North Platte hosting Sheldon Art Museum exhibit in October

    Fourteen portraits will be exhibited in the 35th  annual Sheldon Statewide Exhibition Oct. 4-28 at the Prairie Arts Center, 5th and Jeffers, in North Platte.  
    The theme of the 2021 exhibition is “The Artist as Muse.”
    The exhibition  will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT Monday through Friday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.  There is no admission fee.  
    The public is invited to a reception on Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. CT
    The exhibit includes paintings, prints and photographs by Robert Arneson, Milton Avery, Alexander Brook, Jim Dine, Christopher Felver,  Robert Haiko, David Hockney, Dwight Kirsch, George Benjamin Luks, Arnold Newman, Betye Saar, Andy Warhol  and Weegee.
    It also features portraits of artists including Peggy Bacon, Robert Henri, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Man Ray, Andy Warhol and more.
    According to the art museum’s description of the artwork, artists are presented as both the creators and subjects of the art. All of the artwork is from the collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln.  
    The North Platte Art Study League is sponsoring the exhibition and hosting the reception.  
    NebraskaLand  National Bank, Mike Jacobson, president and C.E.O., is the corporate sponsor.
    On a statewide level, financial support is provided by Farmers Mutual Insurance Company  of Nebraska, Rhonda Seacrest, Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and the Sheldon Art Association
    In 2020, the exhibit was open to the public but student tours did not take place because of Covid-19.
    This year, however, classes from local and nearby schools are being scheduled.  As a rule, 2,500 to 3,000 area students visit the Sheldon Statewide Exhibition each year.
    Other cities or towns also hosting the 2021 Sheldon Statewide Exhibition are Chadron, McCook, Seward, York, Omaha, Beatrice and Fremont.  
    Artwork in the exhibition are part of the Sheldon Art Museum permanent collection.
     Since its beginning in 1987, the exhibition has taken art to 35 communities, reaching more than 350,000 people.