Sheldon exhibit opens
CHADRON – A Day’s Work, an exhibition of artworks related to labor from the collection of Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, opened Aug. 30 in Chadron State College’s Memorial Hall Main Gallery.
The free, public exhibition is open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sept. 27.
Presenting depictions of work by 18 artists, the exhibition encourages viewers to consider labor’s mental, physical, social, political, and economic effects.
According to a press release from Sheldon, although the artworks vary in medium, year of completion, and message, but together they illuminate an expanded understanding of what labor means, as well as what it looks like. A Day’s Work includes photographs from well-known 20th-century child and agricultural labor advocates Lewis Hine and Dorothea Lange. Contemporary artists Christina Fernandez and Jay Lynn Gomez are represented by prints based on issues of workers’ rights and visibility.
The exhibition is part of Sheldon Statewide, an annual program through which works from the museum’s collection travel to venues throughout Nebraska. Since its inception in 1987, the program has taken exhibitions to 25 communities, reaching more than 365,000 people.
The labels and educational resources for the exhibit are in English and Spanish. Educators are encouraged to contact Kate Pope for age-specific lesson plans and other educational resources at kdpope@csc.edu or 308-432-7079.
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