Along with the Artwork Exhibition and Community Artwork Competition there are 3 Museum programs coming up. Here is our upcoming schedule:
Date: Saturday, June 15th 1-2PM Location: Harrison Park (140 S. Kingsley Ave) Program: Outdoor Photography Class Doug Rood of Doug Rood Photography will be teaching an outdoor photography class focusing on different settings and camera features at Harrison Park. The York Area Cruisers 2nd Annual Car Show will be going on at the same time, and would be a great opportunity to practice and show off what you’ve learned during the class! We plan to meet by the basketball courts for the class and then wander over to the car show after. Participation is free – just bring your own camera or smartphone. About Presenter: Doug works full time at Collins Aerospace, but has made photography a side business and focused hobby over the last 5 years. He has enjoyed photography since he was little, and also enjoys traveling to National Parks and capturing landscapes and wildlife. Recently, he’s found himself doing more family and portrait photography. Date: Saturday, July 6th 3-4PM Location: Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (520 North Grant Avenue) Program: Picturing the Midwest: Regionalist art and other representations of rural American life This program led by Jacqueline Spackman will briefly discuss the art of Regionalism and how artists of the 1930s and 1940s viewed rural America. We will consider the lasting impact the movement and its artists had on art by exploring connections with works currently displayed as part of the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum art exhibition. About Presenter: Jacqueline graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master’s in Art History. She has worked as an adjunct instructor at Southeast Community College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of Nebraska-Omaha. She has also held positions at Sheldon Museum of Art and Lincoln City Libraries. She currently works as an academic advisor in the College of Fine and Performing Arts at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Date: Saturday, July 20th 3-4PM Location: Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (520 North Grant Avenue) Program: Music of the Plains Dr. Clark Roush will share anecdotes and music from Nebraska and America’s western expansion. Come enjoy an exploration of American folk music. About Presenter: Dr. Clark Roush recently finished his 38th year at York University. Before that he taught K-12 in Walnut, IA for four years. He is currently the administrator for the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) designated York Creative District and is a gubernatorial appointee to the NAC board of directors. Starting today – June 5th – you can come in and vote for your favorites in the Community Artwork Competition. The categories are: Paintings, Pencil/Sketch, Mixed Media, and YPR Staff Submissions. Each category has a box for votes and those votes will be tallied July 3rd. After that the top three in each category will go on a special display and then be added to the museum’s collection. You can only vote once per category so make it count! If you submitted something spread the word to all your friends and family to come and check it out! Items are laid out in the museum entry, and once you’ve placed your vote you can tour the Artwork Exhibition, which will run until August 2nd.
Check out the brochure for our Artwork Exhibit! This is just a sampling of pieces and artists featured. Make sure to stop by before August 2nd to see it all!
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WINNING ITEMS The community will pick the winning items! From June 5th-July 2nd come in and vote for your favorites. The 3 items with the most votes in each category will be dubbed the winners and make the museum’s permanent collection. Artists will be notified of results via contact method listed on their agreement form. If your item is not among those making the collection please pick it up within a timely manner. USAGE RIGHTS By submitting this item as part of the competition the artist grants the museum permission to use photos of your art-piece on our social media, website and promotional material. We will also take photos for documentation/archival purposes. Each artist will receive credit for their projects. The museum is not liable for injury, loss, or damages of any kind to the persons submitting or artwork being submitted. A gentleman came in the other day and he was disappointed his ancestor wasn’t included in the display. Most of the photos we have were taken in the 1920’s and he had passed away in 1901, but still he should be celebrated. His name was Oliver Crowder and I’m going to tell you a portion of his life story. Oliver was born in Hamilton County in Ohio on January 10th, 1847 to Richard and Mary Crowder. He enlisted as a Private in the Union Army as part of Company K of the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry on September 17th, 1861 and was discharged October 12th, 1864. This unit was originally organized in Peoria, Illinois on August 16th, 1861 but moved several places after. They took part in the capture of Tiptonville, the siege of Corinth, the Battle of Iuka, the siege of Vicksburg, the Red River Campaign, the Battle of Pleasant Hill and many others. Several men were discharged in Springfield in October of 1864, but the remainder of the unit was reorganized and then later mustered out January 21st, 1866. After the war Oliver joined the Grand Army of the Republic and farmed in York County. He married Parmelia (Amelia) Anderson on March 7th, 1873 in the home of her parents John and Mary Ann Anderson. The Anderson family is known as being the first to homestead in all of York County. Oliver and Amelia received their deed to homestead on April 1st, 1875. They had 12 children. Oliver died on May 22nd, 1901 and is buried in Blue Valley Cemetery in McCool Junction. Amelia is buried next to Oliver, but her grave is unmarked. We’ll be posting stories, just like Oliver’s, through the month of February on our social media. If you had an ancestor who fought and are willing to share their story, please send it our way and we’ll include it in our posts!
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