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title: "April 2024 Newsletter | Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center"
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Plan your visit to SBMLC: Explore our upcoming events

| View in browser Join the conversation or share your experience visiting SBMLC on our social media. Thursday, April 4 at 6:00 P.M. UNO's Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC) Room 201 Award-winning author Rebecca Clarren will discuss her celebrated new book, The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance, delving into questions of how to face the stories we tell about our families and our nations, how to grapple with the legacy of the past through a Jewish lens, and what it means to consider history with both truth and empathy. Rebecca Clarren will be joined by UNO Assistant Professor, Dr. Susana Geliga. The conversation will be moderated by Mikal Brotnov Eckstrom. Ms. Clarren will be available to sign copies of her new book, The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance. Books may be pre-ordered (will not be for sale at the event) through The Bookworm in Omaha and will be available for pick-up at the event.    Parking spaces are reserved in Lot E on UNO’s Dodge Campus for the event. Look for more information in a Know Before You Go email to be sent on April 3, 2024 for everyone who is on the RSVP list. Support generously provided by RSVP for the Rebecca Clarren lecture Saturday, April 13 at 2:00 P.M. LIVE conversation with Samuel Bak In celebration of Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center's one year anniversary, Samuel Bak will join Chief Curator Alexandra Cardon via Zoom at this in-person event. They will discuss the Museum's first year, the current exhibition, Becoming a Witness: From Abstraction to Figuration, and Bak's reflection about his work and its importance in bearing witness to history. The discussion will include an in-depth look at some favorite works of art in the Museum's collection.   After the 50-minute conversation, there will be a Q&A session. RSVP for An Afternoon with Samuel Bak Emerging Artists Series is a workshop led by regional emerging artists that takes place at Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center. The workshop, which runs from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., will begin with a tour of the current exhibition followed by an art-making session. RSVP required. Free to the public.   April 27, 2024 – Aspen M. Laboy will lead a workshop on identity and memory. Participants will explore how they form their concept of self individually and collectively through writing and the act of creation. You will explore through making mosaics the process of creating a visual memory of who you are. (20 participants max)   Aspen Monet Laboy is an interdisciplinary artist from Omaha, Nebraska working in poetry, glass sculpting, installation, and film photography. Exploring concepts of environmentalism, internal identity, and cultural heritage, they are influenced by nature, science, and philosophy. Their main focus is sculpting with words and fragments to express moments in time.   Support generously provided by RSVP Required SBMLC Exhibition Programs in April April 7 at 1:00 PM Learn More April 18 at 5:30 PM RSVP Today April 21 at 1:00 PM Learn More Becoming a Witness: From Abstraction to Figuration is now on view through June 30, 2024.  Exhibition funding generously sponsored by Douglas County Visitor Improvement Fund, Omaha Steaks, Anonymous, Mutual of Omaha, Valmont, Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation and Nebraska Arts Council \| Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Daily Museum Programming SBMLC offers daily public tours, audio tours in multiple languages, young visitor and ELL treasure hunts, and family-friendly activities.  K-12 Education SMBLC offers free K-12 tours and field trip visits.   Request a Field Trip Exhibition Audio Tour The Museum has a free 6-stop audio tour in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Karen available for visitors. Please bring your headphones and a smart device to scan the QR code at each stop.   Translation of Exhibition Audio Tour provided with the support of the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, and Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Meeting Reservation Requests Interested in reserving the SBMLC Classroom for your next meeting?    Read our Reservation Agreement to see if your group is eligible.   Complete the Reservation Request Form to get the conversation started.   Additional information can be found on the Museum's Meeting and Event Spaces website page. Guided Tour Requests Would you like a Private Guided Tour for your group? Complete the Guided Tour Request Form. Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2289 South 67th Street, Omaha, NE 68016 Manage preferences |
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