Joslyn art presentation explores American frontier

Image credit: Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830-1902), The Last of the Buffalo, circa. 1888, oil on canvas, 60.25 x 96.5 inches, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo., Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase.

Image credit: Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830-1902), The Last of the Buffalo, circa. 1888, oil on canvas, 60.25 x 96.5 inches, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyo., Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase.

Members of the UNMC and Nebraska community will have the chance to learn about the latest exhibit at the Joslyn Art Museum at noon today in the Sorrell Center, Room 2018. The exhibit is called “Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.”

Few aspects of American history have had a more lasting impact than the exploration and settlement of the western frontier. “Go West!” considers evolving notions of the American West through 90 paintings, sculptures, and American Indian artifacts created between the 1830s and 1930s. Join Toby Jurovics, Joslyn’s chief curator and Holland Curator of American Western Art, for an illustrated overview of the exhibition and key works by featured artists.

This event is offered through the Passport Partners Program, which provides free museum admission for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine employees, students and their immediate families, with valid identification. The partnership also offers lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.