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Artist Kim Dingle to Speak March 2 at the Sheldon

Beginning a lecture series of artists whose works are included in Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy Survey of American Women Artists, Kim Dingle speaks in Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, Tuesday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. 

For more than two decades, Dingle has explored the subversive edges of female childhood and myths of nationhood and history in lush paintings and surprising sculptures. Dingle's work has been featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Science Odyssey: Nanomedicine

The 1966 sci-fi hit "Fantastic Voyage" foretold a day when tiny doctors (accompanied for some reason by Raquel Welch) would circulate throughout our bodies fighting disease. Fortunately, that day has never come, but nanomedicine is an emerging reality. On this program, we hear from UNMC Science Laureate Alexander Kabanov, a pioneer in the field, on how tiny drugs are having a big effect.

First aired Feb. 27, 2010

Nanomedicine, Part 1

Nanomedicine, Part 2

Clay Farris Naff is (claynaff.com) is a science author and blogger whose weekly radio program, Science Odyssey, airs Saturday mornings from 8:30 - 9:00 on KZUM, Lincoln's community radio station. You can hear it over the air at 89.3 FM or on  the web live at kzum.org. Clay's science-oriented blog, Ad Astra, can be seen here. His religion blog on the Huffington Post can be seen here.

Take in First Friday at the Haydon Art Center with the Exhibition 'Emotional Physique'

Artists Eddie Dominguez, Deborah Riley & Meghan Sullivan explore their personal psyches through experimental photography, large clay sculpture and photogravure prints.

The exhibition investigates human emotional desires, juxtaposed by images of external behavior. Enchanted with emotion and power, Emotional Physique leaves viewers with intrigue about their own responsibilities of being human.

Eddie Dominguez is world-renowned artist and an Assistant Professor of ceramics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Spending half of the year in Lincoln teaching, Dominguez spends the rest of the year living and working in his New Mexico studio in preparation for many international and national exhibitions each year.

LUX Center for the Arts Presents Nancy Friedemann and Tracy Krumm

LUX Center for the Arts presents New works by New York based painter Nancy Friedemann and Kansas City sculptor, Tracy Krumm in Double Crochet, March 5 – April 30.  The opening reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 5. Both artists will give a brief talk at the reception and will be on hand to answer questions.

Friedemann’s paintings of enlarged flowers, lace, and embroidery suggest that the work of women has been overlooked in our history.  Krumm uses techniques such as crochet and blacksmithing in her sculptures to call attention to how  “gender specific” roles can keep both men and women from reaching their full potential.

Celebrate First Friday with the North Lincoln Art Crawl March 5

On Friday, March 5, Against the Wall Gallery, Heart of Gold Jewelers, LUX Center for the Arts, Mo Java Café, and the lichen will participate in the North Lincoln Art Crawl.  Crawl organizer and LUX Center staff member, Carlos Guerrero says,

“It has been great to see people on First Fridays in North Lincoln going from gallery to gallery.  This upcoming Crawl will have exciting new shows in each of our venues for people to experience.”

Gallery maps will be provided at each of the galleries.

Bob Hall Named 'Artist of the Year' by Nebraska Arts Council

Bob Hall has been named "Artist of the Year" by the Nebraska Arts Council in their 2010 Governor's Award. The announcement, which can be found on the Nebraska Arts Council's website, reads as follows:

"Bob Hall is a multifaceted artist with a professional career in both theatre and visual arts. Since earning his degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bob Hall has crafted an impressive and influential body of work as a director, designer, administrator, and visual artist. Bob has been an instructor or artist-in-residence for Theatre Arts at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, and Hastings College among others. 

Enjoy Colloquium 'Birds of a Feather' at UNL February 26th

Three scholars will explore questions of literary and eco-criticism in an upcoming colloquium, "Birds of a Feather (Or, A Fowl Undertaking?)" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The event will be at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in Bailey Library, 228 Andrews Hall, 14th and T streets (map at www1.unl.edu/tour/ANDR). A question-and-answer session will follow the event.

As literary scholar Jeffrey Karnicky argues in a recent essay on "Avian Consciousness," our species' understanding of the bird may "lead toward a radically altered relationship to nature and the universe." The event's speakers are:

Art Department Fundraiser MEDICI 'Going Green' at March 6 Event

To celebrate its 15th year of supporting the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MEDICI is going green.

The annual fund raiser at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery on the UNL city campus will be Saturday, March 6, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. This year's artists are: Deon Bahr, Roger Bruhn, Michael Burton, Jan Christensen, Neil Christensen, Susan Dewsnap, Janet Eskridge, Michael Farrell, Judy Greff, Hal Holoun, Keith Jacobshagen, Karen Kunc, Deborah Murphy, Merrill Peterson, Julie Phillips, Susan Puelz, Gary Rattigan, Larry Roots, Doug Ross, Joe Ruffo, Francisco Souto, Carol Thompson, Michele Tilley, Edwin Carter Weiss and Sandra Williams.

Blog Talk Live: Interview with Crystal Powers, Slow Food Nebraska (with audio)

Tune in to Blog Talk Live tonight at 6pm on KZUM 89.3 FM and KZUM-HD to learn more about Slow Food Nebraska from Crystal Powers, the current president of the Slow Food Nebraska Planning Committee.  Crystal attended UNL as an undergrad and completed her Masters in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Cornell University.  She now works as an Extension Engineer at UNL to reduce the environmental impacts of livestock agriculture.

Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.  Slow Food Nebraska was started in 2004 to bring together those in and around Lincoln to share good, clean, and fair food.  Their next event is the Eggstravaganza! on April 25th, with this year's theme being Time for Lunch, real food in schools.  They have great food, great people, and wonderful entertainment.  To find out more go to www.slowfoodnebraska.org or email slowfoodnebraska@gmail.com.

Audio from this program:

Part 1: Interview with Crystal Powers

Part 2: That's Why They Call Them Pirates

Dennis Kornbluh is the publisher of Star City Blog and the host of Blog Talk Live, which airs every Tuesday from 6-7pm on KZUM 89.3 FM, on the web at kzum.org, and on KZUM-HD.

Sheldon Museum of Art to Present Six Talks on Diverse Topics

To offer new and diverse views about the arts and society, Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present six talks and lectures in February and March.

Topics featured range from UNL alumnus Aaron Douglas's influence on Afrocentric Modernism to historical jazz films to current works on view in "Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy Survey of American Women Artists." The talks are free and the public is welcome.

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m. -- UNL assistant professor Peggy Jones will present a lecture on Douglas, the first African-American graduate of the UNL Department of Art. Titled, "Aaron Douglas, UNL class of 1922: Visual Artist of the Harlem Renaissance." Funding is provided in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council.