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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen January 15, 2023 Rachel Olsen has been part of the Willa Cather Foundation … staff since 2017, when she was hired as a part-time tour guide before becoming our first education coordinator … aspect of your new role? Does that include community building in and around Red Cloud and, if so, what are you …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/07/2023
What We're Grateful For: Staff Reflections
… Reflections November 22, 2022 Some of our National Willa Cather Center staff reflect upon what they're grateful for … and enriches lives. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the supporters and volunteers who make our work possible. We … among people who celebrate the beauty of nature and the prairie. I feel I am learning about the pioneer spirit, and …
Posted: 11/21/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Dustin Mater
… of Fame: An Exhibition of Native Pop Art at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. At the show, … Mater specializes in shell carvings, gorgets, carved sculpture, portraits and other designs that illustrate …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Marlena Myles
… to rectify the past by restoring the area back to a Native prairie. She says she hopes the installation will bring a … to the Dakota/Lakota Language” at the National Willa Cather Center’s Red Cloud Opera House exhibit from November … Pop Art which was installed at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery from November 5-December 14, 2021 • For a list of …
Posted: 12/18/2022
Last Updated: 12/22/2022
56th Annual Spring Conference
… of popular music, movies, and books, to her writings about actresses and opera stars, Cather regularly engaged … celebrated. “This year’s program will educate participants about aspects of Cather's life and work while also … the Willa Cather Spring Conference is that all people are welcome and can participate. The Willa Cather Foundation …
Posted: 12/29/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Music on the Prairie
… Foundation will provide two special opportunities for visitors to explore the land that Cather so vividly … insight about nonfiction writing while visiting the prairie town that inspired Nebraska’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author, … from the land and its rare forbs and grasses. Guided tours of Cather’s childhood home and other sites relating to …
Posted: 12/27/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud
… Image Join Us On August 23rd In Red Cloud June 20, 2014 The Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors invites you to join us … enabled to view it or at 402-746-2653 by August 18th. About the Willa Cather Foundation : The Willa Cather …
Posted: 09/09/2014
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
A.P. Andrews to Lead Writing Workshop
… Writing Workshop June 29, 2015 When famed novelist Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the … she knew best, she turned for inspiration to the Nebraska prairie that impacted her youth. The eighth in an annual … by the Willa Cather Foundation and made possible with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska …
Posted: 06/29/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Nature as Muse flourishes at the Red Cloud Opera House
… Despite being a ton of art, the pieces line-up content somehow, as if talking to one another like friends …
Posted: 04/08/2016
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018
… Image Big Plans for the Publication Centenary of My Ántonia in 2018 December 20, 2017 The Willa …
Posted: 12/20/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022