18 NEBRASKAland • APRIL 2017
A Wild Event
By Amy Rummel, Joslyn Art Museum
To celebrate its Wild Spaces, Open Seasons exhibition,
the Joslyn Art Museum will host a public lecture event by
Lily Raff McCaulou, author of Call of the Mild: Learning
to Hunt My Own Dinner, on Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m. An
urban environmentalist who moved west and became a
hunter, McCaulou learned to hunt the food she loves in a
sustainable way. Call of the Mild records her story, and
her lecture will reflect on the complex issues that surround
ethical hunting in America today. Following McCaulou's
presentation, guests will enjoy gallery viewing, a book-
signing, and an hors d'oeuvres reception with a cash bar.
Advance reservations are required for this public
lecture event: $10 for Joslyn members or $20 for the
general public. Fee includes exhibition admission, hors
d'oeuvres and one free cocktail ticket (cash bar thereafter).
Reservations may be made online at joslyn.org or by
contacting Susie Severson, director of adult programs, at
402-661-3862 or sseverson@joslyn.org.
If you cannot attend the event, the Wild Spaces, Open
Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art exhibit is
open to the public Feb. 12 through May 7, 2017. It is a
ticketed exhibition: $10 for general public adults; members,
youth ages 17 and younger, and college students with ID
enter free. The museum offers special Thursday pricing
(4-8 p.m.): $5 for general public adults.
Docent-guided tours of the exhibition are offered
weekly – view the calendar of events at joslyn.org for tour
offerings. Free Wi-Fi is available in all Joslyn galleries.
Guests may use their own web-enabled mobile device or
borrow one of Joslyn's to access the dual language mobile
tour.
The Wild Spaces, Open Season collection encompasses
a wide variety of portraits, landscapes, still lifes and genre
scenes that reveal the connection of these outdoor activities
to all aspects of American history. The collection includes
iconic works by Thomas Cole, Thomas Eakins, Paul
Manship, and John Singer Sargent, as well as pictures by
artists who specialized "in the field," such as Charles Deas,
Alfred Jacob Miller, William
T. Ranney, and Arthur
Fitzwilliam Tait. The
exhibition also sheds new
light on modernist studies
of sporting subjects by
Arthur Dove, Marsden
Hartley, and Max Weber.
Together, the 64 works in
the exhibition illuminate
changing ideas about
community, environment,
national identity,
landscape, and wildlife,
offering compelling
insights into one of our
most familiar shared
adventures. ■
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