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Exhibitions

For 60 years, Sheldon Museum of Art has provided a venue for students, faculty and staff, alumni, and visitors to engage with art and one another. As an academic art museum, Sheldon schedules its exhibitions to coincide with the academic calendar.

Some Place… Not Too Far Away: Bruce and Jean Conner at the University of Nebraska

January 20, 2016 through May 8, 2016

Artists Bruce Conner and Jean Sandstedt met in a painting class at the University of Nebraska and were married in 1957. This exhibition examines the sustained influence of politics, culture, and the environment on their respective artwork. More info

A Century of Sculpture at Sheldon

January 20, 2016 through April 24, 2016

Demonstrating one of the museum’s collecting strengths, A Century of Sculpture at Sheldon surveys three-dimensional artworks, acquired through gift, bequest, and purchase, that serve as the prologue for what is yet to come. More info

Black Fire: A Constant State of Revolution

September 11, 2015 through January 3, 2016

Titled after jazz pianist Andrew Hill’s 1964 recording Black Fire, this group of large-scale works presents narrative threads of African American experience from passage of the Civil Rights Act to the present. More info

James VanDerZee: Eighteen Photographs

September 11, 2015 through January 3, 2016

Having opened his first studio in 1917, James VanDerZee documented Harlem’s artistic and cultural renaissance, photographing landmarks, parades, funerals, social clubs, political and religious organizations, affluent families, and celebrities. More info

Emory Douglas: "Power to the People …"

September 11, 2015 through January 3, 2016

As revolutionary artist and minister of culture for the Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas illustrated and designed the group’s newspaper with poignant visuals created to inspire self-determination and impel social change. More info

A photograph by Gordon Parks, "Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama, 1956."

Gordon Parks: Segregation Story

September 11, 2015 through January 3, 2016

Gordon Parks, remembered for the commitment to social justice with which he documented American culture, created these images as part of the photo essay “The Restraints: Open and Hidden,” commissioned by Life magazine in 1956. More info

Sheldon Museum of Art Main Content

Exhibitions

Some Place… Not Too Far Away: Bruce and Jean Conner at the University of Nebraska

A Century of Sculpture at Sheldon

Black Fire: A Constant State of Revolution

James VanDerZee: Eighteen Photographs

Emory Douglas: "Power to the People …"

Gordon Parks: Segregation Story

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