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Calendar

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Nebraska Art Program College Fair 2:15 pm
Nebraska Art Program College Fair
May 3 @ 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
College Art Program facilitators from across Nebraska will be featured in the main gallery at the Norfolk Arts Center on Wednesday, May 3rd. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to see the possibilities of art as a... Read More
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Clay Demo | 13+ Class 5:00 pm
Clay Demo | 13+ Class
May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: $15 / Member Discount Ages: 13+ Get ready to sink your hands into the clay in this introduction to hand building. Learn beginner techniques and shapes that will help build confidence in designing and creating more complex... Read More
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Open Classroom Ceramic Painting | All Ages 10:00 am
Open Classroom Ceramic Painting | All Ages
May 13 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cost: Free Ages: All Ages Join us in the Norfolk Arts Center Classroom for a chance to pick out a ceramic piece and use our supplies to paint your choice of spring summer themed items.
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Big Give Ceramic Painting 10:00 am
Big Give Ceramic Painting
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Stop in and paint your own ceramic. Many figures in various sizes are available, thanks to a recent and generous donation of many unpainted ceramics from Viola Kaser. Paint and supplies will be provided with a suggested donation... Read More
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Wine & Paint May | Adult Art Class 5:30 pm
Wine & Paint May | Adult Art Class
May 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: $25.00 Ages: 21+ Come spend an evening with us painting and sipping wine. Create a summer themed art piece to hang in your home and enjoy for years to come.  Instructor: Karen Voborny
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PawCasso Dog Art Class
Jun 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Do you want to see adorable artwork made by your very own pup? If this interests you and your pup, you won’t want to miss the “PawCasso” Dog Art class. This class will be held at Happy Tails Boarding.

Please bring your dog on a leash for the class.

Your dog will be licking and eating peanut butter during the class. (Peanut Allergy Alert*)

*limit 6 dogs per class so register soon!

*all well behaved dogs welcome

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Intro to Stand Up Comedy with Pat Janssen
Jun 6 @ 5:00 pm – Jun 9 @ 10:00 pm

Cost: Individual $25 / Duo $40

Ages: 13+

Learn the basic fundamentals of the art of stand-up comedy with professional comedian Pat Janssen.

Pat is a Nebraska native who has appeared in numerous commercials and TV shows. He has also appeared on an album cover and music video for Grammy-nominated indie band Glass Animals. He has been named New England’s Best Bar Comic by Jack Daniels. He has been performing standup, improv and sketch for over 15 years. He is currently the Vice President of the Great American Comedy Festival.

Sessions are 5/6: 5 – 6:30 PM | 5/7: 5 – 6:30 PM | Stand-Up Showcase 5/9: 5 PM

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Fresh Friday’s
Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

First Fridays are getting a fresh new look and name as we move to expand our open mic, music, poetry and art nights at the Arts Center. Join us for the first edition of Fresh Friday’s on June 9th as students from the Intro to Stand Up Comedy Camp with Pat Janssen, will be presenting their sets during this Fresh Friday.

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Face Scans
Jun 10 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Artist Reagan D. Pufall will be exhibiting 3d printed faces in the main gallery during the summer of 2024. Saturday, June 10th he will scan faces of Norfolk community members to add to his show. participants will receive a digital file emailed to them after the scans are processed.

  • Must be 18+ to participate
  • Digital file will be emailed to participant.
  • 3D scans will be available to purchase during the exhibition in June 2024

Reagan Bio

Reagan Davis Pufall was shaped by his childhood growing up in North Dakota. Its long
cold winters coupled with short and stormy summers instilled in him a permanent
sense of restlessness and the drama of nature. Winter days trapped indoors by bitter
cold led him to adopt a lifelong habit of reading. He reads broadly, and in his youth
particularly enjoyed exploring the worlds presented in classic fiction, fantasy, science
fiction, and the ancient mythology of many cultures. Once winter lifted the warming
spring weather would lead him outdoors to explore the open countryside around him;
away from the worlds contained in books and into the wide open world of the northern
plains. Later, his family moved south to Nebraska, which has a more moderate four
seasons climate. Ironically, this shift inverted his calendar; now it was the bright and
bracing – but not bitterly cold – days of winter that lured him out into the natural world
of the prairies.
In high school he was introduced to photography by a teacher who encouraged both
his still life and landscape work. At first his work focused primarily on landscapes, and
he loved the hiking and camping that were required to capture those images. However,
he eventually found that ground had already been well explored and captured by the
photographers and painters who had come before him. During and after the years he
spent at the San Francisco Art Institute, he returned to the studio and began creating
his own landscapes, inspired to bring into tangible existence the worlds he had
encountered in the real and fictional stories of his youthful reading. Currently he lives in
Omaha Nebraska where he teaches Art and Design

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PawCasso Dog Art Class
Jun 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Do you want to see adorable artwork made by your very own pup? If this interests you and your pup, you won’t want to miss the “PawCasso” Dog Art class. This class will be held at Happy Tails Boarding.

Please bring your dog on a leash for the class.

Your dog will be licking and eating peanut butter during the class. (Peanut Allergy Alert*)

*limit 6 dogs per class so register soon!

*all well behaved dogs welcome

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PawCasso Dog Art Class
Jun 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Do you want to see adorable artwork made by your very own pup? If this interests you and your pup, you won’t want to miss the “PawCasso” Dog Art class. This class will be held at Happy Tails Boarding.

Please bring your dog on a leash for the class.

Your dog will be licking and eating peanut butter during the class. (Peanut Allergy Alert*)

*limit 6 dogs per class so register soon!

*all well behaved dogs welcome

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4th of July Charcuterie Class | Adult Class
Jun 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Cost: $25

Ages: 21+

Learn some fun history about the origin of charcuterie and prepare a 4th of July themed charcuterie board. Have fun exploring the pairings of meat and cheese and, of course, wine! Create a red, white and blue masterpiece that will impress all your guests.

Instructor: Tammi Reeves

 

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Mindfulness Painting June
Jun 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Cost: $10 Members receive 15% discount

We focus on the details of the paint mixing together, how the brush strokes feel, the movement of our hands and arms as we hold the brush and move it across the page. This is a fun way to create an abstract painting that helps people learn to relax, breathe, and see the finer details of life.

Instructor Karen Christiansen

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Watercolor Techniques for Elementary Artists
Jul 11 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Cost: $15 / Member Discount

Ages: 5 – 8

Beginning Artists will learn basic watercolor techniques and create their own original works.

All materials are included in class.

Insturctor: Hannah Blomstedt

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Watercolor Techniques for Elementary Artists
Jul 13 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Cost: $15 / Member Discount

Ages: 5 – 8

Beginning Artists will learn basic watercolor techniques and create their own original works.

All materials are included in class.

Insturctor: Hannah Blomstedt