April Galleries

Erickson Gallery

Mid-Plains Community College
"Works in Progress"

Artist Reception April 27th, 5 pm

Focus Gallery

North Platte Art Guild
Spring Show

The Art Guild Spring Show is an annual show that exhibits the years' efforts of the local club members. It was judged by Bailey Florom. The State merit award winners will be displayed at the yearly ANAC [Association of Nebraska Art Clubs] conference. It will be held in Fremont in June this year. The Association of Nebraska Art Clubs is unique in that it is the only club in the United States that supports all the art clubs in the state. The conference has workshops, meetings, and an art competition that features the best of each club across the state. From the 350-plus entries at this annual show, 25 will be chosen to travel the state the following year, including a Best of Show and 24 Award of Excellence winners, who will travel the state for the following year.

SOUTH GALLERY

April 6-30th.

Reception and Book Signing April 6th Noon-2 pm

Alan J. Bartels is a Nebraska writer, photographer and student of nature. He loves the Sandhills and has an appreciation for Nebraskans everywhere with strong ties to the land.
Bartels most recent book, 100 Things To Do In The Nebraska Sandhills Before

You Die, will be featured at PAC April 6-30th - w ith a book signing April 6th 12-2 pm.

His photography of the Nebraska Sandhills will also be featured.

In 2016, Alan received the Rank of Admiral in the “Great Navy of the State of Nebraska,

” in 2000 was named Conservation Educator of the Year by the Nebraska Wildlife
Federation. Alan is a self-taught writer and photographer. His photograph of a Blanding's
turtle appeared in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic Magazine. His
work has also appeared in the Smithsonian Institution’s Air & amp; Space Magazine, USA
Today, and dozens of other publications. Alan spent 11 years with Nebraska Life magazine,

is an Army veteran and now Information and Education Coordinator at the Lower Loup Natural

Resources District in Ord. He also spends his time teaching about our state’s precious natural

resources. Bartels has also written an award-winning children's book, What's Going Down in

Prairie Dog Town".

may gallery

Main Gallery

the art of food

THE ART OF FOOD–A FEAST FOR THE EYES— Food can be colorful and fatty and rich and vibrant and fulfilling. It’s what keeps us full, can cross language barriers and brings us together around a table. During this exhibition, artists focus on the bounty and beauty of food, how it’s grown and how it affects our everyday lives. This invitational only art exhibit runs May 3-30th