No Place Like Home -- Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery exhibit here Nov. 16-Dec. 15

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will share an exhibit called "No Place Like Home" with the Museum of the High Plains in McCook from Nov. 16 until Dec. 15.

In "No Place Like Home," artists explore the meaning of "home," and the feelings of warmth and security it evokes.

A highlight of the exhibit is, "The Frerichs' Farmstead Near Talmage," by Lynn Dance. Sharon L. Kennedy-Gustafson, coordinator of the Sheldon statewide exhibition, writes of Dance's photograph: "It is an image of a well-kept, large lot of land, a two-story cozy house with shade trees, and, best of all, a picket fence.

"A symbol of protection and privacy, the fence makes those inside it feel safe by keeping the outside world and its problems at bay."

The exhibit also includes: Nebraska native Wright Morris's, "Straight-backed Chair by Door"; and Depression-era photographer-historian Dorothea Lange's, "Grayson, San Joaquin Valley, Ca."

Others include "Dag-uerreotype," by Morris Kantor, 1931; "The Heiress Harlem," by James VanDerZee, 1938; "Widow's Walk," by James Cantrell, 1976; and "Colorado Springs," by Robert Adams, 1970/1974.

The traveling exhibit is made possible by the support of the members of the Nebraska Art Association, the Nebraska Arts Council, Ameritas Charitable Foundation, James and Rhonda Seacrest and the Abel Foundation.

In McCook, the exhibit is sponsored by the McCook Arts Council.

For tours, call Barb Michaelis, (308) 345-1528; or Nancy Mousel, (308) 345-1917.