Celebrating 50 Years of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden

Location:

Sheldon Museum of Art
451 North 12th St
Lincoln, NE 68588

Event Description:

Join for a panel discussion featuring leaders of the original I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project and artist John Raimondi who created Erma’s Desire at the Grand Island rest area.

Panelists for this event include:

John Raimondi      Artist, Erma’s Desire

Art Thompson        Director, I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project

Dan Worth              Committee to Preserve the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures

Karen Janovy         Former Sheldon Museum Education Director; worked closely project visionary, Norman Geske

To RSVP for the panel discussion, please complete this form: http://www.artscouncil.nebraska.gov/500-mile-sculpture-garden-with-panel-discussion-rsvp/

Prior to the panel discussion, the Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden, a 1976 documentary exploring the visionary I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project. The screening will include two other short films about the project and will take place at the Ross Media Arts Center (313 N 13^th Street) from 3:00pm to 4:30pm.

For more information about the screening visit the Ross Media Arts Center webpage: https://theross.org/event/nebraskas-500-mile-sculpture-garden/

Nebraska Public Media will produce and air this event.