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Enjoy Podcasts About Great Art at Sheldon

Recorded at the Sheldon Museum of Art, the audio files listed below enhance the understanding and enjoyment of gallery visitors. The most recent podcasts are at the top of the list.

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Speaker:
 Meghan Gilbride and Sharon Kennedy
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Topic:
 Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting
Sheldon Curatorial Assistant Meghan Gilbride interviews Curator of Cultural and Civic Engagement Sharon Kennedy about artist Dan Christensen. Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting is on view at Sheldon Museum of Art from October 23, 2009, to January 31, 2010.
Length:
 00:05:00
Speaker:
 Jun Kaneko
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Topic:
 Jun Kaneko's Emerging Creativity as a Young Artist
Speaking at the Sheldon Museum of Art on September 22, 2010, artist Jun Kaneko talks about creativity and his emergence as a ceramic artist after coming to the United States in 1963. This is a portion of his hour-long lecture to a audience of more than 250 in Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium.
Length:
 00:08:45
Speaker:
 Sharon Kennedy
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Topic:
 Agents of Change: Mexican Muralists and New Deal Artists
Sheldon intern Elise Hernandez speaks with curator Sharon Kennedy about Agents of Change: Mexican Muralists and New Deal Artists, which opens September 29, 2009 and will be on view through January 17, 2010.
Length:
 00:04:13
Speaker:
 Ann K. Rawley
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Topic:
 Ann Rawley Discusses Collecting Whistler Prints
Sheldon Curator Sharon Kennedy talks with collector Ann K. Rawley about how she and her husband, James, started to collect prints by James McNeill Whistler.
Length:
 00:04:05
Speaker:
 Susan Soriente
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Topic:
 Susan Soriente Discusses Divine Abstractions
Sheldon Statewide Curator Susan Soriente discusses her inspiration for the Sheldon Statewide 1009-2019 exhibition, Divine Abstractions: Spiritual Expressions in Art.
Length:
 00:03:51
Speaker:
 Hans Eijkelboom
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Topic:
 Hans Eijkelboom Talks About His Work
Photographer Hans Eijkelboom talks about his project Paris - New York - Shanghai, one of three photographic perspectives in Sheldon Museum of Art's Evolving Eden exhibition. He speaks with Sheldon Curator Sharon Kennedy.
Length:
 00:13:00
Speaker:
 Arno Minkkinen
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Topic:
 Arno Minkkinen Discusses His Art
Arno Minkkinen is one of three contemporary photographers whose work is represented in Evolving Eden, which opened at Sheldon Museum of Art on February 6, 2009. He speaks with Curator Sharon Kennedy for about six minutes
Length:
 00:06:41
Speaker:
 Lilianna Porter
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Topic:
 Lilianna Porter Discusses Her Artwork
Artist Lilianna Porter discusses her work, To See Gold (Ver Oro), in the exhibition TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, which includes artworks from 48 artists included in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's permanent collection.
Length:
 00:04:01
Speaker:
 Enrique Chagoya
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Topic:
 Artist Enrique Chagoya Discusses His Work
Enrique Chagoya, who is among the 48 contemporary Latin American and Latino artists who have art in the exhibition TRANSactions, talks about his work and influences with Sheldon Interim Curator Sharon Kennedy.
Length:
 00:10:15
Speaker:
 Leighton Pierce's Agency of Time
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Topic:
 Audio-Video Clip of Agency of Time
This is an audio-video clip from Leighton Pierce's installation, Agency of Time, on view at Sheldon Museum of Art through October 19, 2008. The site-specific installation presents multiple video and audio loops on 3-D projection screens and an object to create viewer experiences.
Length:
 00:00:39
Speaker:
 Leighton Pierce
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Topic:
 Leighton Pierce Discusses Agency of Time
Leighton Pierce's Agency of Time is a site-specific installation of multiple video and audio loops presented on constructed 3-D projection screens and objects to create viewer experiences. In this podcast, Sheldon Interim Curator Sharon Kennedy interviews the artist about the installation, his purposes and techniques. The exhibition is on view at the Sheldon Museum of Art from August 12 through October 19.
Length:
 00:05:00
Speaker:
 Elizabeth King
Topic:
 The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye
Artist Elizabeth King talks with Nebraska Public Radio's Bill Stibor about her exhibition, The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye.
Length:
 00:00:20
Speaker:
 David Burge
Topic:
 Real Nebraska at College Night
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Speaker:
 Three Poets
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Topic:
 Poets Read Three Poems

Three poets read their poems responding to paintings in the Poets on Painters exhibition.
Length:
 00:00:04
Speaker:
 Katie Geha
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Topic:
 Poets on Painters Exhibition

Katie Geha curated Poets on Painters with Travis Nichols. In this podcast she discusses how the exhibition was created and the response to it.
Length:
 00:00:03
Speaker:
 Jerry Johnston
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Topic:
 Nebraska Poets on Sheldon Paintings
Jerry Johnston, senior producer at NET Radio, Nebraska's NPR station, interviews teachers and poets about the Nebraska Poets on Sheldon Paintings Poetry Contest, which ends March 1.
Length:
 00:00:04
Speaker:
 Aaron Holz
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Topic:
 John Singleton Copley's
Aaron Holz, an assistant professor of painting, discusses John Singleton Copley's portrait of Nicholas Boyston, an early American masterpiece on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Holz and Wendy Katz, an associate professor of Art History, will give a talk titled "It'll Cost You an Arm and a Leg" at Sheldon Sunday on February 24, 2008.
Length:
 00:00:04
Speaker:
 Sharon Kennedy
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Topic:
 Women Artists in Nebraska, 1880-1950
Sheldon Curator Sharon Kennedy reviews her thesis about 12 early women artists in Nebraska. Talented, indomitable and yet largely overlooked, these art pioneers left an enduring artistic legacy in the state.
Length:
 00:00:04
Speaker:
 The University Chamber Singers
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Topic:
 University Chamber Singers Performance in Sheldon's Great Hall
The University Chamber Singers under the director of Therees Hibbard performed in Sheldon's Great Hall on Sunday, December 2.
Length:
 00:00:03
Speaker:
 Sandra Scolnik
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Topic:
 Artist Sandra Scolnik Discusses Her Painting and Art in France

Painter Sandra Scolnik discusses her work and the world of art that she has found in France, where now lives with her husband and two children.


Responding to questions from the Sheldon staff, Scolnik calls her untitled work in Sheldon Survey: An Invitational a pivotal piece in her career.

To view an image of Scolnik with her painting at Sheldon, please click Sandra Scolnik
Length:
 00:00:15