Bob’s Story All through my life, whether I was painting, creating advertising, or facilitating leadership groups, I’ve always identified as an artist and always seeking to integrate my thoughts, feelings and ideas with others to demonstrate how the arts helps us to live life fully. I will always believe that art is what holds society […]
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Twyla Hansen, Nebraska State Poet, accepted the Word Sender Award from the John G. Neihardt Foundation November 9, 2014 at the Laureate’s Feast. Read about Twyla Hansen in this re-blogging of “Poetry Is My Livelihood” originally posted January 2014. Twyla’s Story I did not attempt creative writing when I was young because I had no […]
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Nancy’s story: “You will wear two dresses” my great-grandmother told me, referring to my mixed heritage of Cherokee/Choctaw/Scots Irish and the challenges to be faced. But, thankfully from an early age I had a great-grandmother who taught me about tribal traditions, and a grandfather who wanted me assured of a western education and willing
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Photo Credit / The LUX Jo Ann’s Story My Livelihood is making art accessible to lots of different people. The question most frequently asked is what medium I work in. Because I think I’m funny, I tell people I’m the chief bureaucrat of LUX Center for the Arts. I’ve worked for a variety of non-profit […]
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This is the 100th Blog posting for the Nebraska Cultural Endowment since beginning the blog, “What’s Your Livelihood?” in November 2012. What does “livelihood” mean to Nebraskans? We created this blog to help answer that question. This is a place for our community to come together, embrace culture, and share how the arts and humanities have […]
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My path to publication isn’t typical. I’ve always had a passion for literature, arts and the sciences, but didn’t know where it would take me. In college, I remember volunteering at St. Luke’s Emergency Room and helping a patient with AIDS hobble to the bathroom. It was a single moment, but it solidified a decision […]
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More and more, I have been describing myself as an artist. I had always linked that title with some external indication, like income, publication, or time spent in the studio. Only recently have I come to realize how integral every aspect of my life is to the portion of it which is art. Removing or […]
Read ArticleThe weight of my work is in creating videos in Advertising and Marketing – commercials, corporate videos, capital campaign videos etc. The wonderful thing about Clark Creative is that we also get involved with many local arts and nonprofit organizations, including The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, The BLUEBARN Theater, KANEKO, Omaha Performing Arts, and […]
Read ArticleBy KENT WARNEKE editor@norfolkdailynews.com | Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9:00 am It could be called the perfect storm — in the best possible sense of the term. The collective presence and work of the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Nebraska Arts Council and Humanities Nebraska has been of benefit to communities, arts organizations and individuals across […]
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