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Make it stand out Completed installation of geotextiles and 14 differe prairie seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/424cb8f8-1256-488a-b541-e9273ad0fc2e/IMG_2486.jpeg Project Archive - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/e7bd82f5-8016-4c78-8d88-7b71d3aa0656/BB0A9000.jpg Project Archive - Make it stand out Installing the geotextiles after planting seeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736795076-9FCXRYIBVNEBGGXHEUOJ/IMG_8885.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736795555-AYO9C8C4P3138FSZ1HQB/IMG_8886.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736805692-4GKVZHZQTRUBCGFCWRPR/IMG_8887.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736807917-BDR8CTQSUQTIOXVYT6AP/IMG_8888.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736819726-COCX8VQ1RB6WS8PV2TSA/IMG_8889.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736821827-Z63Z9L6HLFV17GM0WAFB/IMG_8890.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736830031-KWDWYDC4DRXF75JU8O4Y/IMG_8891.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736834652-I29BJM2RNG977OAGIRS4/IMG_8892.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736846298-RGBEAEOWB9IZEMCP9YO1/IMG_8894.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1659736846872-6L31BT4L5WAM7PPNZ21E/IMG_8895.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1761680672100-XYA30KFGD80LUVF02TYL/IMG_6374.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1762287535024-R0PZL3SVRXAP4P5QT6HK/IMG_2487.jpeg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1762287534826-OY5Y9CIXRNK27RZJOQWB/IMG_2488.jpeg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1529601945651-9ZUTO3F27ND9B2CIL6A4/maaa-logo-color.jpg Project Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497400812185-JLXOUFEIO6VCAZ0MVGIG/image-asset.jpeg Project Archive Current methodology of blowout remediation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/5603322a-f22b-451a-a5bc-95a193fda44e/BB0A9164.jpg Project Archive - 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I actually felt so at home...I miss everything about the ranch. It's such a magical place where magical things happen. I learned so much this month from your family, the artists, and all the Rushville community members. It was really a once in a lifetime experience all thanks to the two of you (Mel and Lisa). " -Ashlin Dolan, Intern "Seeing how deep roots in the land have impacted the foundation of a robust and resilient Rushville community has opened my eyes to what explorers would have called 'the Spirit of America'....Long live art, long live culture, long live family!" -Joshua Forges, Intern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/9ceca50d-b736-479e-8a17-dfa279b00d35/download.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497649358258-85HY1NTSJZP8YQJV7V58/image-asset.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1529352188311-NW1C4QH3NTQ89YZUBHA8/STAFF.JPG About - QUOTES "Thank you for letting me be part of this forest, of this family and for sharing the deep sense of friendship that includes the landscape, the community, our hearts and all the dreams we have!" - Jorge Menna Barreto, Artist "Thank you so much for the invite to be a part of this amazing Sandhills experience... The week has been inspiring, the people i've met have been fantastic. " -Elaine Bradford, Artist "Looking forward to seeing things grow! Wonderful premise, wonderful place, wonderful community, wonderful team!" -Russell Bauer, Artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/7439a3ca-532e-40c8-aa70-327423174014/Sandhills+Institute+ranch+headquarters+.jpg About - OUR MISSION The Sandhills Institute is a catalyst for the creation of civically-engaged integrated art in and around the agricultural community of Rushville, Nebraska. The Institute forges strong bonds between the community of local ranchers and farmers and leading artists from the region as well as from around the world for the purpose of developing experimental programs grounded in collaborative research and creative expression. The goal of these programs is to strengthen the economic, environmental, and cultural fabric of this unique area. It is our goal to integrate the regional diversity of this community and celebrate its historic and varied cultural heritage. The Institute magnifies the impact of its work by sharing the results of its programs with other peer institutions, both agricultural and artistic throughout rural America. It is our hope that artistic culture in all forms can be a powerful force in bringing people together for the common good of our communities and society as a whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497649684017-HRGZ645HQQQV604ZMR88/Nebraska%2BArts%2BCouncil%2BLogo.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/44e53226-61e4-4c24-b41e-408c7a5edae7/Mel+and+Gibbs+at+Davis+Ranch+.jpg About Atticus Ziegler has participated as an intern for many years. He has taken on the roll of documentary photographer and many of the photos on this website are his. He has a degree in Civil Engineering at the Grainger School of Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he is working as a Civil Engineer in Nashville, TN. Phineas Ziegler has also participated for many years. He has operated as a personal guide and assistant when and where needed for artists and guests. He has an Engineering degree in computer science from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He currently works as a computer scientist in Cleveland, OH. Mel Ziegler, is an artist, educator, and farmer. He is currently the Paul E. Shwab Chair of Fine Art at Vanderbilt University where he was hired to develop and foster the then newly formed art major fifteen years ago. Ziegler’s artistic career dates back to the 1970s, when he first established his life-long pattern of conceptual, socially-engaged work with his late partner and collaborator, Kate Ericson. (See America Starts Here, MIT press also melzieglerart.com) Ziegler’s practice has always examined the role of art in the public space, the socially-constructed dimensions of our natural environment, the value of manual labor, and the importance of collaboration between the artist and the broader community. Founded in 2014 by Director Ziegler, the Sandhills Institute is, in many ways, the inevitable culmination of his lifetime of work and philosophy, giving institutional form to his values to create a durable platform for social and community engagement, now and in the future, between a wide variety of artists and the residents of Rushville, Nebraska. The Ziegler family believe strongly in the importance of art and its impact on society as a whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/8f155b00-ad25-49f8-8da9-8cd9e9fd5ea0/Screen+Shot+2021-06-26+at+12.58.58+PM.jpg About - ABOUT RUSHVILLE The city of Rushville was established in 1885 as a settlement called Rush Valley which was two miles north of its present location. Now, it lies south of Pine Ridge and just shy of the Sandhills to the south, where the vast diversity of grasses provided good grazing fields for cattle and fresh water available from Rush Creek. Rushville was known for its healthy climate, a claim that is supported by the fact that the first man buried in the graveyard died from a bullet, not illness. Two stores a mile apart from each other opened and a post office was established. Rushville succeeded as a supply point for the territory with the advantages of the courthouse, the railroad, and the nearby Lakota reservation. The area became home to the infamous Old Jules. Rushville has weathered population growth and loss. During our time here, neighbors have graciously shared stories of their own family history or reasons that have brought them to the region. In the words of a local resident, “it is a town where roots run deep.” Many people have generously supported town development, preserving the heart of the geographically and culturally rich rural community. The town center boasts a range of recreation venues including the historic Modisett Ball Park, Sand Ridge Golf Course, Plains Theater, Pocket Park, Cowboy Trail West biking path, and Sheridan County Historical Museum. The Sandhills Institute is opening an arts and cultural center in the empty grocery store on Main Street. Upon completion, visitors and residents alike will be welcome to come together in this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/ad41b25f-4a4a-4242-ab0b-47b315b7ae8a/image-asset.jpg About - ABOUT THE SANDHILLS The Sandhills are an ecoregion that stretches across 24,000 square miles of the mid-northwest plains of Nebraska. Covering nearly one third of the state, it is the largest sand dune formation in the United States. Because the area sits atop 1.3 million acres of wetlands — fed by the Ogallala aquifer — 95 percent of the dunes support grassland. It is estimated that the Sandhills maintains one-billion-acres of groundwater. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that 85 percent of the Sandhills are intact, largely due to the limited ability to support farming in the sandy terrain. The ecoregion supports approximately 720 species of plants, 314 species of animals, and at least 24 species of migratory birds. There is a diverse ecosystem of grasses that have long supported grazing herds of buffalo. Today the region is home to a strong ranching economy. Most ranchers are careful to prevent overgrazing in an effort to maintain the health ecosystem of diverse perennials and to minimize the development of blowouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/66615611-8204-42d0-a833-90dddf771d31/thumb_IMG_1557_1024.jpg About - THE ZIEGLER FAMILY Mel and Lisa Ziegler strongly believe in family participation at the Sandhills Institute and continue to make it a family friendly environment. Their twin sons, Atticus and Phineas, have been a part of the program since its inception in 2014. Lisa Ziegler is an accomplished author who writes primarily about architecture. Her most seminal book is a monograph about the modernist architect, Harwell Hamilton Harris. Her latest book is on the southern California architect, Harry Gesner, titled “Houses of the Sun Down Sea”. Lisa is a major component of the artists’ experience here at the ranch headquarters. She has taken on the roll of the main chef which is no easy task when coordinating dinners that include vegetarians, vegans and gluten free dinners all at the same time. Lately, we have been discussing the possibility of having writers in residence, a program that she would develop and direct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/dbf38366-32d7-47d1-ad7a-22d0a436cdc7/New+Web+Head-1080----.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/218bf037-6182-4a3d-9710-fb6448765826/fam.jpeg About "Thank you so much for a wonderful month in the Sandhills. This has been a tremendous learning experience and a joy to be a part of. I am inspired by your care and commitment to shaping the artists experience and bringing their research and projects to life. I appreciate how much you have done for us, taking us in at your beautiful home and making our time as interns so special. I will treasure the memories of wonderful meals together, conversations about cinema and art history on the porch, and Nebraska, and Nebraska adventures" -Marguerite Zabriskie, Intern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/5c04a2bd-e3eb-45d5-975a-4949681e1be2/group.jpg About "It genuinely inspired me to create more socially-engaged art, and will definitely inform future decisions regarding the arts collective I am a part of. " -Ted Maertens, Intern "I am beyond thankful to have found a home in the Sandhills and with the Ziegler family. At the same time, my time spent with the artists in residence has had a profound impact on me as a young artist...I love this place and all of the extraordinary and brilliant people in it. I hope to come back again and again and help out in any way I can. " -Lauren Ballejos, Program Coordinator https://www.sandhillsinstitute.com/artists daily 0.75 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497399645202-IUBMLP7VTR04SICCA3GV/Bass_Chloe_rz.jpg Artists - CHLOE BASS is a conceptual artist who works in service of an idea rather than in service of a particular material. Her projects usually take the form of performance, photography, installation, or writing. She is interested in using found objects, found situations, and found people, exploring the world around her to call attention to the power of the everyday. She was born and raised in New York City, and she divides her time between New York and St. Louis. More of her work can be seen at www.chloebass.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1498086218767-SKRGB57PVBODUMWQ0LHF/image-asset.jpeg Artists - DAVID BROOKS is an artist whose work considers the relationship between the individual and the built or natural environment. It investigates how cultural concerns cannot be divorced from the natural world, while also questioning the terms under which nature is perceived and utilized. Brooks has had solo exhibitions and major projects at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; Storm King Art Center; MoMA/PS1; the Dallas Contemporary; Tang Museum; deCordova Museum, MA; Nouveau Musée National de Monaco; Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg; Nevada Museum of Art; Ballroom Marfa; the Sculpture Center, NYC; The Visual Arts Center, Austin; Cass Sculpture Foundation, UK; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha; ASU Art Museum, AZ; and the American Academy in Rome, among others. From 2011 to 2012, Brooks’ Desert Rooftops, a 5000-sq. ft. earthwork commission from the Art Production Fund, was on view in Times Square. From 2017 to 2018, for the inaugural commission for the Trust for Governors Island, Brooks created a large-scale geologic installation. In 2020, for another inaugural commission from Planting Fields Foundation in Oyster Bay, NY, Brooks responded with his piece, Budding Bird Blind. He is the recipient of many honors, including the Rome Prize, a research grant to the Ecuadorian Amazon from the Coypu Foundation, and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship. Brooks lives and works in New York and is a professor at NYU Gallatin. More of his work can be seen at davidbrooksstudio.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497400225035-S850SWODYTNTQK2FSU5B/image-asset.jpeg Artists - THOMAS LOWELL EDWARDS is a multimedia artist who creates sculpture and pottery with an aim to inspire dialogue about diminishing communal activities in our culture. Edwards received his MFA from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and his BFA in ceramics from the Appalachian Center for Craft at Tennessee Technological University. When he traveled to Jingdezhen, China as a Windgate Fellow to be an artist in residence at the Sanbao International Ceramic Art Institute, the birthplace of porcelain inspired him. He became fascinated by ceramics as industry – particularity how remnants of industrial production were integrated into architectural elements throughout the city—and later continued his international research in production ceramics through an internship program in Germany. While there, he was able to work closely with a production potter and observe European Studio practice. Edwards has since set up his studio in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he currently resides with his wife and son. More of his work can be seen at tjclay.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1529601550300-WJTO3PIUULU7G9109GQY/Mary_Mattingly_Owns_Up_NY_Closeup.png Artists - MARY MATTINGLY is a visual artist, who’s current piece Swale is a floating food forest for New York. In 2015, she completed a two-part sculpture “Pull” for the International Havana Biennial with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de la Habana and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Mary Mattingly’s work has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, the Seoul Art Center, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the Palais de Tokyo. With the U.S. Department of State and Bronx Museum of the Arts she participated in the smARTpower project, traveling to Manila. In 2009 Mattingly founded the Waterpod Project, a barge-based public space and self-sufficient habitat that hosted over 200,000 visitors in New York. In 2014, an artist residency on the water called WetLand launched in Philadelphia. It is being utilized by the University of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Humanities program. More of her work can be seen at marymattingly.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1529339984760-0XURXV71Q7GIIDNX3KMS/elaine.JPG Artists - ELAINE BRADFORD is interested in nostalgia created through processes and objects. Her grandmother taught her how to crochet and she has worked with the craft throughout her life. She began to use this and other traditional “women’s work” in her art for its connotations of personal history, hours of labor and concepts of comfort. She is also a collector, mining thrift and antique stores to find discarded pieces of unknown lives. She then transforms these objects with crochet, embroidery and collage, bringing them a new life. In her most recent project, Routine Fables, she collaborated with poet Sara Cress over the course of 2017 to create a new piece every week. Bradford would make a small mixed media sculpture and Cress would respond with a poem. The 52 works were produced and released weekly online. These sculptures and poems document the year in their lives, both good and bad, and the results can be seen at routinefables.com. Bradford holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (2003) and a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin (2000). Her work has been included in shows both nationally and internationally. She was a founding member of BOX 13 ArtSpace, an innovative artist run studio and gallery space in Houston’s East End. She currently lives and works in Houston, TX. More of her work can be seen at elainebradford.weebly.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/3ad5b1ae-3a7d-4513-95d3-d1980bb5c35b/18958821.jpg Artists - MYRANDA BAIR is an artist, educator, avid rock climber, natural space advocator, animal lover, and suburban farmer. She was born in Dickinson ND, not so far from Rushville. Her family soon moved to rural Texas and raised horses and blackberries on their farm. She received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and her BFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work focuses on environmental conservation and how community education can lead to a richer outdoor experience. For the past decade, her work has combined watercolor on paper with various natural elements contained inside antique cloches and display cases. This gives new life to forgotten materials while simultaneously illuminating the life of native flora and fauna. Currently, she is a faculty member for the College of Southern Nevada’s Art and Art History Department. Myranda raises funds for non-profit organizations through art donations and sales. Myranda has two French bulldogs, a wonderful husband, Craig and two daughters. She lives and works in Las Vegas, NV. More of her work can be seen at myrandabair.carbonmade.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/ba4550ee-eb7f-40f0-aca6-8a9976d60ad4/KG_005.jpg Artists - KARLA GARCÍA is a Texas-based artist originally from Mexico. Her sculptural landscape installations are crafted from clay. Her work is rooted in her Mexican heritage and informed by personal and cultural memory, historical research, and philosophy. García explores the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative effects of the environment on the land we share. García earned an MFA in Ceramics and a Certificate in Museum Education from the University of North Texas. She has exhibited in museums such as the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Old Jail Art Center in Texas, and a bi-national exhibition at the Chamizal National Memorial and the Museum of Archeology and History of El Chamizal on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border. Her recent projects include Grass Flower, a ceramic installation at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin, TX, and upcoming exhibitions at the Armstrong House Museum in Rushville, NE. b. 1977, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Website: www.karlamichellgarcia.com Instagram: @KarlaGarciaArt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/b1ecc6f3-ecf5-409d-9dac-509fab31a582/kayla+in+garden.jpeg Artists - KAYLA MEYER is a graduate of the Iowa State University Landscape Architecture Program. She is passionate about creating better places and building community through landscape. She has worked with the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department organizing public outreach and park improvement projects and also as an Urban Design Fellow for the research and design collaborative non-profit Emerging Terrain collaboratively creating site-specific installations and events with participatory processes. Kayla continues to work in Omaha for a multi-disciplinary design firm where she focuses on site design for K-12 schools. Through her work, she hopes to strategically position design and, more specifically, landscape architecture as an opportunity to recover our own consciousness and health, our lost traditions and sense of community, our rootedness in the land, and our connectedness with one another. Learn more about her work here www.olsson.com/News/six-questions-with-kayla-meyer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497392792838-86LZAC6NV3XFX6XA0IUM/image-asset.jpeg Artists - JORGE MENNA BARRETO is a visual artist and designer, living and working in Brazil. He attended courses in sculpture and painting with Professor Jailton Moreira in Porto Alegre in 1990 and completed his bachelor's degree in fine arts with a specialization in drawing at UFRGS, Porto Alegre, in 1997. Themes of desire and friendship are woven into some of his work, by bringing the viewer closer and making them the engine of the work. One of his most recent projects for the 32nd bienal in São Paulo, the Rastauro (Restoration) project, raises questions about the development of eating habits and their relationship with the environment, landscape, climate and life on earth. More of his work can be seen at jorggemennabarreto.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497393160291-X8Y6L1NGME04LOTFF8HY/image-asset.jpeg Artists - RUSSELL ARTHUR BAUER is an artist who lives and works in Albuquerque, NM. He received his MFA from the University of New Mexico in the Art & Ecology program, and his BFA from Michigan State University. He creates kinetic, performative, and allegorical sculptures by applying his knowledge of construction, electronics, and living systems. When the works hang from the wall he considers them paintings. As much work as possible is released into the public domain. His portfolio is available at www.rabaw.com. Major ongoing projects include the Edible Carnival www.ediblecarnival.org and the United States Chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Technology and Infrastructure www.PETTI.us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/7f52e48b-196d-4935-8441-eddf4105d7cd/rosie-springer-01.jpg Artists - ROSIE LENZ grew up on a multigenerational dairy farm in mid-Missouri, and this upbringing highly informs her artistic practice. By combining found objects with narrative and photography, Lenz introduces the audience to the life and work associated with small family farms' agriculture. When creating these works, she analyzes farming systems, equipment, seasonal duties, and the rural community to portray the lives and work of people in rural areas. Her most recent body of work employs a series of personal interviews to examine the lives of farmers in Florida, Iowa, Missouri, and North Carolina by comparing and contrasting hay baling methods. She got her graduate degree at the University of Florida, and currently lives in Florida with her husband, who is an oyster farmer, and her young daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1497400001483-C1ZQNXVCDV3EW1POD4MM/image-asset.jpeg Artists - STEPHANIE SYJUCO is an artist and educator whose projects involve everything from archiving cultural heritage, examining public access to information and knowledge, and exploring how economies affect both local and global communities. Her collaborative projects often utilize unexpected workshop formats in order to gather people together to discuss tough issues and co-create new stories. Born in the Philippines in 1974, she migrated to the U.S. as a young child and attended the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University. 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Community Community picnic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1656614744684-O62UDH76SJW6S0K0W5EB/thumb_BB0A0149_1024.jpg Community Interns, artists and family at Rushville Barbecue Cookoff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1656614745012-0FVQRK08SEN34CBN50F8/thumb_IMG_0003_1024.jpg Community Discussing art with the Nebraska Arts Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1656614745559-2WHLKLECBGLE61IV862S/thumb_IMG_0004_1024.jpg Community Neighbors enjoying the food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1656614745855-6HYTNXL9GVEQFRGZONJ9/thumb_IMG_1496_1024.jpg Community Roundtable discussions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593703c5e58c625ce4d8e464/1656614746311-CT69HOKMFCDZT9WAW9U3/thumb_IMG_1499_1024.jpg Community Artist David Books holding court 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