Remember Tour de Lincoln? After this wildly popular community art project in 2002, the YWCA had decided once again to bring our community together through art. The theme this year is, Star City Art 2006. Here are some thumbnails of the projects submitted. This time around, the artists have their choice of medium and projects include paintings, sculputures, mosaics and even quilts. Here is a map of where these outstanding projects can be seen. We saw the quilt on display at the Indian Village Post Office and it was beautiful! Take some time to stop in on some of these projects with your children...maybe even take some time to make your own Star City Art with your child! These will be on display until April 28, 2006 and then will be sold at auction to raise money for the YWCA.
Check out the rest of the activity guide for lots of great projects and activities, including mask-making, learning about taking a book and turning into a play and hitting the trail to history with the Nebraska State Historical Society. Activities related to the Oregon Trail and Lewis and Clark Expeditions will be offered January 28. Pre-registration required.
This is not directly related to home schooling, but might be of interest to you homesteady types or those with older children interested in agriculture.
Greetings - Daniel Salatin, our NSAS annual Healthy Farms conference keynote, will be giving a pre-conference presentation on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 6:30 PM at St. Paul United Methodist church in Lincoln. $5 per person/$10 per family admission. Refreshments to follow.
Daniel Salatin, a second generation sustainable farmer and adult that was homeschooled will be speaking to "Creating a Landscape That's Fit for our Kids; a presentation about food and farming methods that heal land, water, relations and body."
I've attached a flyer -- please share freely with those that you know won't be able to make it to our conference in Nebraska City the next day...or stop for an additional opportunity to hear Daniel.
The conference itself will be the next day in Nebraska City.
February 3 & 4, 2006 -- NSAS Annual Healthy Farms Conference at the Kimmel Research & Education Center & adjacent Kimmel Barn in Nebraska City, NE. Featuring keynote speaker Daniel Salatin of Polyface Farm. Other activities include our wonderful Friday late afternoon live auction & Nebraska-grown dinner & Saturday silent auction!
Hey, we'll be taking a field trip to the Kimmel Research & Education Center in the Spring or Summer...Great fruit picking!
Thanks for the tip! If you know of any events in your area, email me and I will post them as soon as possible!
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