Visit the Joslyn Art Museum’s new photography exhibits or sign up for a beginning portraiture class. It’s all part of the museum’s Passport Partners program with the medical center.
Employees and students of UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center and their immediate families receive free museum admission during general museum hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For free admittance, just present your UNMC, UNMC Physicians or The Nebraska Medical Center employee ID badge at any Joslyn Art Museum admission desk.
Medical Center evening art class
Beginning portraiture
Thursdays: July 20, 27, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24; 6 to 8 p.m.
Learn the basic components of portraiture including proportion, form, and symmetry. See how the human face has fascinated artists throughout time. Led by Ron Sykes, the class will meet in the Durham Research Center, Room 1004. All materials are provided. Registration is required and limited to 16 people, first come-first-served. The registration deadline is July 13. To register, e-mail Jillian Carson at jlcarson@unmc.edu.
New exhibitions
Visions of Victory — presented by Mutual of Omaha
Photography and sports have evolved hand-in-hand for more than 100 years. This exhibit gathers 147 images from around the world by such acknowledged master photographers as William Henry Jackson, Annie Leibovitz and David Burnett, along with lesser known and anonymous photographers whose lenses have captured some of the greatest moments in sports history.
Michael Howard: Skies
Omaha photographer Michael Howard’s photographs illustrate the influence of the spacious yet dominating Nebraska sky, recording both its gentle shifts and overt displays of temperamental strength.
Edward Weston: A Photographer’s Love of Life
This exhibition provides visitors a better understanding and a greater appreciation for Edward Weston the man and the photographer. The exhibition showcases the work that Weston, arguably the most influential photographer of the 20th century, considers his best.
Free exhibition-related talk
The Technique and Aesthetic of Edward Weston’s Large Format Photography
Saturday, July 1 at 11 a.m.
Michael Flecky S.J., professor of photography and fine arts at Creighton University, will present a free public gallery talk in the exhibition galleries. Flecky will address the technique of large format photography and Weston’s contribution to the history and aesthetics of fine art photography.