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Celebrate Prairie Spring!
… Spring to the prairie with tours and readings at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in the afternoon, and a screening of … of the last remaining intact temperate grasslands in the world. Presented through voices from three different …
Posted: 02/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2023
Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
Norma Ross Walter Scholarship
… Norma Ross Walter was a Navy Wave during the Second World War and a career newspaper editor in California. A lover of Cather and frequent visitor to Red Cloud, she was also a … the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/19/2023
Leslie & Helen R. Wilson Memorial Scholarship
… He graduated from the University of Nebraska, served in World War I and after discharge homesteaded in Johnson … Scholarship Application Student Scholarships To further Cather’s legacy and to support the next generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/19/2023
What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Image What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National … greeted by children at the grocery store or when I hear about how much fun a friend had at an opera house show, I am … Red Cloud and part of the talented team at the Willa Cather Foundation. I love being part of an organization that brings …
Posted: 11/21/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater
… on hold due to COVID-19, Mater is continuing to create shell carvings, a traditional art form dating back hundreds … classes with the goal of teaching students how to craft shell carvings from the antiquity period to present. Through … A citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Mater specializes in shell carvings, gorgets, carved sculpture, portraits and …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
Meet Our “New” Director of Collections and Curation: Tracy Sanford Tucker
… and plants. I think Cather liked to keep things—her fan mail is a great example—but living in small New York spaces, …
Posted: 10/24/2022
Last Updated: 11/22/2022
Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project
… Tim Youd spent much of April in Red Cloud re-typing The Song of the Lark as part of his 100 Novels Project . That month, Tulsa … (pronounced you’d) perform a retyping of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark . Speaking of larks: Could Youd have ever …
Posted: 07/25/2022
Last Updated: 08/09/2022
"Red Cloud circa 1900" on Display
… painting is also featured in the 2015 “Legacy of Nebraska” calendar, which is available for purchase in-store at Cather …
Posted: 12/23/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Remembering Our Fallen
… began. I drove over the Campbell one day, and G. P. took a load of wheat over. I was coming back and met him just on …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022