Locally Grown

Before our series celebrating Kearney’s Sesquicentennial, Kearney Creates had already given some attention to Jon Bokenkamp, Claire and Shelley Fort, Javi Fox, Jerry Fox, Jenny Homan, Tom Miles, Jim a …

Categories: Art, Culinary, Education, History, Literature, Music, Photography, Theater

Get your goldfish here!

Kaufmann-Wernert offered many items for the serious Kearney shopper, including a variety of small animals. On the first floor, at the back of the store you could find fish, turtles, and birds availabl …

Categories: Art, History

Candace Imming

Born and raised in Kearney for 22 years, I moved east to explore and experience new life conditions. First, Omaha and then Massachusetts. I attended Kearney schools with a primary interest in science, …

Categories: Art, Education, History

Candi’s Kearney Impressions

Reddy’s Grocery Store John Reddy owned and operated a neighborhood grocery store on 4th Avenue in Kearney for many years. I first met him when my dad would take me and my sisters for dime purchases of …

Categories: Art

Merryman Performing Arts Center

In 2006, Kearney Public Schools alumnus Robert M. Merryman and local institutional supporters, including the Ron and Carol Cope Foundation, and the Scott D. Morris family, joined hundreds of donors fr …

Categories: Art, Literature, Music

Jeff Montag

Artist Bio by Jeff Montag I am originally from Moline, Illinois, and have resided in Kearney, Nebraska, with my wife and family the last 25 years. Most of my career has been spent in healthcare; howev …

Categories: Art

Elmer Holzrichter

Photo: Then the Kearney State College, now University of Nebraska at Kearney Art Department. Pictured are Left to Right as you face the photo: Larry Peterson, Jack Karraker, Elmer Holzrichter, Keith L …

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Richard L Miller

When we launched the Kearney Creates website, one of our hopes would be that viewers would suggest people, groups, or works they think should be on the site. Fortunately, our hopes have not been disap …

Categories: Art, Education, Music

Betty Kort

You would be right if you thought that title indicated an artist whose imagination and sympathies and concerns are passionate and far reaching and profound. You’d also be right if you thought it was l …

Categories: Art, Literature

Dani Gilsdorf

I grew up on a farm in western Nebraska, where my love of nature and interest in art found their beginning. My camera and sketchbook were with me at all times. Capturing the brief moments of the setti …

Categories: Art