UNL’s Great Plains Art Museum is open late, from 5-6 p.m. on Oct. 4. The event will feature light refreshments and several exhibitions. Admission is always free.

Exhibitions include:
“Contemporary Indigeneity 2024”
This exhibition features over 25 Native American artists from across the Great Plains. For the fifth iteration of Contemporary Indigeneity, the Great Plains Art Museum sought Native American artists addressing any issues and themes relevant to the contemporary Indigenous experience on the Great Plains. A panel of Native American art professionals reviewed the submitted work and made selections based on the artwork’s aesthetic merit and contribution to the field of contemporary art.

“Ix’? broge waxonyit? ke/ki (Every Life is Sacred)”
Visit our Mezzanine Gallery to see recent textile work by Mih? Xege, Faded Woman (Tamara Faw Faw), a Jiwere-Nut’achi (Otoe-Missouria) artist. These pieces bring attention to issues affecting Indigenous people in both the US and Canada.

“Confronting the Legendary West”
This exhibition continues the themes of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 49th annual conference, Confronting the Legendary Great Plains, by focusing on the complex mythology of the American West. Confronting the Legendary West includes works from the Great Plains Art Museum’s extensive collection of western art and considers the perspectives that have—and have not—been included in the art that tells the stories of this region.