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Save America's Treasures Grant Awarded for Restoration of the Willa Cather Childhood Home
… among many other conservation and restoration projects in archives and museums across the nation. For a list of all …
Posted: 09/24/2019
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Mary Vaughan On Why She Joined the Cather Legacy Society
… little girl. Characters like Lucy and Thea Kronborg of The Song of the Lark shaped Mary’s aspiration to be an artist from a young … titled Prairie Vista that was donated following a 2004 artist residency still hangs prominently in the …
Posted: 07/21/2021
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud
… 2022 Los Angeles-based artist Tim Youd has been typing The Song of the Lark in Red Cloud as part of his 100 Novels Project , every … books ( Cather's three representative novels are the 72nd-74th performances in the project ). It was thanks to novelist …
Posted: 04/20/2022
Last Updated: 07/11/2022
Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather
… Apr 10, 2022 | 12am - Friday, Apr 29, 2022 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … MA) is a performance and visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and video. To date, he has retyped 71 novels at …
Posted: 03/16/2022
Last Updated: 04/13/2022
Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”
… (or works) from your exhibit and why? I have two favorites: Song of the Lark and Golden Goddess . The former required considerable … before? I was last in Red Cloud and Lincoln in August 1974 while working on my dissertation and reading Cather’s …
Posted: 05/19/2021
Last Updated: 07/07/2021
Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways
… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021
Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting
… to behold!” The Colliers last visited Red Cloud in 2014. “When I think of Red Cloud, I think of it as quaint, … about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth Keene, a member of our Board …
Posted: 12/16/2020
Last Updated: 04/26/2021
Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald
… Image Volunteer Profiles: Don & Teri Theobald November 4, 2020 Don and Teri Theobald live in one of the Willa … events. What are your favorite Willa Cather novels? The Song of the Lark and My Antonia . If you were to tell someone who had …
Posted: 11/03/2020
Last Updated: 11/04/2020
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… preservation and restoration of the Cather buildings and archives. If you would like to share your story with the …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019
Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … , he remembers the story of Mormon settlers, scattering seeds along their trail so others could follow their path to … in areas where hot, dry weather has killed or stunted prairie grasses. Under better conditions, the prairie …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 08/29/2019