to fulfill the requirements of a bachelor of music education degree.

Lori Falcone will perform a conducting recital at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in Westbrook Music Building, Room 130. Falcone will conduct several chamber groups in a performance setting in order to fulfill the requirements of a master of music degree in instrumental conducting.

These concerts are free and open to the public.

Building's closure doesn't stop Sheldon's schedule

While the building itself may be closed for renovations, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden is not closed for business. To continue serving the community during the building's rehabilitation, the Sheldon and the Nebraska Art Association are offering several exhibitions and events for the public.

The Sheldon staff is offering a "Sheldon @" campaign, to showcase the Sheldon's work at other locations.

"For example, this summer Sheldon is sharing its collection with the Joslyn (Art Museum in Omaha). The show is titled 'Sheldon@Joslyn,' where collection favorites will be on view," said Jan Driesbach, Sheldon director.

The Sheldon schedule:

April 19-20: The Nebraska Alumni Association and the university invite alumni back for an arts weekend. This adventure will include a tour of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's Sculpture Gardens or the university's quilt collection, brunch and a backstage tour at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, and tickets to Riverdance.

Sheldon@Columbus: Through April 26, Sheldon Statewide will be featured at the Columbus Art Gallery, sponsored by Kirkpatrick Pettis. "Torn Notebook: The Creative Process" features 20 artworks related to Torn Notebook, a large-scale sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in downtown Lincoln. This exhibition focuses on one of their more recent public sculptures and celebrates the creative process.

Sheldon@Fremont: April 28 to May 24, Sheldon Statewide, "Torn Notebook: The Creative Process" at the Fremont Area Art Association.

May 15: Join Driesbach for a Sculpture Garden Wednesday Walk (meet on the east stairs at noon).

Sheldon@Eisentrager-Howard: From May 24 to July 5, Sheldon will exhibit "New Directions in Contemporary Art" at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall, T Street and Stadium Drive. "New Directions" brings together a selection of work identified as potential additions to the Sheldon Art Gallery collections, to be commented on by visitors while the exhibition is on view.

Also on display from May 24 to July 5 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery is "The Human Form: The Photographed Nude." This exhibit presents a selection of photographs that use the human body as subject. Drawn from the permanent collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, the exhibition reveals the important role the nude plays in the history of photography.

Sheldon@Cozad: May 26-July 12, Sheldon Statewide, "Torn Notebook: The Creative Process" at the Robert Henri Museum and Historical Walkway.

Every Tuesday in June, the NAA offers Jazz in June at 7 p.m. George Cable, Hot Club of San Francisco, David Pietro and Sons of Brazil will be spicing up the Sheldon Sculpture Garden.

Sheldon@Joslyn: June 1-Sept. 1, highlights of the Sheldon's American and European modernist art will be featured at the Joslyn. Among the 30-plus works on view will be pieces by Willem de Kooning, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Wayne Thiebaud and others.

Rosa woodsii by Roberta Sward of Lincoln.

Lincoln artist wins NSA botanical print contest

By Sandi Alswager, IANR News and Publishing

A Lincoln artist is the winner of the 2002 Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's botanical print competition.

Roberta Sward's illustration is of the wild rose (Rosa woodsii). She will receive a $100 cash award and retain rights to her work. Illustrations are judged on their artistic and botanical accuracy. The NSA produces prints of the winning illustration.

Sward will sign copies of her print at the NSA's booth from 9:30-11 a.m. April 20 during the Spring Affair plant sale at Nebraska State Fair Park.

Sward, whose studio is in Lincoln's Burkholder Project, teaches oil and acrylic painting and drawing. She has won several awards, including Lincoln Artists' Guild juried shows and Phi Theta Kappa seven-state competition. She has a painting in Nebraska Wesleyan University's permanent collection, and her work can be seen in the Burkholder Project gallery.

Sward is past president of the Lincoln Artists' Guild.

The print is available from the arboretum. The print costs $10 for non-members and is free for members. To order the print or for more information, write NSA at P.O. Box 830715, Lincoln, Neb., 68583-0715 or call 472-2971.

Rosa woodsii and the previous winning botanical prints can be viewed on the Web at http://arboretum.unl.e du/booksandgifts.html.