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Floyd F. Nichols gets great reviews Ted Kooser Draws Big Crowd Mark Moseman, Impressions and extension by popular demand! The August 9 event, Agrarianism Ex- “The museum is View the extended Floyd Nichols exhi- pressed in Art and Poetry with a panel proud to display Jane Scott bition through August 23. of fabulous poets Ted Kooser, Twyla this painting by Brian Crockett from the Mid-America Hansen, and Leo Kovar, may be setting Smith, the most Retrospective Arts Alliance, Manager of the Hands- the stage for an annual event. famous contem- on Experimental Learning Program School is back in session and school porary agrarian A Passion for Beauty (HELP) recently said, “I am hoping group tours continue to provide a valu- artist in the By Amanda Mobley many more audiences will have a able educational opportunity for United States, Jane Scott, born in 1918, recently cele- “I have no interest in painting from a art, she is able to fully enjoy the beauty chance to see the exemplary work of schools in Butler County and adjoining n e x t t o brated her 91st birthday. She is show- picture. There is no change of light, no around her. “I like beautiful things, I Floyd Nichols. Although there were counties, as well as for community “Windtalkers” ing no signs of slowing down. Scott life.” Augustus Dunbier, well-known always have,” Jane said recently, but many capable craftspeople of earlier groups like Girl Scouts. Last semester by Robert Bate- regularly paints in her own home and Nebraska painter, has been the key in- that has been the motto of her life. eras, very, very few demonstrate such a over 500 students toured the galleries man, the most in plein air. Only recently has she fluence on the artwork of Jane Scott. “Mid America Impressions” features rare mix of skill and artistry. Of course with grade appropriate curriculum and famous contemporary agrarian artist in started working again in oils after She took many workshops and classes some of Scott‟s most recent paintings I‟ve come to expect a keen curatorial exciting lessons. Refer to our website Canada.” The first sculpture in the many successful years of painting with from him in Omaha. Scott met Dunbier in oil and pastel. This exhibit strives to eye in the quality exhibitions presented for more educational information. collection, “Harvest Spirit” by Gail pastels. She has the signature title, while she was in her teens and they car- portray the wide breadth of Scott‟s skill by Bone Creek.” We are proud to pre- Sundell, (Photo above) reflects the Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society ried out a rich friendship of almost 60 and subject matter. You don‟t want to sent this one-of-a-kind exhibit. sense of wonder that agrarians, includ- of America. She is a multifaceted art- years until his passing in 1977. Scott miss this truly seasoned fine artist. COLLECTION ing Native Americans, experience at was his prized student, his protégé. His Top left: Village Church, Pastel, 22x28” harvest time. ist who beautifully handles various Top right: Mule Farm, Oil, 20x24” media and subject matter. She most workshops would often be on site, and Jane learned a great deal from him Below: Jane Scott and Assistant Curator, The collection was recently improved notably seeks beauty. Her passion for Amanda Mobley by long term loans of artworks from a beauty has kept her painting long after about color, light, mood, and the love Lower right: Autumn Pond, Pastel, 11x14” of painting, by observing him. private collector. “Woodchopper” by DALE NICHOLS many artists are no longer able. Gary Ernest Smith, (Photo at left with Scott‟s teacher, Augustus Dunbier, Scott began painting as a young Curator, Moseman) brings a haunting CORNER stressed the importance of capturing the woman, but with a family to care for sense of lost agrarian culture to the col- mood of the atmosphere. When paint- and children to raise, it was not until lection gallery. According to Curator Assistant Curator, Amanda Mobley her children were in school that she ing outdoors, Scott feels the liveliness of nature and infuses that into her recently returned from a trip to Texas was able to devote significant time and to interview Dale Nichols‟ daughter, energy to painting. “As a woman, painting. The beauty of her surround- Emerging Artist Galley in the Legion Building ings inspires her to paint. Through her Joan Lenhart. Such interviews are part there were a lot of sacrifices that I had of the research necessary to prepare to make, but now I am free.” How- The museum sponsors exhibits by local and emerging artists in the Legion for the planned book and exhibition ever, Jane views both her raising of a Beverly Evans Garcia entitled Dale Nichols: Transcending family and her artwork as a labor of Building at 551 E Street. Amy Tomasevicz, art teacher at Aquinas High From Barnyard to Pasture Regionalism, scheduled for 2011. love. She married young and feels This book will be the first scholarly that the greatest thing a woman can do School, “My Journey” opened in March, alongside Norris Chee, Artist in Resi- August 30—October 15, 2009 publication solely about David City‟s is to be a wife and mother. Great hometown artist. On the trip Mobley things do not come without sacrifice. dence, sponsored by Butler County Arts Reception Aug. 30, 4-6pm Council. A feature exhibition of work learned about the close friendship be- Scott aims to invest one hundred per- tween Nichols and Architect Frank cent of herself in what she does. For by Floyd F. Nichols ends on August 23rd. Lloyd Wright. They became friends years she has enjoyed the freedom of when both were living in Arizona. In time to paint. She feels fortunate to “Beverly Evans Garcia: From Barnyard to Pasture” is the current exhibit, with an the 1940‟s, Nichols and Wright were have stayed healthy so that she is able involved in the beautification and res- to travel; to wander down a trail and opening reception August 30, 2009 from 4-6pm. Beverly Evans from Schuyler, toration project for the City of Tucson. happen upon a lovely landscape just Together they shared with one another asking for Jane Scott‟s interpretation Nebraska moved to Illinois. There she became an artist after raising four boys their ideas about color, design, and the on canvas. current art scene. Nichols knew many Scott has always painted en plein air, with her husband. Learning from sev- eral renowned artists, she strives for well known artists and business pro- or in open air, never using the refer- fessionals that add to his very interest- ences of photographs and has success- loose brushwork expressing the charac- ter of each subject. ing life story. fully depicted various subjects; land- Polled Hereford, Oil on Canvas, 16x20” 3 scape, figurative, and still life.