Exhibition Programming

Current Programming

All exhibition programming is free and open to the public. RSVP required.

Exhibition Lecture Series

Kimberly Minor, PhD. | Torsten Homberger, PhD. | Claudia García, PhD. | Christine Beard, D.M.A

Bak to Basics: Chess for All Ages

September 14 | October 5 | November 9 | December 7

October 11 | October 25

Bak to Basics: Chess for All Ages – Sunday, September 14, 2PM

Participants will engage in a brief history of chess followed by a lesson on how to play chess. This program is designed for beginning players and seasoned chess players who enjoy helping others learn.

Exhibition Lecture Series - Thursday, September 18, 6PM

The Historical and Cultural Impact of Still Life Painting

Dr. Minor will explore the historical and cultural impact of still life painting in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.

This is a FREE event, but preregistration is required.

Speaker: Kimberly Minor, PhD.

Bak to Basics: Chess for All Ages – Sunday, October 5, 2PM

Participants will engage in a brief history of chess followed by a lesson on how to play chess. This program is designed for beginning players and seasoned chess players who enjoy helping others learn.

Exhibition Lecture Series - Thursday, October 9, 6PM

The Honor Dress of the Movement

Dr. Homberger, Associate Professor at UNK, will explore how the brown-shirted Stormtrooper uniform was central to Hitler's rise to power through an analysis of its design and marketing. The nazi uniform had a distinct political and military persona that was simultaneously violent and orderly, retrograde and modern—a dual image that proved popular with the German people and was key to the Nazis' political success.

This is a FREE event, but preregistration is required.

Speaker: Torsten Homberger, PhD.

Emerging Artist Series – Saturday, October 11, 1:30 PM

Artist led, free workshop open to the public. The SBMLC Emerging Artist Program is a series of art-making sessions led by regional emerging artists that take place at Samuel Bak Museum: the Learning Center.

Emerging Artist Series – Saturday, October 25, 1:30 PM

Artist led, free workshop open to the public. The SBMLC Emerging Artist Program is a series of art-making sessions led by regional emerging artists that take place at Samuel Bak Museum: the Learning Center.

Bak to Basics: Chess for All Ages – Sunday, November 9, 2PM

Participants will engage in a brief history of chess followed by a lesson on how to play chess. This program is designed for beginning players and seasoned chess players who enjoy helping others learn.

Exhibtion Lecture Series - Thursday November 13, 6PM

Words for the Unspeakable: Mayan Genocide and Beyond

Dr. García will explore time structures, dialogical voices, and uses of genre in narratives by three Indigenous Guatemalan authors (1987-2007).

This is a FREE event, but preregistration is required.

Speaker: Claudia García, PhD.

Exhibition Lecture Series - Saturday, December 6, 2 PM

Bak & Music

Dr. Beard, distinguished faculty, and talented student performers from the UNO School of Music will deliver a captivating musical performance to complement the current exhibition at Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center. The program will feature compositions by banned composers, victims of war, and music that ties into the current exhibition.

This is a FREE event, but preregistration is required.

Speaker: Christine Beard, D.M.A

Bak to Basics: Chess for All Ages – Sunday, December 7, 2PM

Participants will engage in a brief history of chess followed by a lesson on how to play chess. This program is designed for beginning players and seasoned chess players who enjoy helping others learn.